The BlueSwan Basement of Absurd & Ignorant Posts VIII

[Politician]

Totally:

https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1049691950704672769

So what? The energy is now even. It's not the #s it who turns out to vote and democrats notoriously struggle to turnout in midterms and now the GOP/GOP Leaners are enthused.

[PSOL]

Wish I found the hofoid thread

I would imagine they're moving right due to Dems having more sympathy for the people killing their family and friends in their motherland.

[IceSpear]

Racism is not a serious problem, neither is homophobia.

[Grassroots]

Racism is not a serious problem, neither is homophobia.

It isn't, and it hasn't for more than at least 2 decades. It wasn't until 2016 that racism all of a sudden became a problem after 20 years. Where were you guys in the 2000's? or the late 90's?

And at least right now, homophobia isn't a problem and is becoming less and less prevalent. The thing is, you leftists always create more definitions of homophobia!

[America Needs R'hllor]

Racism is not a serious problem, neither is homophobia.

It isn't, and it hasn't for more than at least 2 decades. It wasn't until 2016 that racism all of a sudden became a problem after 20 years. Where were you guys in the 2000's? or the late 90's?

And at least right now, homophobia isn't a problem and is becoming less and less prevalent. The thing is, you leftists always create more definitions of homophobia!

Gay youths are killing themselves because of bullying and being thrown from their homes by "Christian" parents and here you are, calling homophobia "not a problem". You need to get out of your privileged bubble.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Probably tired of working  for the retard.

So it's okay when the left uses "the 'r' word." Got it.

It's okay when anyone uses it.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Probably tired of working  for the retard.

So it's okay when the left uses "the 'r' word." Got it.

It's okay when anyone uses it.

Well obviously you don't call retarded people retards, but what else do you call someone when they're acting retarded?

[Grassroots]

Racism is not a serious problem, neither is homophobia.

It isn't, and it hasn't for more than at least 2 decades. It wasn't until 2016 that racism all of a sudden became a problem after 20 years. Where were you guys in the 2000's? or the late 90's?

And at least right now, homophobia isn't a problem and is becoming less and less prevalent. The thing is, you leftists always create more definitions of homophobia!

Gay youths are killing themselves because of bullying and being thrown from their homes by "Christian" parents and here you are, calling homophobia "not a problem". You need to get out of your privileged bubble.

I'm so sure. At least where I am from, a pretty conservative area, no kids were bullied because of their sexual orientation. The school hung tons of posters up to discourage it. More than enough, the most bullied kids were the scrawny white boys that had aspergers, rarely were they ever LGBT.

Bullying is a serious problem, but it doesn't revolve around your agenda.

[ON Progressive]

If you're a democratic socialist who wants the Democratic Party to change, you are arguably better off strategically voting Republican on November 6.

Maybe you'd even be better off strategically voting Trump in 2020. Just a thought.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If Graham is appointed Attorney General after the midterms... its the perfect opportunity for Haley to secure a job in the public eye for the next 4 years until its time for candidates to announce in 2022 (for the 2024 election).  Especially if Nikki thinks Trump may lose re-election (meaning she would be out of the public light from 2020-2022).  IF Senator in 2022... Haley would have Governor, Senator, and Ambassador to UN... and would be a very strong contender to be the Republican nominee in 2024.  (And she would almost definitely choose Marco Rubio as her running mate).

So- is she a big enough threat for Dems to think about choosing a 2020 ticket that would withstand a battle against Haley/Rubio in 2024?

[Politician]

Ronald Reagan easily (The President  who ushered in the golden age of America , 1983-2001)

LOL, this is one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever seen.

1983-2001 America>1946-1963 American any day

So the era when the middle class was the strongest was inferior to the era where the 1% just got richer?

Quality of life today is objectively better than it used to be for the vast majority of America.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Probably tired of working  for the retard.

So it's okay when the left uses "the 'r' word." Got it.

It's okay when anyone uses it.

Well obviously you don't call retarded people retards, but what else do you call someone when they're acting retarded?

What other slurs is that said for? In what context is a word used as an insult when it isn't considered a thing to be judged and mocked for.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

So basically 3 years after it became national news and everyone agreed it was a problem, a small part of it finally gets fixed... by the private sector. Great argument against government power, that conservatives could capitalize on if they still cared about that sort of thing.

And that's why I'm still mostly libertarian.  Relying on government to get things done just isn't efficient.

All libertarians should be airdropped on a remote island. Those who survive the impact will fight, and the sole survivor of this ordeal (the Ur-Libertarian) will be given a fifth of a bitcoin

Mmmk. I'm fine with just throwing commies from helicopters.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

So basically 3 years after it became national news and everyone agreed it was a problem, a small part of it finally gets fixed... by the private sector. Great argument against government power, that conservatives could capitalize on if they still cared about that sort of thing.

And that's why I'm still mostly libertarian.  Relying on government to get things done just isn't efficient.

All libertarians should be airdropped on a remote island. Those who survive the impact will fight, and the sole survivor of this ordeal (the Ur-Libertarian) will be given a fifth of a bitcoin

Mmmk. I'm fine with just throwing commies from helicopters.

This is obviously a comment made only in reply to a consciously absurd post and not a sincere expression of belief or desire to kill.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

So basically 3 years after it became national news and everyone agreed it was a problem, a small part of it finally gets fixed... by the private sector. Great argument against government power, that conservatives could capitalize on if they still cared about that sort of thing.

And that's why I'm still mostly libertarian.  Relying on government to get things done just isn't efficient.

All libertarians should be airdropped on a remote island. Those who survive the impact will fight, and the sole survivor of this ordeal (the Ur-Libertarian) will be given a fifth of a bitcoin

Mmmk. I'm fine with just throwing commies from helicopters.

't

This is obviously a comment made only in reply to a consciously absurd post and not a sincere expression of belief or desire to kill.

I'd be more willing to believe that if the alternative(that he's not at all uncomfortable with mass murdering communists and lowkey is cool with people like pinochet) weren't completely consistent with his character(and also deliberately echoing a specific dictators atrocities in response to a facetious and absurd post is kind of unpleasant).

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Ronald Reagan easily (The President  who ushered in the golden age of America , 1983-2001)

LOL, this is one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever seen.

1983-2001 America>1946-1963 American any day

So the era when the middle class was the strongest was inferior to the era where the 1% just got richer?

Quality of life today is objectively better than it used to be for the vast majority of America.

You genuinely believe the average middle class American was better off in the mid-twentieth century? Just because the 1% is way better off now doesn't mean everyone else isn't also better off.

[Politician]

Ronald Reagan easily (The President  who ushered in the golden age of America , 1983-2001)

LOL, this is one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever seen.

1983-2001 America>1946-1963 American any day

So the era when the middle class was the strongest was inferior to the era where the 1% just got richer?

Quality of life today is objectively better than it used to be for the vast majority of America.

You genuinely believe the average middle class American was better off in the mid-twentieth century? Just because the 1% is way better off now doesn't mean everyone else isn't also better off.

Ask the people who have to work two jobs to barely scrape by.

Also, the % of wealth controlled by the middle class is much lower then in the 50s. Income inequality is out of control.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

So basically 3 years after it became national news and everyone agreed it was a problem, a small part of it finally gets fixed... by the private sector. Great argument against government power, that conservatives could capitalize on if they still cared about that sort of thing.

And that's why I'm still mostly libertarian.  Relying on government to get things done just isn't efficient.

All libertarians should be airdropped on a remote island. Those who survive the impact will fight, and the sole survivor of this ordeal (the Ur-Libertarian) will be given a fifth of a bitcoin

Mmmk. I'm fine with just throwing commies from helicopters.

't

This is obviously a comment made only in reply to a consciously absurd post and not a sincere expression of belief or desire to kill.

I'd be more willing to believe that if the alternative(that he's not at all uncomfortable with mass murdering communists and lowkey is cool with people like pinochet) weren't completely consistent with his character(and also deliberately echoing a specific dictators atrocities in response to a facetious and absurd post is kind of unpleasant).

Regarding the "specific" dictator, the idea of throwing communists, the corrupt, etc. from helicopters has reached a point where it is a repeated motif ("meme" if you will) of right-wing authoritarianism. I can't speak for his character (and I assume I've seen a version of the defenses you're talking about, if from other posters), but most (a) most defenses of non-democratic regimes tend to play off deaths from repression as "regrettable", and (b) I refer again to the context of his comment, which I think makes clear the intention. People saying "guillotine" and "gulag" are referring to specific historical phenomena, but I cannot guarantee they seek a return to those mechanisms.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Probably not, and if it does, it won't be Bolsonaro's fold, but the forces that brought him to power. The corrupt, balkanized and fractioned political field made the road clear for populist candidates to arise out of the field. Clearly, something has went terribly wrong in Brazil. I believe the democracy already isn't strong in Brazil. Lula for example was forbidden to run, and the large amount of corrupt politicians in Latin-America bother me a lot. But it isn't a good evolution either. Erdogan, Putin and Trump however are all democratically elected, and they're all still democratic, so no democracy isn't going to die out soon, unless you Russia, Hungary and Turkey not as democracies... In that case, it is. But i believe America isn't any different than Putin's Russia, they're all authoritarian democracies directed by market liberal policies which hurt the people, the environment and the climate.

[Sonic Edge meme]

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

So basically 3 years after it became national news and everyone agreed it was a problem, a small part of it finally gets fixed... by the private sector. Great argument against government power, that conservatives could capitalize on if they still cared about that sort of thing.

And that's why I'm still mostly libertarian.  Relying on government to get things done just isn't efficient.

All libertarians should be airdropped on a remote island. Those who survive the impact will fight, and the sole survivor of this ordeal (the Ur-Libertarian) will be given a fifth of a bitcoin

Mmmk. I'm fine with just throwing commies from helicopters.

't

This is obviously a comment made only in reply to a consciously absurd post and not a sincere expression of belief or desire to kill.

I'd be more willing to believe that if the alternative(that he's not at all uncomfortable with mass murdering communists and lowkey is cool with people like pinochet) weren't completely consistent with his character(and also deliberately echoing a specific dictators atrocities in response to a facetious and absurd post is kind of unpleasant).

Regarding the "specific" dictator, the idea of throwing communists, the corrupt, etc. from helicopters has reached a point where it is a repeated motif ("meme" if you will) of right-wing authoritarianism. I can't speak for his character (and I assume I've seen a version of the defenses you're talking about, if from other posters), but most (a) most defenses of non-democratic regimes tend to play off deaths from repression as "regrettable", and (b) I refer again to the context of his comment, which I think makes clear the intention. People saying "guillotine" and "gulag" are referring to specific historical phenomena, but I cannot guarantee they seek a return to those mechanisms.

A. He claims to be a libertarian. B. being a common feature of an ideology does not make something okay(I doubt this forum would tolerate advocating for the killing of all nazis, though I personally feel that genocidal ideologies don't deserve protections against that kind of vitriol). And I'd hope that this forum wouldn't consider it okay to post certain other repeating motifs of far/alt right authoritarianism because of their memetic status.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Probably tired of working  for the retard.

So it's okay when the left uses "the 'r' word." Got it.

It's okay when anyone uses it.

Well obviously you don't call retarded people retards, but what else do you call someone when they're acting retarded?

What other slurs is that said for? In what context is a word used as an insult when it isn't considered a thing to be judged and mocked for.

"Retard" is as much of a slur as idiot, moron, imbecile, and feeble-minded are, which were also technical terms to refer to mentally disabled people.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

So basically 3 years after it became national news and everyone agreed it was a problem, a small part of it finally gets fixed... by the private sector. Great argument against government power, that conservatives could capitalize on if they still cared about that sort of thing.

And that's why I'm still mostly libertarian.  Relying on government to get things done just isn't efficient.

All libertarians should be airdropped on a remote island. Those who survive the impact will fight, and the sole survivor of this ordeal (the Ur-Libertarian) will be given a fifth of a bitcoin

Mmmk. I'm fine with just throwing commies from helicopters.

't

This is obviously a comment made only in reply to a consciously absurd post and not a sincere expression of belief or desire to kill.

I'd be more willing to believe that if the alternative(that he's not at all uncomfortable with mass murdering communists and lowkey is cool with people like pinochet) weren't completely consistent with his character(and also deliberately echoing a specific dictators atrocities in response to a facetious and absurd post is kind of unpleasant).

Regarding the "specific" dictator, the idea of throwing communists, the corrupt, etc. from helicopters has reached a point where it is a repeated motif ("meme" if you will) of right-wing authoritarianism. I can't speak for his character (and I assume I've seen a version of the defenses you're talking about, if from other posters), but most (a) most defenses of non-democratic regimes tend to play off deaths from repression as "regrettable", and (b) I refer again to the context of his comment, which I think makes clear the intention. People saying "guillotine" and "gulag" are referring to specific historical phenomena, but I cannot guarantee they seek a return to those mechanisms.

A. He claims to be a libertarian. B. being a common feature of an ideology does not make something okay(I doubt this forum would tolerate advocating for the killing of all nazis, though I personally feel that genocidal ideologies don't deserve protections against that kind of vitriol). And I'd hope that this forum wouldn't consider it okay to post certain other repeating motifs of far/alt right authoritarianism because of their memetic status.

At the risk of being a "both sideser", this is already a thing for the left. "Drone" was also quite common in the latter Obama years, to relatively little offense. There was even a "defenstrate" phase (before my time), which if I recall is a practice with a particularly ugly past.

EDIT: As to Dabaev's real or alleged libertarianism, it's already quite common to paint the ideology as a defense of capitalistic authoritarianism, so it seems natural that one would play into that regardless of real sympathies. But again, I can speak for no one's character on this. the point is that he was told his people should be set to die on an island or whatever and he returned in kind.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Probably tired of working  for the retard.

So it's okay when the left uses "the 'r' word." Got it.

It's okay when anyone uses it.

Well obviously you don't call retarded people retards, but what else do you call someone when they're acting retarded?

What other slurs is that said for? In what context is a word used as an insult when it isn't considered a thing to be judged and mocked for.

"Retard" is as much of a slur as idiot, moron, imbecile, and feeble-minded are, which were also technical terms to refer to mentally disabled people.

Most of those terms have lost their association with mental disability. "Retard" very much has not.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

So basically 3 years after it became national news and everyone agreed it was a problem, a small part of it finally gets fixed... by the private sector. Great argument against government power, that conservatives could capitalize on if they still cared about that sort of thing.

And that's why I'm still mostly libertarian.  Relying on government to get things done just isn't efficient.

All libertarians should be airdropped on a remote island. Those who survive the impact will fight, and the sole survivor of this ordeal (the Ur-Libertarian) will be given a fifth of a bitcoin

Mmmk. I'm fine with just throwing commies from helicopters.

't

This is obviously a comment made only in reply to a consciously absurd post and not a sincere expression of belief or desire to kill.

I'd be more willing to believe that if the alternative(that he's not at all uncomfortable with mass murdering communists and lowkey is cool with people like pinochet) weren't completely consistent with his character(and also deliberately echoing a specific dictators atrocities in response to a facetious and absurd post is kind of unpleasant).

Regarding the "specific" dictator, the idea of throwing communists, the corrupt, etc. from helicopters has reached a point where it is a repeated motif ("meme" if you will) of right-wing authoritarianism. I can't speak for his character (and I assume I've seen a version of the defenses you're talking about, if from other posters), but most (a) most defenses of non-democratic regimes tend to play off deaths from repression as "regrettable", and (b) I refer again to the context of his comment, which I think makes clear the intention. People saying "guillotine" and "gulag" are referring to specific historical phenomena, but I cannot guarantee they seek a return to those mechanisms.

A. He claims to be a libertarian. B. being a common feature of an ideology does not make something okay(I doubt this forum would tolerate advocating for the killing of all nazis, though I personally feel that genocidal ideologies don't deserve protections against that kind of vitriol). And I'd hope that this forum wouldn't consider it okay to post certain other repeating motifs of far/alt right authoritarianism because of their memetic status.

At the risk of being a "both sideser", this is already a thing for the left. "Drone" was also quite common in the latter Obama years, to relatively little offense. There was even a "defenstrate" phase (before my time), which if I recall is a practice with a particularly ugly past.

I was thinking more the "hitler was good" type stuff. But drone was both weakened by the very pettiness of the offenses(read, not serious or dehumanizing and disconnected from its actual targets), pretty damn questionable in of itself, and not literally an atrocity actually committed against members of the group being targeted in the post.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Let's not start a second civil war like she clearly wants.

She being Hillary Clinton.