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He did it again on live TV.
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He did it again on live TV.
Lewk fully and completely believes that he is being oppressed and replaced. He is learning that the world no longer wishes to tolerate his fucked up views and it scares him. Its not fair that someone like him, who contributes so little to society, can't treat women and other races as beneath him.
And its that misplaced feeling of the world not being "fair" that drives him. Its why he displays such a bloodlust when he spams his bullshit. Its why he has no problem spreading dog whistles, conspiracy theories, and linking to people who would get laughed out of an actual debate. Its why he has two different sets of rules for the GOP vs the democrats. All he is looking for is a way to cheat at the game to counteract how unfair he considers it. Its not about facts or humanity, its about his way of life vs progress.
and thats why you're never going to get through to him.
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"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...ny_voters.html
Yeah, not sure he cares about illegal things done out in the open - why do you think that is?
Tangent: Facebook has lowered its standards for fact-checking political ads. It wasn't announced publicly so much as exposed:
https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/03/...-ads/#comments
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...bles-fake-news
Maybe cognitive dissonance and effective propaganda begins with social media?
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I dismissed this post at first, because it was directed at just Lewk and sounded like a personal attack. But after reading it again, and taking out Lewk's name....you're actually describing Trump, and how he appealed to his base supporters: it's a Culture War. The white hetero male and Evangelical Christian mindset no longer dominates our society, or our laws. They're scared so they adopt a victimhood mentality. And who's to blame other than liberals?
I wouldn't say it's "fairness" that drives this, but a warped sense of dominance. Everyone cheats and lies, only chumps pay their full tax bill, do-gooders are whimps, bullying is a form of leadership, and politics is nothing more than bribes and threats....so doubling down on those things isn't considered a corruption of values in the MAGA world.
Only 30-35% of Americans actually believe that....but presidential elections are won by Electoral College votes. (See gerrymandering.) GogoUSA#1
Gerrymandering has no effect on presidential elections/Electoral College. Unfortunately the number of Lewks plus the number of people who go along with the Lewks as long as their taxes are low is closer to 45%.
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I disagree, but that's for another thread.
Not a majority, but still sad. "It's the economy, stupid" takes on a new meaning in the Trump era.Unfortunately the number of Lewks plus the number of people who go along with the Lewks as long as their taxes are low is closer to 45%.
I'm honestly waiting for Trump to re-use that tag line in the campaign.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiep...ominy-n2554198
Anyone want to answer the question why Schiff doesn't want to release the full transcript?
Because if he does he's going to be breaking the agreement that was made with Volker, or releasing classified information or some other such thing that has nothing to do with helping Trump, and which the Republicans don't actually want to see released themselves, but which they can make misleading comments on to their little electorate's content because Schiff can't actually release it regardless.
Sure they will. Not many, it's going to be pretty negligible, but we're talking about something GGT said, after all.
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These two jokers were arrested at the airport. Lot of curious stories from earlier this year are beginning to make more sense now.
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Dumbest criminals:
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The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
Fair enough I presumed at first that gerrymandering might cause part of the electorate to become less engaged politically, and that this might contribute to lower turnout among these voters, but other voter suppression measures that can be found in the most gerrymandered regions are likely to be better explanations for lower turnout.
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Loki, "gerrymandering" uses political power to change voting districts, giving one political party more power than the other. Yet, it's those political parties that choose Electoral College electors. When we vote for POTUS we're actually voting for an Electoral College elector, a proxy that's been chosen by our state's political party machinery. I only meant that every political process can be distorted, manipulated or abused (and still fall within rules/laws or test the limits) like "gerrymandering" does.
I was also lamenting what 30-35% of Americans (Trump's base) actually believe....and how that minority ended up with a majority of Electoral College votes (from the Republican Party)....that gave us President Trump.
For people to not vote because of gerrymandering, they'd actually have to care who their congressmen is. And the only people who do know that are the kind of people who have a high turnout.
And yes, there are plenty of other policies or institutional rules that have a sizable impact on turnout. The main factor is requiring registration before voting. Having elections on non-holiday weekdays doesn't help. Neither does having a two-party system. Voter ID requirements have some impact, though I have seen contradictory data.
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No, gerrymandering uses political power to create ridiculous and utterly nonsensical districts, and while increasing one party's power over another is one reason (and yes, one of the most common) it's not the only one. If a district was drawn to comply with current Civil and Voting Rights Acts jurisprudence rather than for partisan purposes but its boundaries made no rhyme or reason it would still be a gerrymander, and a district drawn to give one party more power over another but whose boundaries were nonetheless reasonable with its surroundings and geography it would not be a gerrymander. A gerrymander is about the results, not the intent.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"