The Atlas Asylum of absurd/ignorant posts IX

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See that conservatives and Libertarians suddenly become fearful of the overreach of police Authority when it's used to actually PROTECT minorities. However when it's used to keep them in their place instead of protesting, of course the sky's the limit.

What's so absurd and ignorant about that? It actually seems to be an accurate statement and we have a thread for simple truths, I'd recommend you repost this there.

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Will there ever be a Louisiana poll ?

I think Biden is within 5% there.

Yeah, Biden's not coming close to winning Louisiana...

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FF I don't get all the hate he gets. He seems like a well intentioned and smart guy.

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Hegar isnt beating Cornyn, if she cant come close on a QU poll that has Biden leading in it, she wont win.

Harrison has a much stronger chance to beat Graham than Hegar beating Cornyn.

Hegar has been down by 8 points or more in favorable polls to Biden in TX

Imagine thinking that SC is more vulnerable than TX...

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So it has finally come to this -Fuzzy Bear is now officially a fascist:

Marxism Leninism is absolute an evil ideology that must be destroyed, root and branch. That being said, these Moms are not Marxist Leninists, nor are the dads or US vets marching with them. They are just normal moms and dads.

The violence absolutely must be denounced, and I don't think any of these protesters support violence. It is important to raise up the banner of non-violent demonstration:

Portland leaders condemn violence, draw distinction between peaceful protest and riot

"“The self-concern, the casual destruction and the self-righteous determination to put others in harm’s way that was on display last night in this city does absolutely nothing to honor the legacy of George Floyd or to improve the systemic problems that led to his murder,” Mondainé said Saturday morning. “Destructive acts that hamper the progress of our cause can only be committed by those who do not truly care about preventing further George Floyds or are too ignorant to know better.

“To our non-black allies," he said, "do not commit violence in our name.”

-- Rev. E.D. Mondainé, president of Portland’s NAACP

"“I believe there was a small group of people who came out last night with every intention of tearing stuff up and they were going to tear it up no matter how many of them there were,” she continued. “But I want to be crystal clear: What happened last night had nothing to do with black America. It was not about standing up for black people’s rights. It was not about acknowledging the death and harm that has taken place.”"

-- African American Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty (D-OR)

It is important to support peaceful protests for the important goal of Black Lives Matter.

You had me until the last line.

Black Lives Matter is a Marxist Organization, founded by two (2) women who admit to being "trained Marxists".  Whatever the goals of BLM, the organization must be roundly condemned for their behavior.  In a civilized society they would have already condemned.  In this Alice Through The Looking Glass society, they have received lots of political love and corporate money, for reasons that are not clear, and have the look and feel of a payoff for "safety".  

It's too late for "Peaceful Protests".  We got the message; the "voices were heard".  All the peaceful protesters are doing now is feeding the Violent Mobs.  And many so-called "peaceful protesters" are actually standing by rioters, vandals, and arsonists, not actually committing these events, but cheering the violent persons on.  It's the "Peaceful Protesters", and not the police, that need to stand down; they are a major obstacle to restoring public order at this time.  I'll cut them props as to perhaps not really understanding how they're keeping the problem going, but it's time for them to stand down and for riots to be quelled.

It's time to rename this thread after him, he's made far too many absurd remarks like these

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I don’t think it will be a Trump that steals the election directly, but Republican officials across the country. The postmaster general will continue to slow the mail down to where it will take 3 1/2 weeks for an absentee ballot to get to your home from the clerk’s office. Due to “printing issues,” the ballots will be mailed out two days before the election, ensuring barely anyone gets them. 

Trump will then send troops to the polling places to scare voters and arrest Biden voters to stop them from voting. By November, the Coronavirus will have spiraled out of control and most people will be too scared to go to the polls even without federal goons there to intimidate them. Trump wins a “landslide” with 14% turnout and Republicans now have huge majorities in both houses of Congress.

There isn't much absurd or ignorant about this, the concerns about Republican voter suppression as well deploying federal troops are well justified. In just the past 2 years, we've seen voter suppression in the Georgia gubernatorial election in 2018 and now we have DHS officers being sent as federal police to Democratic-run cities across the nation to control peaceful protestors. While I don't think Trump will actually rig the election, these concerns aren't unfounded, especially since we are talking about a man who has sought the help of multiple foreign nations in interfering in our elections.

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I don’t think it will be a Trump that steals the election directly, but Republican officials across the country. The postmaster general will continue to slow the mail down to where it will take 3 1/2 weeks for an absentee ballot to get to your home from the clerk’s office. Due to “printing issues,” the ballots will be mailed out two days before the election, ensuring barely anyone gets them.  

Trump will then send troops to the polling places to scare voters and arrest Biden voters to stop them from voting. By November, the Coronavirus will have spiraled out of control and most people will be too scared to go to the polls even without federal goons there to intimidate them. Trump wins a “landslide” with 14% turnout and Republicans now have huge majorities in both houses of Congress.

There isn't much absurd or ignorant about this, the concerns about Republican voter suppression as well deploying federal troops are well justified. In just the past 2 years, we've seen voter suppression in the Georgia gubernatorial election in 2018 and now we have DHS officers being sent as federal police to Democratic-run cities across the nation to control peaceful protestors. While I don't think Trump will actually rig the election, these concerns aren't unfounded, especially since we are talking about a man who has sought the help of multiple foreign nations in interfering in our elections.

Thank you for posting directly into this thread. You can't actually be this stupid burning down federal buildings and attacking the police are not peaceful protests. There's been bricks thrown at them lasers shined in their faces, etc.. These people are violent not peaceful. Also countries have been interfering in other country's elections for awhile now. Would it surprise you to learn that Churchill interfered in our elections during WWII to ensure that FDR was reelected. The Atlanta Journal found nothing wrong with the Georgia Gubernatorial election and found no evidence of voter suppression.

This doesn't look like equipment for a peaceful protest: https://twitter.com/PortlandPolice/status/1287638418978230272/photo/1

So, I take it that you think secret police in our streets, not identifying themselves as police and then detaining protestors is normal, or that it’s normal that our President said he’d send them to “Democratic-controlled cities.”

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I don’t think it will be a Trump that steals the election directly, but Republican officials across the country. The postmaster general will continue to slow the mail down to where it will take 3 1/2 weeks for an absentee ballot to get to your home from the clerk’s office. Due to “printing issues,” the ballots will be mailed out two days before the election, ensuring barely anyone gets them.  

Trump will then send troops to the polling places to scare voters and arrest Biden voters to stop them from voting. By November, the Coronavirus will have spiraled out of control and most people will be too scared to go to the polls even without federal goons there to intimidate them. Trump wins a “landslide” with 14% turnout and Republicans now have huge majorities in both houses of Congress.

There isn't much absurd or ignorant about this, the concerns about Republican voter suppression as well deploying federal troops are well justified. In just the past 2 years, we've seen voter suppression in the Georgia gubernatorial election in 2018 and now we have DHS officers being sent as federal police to Democratic-run cities across the nation to control peaceful protestors. While I don't think Trump will actually rig the election, these concerns aren't unfounded, especially since we are talking about a man who has sought the help of multiple foreign nations in interfering in our elections.

Thank you for posting directly into this thread. You can't actually be this stupid burning down federal buildings and attacking the police are not peaceful protests. There's been bricks thrown at them lasers shined in their faces, etc.. These people are violent not peaceful. Also countries have been interfering in other country's elections for awhile now. Would it surprise you to learn that Churchill interfered in our elections during WWII to ensure that FDR was reelected. The Atlanta Journal found nothing wrong with the Georgia Gubernatorial election and found no evidence of voter suppression.

This doesn't look like equipment for a peaceful protest: https://twitter.com/PortlandPolice/status/1287638418978230272/photo/1

So, I take it that you think secret police in our streets, not identifying themselves as police and then detaining protestors is normal, or that it’s normal that our President said he’d send them to “Democratic-controlled cities.”

There's no secret police lol. If they were secret you wouldn't know about them. There uniforms clearly identify them with patches on the shoulder and would you rather the cities just burn to the ground. Again this isn't at all peaceful: https://twitter.com/MikeBalsamo1/status/1287606656608555009
People committing acts like that aren't protestors they're rioters who should be locked up.

Okay, but what about this: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/opinion/sunday/portland-protest-federal-troops.html, it's clear that there are peaceful protestors also being attacked. There are also stories like this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/20/christopher-david-portland-protest-video/. Also let's not forget about this: https://www.opb.org/news/article/federal-law-enforcement-unmarked-vehicles-portland-protesters/#.XxD9y_CwH4w.twitter, you had people placed in unmarked vans. Please don't tell me any of this is normal, it should instead be a cause for deep alarm.

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^ Not hard ... rioters should be arrested, and officers abusing their power should be prosecuted.

Yes, I agree with this, wholeheartedly. To be clear, (to TPH) I'm not defending the rioters, I'm defending the peaceful protestors who are being targeted by police, instead of the rioters who the police actually should be targeting. Though, the rioting issues can be handled by the local police, there's not really a need to deploy federal troops in any situation.

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It will be 3 to 1, if Scholten loses he will challenge Gov Reynolds or may force Grassley into retirement in 2022. He is a top candidate

Yeah, Chuck Grassley losing isn't happening, especially since 2022 looks to be under a Biden presidency, which means it would probably be a very Republican year. Democrats aren't winning a statewide race in Iowa in such an environment, period, let alone against one of the state's most popular politicians.

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Black Lives Matter IS a Marxist organization.  It's founders have stated that they are trained Marxists.  Patrisse Cullors said this herself.  I also note that you don't respond to the rest of the post, which points out accurately that these people in the streets are, in fact, committing criminal acts.

Can we rename this thread after him?

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It's certainly likely, but only if Biden wins.

Democrats aren't violent in large numbers the way it seems Republicans are.

Hard to believe anyone would post something this stupid considering the amount of looting and rioting the left has done in the last few months.

Tell me one violent rioter/looter who is voting for Biden.

Actually I know of one, one of my instagram friends went and took part in the rioting in LA and will definitely vote for Biden. Who do you think the BLM rioters will vote for, Trump.

I'll say they'll vote for Hawkins, especially if they are indeed Antifa anarchist socialists.

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This map is kost likely AZ has now Trump ahead by 1 over Biden

Give it up Ds, AK is safe R

Yeah, McSally winning, while Collins, Tillis, Ernst all lose, just isn't happening, also Iowa voting left of Minnesota, New Mexico, Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado is well truly something else...

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My favorite Governor.

See thread for context

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Good. He shouldnt

I think it's time for a thread rename

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Leahy needs to go and  let Zuckerman become next Senator, he is well past his prime

Supporting anti-vaxxers gets a yikes from me

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Leahy needs to go and  let Zuckerman become next Senator, he is well past his prime

Supporting anti-vaxxers gets a yikes from me

You are the type of person who calls 911 because he saw a car with out-of-date vehicle registration stickers in front of him on the freeway.

Lol snowflake

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Does France have laws about this (I imagine things like libel laws might apply, as might any anti-racism laws France might have)? Forcibly shutting down the magazine or forcing the sacking of person involved would probably be the right outcome here.

What kind of American thinks magazines should be shut down for being racist?

The kind of American who thinks hate speech shouldn't be covered by the First Amendment?

Authoritarianism is a growing ideology on Atlas.

Hate speech being covered by the first amendment is absolutely unacceptable. Authoritarian is good, if libertarians had their way people would be running amok and there'd be mass riots and violence, due to there being no rules.

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Hate speech being covered by the first amendment is absolutely unacceptable. Authoritarian is good, if libertarians had their way people would be running amok and there'd be mass riots and violence, due to there being no rules.

You are the type of person who tries to get a cashier fired because they wouldn't accept an expired coupon.

Isn't that their job? You know to not accept expired coupons, why should they be fired for doing the right thing?

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Anyways, to bring us back on track, I have another gem:

no, he's far left

(check thread context)

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Harris is slightly to the left of Biden on the economic axis and slightly to his right on the authoritarian axis. Trump/Pence are mostly accurate but, along with Biden, should be moved a couple notches downward towards the center of the authright quadrant.

All in all, however, it's largely on point

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Appears to be a liberal, like all American judges.

I think it's time for a thread rename

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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??

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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.

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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".

Fair, but I am bothered by this obsession by some people that the blue states should be forced to bail out places like WV, they should raise their taxes, if they can't pay for stuff, they sure shouldn't ask for tax cuts.