Donald Trump and US politics

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faerwin wrote:

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DalaiLama wrote:

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The folks in that story are fully breitwashed and DEEPLY racist.

And the evidence that they are racist is...

Did the folks named in the story mention Breitbart? No? Did the article mention Breitbart? No? Did you just imagine Breitbart, like the bogeyperson in the closet?

They didn't make any racist comments, either. What does this all add up to? Unfounded assumptions that they must be x-cist and they must be Breitbart readers because they support something you don't.

The beauty of it all, is that this venomous unfounded vocalized hatred for Trump and anyone who supports him just increases the resolve of the people who do. Every time someone makes an unfounded accusation (Like Ben and Jerry's half-baked claims) they are unwittingly helping support Trump.

Keep up the good work!

They made multiple racist comments in the articles. Just read it until the end.

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CanHasPants wrote:

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

There is no single reform to US politics as important as IRV. Get involved in trying to promote it. The predictable result of first-past-the-post is steadily increasing hyper-partisan extremism, and if we don't remove the cause then we deserve the effect.

I would also like to add: ban line voting and do not show party affiliation, and all candidates should face the same barriers to appear on the ballot.

You should have to vote for each individual, by name and platform, not party. You should not be allowed to vote for a temporary monopoly of one party without knowing its individual candidates agendas. If you do not recognize any of the names for a given position, you should not be voting for it.

My father ran for state senate as a libertarian, and never made it onto the ballot. Dems and Reps needed only 500 signatures from their constituents; as a third party candidate my father required 2400. The Republican Party then contested my fathers signatures in court until after the election. This very same story can be told ad nauseam about prospective third party candidates. Edit: those numbers may be off, but the disparity is something similar. It took (literally) hundreds more man-hours to collect the requisite signatures than the primary party candidates combined.

The entire voting process is a sham. Tis why I scoff when one party blames the other for voter suppression—there was no democracy to suppress in the first place, just a dog and pony show.

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

Naturally, the Last Week Tonight position is that Trump being persuasive is terrifying and dangerous — yawn — but they're still respecting how effective his persuasion is.

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Schmodderhengst wrote:

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

Naturally, the Last Week Tonight position is that Trump being persuasive is terrifying and dangerous — yawn — but they're still respecting how effective his persuasion is.

Sarcasm. Do you actually admire scammers ? I don´t. Goebbels was persuasive as well. But respect ? No.

These dirty tricks are just one small part of Trump´s disgusting personality.

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deathflower wrote:

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Schmodderhengst wrote:

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

Naturally, the Last Week Tonight position is that Trump being persuasive is terrifying and dangerous — yawn — but they're still respecting how effective his persuasion is.

Sarcasm. Do you actually admire scammers ? I don´t. Goebbels was persuasive as well. But respect ? No.

These dirty tricks are just one small part of Trump´s disgusting personality.

Rather than being conned, think of it another way. Some people are entice by the smell of deep-fried stinky tofu. Some people just can't stand it.

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Jennik wrote:

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The cultists remain absurd. Hannity throws out some [Removed by Support] apologia and is dropped by some advertisers. Some cultists are enraged by this and destroy products they own from one of those advertisers. [Removed by Support] It's those filthy coffee bastards who are to blame!

Yet another reminder that the parties are not remotely the fucking same.