2017-03-23, 02:47 | Link #61 |
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You mean a thread to celebrate an elected leader who announces lies and gibberish on the internet? Talking about how great it is that 1/3 of the government is annihilated?
I got enough entertainment from the announcements made by leaders of Turkey and The Philippines, I have no room for a third lunatic.
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2017-03-23, 04:05 | Link #62 |
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Well, how about you guys post your grievances and I'll respond by linking a Trump tweet? That way we're still on topic.
First Vallen: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...08211321425920
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2017-03-23, 04:28 | Link #64 | |
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2017-03-23, 05:23 | Link #65 |
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Not exactly a hard thing to do if you are prepared to appeal to their emotional desires. Just look at the new leader of the German Social Democrats Martin Schulz. A classical eurocrat from Brussels people love to hate on, yet he's risen the German Social Democrats from the ashes. Since Sigmar Gabriel cleared the way for him in late January the party has gone from being stuck at around 23% for like forever to anywhere between 30 and 32% in the polls. And just now he was elected as party leader with 100% of the eligible votes. How has he managed that? By promising to roll back the Agenda 2010, the series of reforms in the labour and social systems by then chancellor Gerhard Schröder, that broke the party. And also by not hesitating to employ "alternative facts".
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2017-03-23, 10:31 | Link #66 | |||
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How did that happen? Lay man answer is it took a while and the people that are unhappy with Donald Trump who are now paying attention to what he is doing and hanging onto everything he's saying, didn't pay the same attention in the past six years as GOP started taking sits away from the Democrats in the house and the senate. Anyway, this is not the thread to discuss this. Quote:
Don't derail my thread anymore.
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2017-03-23, 11:17 | Link #67 | |
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2017-03-23, 12:12 | Link #68 |
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We don't really have another thread to discuss it, and you brought it up in the first place. It's not really fair to throw your own political opinions and jabs in and then, while wielding a moderator badge, tell people not to derail your thread by responding to your statements.
But to be on topic, has 45 not been as outrageous on twitter lately, or has the media just decided to stop giving him that sort of attention? Haven't really seen reports about crazy behavior... other than him lying about what the FBI and Comey said in regards to the investigations in the middle of Comey's testimony. |
2017-03-23, 12:31 | Link #69 |
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Correct me if I'm wrong Monir, but what you're basically saying "laugh with me or get out of MY thread"
Forget the the other 60 million who didn't vote for him. Might makes right, Trump is the president.period. You will laugh. Correct? That being said, I am aware that democrats are part of the problem. It's clear they are a party that prefers appeasing Republicans than their voter base ..and they're still showing what kind of a party they are by continuously confirming this administrations selections regardless, the other half of America realizes the current administration is at the root of a growing problem. And I'm sorry if some of us just can't laugh along and celebrate his tweets
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2017-03-23, 13:02 | Link #70 |
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Not everyone is going to get this, but for those of you that are fans of Star Trek, there's always the parody of Trump using Gul Dukat that I like: https://twitter.com/realguldukat?lang=en
https://twitter.com/realRealDukat/st...81320344317952 https://twitter.com/realGulDukat/sta...47567123169280 Spoiler for space:
FYI, I get it through here first....
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2017-03-23, 14:19 | Link #71 |
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No offense monir, but I don't think there's any hope for this thread remaining on track XP. One can't possibly discuss Trumps tweets without getting political and there's no other outlet to discuss the broader issues at the moment.
I'm going to go ahead and assume that there's going to be a lot of moderating done on this thread so before you do I'd just like to point out one thing: It's now been over a month since the US politics thread was closed and there's been no update whatsoever. Apparently there was supposed to be a decision, but if it's already happened it would be nice if the regular members weren't left in the dark so we know what to expect. Now I don't really like telling other people how to do their job, but I do think it's worth pointing out that this is just going to keep happening (threads getting derailed) until a clear cut decision is made. I mean if the admins really want to ban all discussion on Trump then so be it but would it kill them to just let us know? And in all honesty, what exactly is the point of having a whole sub-forum for News and Politics when we can't discuss arguably the biggest political element of the world right now? I get that there's other news out there but we all know where the majority of the activity was going in this particular sub-forum. And whilst a a thread on Trump will probably turn toxic, wouldn't it be better to have it focused in one thread rather than simmering in others?
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he also snuck in his take on the "Russia story" by NBC and ABC Problem isn't what you can or cannot discuss. Some of you, unfortunately, have hard time keeping your wits together when discussing something as volatile as US politics, especially Trump. Those threads were closed because how quickly they degrade and become a constant headache for us.
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2017-03-23, 14:44 | Link #73 |
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my problems have always been his policies? not the way he says things? I am very much aware of his war on the working class and minorities, so yes, I am paying a lot of attention for my own survival
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Is it funny when Trump uses Twitter as President against private citizens who have zero recourse and end up getting harassed? Is it funny when Trump casually undermines the credibility of our intelligence agencies over and over again on twitter? Is it funny when Trump scapegoats nonexistent illegal voterson twitter for the reason he lost the popular vote to drive up white nationalistic support? Is it funny when he casually tosses misinformed and erroneous allegations from sources such as Alex Jones and other conspiracy nuts into the public discussion? Is it funny when he spends time on twitter tweeting instead of you know... reading his national security briefs in the morning? You seem to believe that I fail to understand why Trump has appealed to voters in this country. Yes, his brash personality earned him a reputation with some folks for "telling like it is" which is a complete contrast to the automated robots in our political system. Yes, he provided a microphone for the grievances of poorer white rural blue collar workers. Yes, in more fearful and uncertain times he has painted himself as the protector of America who will save us from those outsiders coming in to change our country. There are many reasons why one may have come to like and become a true believer in Donald Trump. There will also be Republicans in this country currently happy that he's following through on his "promises" in a way of his own. But like I said what of it? Am I supposed to ignore the breaking down of Democratic norms and institutions, things meant to protect the sanctity of this nation, just because people like it? You know what? Quote:
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It worked in Turkey and the Philippines.
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2017-03-24, 05:32 | Link #80 | |
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Oh, actually, I remember Trump saying he was joking about that. Or was he joking about joking?
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