The Atlas Asylum of absurd/ignorant posts IX

[Ferguson97]

This still doesn't explain why flyover country WWC people deserve a tax cut.

I mean of course, I would support my own interests. Quite frankly, I also never get this sympathy for these rural racists in Appalachia, I never understood why we must pander to them? Maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't think I am.

So we should be subsidizing WV racists??

We get it, you hate white people and you hate poor people.

I mean honestly WV is just full of rural, racist hicks who can't tolerate Democrats because Democrats want to do something about climate change and don't play white resentment politics. The old Dixiecrats couldn't bear to see their beloved party actually decide to support minorities. Also let's be honest, if WV voted Democrat, Republicans would say the exact same thing about how awful it is.

There's a massive difference between "stop subsidizing a dying industry like coal" and "let those racist hicks die".

[Ferguson97]

If Hennepin County (or some other county I move to) ever adopts 24 hour early voting I'm totally going to go to a hardcore/emo show (in a post-Covid election) and then vote right afterwards.

I hope you go to the polls dressed like a 2005-era emo.

We have to keep Hot Topic alive somehow.

I HAVE NEVER SHOPPED AT HOT TOPIC IN MY LIFE.

Are you one of those dudes who insists that there's a difference between emo and goth even though no one else can tell them apart?

Isn't the basic difference emos are sad and goths are apathetic?

[Ferguson97]

I never considered him or those who think like them to be my equals, but I’m tired of treating those like him like they’re even fit to shine my shoes or exist in the same multiverse when it comes to morality.

We are good and they are evil. Simple as, no compromises or apologies.

Everyone bow down to the King of Morality, SAAuthCapitalist! Truly, none of us mere evil humans are fit to breathe the same air or even exist in the same "multiverse" as him. O glorious teacher, show us the true way, so that we can hope to approach your level!

In all seriousness, I'm getting big "drunk Alben Barkley" energy from this guy. It's amusing.

People who support forced vaccinations and mutilating children are literally evil, this shouldn’t be a controversial opinion.

Forced vaccinations are incredibly based.

What children do I want to mutliate?

[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.

[Ferguson97]

Jesus Christ, just say "people". "Birthing bodies" appeals to no one.

Or just say women.

[Ferguson97]

The leaker is clearly inciting violence and needs to be arrested

How are they inciting violence? They just leaked a draft opinion of an upcoming court case.

[Ferguson97]

The thing is, bullying isn't done "just for the sake of it." It can be a valuable way to expunge antisocial behavior without resorting to parental/state intervention.

[Ferguson97]

The fact is that the 2020 election didn't HAVE to be conducted differently.  That was a choice, and it was a choice made, by and large, by individuals who shared the goal of ousting Trump from the White House by any means necessary.

No one likes losing, but when people act in ways that give the appearance of rigging the system for the other party, they are right to be upset to question that. 

And, no, the conduct of our 2020 election did not adhere to international standards.  I've posted that before.  When one side is silenced on social media, and while the rules of voting are changed to increase the possibility of votes that are merely harvested and counted and not truly cast (e. g. seniors in Wisconsin nursing homes) and those mail-in votes are subject to less rigid standards of verification as legitimate ballots, one is foolish to NOT question the fairness of the election.

"Our Democracy" (although that term really means "Our Oligarchy" when most pols quote it these days) can easily stand questions of the legitimacy of an election.  "Our Democracy" does not (and never has) required the naked Emperor to be treated as clothed.  But there is a presumption that the Emperor is clothed, and that presumption was afforded to every President EXCEPT Donald Trump.  THAT is the real threat to democracy; the treating as illegitimate a President who was elected against the will of collective elites as Trump was in 2016.  This does not justify the demonstration inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021, but it also does not justify lying about that demonstration by calling it a "violent insurrection", "coup attempt", etc.  And the invasions of the privacy of ordinary citizens and the violations of the Constitutional Rights of J6 defendants are bigger threats to basic Freedoms and Liberties (the stuff that makes meaningful elections possible) than Trump being a sore loser or Tweeting out that someone is a Poo Poo Head.

You use such big words as "The Big Lie" (implying, of course, that ordinary Americans who question the election's validity to this day are somehow Nazis) and "Conspiracy Theories" (implying that people are cranks for believing that something is not on the up and up when the result doesn't go their way). 

[Ferguson97]

You are a liar and a manipulator of the worst kind.  You are perhaps the most morally bankrupt person on this entire forum.

Thank you!

I highlighted the part you left out.  I wonder how many here find that "ignorant".

Fuzzy, I excluded those highlighted parts of your comment from my post here specifically because I didn't find them to be ignorant.

You put so much effort into your very long post and I didn't want people to read that and get the idea that everything you were saying was wrong.

Your manipulation of what people have said and your selective exclusion of facts makes you one of the most reprehensible people on this entire forum.  

Thank you for the feedback, friend! I'm always willing to consider constructive criticism.

[Ferguson97]

Interesting...

https://twitter.com/natashakorecki/status/1582079242808201217

These are things you do when you're very confident about your chances of winning.

Why not up your odds at retaining your job from 85% to 100%? I would do that every day of the week.

You would steal an election?

I've seen people do much worse than that to keep their employment. I don't much care for the will of the people who are mostly too stupid to form opinions on political issues anyway. They only have us go through these motions every year so we get distracted and worked up about their marketing tactics while they're all doing all they can to funnel money to themselves through all legal means possible.

This is genuinely one of the most evil things I've seen someone say on Atlas.

If you think something is evil, then I know I have the morally correct position. Unfortunately, my post was mere apathy about democracy (and moreso American partisan fanfare in general) followed by an observation of what the US electoral system usually entails.

Since you find 90 percent of the population to be evil and half of that to be your evil enemies, maybe you shouldn't be counting on democracy to save you so much. Good means and good ends - choose one.

You have admitted that you would rig an election in your favor.

How can you possibly believe that you are on the side of justice?

This happened frequently in this country for virtually all of its history and still happens today in many smaller races. The only goal of virtually all politicians is securing power by any means possible. They know might makes right to secure their ideals and fortunes (though many of the losers also skim enough off the top for the latter).

Personally, I was a huge fan of the Iowa Caucus rigging, that was an all-time sell job, modernizing the methods available to us. Incredible innovation only thought possible by McKinsey alums. They really knew what they were doing to keep the country in steady hands.

[Ferguson97]

Do you think that trans people should be banned from being preschool teachers?

Yes.

[Ferguson97]

Do you think that trans people should be banned from being preschool teachers?

Yes.

Surely advocating for genocide violates the TOS?

Calling this "genocide advocacy" surely qualifies as excessive hyperbole, if anything does.

[Ferguson97]

Well I will say it was highly misleading for Ferguson to make his little, uh, edit to NC Conservative's post. It's not as if not wanting to allow transgenders to be preschool teachers is *good*, but there's a stark difference between that and wanting to just eliminate trans people entirely (the latter is something wholly, totally, completely unacceptable, and something only genocidal, maniacal, utterly hateful people wouldn't condemn).

I will point out, though, that D.S. apparently agreed with NC Conservative's doctored post, where he allegedly expressed support for "banning" transgender people. So it's not as if *some* don't espouse these beliefs. Though we already knew he was a Massive, Massive HP.

Just so there is no misunderstanding, I did not make the "edit" to NC Conservative's post. That was DabbingSanta.

I asked NC point-blank "Do you think that trans people should be banned from being preschool teachers?" and he replied "Yes."

I submitted his reply "Yes" to this thread because I believed it to be ignorant/absurd.

DabbingSants then replied to ME with the ChadYes meme and HE crossed out the "from being preschool teachers" when he quoted my post, because he wanted it to be known that he, Dabbing Santa, wants to ban trans people from existing.

At no point did I edit NC's post or take it out of context. That was all DabbingSanta.

NC's views are horrific enough that it's not necessary for me to mislead people about them.

[Ferguson97]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1588162563598159872
Okay chumps, who's 'gay lover' was this?

Jussie Smollet 2.0 probably the owner wanting to get an insurance payout

Did you check his voter ID card, Fergie?  Was he wearing a MAGA hat?  But, meh, Trump supporters.

A bunch of They/Them Antifa members named Xir firebombed a business for hosting a drag show. Sounds accurate

This but unironically.

it's sad how people can get so confused by gender ideology

and remember, it's the confusion that's the goal

[Ferguson97]

The Supreme Court orders Trump sworn in, even if Biden or whatever Democrat is the nominee wins all fifty states.

Just like they did in 2020, right?

They probably would have if January 6 hadn't happened.

[Ferguson97]

There's no hate like conservative Christian love.

This is false. The people who want to kill trans people are not real Christians. They may claim to be, but unless they follow the teachings of Christ they're just Christians In Name Only and most of the people calling for stuff like this are either teenagers who are trying to be edgy or alt-right types who are too full of hate to be authentic Christians and in some cases don't identify as Christians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

[Ferguson97]

Nobody has a "moral responsibility" to do crap.

[Ferguson97]

Pornography "empowering" people is the same type of impossibility as slavery "empowering" people.

[Ferguson97]

You know what would make society more like the handmaid tale : a society without oil

[Ferguson97]

Ferguson says 2K for reparations does he knows how much Per Capita Native American gets that's a joke it should be no more or no less than 30 K per person like Native Americans as cash payments not a 1 M dollars or 2K dollars it's called reparations not stimulus check

That’s not what I said. Learn to read.

[Ferguson97]

Zelensky the clown

Absolutely incredible how this guy consistently takes the absolute worst position on every single possible issue

[Ferguson97]

So, yes, a lot of the time people should not be held accountable because people might be targeted for revenge, and this is true regardless of your ideological position.

[Ferguson97]

So, yes, a lot of the time people should not be held accountable because people might be targeted for revenge, and this is true regardless of your ideological position.

When it comes to our foreign policy this is true , otherwise pretty much every president we had since 1945 could be charged .

So Obama made 100% the right decision not to prosecute people from the Bush admin

"Every president was a war criminal. If you want to prosecute Bush, you'll have to prosecute every president."

Is this really the argument you're making?

[Ferguson97]

Republicans would, beyond any shadow of a doubt, have done better in 2018 if they had repealed Obamacare.

Genuinely the most unhinged thing I've seen somebody quadruple down on here.

[Ferguson97]

I can't believe this needs to be said buh buh buh buh

LOL, you're so intolerant of opposing opinions on the most basic and mundane things

The "basic and mundane thing" in question is the right to a trial by jury.