The Simple Truths Silver Mine

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Is it fine if we add "^^^^" to the empty quoting?

Time to cut out the faux outrage guys, come on. There are more important things to worry about.

^^^^

No. If you have nothing to add, don't post.

[Joe Republic]

Cable television is not for young single educated male liberals.  It is for troglodytes.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

I've only had sex literally once in my lifetime

I'm 29

What the pluck?!

[Mechaman]

On "the Wussification of America":

When I think of the term (not that I think of the term often) I don't think about people losing faith, values or morals.  I think about men getting manicures, being afraid to kill spiders, not knowing how to drive a manual, not knowing how to change a tire (much less a starter), mom's showing up to yell at teachers and bosses when their spoiled little brats get yelled at for being little bitches, asking to be banned from a message board because they can't figure out how to calm down, the NFL's wussy rule changes, giving trophies for competing, helicopter parents and Janet Jackson's nipple.

[Sol]

While it is a fact racism exists, I notice that for some reason people on the left seem to be of the opinion that every white male in this country (who is not a Democrat) might as well be from rural Mississippi. 

Half of the Republican Party believe that black people are treated equally or better than whites by American society. The other half of the Republican Party inevitably manage, through their words and actions, to prove that is certainly not the case.

[Mordecai]

45% of Americans will vote for a bag of dog poop as long as it has a (D) or an (R) after it.

[Antonio the Sixth]

To be quite honest, I don't want this guy giving money to the poor voluntarily.  Not with his attitude.  It should be taken, pried from his fingers, and distributed to the poor.  And those poor people should shop at Lowes or Menards.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Inks' real problem is that he bothers to engage with his critics and often does so in public. I suspect that most of the controversy surrounding his tenure would quickly fade if he ignored them.

[afleitch]

You people are all SERIOUSLY overestimating the American political narrative.  Whatever news makes it past Kim & Kanye, Miley Cyrus et al and into the water cooler conversation will be something like some piece of honesty Obama was overheard saying in confidence or what some interchangeable brain-dead R-TX says each month.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Hate to agree with Opebo, but...

I'd like to say Ford, but he was just a dim witted football player. Unfortunately, Reagan was the best.

Dim-witted is good in a Republican - if they're smart they win more policy-fights and thus do more damage.

[Paul Kemp]

I think I've lived too much to belong on this forum now.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Those are questions one should google first.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Seriously now, why is being a virgin or not held to be a defining character of personal value on this forum?

Because this forum seems to be full of horny, sexually-frustrated young men seeking to assert their masculinity. It's natural, if irritating and pointless.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Textbook example of someone who should get high and chill out.

I'd say about 60% of the forum needs to do that.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What makes him deeply unpleasant is his need to demonstrate his moral superiority to everyone else.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I'm not "pro-opebo the person" but I am "pro-opebo the poster". He is an integral part of this forum. Love him or hate him, he contributes a lot. This is jmfcst all over again (only on a bigger scale).

Not to mention what a dangerous precedent this ban would set. Are we seriously going to ban someone for posts he made 8 or 9 years ago? And the moderator leading the charge is someone who has posted hardcore porn on the forum in the past? Seriously? How does any of this make any sense?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No. And jmfcst should be brought back, for the same reason.

[Joe Republic]

We can't do anything without consensus and this is literally the one thing that even Joe Republic and Inks agree on. That doesn't happen very often

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

People take this forum way too seriously.

[rejectamenta]

As a moral principle, you should at the very least be able to lift your own body.

[Paul Kemp]

50% of the voters on this board are softcocks who will vote FF for literally anyone provided that person doesn't point out what tools they are.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I try to think of the Democratic Underground as little as possible, and I always succeed unless someone mentions them.

[Antonio the Sixth]

*Sigh* I'm thinking afleitch needs to lead the forum in a collective fitness regimen to get this place in shape. As a moral principle, you should at the very least be able to lift your own body.

Maybe if I were a wild beast. But as a human being, I can use my superior brain muscle to design a robot that will lift my body for me.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Is there any other issue where there's such a dramatic disconnect between politicians and regular people? A majority of the country supports legalizing marijuana; I doubt more than ten or twenty Congresspeople do.

Hopefully, the next generation of politicians will put things right.

Waiting on politicians to do the right thing is a recipe for disaster.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Even at my most disillusioned, SCOTUS will keep me voting Dem.