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Postby Tectonix » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:45 pm

TAllAHaSSee neWS stATIoN wrote:And its....

Actually pretty toned down and not really offensive. Aww.

Careful there. Normalizing Peña won't favor anyone. But yeah, pretty toned down for someone who screams about the Ten Commandments and says that an elected Senator is a 'stupid mudslinger.'
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Postby Imperial Esplanade » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:45 pm

TAllAHaSSee neWS stATIoN wrote:And its....

Actually pretty toned down and not really offensive. Aww.


Pretty bad when you consider that "toned down." lol
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:46 pm

Tectonix wrote:
TAllAHaSSee neWS stATIoN wrote:And its....

Actually pretty toned down and not really offensive. Aww.

Careful there. Normalizing Peña won't favor anyone. But yeah, pretty toned down for someone who screams about the Ten Commandments and says that an elected Senator is a 'stupid mudslinger.'


Normalizing?
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Postby Tectonix » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:47 pm

TAllAHaSSee neWS stATIoN wrote:
Tectonix wrote:Careful there. Normalizing Peña won't favor anyone. But yeah, pretty toned down for someone who screams about the Ten Commandments and says that an elected Senator is a 'stupid mudslinger.'


Normalizing?

Saying that what she said was 'not really offensive,' while not a direct normalization, may indeed lead to it. I'm really careful when it comes to stuff like that, seeing how a certain President-elect avoided essentially all criticism because of that.
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:52 pm

Tectonix wrote:
TAllAHaSSee neWS stATIoN wrote:
Normalizing?

Saying that what she said was 'not really offensive,' while not a direct normalization, may indeed lead to it. I'm really careful when it comes to stuff like that, seeing how a certain President-elect avoided essentially all criticism because of that.


Trump avoided criticism? That's news to me.
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Postby Imperial Esplanade » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:55 pm

TAllAHaSSee neWS stATIoN wrote:
Tectonix wrote:Saying that what she said was 'not really offensive,' while not a direct normalization, may indeed lead to it. I'm really careful when it comes to stuff like that, seeing how a certain President-elect avoided essentially all criticism because of that.


Trump avoided criticism? That's news to me.


Trump was given SOME credit by certain media outlets (like CNN, for example) for basically "not being a jerk-off."

I wouldn't say he avoided all criticism, but he was (and still is) being a bit normalized to Tectonix's point (perhaps primarily due to media fatigue over his shenanigans).
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Postby Tallahassee News Station » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:58 pm

Imperial Esplanade wrote:
TAllAHaSSee neWS stATIoN wrote:
Trump avoided criticism? That's news to me.


Trump was given SOME credit by certain media outlets (like CNN, for example) for basically "not being a jerk-off."

I wouldn't say he avoided all criticism, but he was (and still is) being a bit normalized to Tectonix's point (perhaps primarily due to media fatigue over his shenanigans).


Fatigue I get. "No criticism" is oversaying it. Both of them got lots of criticism him especially.
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Postby Tectonix » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:59 pm

Imperial Esplanade wrote:
TAllAHaSSee neWS stATIoN wrote:
Trump avoided criticism? That's news to me.


Trump was given SOME credit by certain media outlets (like CNN, for example) for basically "not being a jerk-off."

I wouldn't say he avoided all criticism, but he was (and still is) being a bit normalized to Tectonix's point (perhaps primarily due to media fatigue over his shenanigans).

The media fatigue is my point. He did get criticism, yes, but due to the overwhelming amount of things to criticize, it rapidly lost its luster and made any further attempts worthless. Therefore, they mainly stopped doing it, with CNN resorting to having the Clinton campaign manager less than 5 times on, and Conway on practically every day.
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Postby Imperial Esplanade » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:01 pm

Tectonix wrote:
Imperial Esplanade wrote:
Trump was given SOME credit by certain media outlets (like CNN, for example) for basically "not being a jerk-off."

I wouldn't say he avoided all criticism, but he was (and still is) being a bit normalized to Tectonix's point (perhaps primarily due to media fatigue over his shenanigans).

The media fatigue is my point. He did get criticism, yes, but due to the overwhelming amount of things to criticize, it rapidly lost its luster and made any further attempts worthless. Therefore, they mainly stopped doing it, with CNN resorting to having the Clinton campaign manager less than 5 times on, and Conway on practically every day.


Keep in mind that CNN is practically resorting to just sensationalism to keep their ratings up at this point, not exactly genuine journalism. This is why it's pretty much 24/7 politics.
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Postby Tectonix » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:08 pm

Imperial Esplanade wrote:
Tectonix wrote:The media fatigue is my point. He did get criticism, yes, but due to the overwhelming amount of things to criticize, it rapidly lost its luster and made any further attempts worthless. Therefore, they mainly stopped doing it, with CNN resorting to having the Clinton campaign manager less than 5 times on, and Conway on practically every day.


Keep in mind that CNN is practically resorting to just sensationalism to keep their ratings up at this point, not exactly genuine journalism. This is why it's pretty much 24/7 politics.

Well, their news article on climate change shows that journalism is still in there somewhere. I wouldn't say the case is completely lost.
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Postby Imperial Esplanade » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:10 pm

Tectonix wrote:
Imperial Esplanade wrote:
Keep in mind that CNN is practically resorting to just sensationalism to keep their ratings up at this point, not exactly genuine journalism. This is why it's pretty much 24/7 politics.

Well, their news article on climate change shows that journalism is still in there somewhere. I wouldn't say the case is completely lost.


I was primarily referring to television. :)

Their online articles are actually pretty decent, but I can't tolerate CNN for any longer than, like, 20-30 minutes at most on TV these days. WAY too much rhetoric and same-old back-and-forth talking points. CNN gives me headaches.
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Postby Tectonix » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:11 pm

The DCCC funds practically every single Senate campaign that has a Democrat which has a chance at winning. Carrollton would've received funds like any other candidate; it isn't too big of a stretch.
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Postby Tectonix » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:12 pm

Imperial Esplanade wrote:
Tectonix wrote:Well, their news article on climate change shows that journalism is still in there somewhere. I wouldn't say the case is completely lost.


I was primarily referring to television. :)

Their online articles are actually pretty decent, but I can't tolerate CNN for any longer than, like, 20-30 minutes at most on TV these days. WAY too much rhetoric and same-old back-and-forth talking points. CNN gives me headaches.

Yeah, I guess...but hey, not much better out there. Would you rather watch...

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Postby Sanabel » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:15 pm

Tectonix wrote:
Imperial Esplanade wrote:
I was primarily referring to television. :)

Their online articles are actually pretty decent, but I can't tolerate CNN for any longer than, like, 20-30 minutes at most on TV these days. WAY too much rhetoric and same-old back-and-forth talking points. CNN gives me headaches.

Yeah, I guess...but hey, not much better out there. Would you rather watch...

Image

I'm not much of a Megyn Kelly fan, but Santa is *traditionally white.

He is a German cultural tradition that has been appropriated by corporations...
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Postby Tectonix » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:17 pm

Sanabel wrote:
Tectonix wrote:Yeah, I guess...but hey, not much better out there. Would you rather watch...

(Image)

I'm not much of a Megyn Kelly fan, but Santa is *traditionally white.

He is a German cultural tradition that has been appropriated by corporations...

Here's a better example :p

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Postby Sanabel » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:17 pm

Tectonix wrote:
Sanabel wrote:I'm not much of a Megyn Kelly fan, but Santa is *traditionally white.

He is a German cultural tradition that has been appropriated by corporations...

Here's a better example :p

Image

Ok, yeah. :rofl:
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Postby Imperial Esplanade » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:22 pm

Tectonix wrote:The DCCC funds practically every single Senate campaign that has a Democrat which has a chance at winning. Carrollton would've received funds like any other candidate; it isn't too big of a stretch.


She knows that, she is just curious as to why she is being consulted when she really doesn't have a say in it.

However, the explanation that followed makes sense in her head. One of those "what grounds are we having this meeting?" sorta things.
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Postby Imperial Esplanade » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:23 pm

Sanabel wrote:
Tectonix wrote:Here's a better example :p

Image

Ok, yeah. :rofl:


BILLY! :rofl:
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Postby Imperial Esplanade » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:26 pm

Timing issue, de Pena responds to Carrollton before Carrollton gets her tweet out.

Not an issue, I'll edit it, but just letting you guys know why the post is about to be edited.
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Postby Sanabel » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:31 pm

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Postby Tumblrena » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:37 pm

Imperial Esplanade wrote:Timing issue, de Pena responds to Carrollton before Carrollton gets her tweet out.

Not an issue, I'll edit it, but just letting you guys know why the post is about to be edited.


My fault. Was supposed to be 7:17. Sorry.

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Postby Chewion » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:45 pm

Sanabel wrote:
Chewion wrote:I think it's important to not Kiser isn't dumb as bricks.

By what measure?

He had a doctorate in Psychology
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Postby Sanabel » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:46 pm

Chewion wrote:
Sanabel wrote:By what measure?

He had a doctorate in Psychology

And yet he apparently doesn't know what classes he took, or what kind of practice he ran.
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Postby Rhinocera » Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:46 pm

Yo Xath, wanna wrap up West and Winstons meeting real quick while we're both online.
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