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Postby Western Vale Confederacy » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:26 am

Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:
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I'd most certainly oppose it regardless of political affiliation.

Alright, that’s good. Good to have that cleared up in advance.


Considering how dangerously polarized these midterm elections will be, both sides are scratching and searching everywhere for votes, and attempting to stop their opponents from gaining more.

Whoever wins however, someone is gonna get shot.

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Postby Valrifell » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:29 am

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Always open with the AP to avoid [most] cries of liberal bias.


I said DEMOCRAT bias, not LIBERAL bias, just to clarify.

As much as those two are basically intertwined by now, the distinction is still there.


Once Manchin's out they'll be synonymous :p
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Postby Valrifell » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:30 am

Western Vale Confederacy wrote:
Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:Alright, that’s good. Good to have that cleared up in advance.


Considering how dangerously polarized these midterm elections will be, both sides are scratching and searching everywhere for votes, and attempting to stop their opponents from gaining more.

Whoever wins however, someone is gonna get shot.


What an ominous and dangerously possible prediction.
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Postby Western Vale Confederacy » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:35 am

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Considering how dangerously polarized these midterm elections will be, both sides are scratching and searching everywhere for votes, and attempting to stop their opponents from gaining more.

Whoever wins however, someone is gonna get shot.


What an ominous and dangerously possible prediction.


The stars are aligning, sadly.

Both sides have become radicalized, both sides call for violence and unrest, and both sides view this midterm election (which is usually a relatively unimportant event) as a struggle, a last chance, a fight.

Call me pessimistic, but I'll eat my own goddamn shoes if outbursts of violence don't occur after these elections.

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Postby Valrifell » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:40 am

Western Vale Confederacy wrote:
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What an ominous and dangerously possible prediction.


The stars are aligning, sadly.

Both sides have become radicalized, both sides call for violence and unrest, and both sides view this midterm election (which is usually a relatively unimportant event) as a struggle, a last chance, a fight.

Call me pessimistic, but I'll eat my own goddamn shoes if outbursts of violence don't occur after these elections.


I haven't seen the calls to violence, but I have seen an increase of emphasis on the midterm elections. Imo, that's a good thing because they usually are as important as they're currently being peddled as but nobody gave a shit. Quite refreshing to have the bulk of Americans concerned about their politics, even if it's in the least graceful way.
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Postby Zurkerx » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:32 am

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That website already screams Democrat bias to me.


https://www.apnews.com/fb011f39af3b40518b572c8cce6e906c


That is concerning. I image that if she wins, an investigation is likely to occur. And if they find stuff, Kemp and possibly the GOP in general will be in trouble.
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Postby Big Jim P » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:38 am

Valrifell wrote:
Western Vale Confederacy wrote:
Considering how dangerously polarized these midterm elections will be, both sides are scratching and searching everywhere for votes, and attempting to stop their opponents from gaining more.

Whoever wins however, someone is gonna get shot.


What an ominous and dangerously possible prediction.


The lib/dems have already started resorting to violence.
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Postby Bakery Hill » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:41 am

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What an ominous and dangerously possible prediction.


The lib/dems have already started resorting to violence.

If only they had the right's pacifism and rationality.
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Postby Petrasylvania » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:51 am

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The lib/dems have already started resorting to violence.

If only they had the right's pacifism and rationality.

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Postby Bakery Hill » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:55 am

I mean it's a bit daft to suggest that Antifa are the real fascists because they hit someone wearing a swastika with a stick every now and then, and then because Antifa is positioned however many degrees to the left and Clinton and the Dems talked about manspreading once that they are in some great violent communist conspiracy to destroy the United States but I suppose that's where we are at.
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Postby Valrifell » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:58 am

Bakery Hill wrote:I mean it's a bit daft to suggest that Antifa are the real fascists because they hit someone wearing a swastika with a stick every now and then, and then because Antifa is positioned however many degrees to the left and Clinton and the Dems talked about manspreading once that they are in some great violent communist conspiracy to destroy the United States but I suppose that's where we are at.


You left out some buzzwords like "cultural marxist" and "postmodernist" but generally you're right.
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Postby Bakery Hill » Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:09 am

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Bakery Hill wrote:I mean it's a bit daft to suggest that Antifa are the real fascists because they hit someone wearing a swastika with a stick every now and then, and then because Antifa is positioned however many degrees to the left and Clinton and the Dems talked about manspreading once that they are in some great violent communist conspiracy to destroy the United States but I suppose that's where we are at.


You left out some buzzwords like "cultural marxist" and "postmodernist" but generally you're right.

Well Cultural Marxism is a term used by some people to describe a group of Marxist theorists who suggested that capitalism is bad because it is corrupting and degenerating culture. It is used by others to describe how the same Marxist theorists are bad because they are promoting the corruption and degeneration of culture

Postmodernism is a school of thought that is often positioned as a academic reaction against Marxism. It denies all meta-narratives and philosophical stability and is naturally conflated and used almost interchangeably by gigantic intellects like Jordan Peterson with Marxism, a school of thought that is dependent on the grand narrative of dialectic and grounded in a materialist understanding of the world.

Naturally Antifa, Marx, Adorno, the Clintons, Establishment Democrats (even some Republican Moderates), college students and professors, the Black Panthers, BLM, the ACLU, people with blue hair, most trade unionists and people who buy quinoa are all part of this same rough group, working together for the same ends.

That's my education for today.
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Postby Corrian » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:21 am

Can Georgia ever escape Brian Kemp?
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Postby San Lumen » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:55 am

Corrian wrote:Can Georgia ever escape Brian Kemp?

I hope he loses.

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Postby Freezic Vast » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:56 am

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Corrian wrote:Can Georgia ever escape Brian Kemp?

I hope he loses.

No.
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Postby Telconi » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:57 am

Valrifell wrote:
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Considering how dangerously polarized these midterm elections will be, both sides are scratching and searching everywhere for votes, and attempting to stop their opponents from gaining more.

Whoever wins however, someone is gonna get shot.


What an ominous and dangerously possible prediction.


Well, we people sure aren't inclined to work together. We got Trump's rhetoric on one side, and Clinton on the other telling us not to be civil with one another.
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Postby Vassenor » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:07 am

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San Lumen wrote:I hope he loses.

No.


Why?
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Postby Telconi » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:09 am

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Freezic Vast wrote:No.


Why?


Presumably because Mr. Vast here agrees with his policy positions more so than his opponent?
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Postby San Lumen » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:11 am

Freezic Vast wrote:
San Lumen wrote:I hope he loses.

No.

care to explain why?

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Postby The Black Forrest » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:22 am

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Not really. You guys don't put up anybody interesting.


Given your idea of what "interesting" is, I'd rather not put up anything interesting.


I can understand it being a waste of time. The single issue approach greatly limits options.
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Postby Telconi » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:25 am

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Given your idea of what "interesting" is, I'd rather not put up anything interesting.


I can understand it being a waste of time. The single issue approach greatly limits options.


Which is quite saddening, and disgusting to be honest.
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Postby San Lumen » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:26 am

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San Lumen wrote:No its not


Sure it is!

Thats who was chosen in the primary. Blame the stupid two top primary

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Postby Telconi » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:30 am

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Thats who was chosen in the primary. Blame the stupid two top primary


No shit. I'd rather blame the people who voted for such an asinine system. Many of them are likely the people who voted for such asinine candidates.
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Postby The Black Forrest » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:33 am

Telconi wrote:
San Lumen wrote:Thats who was chosen in the primary. Blame the stupid two top primary


No shit. I'd rather blame the people who voted for such an asinine system. Many of them are likely the people who voted for such asinine candidates.


Voting by sound bite is rather common. I am ever amazed at how many people vote for things and don't even read what the thing will do.
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Postby Ifreann » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:34 am

Freezic Vast wrote:
San Lumen wrote:I hope he loses.

No.

I don't think you get to contradict what San Lumen hopes.
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