US Election 2020 - Pt 2

[CaptainOblivious]

A good dose of honesty is needed on this forum.

When someone is sexist, or racist, or homophobic, or transphobic generally those that disagree with that persons politics, calls him/her out. Those that agree, generally keep quiet.

I can think of the sexist comments made about Greta, or AOC, or Kayleigh, or when there was an actual Nazi on this forum who took a quote from Mein Kampf and tweaked it to threaten me. Those that did the calling out stuck to their tribe, in general. Some outliers.

Only one side of the fence makes a big deal out of these issues as a political matter, and indeed the grievance on the side of the fence that makes these issues political is that the other side doesn't want to acknowledge these issues as being political. Only one side is guilty of hypocrisy insofar as they fail to call these things out on both sides. The other side's selective calling-out is merely to expose the hypocrisy, but failing to do it on both sides is itself not an exhibition of a double standard.

 

[CaptainOblivious]

If you think voters are the audience for any of this, it's just bats**t; but when you realise it's *all* for the benefit of one guy's delicate ego it makes sense.

But of course they are the audience. They are only too well aware of the woke politically correct nonsense and the general consensus is that it represents a threat to the fabric of Western civilisation.

And just think, Trump couldn't sell that message without activists like you.

 

[TysonRoux]

LOL, the Xarog troll clone still desperate

Melania Trump taped making derogatory remarks about Donald and Ivanka – report

Melania Trump taped making derogatory remarks about Donald and Ivanka – report

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff reportedly taped the first lady’s ‘harsh comments’ and plans to share them in a book, Melania & Me

www.theguardian.com

On Monday the media reporter Yashar Ali cited unnamed sources in reporting that Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former friend and adviser, “taped the first lady” and plans to share the remarks in her book.

They include “harsh comments about Ivanka Trump, the president’s elder daughter and a senior adviser”, Ali wrote.

Melania & Me is out on 1 September.

 

[rietrot]

Trump didn't tell anyone he is some super genius hunting down a super secret cabal of pedos that have run the world for centuries.

But here we are, with people killing for a 4chan sh!+ post.

Trump asks people to trust and believe in him and he should reciprocate with that trust.

In the one thread we have people denying the existence of an elite Pedo ring, in the other thread Trump is apparently part of it?

Which is it?

 

[rietrot]

Remember those times when people cared about nepotism in the ANC. Yeah.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1298087902304501764

Clintons, Bushes,

 

[AlmightyBender]

No one said he can't be criticised based on his ideas or actions. What I am talking about is criticising him because of his skin colour.

Surface did not do that, rather he resorted to a racial epitaph. As a card-carrying progressive who I am told is woke to the problems of racism, you surely would agree that using that term was disgusting.

He could have said anything: bootlicker etc. But no, he made a reference to his skin colour.

You could have countered the assertion that he is the RNC token black guy by showing us all the other black republican senators, or members of Congress. You could also show how the presidential administration hires black employees at a rate higher than their population proportion. Or anything along similar lines.

Oh wait....

Fudgesticks for you I guess.

 

[rietrot]

You could have countered the assertion that he is the RNC token black guy by showing us all the other black republican senators, or members of Congress. You could also how the presidential administration hires black employees at a rate higher than their population proportion. Or anything along similar lines.

Oh wait....

Fudgesticks for you I guess.

You could not be racist and not call him a token black guy. How about treating all people just as people and not immediately judging them by how nice of a tan they have.

 

[CaptainOblivious]

First night of GOP convention delivers nearly six times more views than start of Democrats’ event on C-SPAN livestream

C-SPAN’s livestream of the first night of the Republican National Convention has attracted nearly 440,000 views, marking a substantial increase over the start of the Democratic…

thehill.com

Guess it must have been all the Dems hate-watching the RNC broadcast. Either that or Biden is in deeeeeeep trouble.

 

[AlmightyBender]

You could not be racist and not call him a token black guy. How about treating all people just as people and not immediately judging them by how nice of a tan they have.

Try and wrap your head around the concept that it is more a criticism of the RNC and the Republican party and "conservatives" more than a criticism of Tim Scott.

 

[scudsucker]

If they didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have standards.

How's that bet working out for you, Mr "Double Standards"?

 

[CaptainOblivious]

How's that bet working out for you, Mr "Double Standards"?

Sorry, you'll have to clarify what you're talking about. However, I anticipate that there won't be anything that is inconsistent with a generally libertarian/classical liberal political standpoint.

 

[rietrot]

Try and wrap your head around the concept that it is more a criticism of the RNC and the Republican party and "conservatives" more than a criticism of Tim Scott.

I don't buy into your "punching up" nonsense.
Racism is racism no matter who you think you are criticizing.

 

[TysonRoux]

How's that bet working out for you, Mr "Double Standards"?

Did you stumble upon a troll biscuit sale?

 

[Gnarls]

You could have countered the assertion that he is the RNC token black guy by showing us all the other black republican senators, or members of Congress. You could also show how the presidential administration hires black employees at a rate higher than their population proportion. Or anything along similar lines.

Oh wait....

Fudgesticks for you I guess.

Why does the assertion need to be countered? Why is "token black guy" not considered inherently racist?

Here, brush up. Your ignorance is showing.

 

[scudsucker]

Here, brush up. Your ignorance is showing.

There is certainly ignorance showing here but not where Gnarls thinks it is.

 

[Gnarls]

There is certainly ignorance showing here but not where Gnarls thinks it is.

Ad hom is all you can do? Please try aga.....rather don't.

 

[azbob]

But Kamala is a token, right?

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

The riots in Wisconsin are located in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

Kenosha County, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In presidential elections, Kenosha County has voted Democratic for most of the past century. In 2016, Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate in 44 years to win the county; the last time this happened was when President Nixon carried it in his 1972 landslide.

I will say it is safe it will stay in Trump's column given the lawlessness going on.

 

[Gnarls]

But Kamala is a token, right?

All aboard the whataboutism train.

 

[CaptainOblivious]

But Kamala is a token, right?

That is how the Dems are trying to use her this election, at least.