The Atlas Asylum of absurd/ignorant posts IX

[GoTfan]

Maybe he will run for President in the 2030s or 2040s? A Joe Kennedy III/Jon Ossoff ticket would be strong. 

I'd rather vote for Stalin than a Kennedy.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Not at all surprising considering the author but this honestly belongs here:

Do you mean like church music or just any song written by a Catholic?

I was thinking of the former but honestly I can't think of any good music written by Catholics either.

[Ferguson97]

There was barely any good music made until about the late 70s though so citing music before that as better than the first Fall Out Boy albums is weird.

Alright, time to lock the thread. I don't think this can be beaten.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Whoa. Ferguson's prediction above me was rather short-lived:

Hitler was arguably to the left of Bernie Sanders on economics. Bill would be a moderate Republican if it was only for economics.

[Vice President Christian Man]

Whoa. Ferguson's prediction above me was rather short-lived:

Hitler was arguably to the left of Bernie Sanders on economics. Bill would be a moderate Republican if it was only for economics.

Well it's about time I'm on here (Insert clapping emoji)

[Vice President Christian Man]

Whoa. Ferguson's prediction above me was rather short-lived:

Hitler was arguably to the left of Bernie Sanders on economics. Bill would be a moderate Republican if it was only for economics.

To get back on topic, I don't think Bernie called for public ownership of the means of production or total government control of private industry.

[Ancestral Republican]

Whoa. Ferguson's prediction above me was rather short-lived:

Hitler was arguably to the left of Bernie Sanders on economics. Bill would be a moderate Republican if it was only for economics.

To get back on topic, I don't think Bernie called for public ownership of the means of production or total government control of private industry.

Neither one of these things happened in Nazi Germany.

This is where horseshoe theory falls apart, no matter how much you dislike socialism, there was a world of difference between the economic systems practiced in fascist countries and in communist countries, to whatever degree those labels could accurately reflect any historical government.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Ah, so somebody said Hitler was left-wing again. *drink*

[Vice President Christian Man]

Ah, so somebody said Hitler was left-wing again. *drink*

I called him left-wing on economics. He was far-right on everything else.

[Ancestral Republican]

Ah, so somebody said Hitler was left-wing again. *drink*

I called him left-wing on economics. He was far-right on everything else.

But, he clearly wasn't.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Ah, so somebody said Hitler was left-wing again. *drink*

I called him left-wing on economics. He was far-right on everything else.

Al has explained this much better (and more often) than I have, but Hitler was a corporatist who put his fellow Nazis in charge of the economy to serve state interests. He was very anti-socialist and opposed all left-wing policies, that includes economic issues to the extent that they can be removed from the rest of Nazi policies.

I don't much care to dig up all of Al's posts, but this article provides a nice summary for why you are wrong:

But despite joining what would be called the “National Socialist” German workers party, Adolf Hitler was not a socialist. Far from it. In fact, in July 1921, Hitler briefly left the NSDAP because an affiliate of the party in Augsburg signed an agreement with the German Socialist Party in that city, only returning when he had been largely given control of the party itself.

Whatever interest Hitler had in socialism was not based on an understanding of socialism that we might have today — a movement that would supplant capitalism in which the working class would seize power over the state and the means of production. He repeatedly pushed back efforts by economically left-leaning elements of the party to enact socialist reforms, saying in a 1926 conference in Bamberg (organized by Nazi Party leaders over the very question of the party’s ideological underpinnings) that any effort to take the homes and estates of German princes would move the party toward communism and that he would never do anything to assist “communist-inspired movements.” He prohibited the formation of Nazi trade unions, and by 1929 he outright rejected any efforts by Nazis who argued in favor of socialistic ideas or projects in their entirety.

[certified hummus supporter 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

I'm just gonna drop this here...

[SKIP]

[John Dule]

But the Nazis called themselves socialists; therefore they're socialists. Just like how Antifa is anti-fascist.

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

But the Nazis called themselves socialists; therefore they're socialists. Just like how Antifa is anti-fascist.

And socialism is just communism but for rich people.

[Donerail]

Lot of genuinely psycho #takes in the Israel threads on USGD over the last few days but this one takes the cake

I’ve really tried to give AOC the benefit of the doubt on this stuff, but now it’s pretty clear that with respect to Israel, she really does just want to see as many dead Jews as possible.

[Badger]

Shua doubles down on one facepalm worthy post after another, giving this thread a bona fide twofer!

Why is criticizing religion good, but criticizing any aspect of homosexuality automatically a "phobia" ?

Homosexuality is not an ideology or belief system.

It's use as a core identity category with specific ethical and social implications absolutely is.

Would you say the same about race?

Yes, of course - to the extent that people believe that their race says something important about them, or what they should do, or be allowed to do.  And if no one ever did, then race would not have developed as a relevant social category.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Shua doubles down on one facepalm worthy post after another, giving this thread a bona fide twofer!

Why is criticizing religion good, but criticizing any aspect of homosexuality automatically a "phobia" ?

Homosexuality is not an ideology or belief system.

It's use as a core identity category with specific ethical and social implications absolutely is.

Would you say the same about race?

Yes, of course - to the extent that people believe that their race says something important about them, or what they should do, or be allowed to do.  And if no one ever did, then race would not have developed as a relevant social category.

I didn't know you were a race realist.

[S019]

Obviously Raffensperger and Kemp have done some bad things otherwise in relation to restricting voting rights, but God bless them for doing their basic duty and upholding the results and continuing to defend that decision now.

It is terrifying how much the fate of American democracy hinged on these two Republican officials. If they had gone the other way, it likely wouldn't have held up even in SCOTUS, but it would have done even more harm.

The procedures adhered to in Georgia were illegal.  The Consent Decree that governed how the election was conducted was not lawful and not Constitutional, as changes to election procedures, under our Constitution, must be approved by the State Legislature.

A "republican form of government" is what we are guaranteed by the Constitution.  It is the responsibility of the state legislature to approve changes in election laws and the procedures mandated.  Kemp and Raffensberger, for whatever reason, sought to subvert that with a Consent Decree.

No one should have confidence in the way Fulton County (at a minimum) counted their ballots and the way they validated their signatures on mail-in ballots (adhering those ballots to a lesser standard of signature conformity that was not approved by the Legislature).  Kemp's purging of voters in 2018 was not right and a conflict of interest in a real way, but his Consent Decree with Stacey Abrams was an attempt by Kemp to cover up wrongdoing in 2018 by paving the way for fraudulent mail-in ballots that would be held to a lesser signature verification standard.  That the election was stolen in Georgia is certainly not proven.  That it was held on the up and up, especially in the Constitutional sense, is far from clear either.  We're stuck with the result.  We don't have to be stuck with the manner in which the election was conducted in Georgia for future elections.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

I honestly don't think he'll even be President in 2024.  He may resign just to give Kamala a chance to prove she can do the job.  That would be the best possible thing this man could do because he is not winning anything ever again.

Referring to Joe Biden, if that wasn’t obvious

[Pouring Rain and Blairing Music]

Lot of genuinely psycho #takes in the Israel threads on USGD over the last few days but this one takes the cake

I’ve really tried to give AOC the benefit of the doubt on this stuff, but now it’s pretty clear that with respect to Israel, she really does just want to see as many dead Jews as possible.

And this is what inspired my current display name. Glad that it’s been posted here.

[Badger]

Shua doubles down on one facepalm worthy post after another, giving this thread a bona fide twofer!

Why is criticizing religion good, but criticizing any aspect of homosexuality automatically a "phobia" ?

Homosexuality is not an ideology or belief system.

It's use as a core identity category with specific ethical and social implications absolutely is.

Would you say the same about race?

Yes, of course - to the extent that people believe that their race says something important about them, or what they should do, or be allowed to do.  And if no one ever did, then race would not have developed as a relevant social category.

I didn't know you were a race realist.

 Thank you for posting directly  Et cetera

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's 2021 when you can go to a somewhat Christian music fest in Alabama and see this.

Still this is only CBD bath oil type stuff with not THC in the mix.

Just having an MJ banner on your booth doesn't make it legit and the real deal, where honestly THC based products are strongly effective against a wide array of medical conditions.

Alabama versions of Medical Marijuana are some of the most backwards of any state in the Union, while meanwhile in NE Bama in the outlaw region from Prohibition era, tons of THC MJ is being produced and distributed to support the local demand for Recreational markets as well.

No it's actual THC, just based on Delta-8 instead of Delta-9 and yes it does get you high. It's legal under a federal loophole that most states copied in the farm bill. I've bought and used a bunch in Minnesota. Trust me it's maybe a little bit weaker than D9, but the answer to "does it get you high?" Is a definite YES.

Sounds like a bunk argument to me...

I guess theoretically with some recent reforms in Alabama regarding Medical Marijuana it is possible that that this tent could potentially be selling THC outside of a music venue.

Did you sample the product or just posting based upon hearsay?

https://weedmaps.com/learn/laws-and-regulations/alabama

Due to the fact that what was being referred to was not in any way related to medical marijuana. It's a total non-sequitor.

[AtorBoltox]

This article in The Atlantic seems to insinuate that a lot of "educated" people think this is true.

Published last month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Costello team’s paper is persuasive, to the point that you have to wonder: How could past researchers have overlooked left-wing authoritarianism for so long? “For 70 years, the lore in the social sciences has been that authoritarianism was to be found exclusively on the political right,” the Rutgers University social psychologist Lee Jussim, who wasn’t involved in the new study, told me in an email. In the 1950 book The Authoritarian Personality, an inquiry into the psychological makeup of people strongly drawn to autocratic rule and repressive politics, the German-born scholar Theodor W. Adorno and three other psychologists measured people along dimensions such as conformity to societal norms, rigid thinking, and sexual repression. And they concluded that “the authoritarian type of human”— the kind of person whose enthusiastic support allows someone like Hitler to exercise power—was found only among conservatives. In the mid-1990s, the influential Canadian psychologist Bob Altemeyer described left-wing authoritarianism as “the Loch Ness Monster of political psychology—an occasional shadow, but no monster. ” Subsequently, other psychologists reached the same conclusion.

Obviously this is a crazy idea to me, ya know, because I talk to you people everyday and many of your are clearly very authoritarian.  Plus, ya know, the PRC, the Soviet Union, Australia, etc.

Anyway, interesting article that will be avoided by the people who need to read it and nodded along with by everyone else.

The internet is rotting right wing brains

[Roll Roons]

AOC vs. MTG. It's all about base turnout.

In response to who would be both parties' strongest nominees be in 2024. I really wonder if this thread should be renamed after SnowLabrador.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

AOC vs. MTG. It's all about base turnout.

In response to who would be both parties' strongest nominees be in 2024. I really wonder if this thread should be renamed after SnowLabrador.

A couple weeks ago due to the high number of banned posters on it i purged my ignore list with two exceptions: LimoLiberal and jfern as I promised myself never to take either off it. Since then he's become the third one on my list. I saw a post of his and it hit me he's never made a single post that was good.