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garbon

#7290
July 22, 2019, 11:34:04 AM
And what are they doing to help either group?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

#7291
July 22, 2019, 11:36:26 AM Last Edit: July 22, 2019, 11:43:07 AM by Valmy
Strikes me as a non-sequitur.

"Thousands of people get killed every year in car accidents..and you are clipping your toenails?????"
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Syt

#7292
July 22, 2019, 11:40:16 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 22, 2019, 11:34:04 AM
And what are they doing to help either group?

Hope and prayers? After all, can't give handouts to those lazy freeloaders. :P
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Valmy

#7293
July 22, 2019, 11:44:25 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 22, 2019, 11:40:16 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 22, 2019, 11:34:04 AM
And what are they doing to help either group?

Hope and prayers? After all, can't give handouts to those lazy freeloaders. :P

Pass a law making it illegal to sleep on the street. BOOM. No more Americans on the street.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

derspiess

#7295
July 22, 2019, 11:48:17 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 22, 2019, 11:28:22 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on July 22, 2019, 09:41:49 AM
I doubt Sam Elliot is a big Donald Trump fan.

I do like the last one (above) - finally gets to what all this immigrant demonization is really about - electoral politics.

Pro tip: if you want to get more votes out of a demo, try to refrain from calling their men "rapists"

Something I noticed is that the Right has shifted from illegal immigrants, to just immigrants.

Both extremes seem to be muddying the distinction, and it's annoying. 
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

frunk

#7296
July 22, 2019, 11:49:28 AM
Quote from: Valmy on July 22, 2019, 11:44:25 AM
Pass a law making it illegal to sleep on the street. BOOM. No more Americans on the street.

Make it a felony with a nice long prison sentence.  Imprisoning people is way more cost effective than welfare or other socialist claptrap, right?

Valmy

#7297
July 22, 2019, 11:52:36 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 22, 2019, 11:48:17 AM
Both extremes seem to be muddying the distinction, and it's annoying. 

I think it is because a significant portion of people are concerned with immigration being good vs immigration being bad in general and that is really their issue. So they don't want to get hung up on the legality of each specific case.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Oexmelin

#7298
July 22, 2019, 12:17:12 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on July 21, 2019, 08:36:58 PM
Now, now. Playing "I know you are but what am I?" doesn't make somebody a white supremacist.

These conservative memes, taken in their totality, have almost zero political/ideological coherence, except whiteness. The figures used to represent the voice of reason, the stance of the person who shares, the über-Americaness, the face of patriotism, all reinforce the idea that the real America is white, usually male (unless placed in a position of vulnerability, like the white, blonde mother, or the white, injured vet) - against the entitled, the whiners, the lazy. How many people of color on FoxNews again?  The people sharing the memes may not start with a coherent ideology of white supremacy, but they certainly imbibe it, share it, and strengthen it with every new meme shared, and every new viewing of Fox and Friends. 
Que le grand cric me croque !

Oexmelin

#7299
July 22, 2019, 12:18:20 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 22, 2019, 11:45:05 AMBut didn't they post the thing about not feeding the "animals' a few days ago?

Only white people can be down on their luck. Others are just violent criminals or are mooching off.
Que le grand cric me croque !

Razgovory

#7300
July 22, 2019, 01:03:05 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 22, 2019, 11:48:17 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 22, 2019, 11:28:22 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on July 22, 2019, 09:41:49 AM
I doubt Sam Elliot is a big Donald Trump fan.

I do like the last one (above) - finally gets to what all this immigrant demonization is really about - electoral politics.

Pro tip: if you want to get more votes out of a demo, try to refrain from calling their men "rapists"

Something I noticed is that the Right has shifted from illegal immigrants, to just immigrants.

Both extremes seem to be muddying the distinction, and it's annoying.


Extremes?  This has become the standard issue of the American Right.  It's what the President wants, and frankly, it's what Republicans have wanted for years.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

The Minsky Moment

#7301
July 22, 2019, 02:20:44 PM
No there used to be a pro-immigration wing in the Republican party, just like the party used to be staunchly pro-free trade.
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Oexmelin

#7302
July 22, 2019, 02:32:27 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on July 22, 2019, 02:20:44 PM
No there used to be a pro-immigration wing in the Republican party, just like the party used to be staunchly pro-free trade.

When is the last time we heard a squeak from that pro-immigration wing? It's starting to be quite some years, I reckon.
Que le grand cric me croque !

alfred russel

#7303
July 22, 2019, 02:32:49 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on July 22, 2019, 02:20:44 PM
No there used to be a pro-immigration wing in the Republican party, just like the party used to be staunchly pro-free trade.

It also used to be staunchly anti slavery and pro minority voting.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There's a fine line between salvation and drinking poison in the jungle.

I'm embarrassed. I've been making the mistake of associating with you. It won't happen again. :)
-garbon, February 23, 2014

The Minsky Moment

#7304
July 22, 2019, 03:23:01 PM
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson
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