You've almost got me speechless because I really don't know what to say to someone who is so out of their fucking gourd they write several paragraphs talking about what I 'for real' think. Yes, after the report is out I'm still banging the no collusion drum. You've got me there at least, you fucking halfwit.
Because Obama hasn't been president for years now, and was at a basketball game? And our current president is making a horses ass of himself in the UK, while the stock market is tanking due to his tariff threats, and his signature tax bill has been confirmed a handout to the wealthy: https://thinkprogress.org/gop-tax-bill-was-a-bust-1f3a02d12037/ Yeah, not too worried about what Obama's thinking these days. Dude hasn't even endorsed Biden yet.
Dude, the USA was founded on the basis 13 colonies of being critical of the government, then doing something about it. Criticism of the government is a right people have died for. Using someone's love of country to silence their speech is as dangerous as banning free press. It would be like me asking you if dishonoring the memory of those that have fought and died for your freedom was worth wagging your finger at someone on the internet. On its face, most people would respond that it wasn't. Who would want to be known as the guy for dishonoring heroes so they can tell you you're wrong? Not many. Tyrants have been using this technique to discredit and quell dissenters for all human history. I especially like how the tax cuts aren't and will never pay for themselves. If recent history is any indication, the next Democratic president will manage to pull the American economy out of another nosedive that will take two terms of the presidency. Then, Republican party leadership will find some dipshit to control, rile up the base against a group of black, brown, and/or non-straight people, and pass another huge tax cut right before another financial bubble pops. I'm not religious or anything, but I'm praying that this hard right swing fucking stops before the Great Depression 2: Dust Bowl's Revenge drops in a decade. Pelosi, Schumer and the rest of the Democratic party leadership have fucking failed. My only hope is that they'll all die of old age. Candidates have shown that they can fundraise without taking corporate money. It's my hope that these grassroots candidates can get money out of politics and actually do shit that helps the majority of people, not the people that hold the majority of the money.
He also went to Canada to urge them to "hope in these dark ages". Then true to modern democrat party form started mindlessly howling about Hitler and the holocaust. I'm genuinely curious what is supposed to have happened to all these minorities because for all the incessant fear mongering it really looks like not a single fucking thing. Transgendered military members no longer serving maybe? That's about it. We're still 6 million bodies short of a holocaust here. Being scared just because you're scared isn't a good enough reason to prattle on like this for years.
I'm genuinely curious what this adds. Obama/Hillary/Bill Clinton, etc. are not in office. Are Pelosi/Schumer/AOC (who are currently in office and actually doing shit) not worth discussing? Not serving as an interesting foil? Not villainous (to the right) enough? This reeks of false villainy. We can't discuss anything real with confidence or facts, so let's get all pissed off about something that a retiree did. Get the fuck out of here with this nonsense.
I very much agree. It's nonsense that adds nothing to the political discourse. However, I hear about it nonstop, and not just from Obama, so here we are.
Right like the moment they leave office their influence and years of background power brokering, fund raising infrastructures, and policy building just evaporates. Since previous presidents’ policy is what got us to the place we’re in it’s more than fair to criticize them, particularly if they are openly vocal themselves. I don’t know what sources of need you listen to but the a Republicans slam AOC and Pelosi non stop. So much so it’s written off as sexism or whatever ism is popular at the moment. I’d be more than happy to debate AOCs stance on community gardens being colonial and racist if they grow cauliflower.
You think you're joking, but there is a very real feminist paper about the sinister history of milk. Why not cauliflower then?
I once watched a live network news interview with a woman explaining that air conditioning is somehow sexist. ...it’s best to pretend these people don’t exist. They’re like annoying TV commercials.
It's simultaneously the most annoying and awesome thing ever. I know I've posted about it before, but I can't get over the fact that their academia is so fucking stupid they not only accepted those troll papers, they put one on a pedestal as the gold standard. That is off the charts stupid. The paper said things like the researcher was unable to tell whether a dog had a dick or a vagina and they still thought it was brilliant. Holy fuck. Then when caught they tried to say that this could happen in any field. Ummm... no. Try publishing a paper in a biology journal while writing about how you're too goddamn daft to figure out if something has a dick or not. Good luck. I'll just say it. You have to be a complete idiot to still think these people have something important to contribute to society. That's not to say feminism is totally useless, but the people running the show right now are beyond all doubt.
The latest uproar in the NBA is for team owners to not be called "owners" anymore because it reminds the black players that relatives they never knew may or may not have been owned at one point in time. Now we're supposed to call them the "CEO" or "Majority Stakeholder" or "Controlling Partner." This is a real thing talked about on real tv stations, like ESPN (owned by Disney, which funny enough used to be racist as fuck). No. They own a team. That's what you call someone who owns something, an "owner." Now, if that owner is also taking a business role in the management of the team, then there are appropriate titles for those positions as well and the owner could be referred to by that title if acting in that role. But saying the title of "owner" is racist is just looking for something to be offended by. They aren't saying they own the players, they're saying they own the teams. Now sit down and shut up.
I believe that something is offensive based on whether or not I think it is. It’s a foolproof system.
The war on language bugs me because it's the epitome of first world problems. However I can see how we are in early stages of a power shift towards equality. Watching the Dave Letterman show on Netflix with Ellen (surprisingly deep), she talked about her experiences with sexual assault and the power the man had not only to do it, but the power to be free from consequences (her mother didnt believe her). The language people are using is the first thing to shift, and I dunno where it ends up, and I think it does stabilize into a better place. Like MeToo is a first wave of how men share the fear of sexual assault with the women who are victims of it. The next few waves are going to be equally turbulent and when it does finally end up on shore, I think we will be better as a whole. The core notion that bugs me is "that deeply offends me". Ok so what will you do about it? "Villainize you online, and generally be a twat waffle, while doing nothing substantive to address the underlying problem...and everyone on earth can opine on this like they matter." It changes nothing for the better. Like the NBA thing: the underlying issue is the lack of control these professionals have over their lives, despite having incredible money and power elsewhere, and the legacy and race dynamics at play (old white guys, young healthy black guys, etc.).The language used to describe that is the smallest thing that can change. Maybe the language is the first step and maybe it's a waste of breath and the question is how does it lead to a better discussion and real meaningful change.
The real meaningful change is already done though. This isn't the early phase. Ending slavery was the early phase. We don't have total equality yet, but all the big stuff is long since done. I think that's part of what irks these people so much. They want to be part of some grand social change, but we've already done most of what we can do legally and in mainstream culture. That's why they prattle on about pointless shit like random words being offensive and inventing endless dog whistles. If they want to be part of this era's big cause they should put that energy into climate change. On a totally separate note, did anyone else see AOC rushing to Manafort's defense? I guess her heart is in the right place, but sheesh, what a dumbass. Apparently, she doesn't understand that putting someone in solitary confinement and isolating them from the general prison population are different things. They're doing Manafort a favor.
When you are a high profile prisoner, you get put in isolation. Period. There is no longer any choice in the matter, just ask Robert Downey Jr’s dumb ass about what happens when you try to be “one of the boys” in jail. The idiot is lucky to be alive.
So, regarding equality...we have no more work to do? I find that very hard to believe, and lazy thinking. Slavery is over, so job well done? The fuck? "We don't have total equality yet" as if it's some pre-ordained shit that's going to happen without people acting on it. And I don't think ANYONE REALLY WANTS total equality. I think there are some things that need to be evened up, but it takes a balanced conversation to decide where to stop the pendulum swing, and we're not having it. That's just it: THEY ARE PART OF GRAND SOCIAL CHANGE. They are changing the language we use, and that language changes the actions and behaviors people take. Literally, in my lifetime it's gone from global warming to climate change. That little shift has altered the way people think about it. The joke used to be in January "come on global warming, it's cold as fuck over here", and now "climate change" forces people to take a much more somber tone. The language is the early phase, because it's the most fluid. Then as the language changes, now certain things become easier to talk about. "Rape" becomes "sexual assault", and there's a lot of gray area in "sexual assault", so let's talk about it. Now that it's safe to talk about, it's safer to report. If it's safer to report, then I'm not alone as a victim, and the people who assaulted me should face consequences. You think going from "queer", "fag" and "dike" to LGBT hasn't made a difference? The scary part for me is NOT participating in this in some way. I can sit here and say "I don't give a fuck about gay rights, or women's issues" and I largely don't. And then I see Melinda Gates (Letterman on Netflix again) talk about feminism and making Bill Gates drive their kids to school and the horseshit applause, and I can't say "you dumb cunt, he built a trillion dollar company....and a multi-trillion dollar industry. You had crotch fruit. Yes, YOU fucking drive the kids to school. Equality might not apply to the richest man on Earth, you silly bitch." By not participating, you don't have a voice to raise that argument, or make those points...and then you're the poor asshole whose wife bullies him into getting the kids to school at 7 a.m. in the name of "equality", under the banner of "feminism" and the pendulum swing has gone too far. It's like watching Wonder Woman and going, yeah she's awesome...she's also the only motherfucker in this movie that's bulletproof. So, her bravery isn't the same as the guy standing next to her that's...y'know mortal. So rah rah girl power, but um...yeah....reality. It's turbulent times, and I think the language debate is important, and participating in it is important. It's easy to say "you're all so fucking stupid" and go masturbate in the basement, but by doing that you negate the opportunity to advance the conversation, broaden the perspective, and inject reality into the discussion. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-poli...p-approval-rating-by-state-2020-election-odds In today's news, Vox learns that Donald Trump lost the popular vote, and is unpopular....
The thing is I have interest in advancing a conversation that either goes nowhere, or goes some place that's just awkward and isolating. I want to talk to people like they're people. Nothing more, nothing less. Unless it's about something specific I have no desire to awkwardly and constantly adjust my vernacular with people's identities. Quibbling about things like whether a team owner can be called an owner is worse than worthless. You're bringing a bunch of baggage into a place it isn't needed and to me that's just counterproductive. I'm more for MLK's "let's join hands" rather than "let's awkwardly fumble around each other and compulsively obsess about the past and each other's skin color". I posted a study/survey awhile back about how all this political correctness is perceived by the public at large. Across all ages and demographics the majority of people think it's stupid and annoying. There's your grand social change. I guess masturbating in the basement isn't as lonely as you thought. And we will never in our lifetimes see anything as important as the civil rights movement and everyone gaining equality under the law. We can still do things,but the big gestures that have huge immediate impacts on people's lives are done. The rest is partially staying the course, making some tweaks, and letting things level out now that the opportunities are there, and as people start out with better prospects than their parents did. Yeah, I mostly agree with her on this as well. I was just amazed at how clueless she is. She reeks of the sort of person who always started spouting off all her opinions before she even finished the first chapter of the textbook, and as a result grew up learning fuck all.