Author Topic: The Trump Presidency (Read 1037903 times)

Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) · « **Reply #6875 on:** June 22, 2018, 10:36:48 AM »

Quote from: Cat from DC on June 21, 2018, 07:45:47 PM

Maybe we should create a new board where Dax and FSD can agree peacefully. I feel like if they could just stroke each other’s morals and beliefs they would be happier.

Do you need to find a safe space?

8manpick · « **Reply #6876 on:** June 22, 2018, 11:42:30 AM »

Quote from: Phil Titola on June 22, 2018, 08:29:27 AM

Uhh ohhh ...DJT got rosannes husband on his trail

Tom Arnold says he's teaming up with Michael Cohen and 'taking Trump down' | TheHill

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/393598-tom-arnold-cohen-and-i-are-teaming-up-to-take-trump-down

This is really LOL

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #6877 on:** June 24, 2018, 10:12:54 AM »

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1010880525739929600

sys · « **Reply #6878 on:** June 24, 2018, 10:46:20 AM »

being a former trump deputy campaign manager is far more indicative of racial animus than is using the colloquialism "cotton picking". hell, being an american is more indicative (although the correlation probably approaches 1.0).

Phil Titola · « **Reply #6879 on:** June 24, 2018, 11:12:52 AM »

I haven't heard that phrase in a coon's age (maybe that's racial too?) and didn't even remember it was "cotton" pickin'.....who is that guy, Yosemite Sam?

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #6880 on:** June 24, 2018, 12:05:16 PM »

Quote from: sys on June 24, 2018, 10:46:20 AM

being a former trump deputy campaign manager is far more indicative of racial animus than is using the colloquialism "cotton picking". hell, being an american is more indicative (although the correlation probably approaches 1.0).

Yeah. It's probably just a phrase he uses constantly so he didn't think anything of it, but what was really gross about it was his attempt to just keep yelling over it after it came out of his mouth so as not to draw attention to it. Sorry bruh. We all heard it.

Spracne · « **Reply #6881 on:** June 24, 2018, 12:42:43 PM »

The cotton-pickin' outrage is pretty eyeroll-y, but there's an easy fix: Every time you feel you're about to say cottin' pickin', just say motherfuckin' instead.

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #6882 on:** June 24, 2018, 07:49:26 PM »

Spracs is it okay for the black guy he said it to (and then shouted over) to be outraged about it?

sys · « **Reply #6883 on:** June 24, 2018, 08:36:28 PM »

https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1010505100056518661

Spracne · « **Reply #6884 on:** June 24, 2018, 08:59:43 PM »

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on June 24, 2018, 07:49:26 PM

Spracs is it okay for the black guy he said it to (and then shouted over) to be outraged about it?

He didn't seem outraged to me

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SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #6885 on:** June 24, 2018, 09:48:33 PM »

He was definitely pissed, but I read your post and responded more as a hypothetical, so I’ll tweak the wording:
Spracs would it have been okay for the black guy he said it to (and then shouted over) to be outraged?

catastrophe · « **Reply #6886 on:** June 25, 2018, 08:13:42 AM »

If the subject of discussion were something other than racism, I don’t think he’d have a lot of justification to be pissed. However in the context of their conversation I get it. You actually have to wonder if it was intentional since the guy was trying to argue that liberals overreact.

Brock Landers · « **Reply #6887 on:** June 25, 2018, 09:04:15 AM »

The OKC Thunder recently whacked their play by play guy for using that phrase during a game back in April.

OK_Cat · « **Reply #6888 on:** June 25, 2018, 09:34:19 AM »

Quote from: Brock Landers on June 25, 2018, 09:04:15 AM

The OKC Thunder recently whacked their play by play guy for using that phrase during a game back in April.

Let’s be honest, though...he sucked and they jumped at the first chance to can him.

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Brock Landers · « **Reply #6889 on:** June 25, 2018, 09:54:25 AM »

Quote from: OK_Cat on June 25, 2018, 09:34:19 AM

Quote from: Brock Landers on June 25, 2018, 09:04:15 AM
The OKC Thunder recently whacked their play by play guy for using that phrase during a game back in April.

Let’s be honest, though...he sucked and they jumped at the first chance to can him.

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True, one of the articles I read pointed out how their broadcast team was ranked next to last in the NBA.

Spracne · « **Reply #6890 on:** June 25, 2018, 06:21:03 PM »

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on June 24, 2018, 09:48:33 PM

He was definitely pissed, but I read your post and responded more as a hypothetical, so I’ll tweak the wording:
Spracs would it have been okay for the black guy he said it to (and then shouted over) to be outraged?

Yes. He has every right to be outraged about whatever he wants. I'm rolling my eyes at the self-flagellating commentators who pick up the standard in his stead and try to make this an overt racial insult. Of course, they too have a right to be outraged about whatever they want. But I reserve my right to roll my eyes in their virtual direction.

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sys · « **Reply #6891 on:** June 25, 2018, 08:23:41 PM »

i don't think i've seen a single non right-wing media or non right-wing twitter persona all day (of people that mentioned it at all) that didn't accept as given that cotton picking is both racist and offensive. so apparently society has spoken. good job, progressive weirdos.

Spracne · « **Reply #6892 on:** June 25, 2018, 08:27:48 PM »

Well granted I haven't been keeping my finger on the cotton pickin' pulse today.

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chum1 · « **Reply #6893 on:** June 25, 2018, 09:55:35 PM »

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedBen/status/1011438661748101120

sys · « **Reply #6894 on:** June 26, 2018, 03:23:05 PM »

https://twitter.com/PaulSonne/status/1011606184598687744

catastrophe · « **Reply #6895 on:** June 26, 2018, 03:25:50 PM »

Thank goodness there are no Union vets around anymore.

bucket · « **Reply #6896 on:** June 27, 2018, 10:51:58 AM »

https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1011675772568965122

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #6897 on:** June 27, 2018, 11:05:53 AM »

What's fascinating is, there was once a time when ProgLibs wanted the U.S. out of NATO. The ProgLib considered NATO to be a tool for U.S. Hegemony (they were right based on what was to happen in the course of future events), the ProgLib considered NATO a direct threat to the Soviet Union, the ProgLib was fully in concert with Soviet propaganda.

One would think the ProgLib would be fully on board with whittling down the (once every component is factored in) the nearly $1 trillion dollars annually the U.S. spends on defense.

Once upon a time the ProgLib lamented and chastised the United States for its nearly ubiquitous military presence across the globe.

The ProgLib . . . a total 180, in one presidency.

Amaze

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #6898 on:** June 27, 2018, 11:38:08 AM »

NATO's total expenditures were $928 billion in 2017, of which the U.S. paid for nearly 22% of that.

Apparently in ProgLib aka NewNeoCon land, more is needed?

Phil Titola · « **Reply #6899 on:** June 27, 2018, 11:53:49 AM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on June 27, 2018, 11:05:53 AM

What's fascinating is, there was once a time when ProgLibs wanted the U.S. out of NATO. The ProgLib considered NATO to be a tool for U.S. Hegemony (they were right based on what was to happen in the course of future events), the ProgLib considered NATO a direct threat to the Soviet Union, the ProgLib was fully in concert with Soviet propaganda.

One would think the ProgLib would be fully on board with whittling down the (once every component is factored in) the nearly $1 trillion dollars annually the U.S. spends on defense.

Once upon a time the ProgLib lamented and chastised the United States for its nearly ubiquitous military presence across the globe.

The ProgLib . . . a total 180, in one presidency.

Amaze

stereotyping everybody based on one comment he heard third hand from Alex Jones is my favorite Dax move.