All Purpose News and Politics Thread Part IV: The Center Cannot Hold

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

To be perfectly fair, the idea that women are somehow naturally more compassionate and empathetic than men is itself quite a misogynistic stereotype, as if adult women are childlike simpletons who can express only facile ideas of love and kindness, rather than complex individuals primarily concerned with advancing their own self-interest and capable of inventing absurd rationalizations for any behavior which serves that end. At the end of the day, white women benefit just as much from racism as white men do, and form their political attitudes accordingly.

Exactly. It's this silly thing that people trick themselves into that all women are some bleeding heart types that are going to view bad language and racism as abhorrent and don't have the flaws of men. Here's the reality, an upper middle class white woman whose husband benefits from a Trump or Republican Presidency because they are the only people that win out with that type of thing are going to vote on what's best for them. If you're a lower class uneducated white women married to a racist white man or came from some family of the like, that's there world view and they will vote on that.

And yeah they benefit from racism. Some of the worst racial incidents in this country (the Tulsa Race Riot, Emmitt Till) started because a white woman freaked out over a black guy being near her.

I don't know where this crazy idea that women are some angelic sex that can right the wrongs of men came from. They are often complicit.

[shooshoomanjoe]

I think that a lot of people are scared of the Democrats and what's going to happen once they get back the Presidency. You have the Dems, like Hillary committing crimes without prosecution and with about 57 of her associates dying from suicide over the years I think that we have a right to be afraid.

I was shocked when I read about Reagan's comment. It was a horrible thing to say under any circumstances. But I was never a fan because this man along with Bush broke the back of the Black community by pushing through crack and also giving millions of illegal immigrants amnesty. Both of these things harmed the Black community tremedously. So now that he's been outed as a racist maybe we can reverse his policies and send those people he gave amnesty to back?

Again. A good number of people are afraid of the Democrats because they break the law and get away with it. Like Comey and the Senators that crossed the border and escorted illegals into the United States. That is a crime. A week or so ago a couple of United States soldiers were arrested for doing the same thing.

The Democrats are helping the Iranians who just gave women 30 years in prison simply because she refused to cover up their face. The Dems love Afghanistan and had turn a blind eye towards their ancient practice of having sex with boys. And of course they could care less about the Arabs that still enslave Black Africans on the African continent.

And if they really care about Black folk they would create a campaign to drive the Arabs out of the African continent because that are an invaded force and are not indigenous to the African continent.

Despite overwelming evidence to the contrary many people still do not believe that the ancient Egyptians were Black. Shockingly some even think that they were White. Imo if the ancient Egyptians were white Egypt would not be a arab controlled country today because the white people would have taken it back a long time ago.

What I don't understand about the far right is that they call CNN, etc fake news yet they will believe any lie that fits their narrative of the world.

Edit to add three quotes from the trump admin stating they are liars:

Our press secretary...gave alternative facts- Conway
What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening- trump
Truth isn’t truth- Rudy

[Gray Lensman]

In Democratic Primary news (more speculation, really) - Hick4Senate and several other related domain names have been bought up by a company the has worked for Hickenlooper on his two campaigns for governor.

[Malvolio]

Exactly. It's this silly thing that people trick themselves into that all women are some bleeding heart types that are going to view bad language and racism as abhorrent and don't have the flaws of men. Here's the reality, an upper middle class white woman whose husband benefits from a Trump or Republican Presidency because they are the only people that win out with that type of thing are going to vote on what's best for them. If you're a lower class uneducated white women married to a racist white man or came from some family of the like, that's there world view and they will vote on that.

And yeah they benefit from racism. Some of the worst racial incidents in this country (the Tulsa Race Riot, Emmitt Till) started because a white woman freaked out over a black guy being near her.

I don't know where this crazy idea that women are some angelic sex that can right the wrongs of men came from. They are often complicit.

For forty years we've had women like Gloria Steinem telling us how much better off we'd all be if women were in charge. Well, maybe if it's women like Marianne Williamson, but we also have women like Sarah Palin, who are much more ambitious about getting into positions of power than women like Marianne Williamson.

[Tami]

In Democratic Primary news (more speculation, really) - Hick4Senate and several other related domain names have been bought up by a company the has worked for Hickenlooper on his two campaigns for governor.

Never hurts to have a backup plan.

[Wakeneuron]

Mass migration is a new form of slavery according to Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze in an interview with catholicherald.co.uk titled 'You Ask Them: Are you serious?: An interview with Cardinal Arinze.

Mass immigration is of course fully supported by the Democrats. According to the Cardinal when he visited Italy the streets of Roman, Milan and Naples were lined with illiterate Nigerian prostitutes. He says that the best way for Europe and the US to help is to help the countries from which their from.

But the Democrats has historically been the party of slavery. Is it any wonder that they actively promote mass migration a new form of slavery. Orange is not the new black. Mass migration is.

[Tami]

Active shooter near an El Paso mall, police have 'reports of multiple shooters'

An active shooter near the area of a shopping mall in El Paso is drawing a response from multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI.

El Paso police tweeted at about noon local time that they have "reports of multiple shooters."

"Scene is still active avoid the area," the department wrote.

Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, was an hour into a town hall meeting at Coronado High School 15 miles from the mall, when she abruptly had to end the event because of the shooting.

“You all, I am so sorry,” she said. “There is an active shooter. We are going to need to clear the event.”

UNCONFIRMED: Early word says 18 adults and 4 children dead inside Walmart at Cielo Vista Mall.

Vista Cielo Mall shooting: What we know now about active shooter situation

BREAKING: Confirmed active shooter at Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall

UPDATE: KTSM can confirm that 18 people were shot inside the Walmart. The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time.

El Paso Police and multiple other law enforcement agencies are responding to a shooting at the Walmart an active shooter situation.

Details are limited at this time.

Video from inside JCPENNY in Cielo Vista Mall as it was being evacuated, due to an active shooter in the area.
Video: Victoria Balderrama

[worstblogever]

In Democratic Primary news (more speculation, really) - Hick4Senate and several other related domain names have been bought up by a company the has worked for Hickenlooper on his two campaigns for governor.

Entering the presidential primary because, "hey, why not" and "there's no bigger publicity than that stage for a politician".

Makes sense, and mercifully, he's going to go put the boots to Corey Gardner's Personhood lovin' arse.

[Tami]

Shooter is in custody, though they are trying to make sure that shooter was the only one.

Seesh ... doesn't it seem like the number of these shootings keeps increasing year after year?

[Iron Maiden]

I never thought much, before the 2016 election, about how racist Trump was. I mostly thought of how awful a businessman he was and how corrupt he was. Putting it all together, you couldn't ask fro a more miserably horrible person to be in the White House.

I lot of people were taken in by The Apprentice, which was mostly scripted for to play up Trump. I glanced at the show a couple of times but never was a fan of it. But it gave millions of people an image of Trump that still remember. But it was mostly fake.

[Tami]

I lot of people were taken in by The Apprentice, which was mostly scripted for to play up Trump. I glanced at the show a couple of times but never was a fan of it. But it gave millions of people an image of Trump that still remember. But it was mostly fake.

I admit to having watched it, but I always knew the difference between reality and fiction.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

I lot of people were taken in by The Apprentice, which was mostly scripted for to play up Trump. I glanced at the show a couple of times but never was a fan of it. But it gave millions of people an image of Trump that still remember. But it was mostly fake.

It gave people the image that Trump was this all time great mogul who was the epitime of success in America. And Trump spent years promoting himself. The only thing he has ever successfully sold is his name.

[Tami]

Shooter in custody is a 21 y.o. male. Anyone want to place a bet as to his motivation?

[TriggerWarning]

Shooter is in custody, though they are trying to make sure that shooter was the only one.

Seesh ... doesn't it seem like the number of these shootings keeps increasing year after year?

Hard to say really because of how they are reported and what they count as mass shootings vs what they don't.

The incident in El Paso will go down as a mass shooting. As will the one at the Garlic festival last week. But if a gang member does a drive by and shoots multiple people (which happens weekly in many cities across America) it won't get counted as a mass shooting.

Despite all the perceived mass shootings the actual overall murder rate remains dramatically lower than in the 70's, 80's, and early 90's. In the mid 90's there was a tremendous drop in the crime and murder rate and levels have remained much lower ever since. The reasons are highly debated and quite controversial ranging from the elimination of leaded gasoline and paint in the 70's and legalized abortion causing the drop to the mass incarceration policies of the 90's removing violent and dangerous people from the streets. Its probably a bit of all of them.

Regardless people just have a false perception of things being worse due to recency bias and the 24 /7 internet news cycle which lets you hear about it.

[TriggerWarning]

Shooter in custody is a 21 y.o. male. Anyone want to place a bet as to his motivation?

Most mass shootings at businesses tend to be disgruntled and recently fired employees.