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  1. #151
    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Is it woke to oppose Nazi salutes?
    I don't think you're supposed to fact-check gestures anymore under the new administration.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleFuzzy View Post
    You're not wrong. I remain utterly perplexed by how the GOP just cowered since Jan 2020The events on and around Tiktok is telling; millions of Americans are scrutinising the voting of their senators and representatives. In the eyes of those voters their representatives are disclosing themselves as for the people or for the oligarchs. At the next election people will remember who took away their platform, their voice and often their lively hood.

    That's not something I would count on. Political memory is short and this was timed to give them damn near the maximum time and insulation possible to let the memory and anger fade
    I can only wait and see. It's interesting though to see firsthand how people are taking this tiktok situation. It may have faded away in two years time. On the other had it starts to look like we were hoodwinked in a too blatant way. People easily forget politics. But they can get awfully resentful if you mess with their toys.

    And hunky woodchopper getting political in front of his 10 million followers was a sight to behold.
    Congratulations America

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazir View Post
    I can only wait and see. It's interesting though to see firsthand how people are taking this tiktok situation. It may have faded away in two years time. On the other had it starts to look like we were hoodwinked in a too blatant way. People easily forget politics. But they can get awfully resentful if you mess with their toys.

    And hunky woodchopper getting political in front of his 10 million followers was a sight to behold.
    No surprises there, I've always appreciated his takes when a commenter causes him to veer into social justice topics.
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  4. #154
    Is it woke to oppose drug trafficking?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Is it woke to oppose drug trafficking?
    You approach this from the wrong side. It's not conductive to your aims to ridicule the people who you need to win back. Liberals in the USA have lost many people who in principle agree with them, but who don't want to have them agreeing being taken to it's extremest variant being normalised and being denied at the same time. It's time for you to admit that you started woke. And when you were called out on it started ridiculing the use of the term at all, as if you didn't know how you had used it, while materially turning on the practise a notch up.

    Millions were abhorred when Musk made that salute. But you Loki, look in the mirror and know: 'das haben Sie gemacht'.
    Congratulations America

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    Referring to this:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o

    As for Elon: he's been sucking up to the AfD for months now. It's pretty clear where he got his salute from.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Referring to this:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o

    As for Elon: he's been sucking up to the AfD for months now. It's pretty clear where he got his salute from.
    It?s not very important wherever it came from. It?s much more relevant where it landed.
    Congratulations America

  8. #158
    I don't have the patience to explain why doing Nazi salutes is a bad thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    I don't have the patience to explain why doing Nazi salutes is a bad thing.
    Nobody asked you to do that. But you should think about why so many people in the audience wholeheartedly received it.
    Congratulations America

  10. #160
    38% of the population is entirely onboard with white supremacy and support this. Another 12% voted for Trump because they're concerned about the cost of living but are too dumb to realize Trump will make things worse. These people are overwhelmingly ignoring the news. The other 50% oppose Trump and don't need to be persuaded that Nazism is bad. Nothing will change until Trump starts tanking the economy. Waiting for those tariffs and wars with the Fed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    38% of the population is entirely onboard with white supremacy and support this. Another 12% voted for Trump because they're concerned about the cost of living but are too dumb to realize Trump will make things worse. These people are overwhelmingly ignoring the news. The other 50% oppose Trump and don't need to be persuaded that Nazism is bad. Nothing will change until Trump starts tanking the economy. Waiting for those tariffs and wars with the Fed.
    Some strategy; waiting for the other side to fail while having no plan. You don't see how much permanent damage they're doing to the federal structure?
    Congratulations America

  12. #162
    What strategy? All the institutions are either supporting Trump or too afraid to challenge him. He's breaking law and after law and nothing is being done about it. He's taking revenge on his enemies and facing no consequences. Until most people can't deny that he fucked things up, nothing will happen.

  13. #163
    So much doom, personally I think the cuts to government bloat is going to be nice. Already we see companies following suit in getting rid of deadweight (and racist) programs. Lots of things that Trump does aren?t going to be good (tariffs) but there?s been some nice wins so far.

  14. #164
    Right, Lewk. DEI is like half the federal budget.

  15. #165
    Talk about an absurd goalpost. Half the federal budget isn?t going to get cut, it basically can?t given how much is entitlements.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewkowski View Post
    Talk about an absurd goalpost. Half the federal budget isn?t going to get cut, it basically can?t given how much is entitlements.
    Are you really thinking the chaotic unwinding of the federal government is in the interest of the States and ordinary citizens?
    Congratulations America

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