All purpose news and politics thread part v: The quickening

[Tazirai]

Sanders does, it's why him being the nominee is going to be a huge problem. He feeds right into it, because he'd rather be "right" than smart.

The "Red Scare" is a more complicated subject than you're acknowledging. It's not like America created the USSR or Castro's Cuba from thin air, they were real places which hurt millions of people. Dictatorships aren't ok when the left does it.

You still fail to grasp how badly Communism and socialism is viewed today, and it's not all bad reasons.

Edit: Your failure to explain where you stand on Communism speaks volumes, btw.

Actually it doesn't. It speaks volumes to YOU. Because you're disingenuous, and I don't need to play that game.

[Kieran_Frost]

I did that two posts ago.

And yet trying to disregard my statement that you were being intentionally disrespectful by saying "it was a joke" implies this statement is (at the very least) heavily questionable.

I don’t respect your contention with ‘queer’.

And once again I remind you: how I choose to be labelled is none of your business. In many ways you're no different than bible bashers who think what we do in our bedroom is any of their concern. They have as much right to voice an opinion on my sex life, as you do you express feelings on how I identify.

Which community? You make it sound like we’re part of some global club with a rule book. Most gay men in my community(Philly) are comfortable with the queer ‘label’.

While the LGBT+ community doesn't have 'one brain, one thought' there are certain 'codes of conduct' that are by-and-large accepted as correct practice. This shouldn't be news to you. I'm not incorrect in saying "the LGBT+ community, as a general practice, believes in respecting people's labels". YES, there are some in the community (for example) who are not trans allies. Who don't believe trans people belong in the community. But this view is (by and large) not held as the overall consensus of opinion.

To put it bluntly... few in the LGBT+ community will support you in your (possibly boastful) disregard of people's labels, because it is not what the overall group believes in. We may not have one overriding thought on many subjects, but this one has overwhelming support.

But you're getting very het-up when a simple (honest) apology would end this... alas I doubt that would happen, so I should stop poking the bear. Or to put it another way...

[Darkspellmaster]

So were down to Warren, Uncle Joe, Grandpa Bernie, and Cousin Mike. So I take it were gonna have our first female president in the next 500 years.

[Billy Batson]

So were down to Warren, Uncle Joe, Grandpa Bernie, and Cousin Mike. So I take it were gonna have our first female president in the next 500 years.

Tulsi erasure.

[Tami]

Bernie supporters on Twitter are desperately trying to get Elizabeth Warren to endorse Bernie Sanders.

I hope she stays in the race, I have a feelings she's going to do well on her own. And even if she gets' out, there is no assurance that she'll endorse Sanders. She might endorse Biden.

[kidfresh512]

Bernie supporters on Twitter are desperately trying to get Elizabeth Warren to endorse Bernie Sanders.

I hope she stays in the race, I have a feelings she's going to do well on her own. And even if she gets' out, there is no assurance that she'll endorse Sanders. She might endorse Biden.

Yeah there's a lot of online freak out over Warren staying in lol. It's kinda funny how shes being called all kinds of names and having hexes and shit put on her . I think she would just endorse Bernie but I don't see her getting out before Bloomberg does officially so she can continue to drag him.

[Tami]

Yeah there's a lot of online freak out over Warren staying in lol. It's kinda funny how shes being called all kinds of names and having hexes and shit put on her . I think she would just endorse Bernie but I don't see her getting out before Bloomberg does officially so she can continue to drag him.

Warren has a lot of support in CA. This might actually drag Sanders down and be a boost for Biden, or she might come in 2nd place.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Yeah there's a lot of online freak out over Warren staying in lol. It's kinda funny how shes being called all kinds of names and having hexes and shit put on her . I think she would just endorse Bernie but I don't see her getting out before Bloomberg does officially so she can continue to drag him.

She should stay in until MA. Sanders and Biden could fight a war and she could be the compromise once the two become too toxic for each other’s bases

[Billy Batson]

Warren is just running out of spite now.

[InformationGeek]

Tulsi erasure.

You're right. We should not forget about Fox News' favorite Democrat.

[Tazirai]

So let's see. Bernie Wins three states, and Democrats are like Fuck that guy.
Biden wins ONE state, and now everybody is dropping out at once, just before super Tuesday? LMAO.
The Democratic party is trying its hardest to not help working people.
We tried a Centrist in 2016 and we got Trump. We gotta make sure Bernie wins.
No, I don't trust Elizabeth Warren anymore. She dropped the "Bernie is my friend" routine a while ago, and now just viciously attacks him with not policy, but literal smears.

Sanders 2020

[Tazirai]

Warren is just running out of spite now.

Basically. I don't see a future for her in Politics much longer honestly. Her own state doesn't like her right now.

[Tazirai]

You're right. We should not forget about Fox News' favorite Democrat.

I know you guys hate FOX news, and so do I. But don't act like MSNBC or CNN is any better. They have their favorites too, and their favorites are mostly not the voters favorites.

[Kieran_Frost]

So were down to Warren, Uncle Joe, Grandpa Bernie, and Cousin Mike. So I take it were gonna have our first female president in the next 500 years.

Awww, can't we say Mama Warren? If we're doing the family thing. Pete's the proud son. And Trump is the angry neighbour across the road, yelling at the Mexican kids to get off his lawn or he'll build a fence. And it's gonna be big. HA-UGE!

Tulsi erasure.

Bernie supporters on Twitter are desperately trying to get Elizabeth Warren to endorse Bernie Sanders.

Oh dear. They'll move their hate from Pete to Warren.

I hope she stays in the race, I have a feelings she's going to do well on her own. And even if she gets' out, there is no assurance that she'll endorse Sanders. She might endorse Biden.

I think so too. She appeals to a lot, and with three others out, she'll certainly gain some of it.

[Vegan Daddy]

And yet trying to disregard my statement that you were being intentionally disrespectful by saying "it was a joke" implies this statement is (at the very least) heavily questionable.


And once again I remind you: how I choose to be labelled is none of your business. In many ways you're no different than bible bashers who think what we do in our bedroom is any of their concern. They have as much right to voice an opinion on my sex life, as you do you express feelings on how I identify.


While the LGBT+ community doesn't have 'one brain, one thought' there are certain 'codes of conduct' that are by-and-large accepted as correct practice. This shouldn't be news to you. I'm not incorrect in saying "the LGBT+ community, as a general practice, believes in respecting people's labels". YES, there are some in the community (for example) who are not trans allies. Who don't believe trans people belong in the community. But this view is (by and large) not held as the overall consensus of opinion.

To put it bluntly... few in the LGBT+ community will support you in your (possibly boastful) disregard of people's labels, because it is not what the overall group believes in. We may not have one overriding thought on many subjects, but this one has overwhelming support.

But you're getting very het-up when a simple (honest) apology would end this... alas I doubt that would happen, so I should stop poking the bear. Or to put it another way...

I think you’re being deliberately obtuse and a bit trollish. I don’t know. The minority of gay people who don’t like the word queer come off as oddly self-loathing. Still holding on to some adolescent trauma. I don’t feel the need to tiptoe around their internalized homophobia.