Progressives, part 3...

Crazy.

I don’t really understand what anyone means on this thread. The terminology doesn’t mean anything to me....and to lose one of our main members? Lol

I’ll stick to sports. 

Carry on guys.

posted by Ironman92

Crazy.

 

I don’t really understand what anyone means on this thread. The terminology doesn’t mean anything to me....and to lose one of our main members? Lol

 

I’ll stick to sports. 

 

Carry on guys.

You're missing out on A LOT of fun.

posted by like_that

You're missing out on A LOT of fun.

I truly pay no attention to any of it. I’m likely easily the most ignorant person on this topic.   The key terms are simply words I never use or even know what they mean.

Glad you guys enjoy it.

How can a parent let their child skip 11 weeks of school and not be in jail? Idiots raising idiots...

https://twitter.com/cam_cawthorne/status/1124374624236601344?s=21

These morons never stop. Elected rep Rashida Tlaib blaming Israel for retaliating after Palestine firing over 400 rockets this weekend. How did the left become so anti Israel?

posted by iclfan2

These morons never stop. Elected rep Rashida Tlaib blaming Israel for retaliating after Palestine firing over 400 rockets this weekend. How did the left become so anti Israel?

It's actually pretty simple.  When the right became "anti-muslim", the left then reflexively became "pro-muslim"....which inevitably results in being increasingly "anti-Israel".

Tlaib and Omar appear to be flat-out racist.  But as we see again and again on the left, their disgust with intolerance and racism is somewhat selective.

I'd also offer that when politicians say something stupid, it's usually because they are attempting to defend/support something they don't actually believe but their voters do.  We're going to be getting more and more of these radicals unless moderates start voting in the primaries, and I would include people in safely red or blue districts to consider cross-registering to block the nomination of crazies.

In reference to these 2 politicians.....they are the outcome of policies from Obama.  

posted by Spock

In reference to these 2 politicians.....they are the outcome of policies from Obama.  

How? Look at the population of their districts and then look at how primarying is done. This was done before Obama and will continue to happen. It's what caused Ocasio-Cortez to get elected.

posted by Ironman92

Crazy.

 

I don’t really understand what anyone means on this thread. The terminology doesn’t mean anything to me....and to lose one of our main members? Lol

 

 

soooo, you're blaming this thread for that? last time I checked, you can pick and choose which thread you'd like to participate in, and if gets too rough, just leave. I've been on the other end of a couple of posters' vitriol where the gang mentality kicked in, and like S&L, I decided to take a break---funny thing is, when I returned a few weeks later, two of those douchebags weren't even posting anymore-lol. Every once in a while it's good to step away ('cause this place can be addicting), and when you do, you can tell right away those who are tethered to it more than others. S&L will be back, trust me--at least I hope he will.

posted by vball10set

... and like S&L, I decided to take a break...

I couldn't figure out what people were talking about.  I hadn't even noticed S&L left.

posted by vball10set

soooo, you're blaming this thread for that? last time I checked, you can pick and choose which thread you'd like to participate in, and if gets too rough, just leave. I've been on the other end of a couple of posters' vitriol where the gang mentality kicked in, and like S&L, I decided to take a break---funny thing is, when I returned a few weeks later, two of those douchebags weren't even posting anymore-lol. Every once in a while it's good to step away ('cause this place can be addicting), and when you do, you can tell right away those who are tethered to it more than others. S&L will be back, trust me--at least I hope he will.

No disrespect to you, but I didn't even realize you took a break lol. Maybe it is because you didn't have a "take your ball and go home" type of post right when you did it.

At the end of the day this isn't serious business.  We like to make a mockery of serious business (see the serious business forum), but at some point  that was lost on S&L (and other posters).  It's weird to me, because he was much more active on the other forums, especially when it came to Cleveland sports. He wasn't the most active political poster on this site, and yet he decided to let the politics forum break him.  As you said, why not just ignore the forum?  Instead he lurked and posted in the thread that frustrated him the most.   

The left doesn't even let the dead be buried before they start politicizing vigils. Some local politicians and the dumbass org Mothers demand action (Watt's terribly misleading group) used a vigil for a dead student to start politicizing gun control. Glad the students walked out on them.

http://time.com/5586532/stem-school-shooting-vigil-protest/

Good for the students, these "anti"- groups are fucking ghouls who are giddy when such a tragedy happens. They are some of the worst people on the planet.

posted by iclfan2

The left doesn't even let the dead be buried before they start politicizing vigils. Some local politicians and the dumbass org Mothers demand action (Watt's terribly misleading group) used a vigil for a dead student to start politicizing gun control. Glad the students walked out on them.

http://time.com/5586532/stem-school-shooting-vigil-protest/

I give these students a lot of credit for making their voices heard.  This was not the venue to campaign in, however well intended.  First amendment in action.  

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I give these students a lot of credit for making their voices heard.  This was not the venue to campaign in, however well intended.  First amendment in action.  

It was not well intended. Anyone affiliated with Shannon Watts is an idiot.

posted by like_that

No disrespect to you, but I didn't even realize you took a break lol. Maybe it is because you didn't have a "take your ball and go home" type of post right when you did it.

 

lol, none taken, and it was quite a while ago...I found myself getting too wrapped up in being pissed at people I didn't know, on a message board, about shit that really didn't matter--and that was on me...so I took a break.

Lol Bernie and AOC think that the makes no money post office should get back into the financial service/ banking industry. 

posted by iclfan2

Lol Bernie and AOC think that the makes no money post office should get back into the financial service/ banking industry. 

I saw that... morons

*Edit to add

They are really ramping up their rhetoric trying to out-do each other right now. They have to because there is so many of them, I guess. The problem is, is that there are too many people who buy into it and start believing that certain things are rights that they are entitled to. 

So the Ukraine/China stuff with Biden and his son is pretty interesting.

For starters, there's a lot more smoke there than there ever was with Trump and his campaign, but the liberal media is largely silent on the issue.  It should basically force Biden to withdraw, because even if he somehow won the election, I think we could possibly expect an investigation similar to "Russia Collusion".

An article I was reading yesterday, some leftwing piece about tariffs with China that somehow had to throw in Trump really did collude with Russia and the Biden thing was a non-story "already cleared and exonerated by Bloomberg".  Really?  You lose your mind over Trump but don't bat an eyelash over this?  Let that sink in - these people have called Trump a traitor and demanded his impeachment/indictment for far less.  Then you have Biden dismissing China as a threat - I think we've just seen this movie....

I haven't bothered to confirm the details, but it appears Hunter Biden and John Kerry's stepson - neither of whom had private equity or investment banking experience - received $1.5B from the state-owned Bank of China for a PE fund.  It is highly unusual for a bank to make such an investment, and it is EXTRAORDINARILY unusual for two guys with no investing experience or track record to get that kind of money.

On a related note, wow, there were a lot of Washington players with dubious Ukraine connections.  It's clear why Manafort and Gates weren't indicted before.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/peggy-grande-california-dems-bid-to-keep-trump-off-the-ballot-should-worry-all-of-us

How do these people get elected?