Who should the democrats pick to run against Trump

Started by jimmy olsen, April 01, 2019, 06:15:56 AM

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Who should the democrats nominate to run against Trump?

Joe Biden
5 (12.2%)
Bernie Sanders
9 (22%)
Kamala Harris
5 (12.2%)
Beto O'Rourke
3 (7.3%)
Elizabeth Warren
4 (9.8%)
Amy Klobuchar
3 (7.3%)
Kirsten Gillibrand
0 (0%)
Cory Booker
2 (4.9%)
Pete Buttigieg
5 (12.2%)
Other
5 (12.2%)

Total Members Voted: 41

FunkMonk

Quote from: derspiess on April 05, 2019, 08:27:58 AM
I didn't know "incel" was a thing until about a month ago.  Can't get my mind around why someone would voluntarily adopt that label, let alone turn it into a movement of some sort.  Maybe put that time & energy into correcting your situation?

Nah. It's a lot easier to blame women and SJWs.
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Malthus

Quote from: Valmy on April 05, 2019, 10:20:24 AM
I mean maybe things are different at your church but I would rather people go to church because they want to be religious and spiritual not because they want to get laid.

I think the thing about churches is that they provide a built-in social life that includes all sorts of folks - including people of all ages (and for "Incels", women who may be just as socially awkward or non-standard-good-looking as they are).

Mostly what I get from Incels is that they are guys without human connections outside of people exactly like them, mostly found on the Internet - which is great at creating all sorts of toxic echo chambers that can be mistaken for a social life.
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Threviel

It was just something I've heard without bothering to check.

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Admiral Yi

The closest to a flesh and blood incel that I've met is this Canadian guy I met at language school in France in 88.  His entire conversational repertoire consisted of how stuck up Toronto girls are.

mongers

Quote from: The Larch on April 05, 2019, 08:48:30 AM

They are sadly rather common in some internet subcultures (gamers, anime fans...). I don't think I know any personally, but a couple of guys I'm acquainted with who rather fit the "sad nerd loser" stereotype wouldn't surprise me one bit if they belonged to or were adjacent to any of these groups.

Which Languishites are they?

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Berkut

Quote from: derspiess on April 05, 2019, 08:27:58 AM
I didn't know "incel" was a thing until about a month ago.  Can't get my mind around why someone would voluntarily adopt that label, let alone turn it into a movement of some sort.  Maybe put that time & energy into correcting your situation?

Is it a real thing?

I assumed it was some tiny little fringe thing that is so deliciously terrible it has been latched onto an radically exaggerated because who doesn't want to believe there are people ever more pathetic than themselves?
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Josquius

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Quote from: Valmy on April 05, 2019, 10:20:24 AM
I mean maybe things are different at your church but I would rather people go to church because they want to be religious and spiritual not because they want to get laid.

Less get laid, but I do note there seems an increasing trend for people going to church to be more motivated by community et al than actual belief. I can see the appeal of it, if you move to a small village then going to church just seems logical.

A related example I've an Indian friend here who is utterly irreligious, but he goes to temple nonetheless as its a place to hang out and mix with other Indians.
I used to know several Chinese people who didn't believe in anything religious, but went to church anyway as it was a good way to get involved in traditional British life that didn't involve drinking or any of that sort of thing, practice their English, etc...- preying on foreign students with a promise of free English classes is a mature recruitment driver from some churches.
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dps

Quote from: alfred russel on April 02, 2019, 03:22:16 PM
You fight fire with fire. So maybe you fight an old guy with a really old guy? The old woman thing didn't work last time.


If the Democrats want to nominate a Trump-type, maybe they can get Tom Dundon to run.

Valmy

Quote from: Barrister on April 05, 2019, 10:18:54 AM
Quote from: Valmy on April 05, 2019, 10:04:50 AM
Or, you know, any sort of community or social group that is not celebrating and entrenching failure.

Popular culture is great at entertaining, very bad at giving dating and relationship advice.

I suppose, but I think there's probably something particularly special about going to a church in this context.

But anyways, the article wasn't hard to find if you're curious:

https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/05/28/incel-advice-start-going-to-church/

Ok so this has been torturing me ever since you posted this and I just have to get it out:

I post hard (he posts hard) every day of the week
on that incel reddit
At the end (at the end of the day)
No ones posts get more upvoted than my own
But now I read
the national review
One day (someday) I'm going to church, Lord!

Find me somebody to fuck
find me somebody to fuck
find me somebody to fuck
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jimmy olsen

#178
Sanders, Biden, Warren and Buttigieg in double digits

EDIT: Didn't realize this was only for Mass.
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Jet: I see.
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