The Seriously? Theatre of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts V

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

[Blair]

First of all, no one really likes Rand Paul except libertarians, Iran, Hezbollah, and felons.

[MT Treasurer]

Reagan beat LBJ. Don't anyone dare claim this is a left-wing forum again.

Every President's actions must be judged in context. Yes, LBJ escalated Vietnam and that proved to be a terrible decision in hindsight, but what people forget is that any other politician at the time would have done pretty much the same. I don't see why LBJ should bear a particular blame for having been around at the time when this happened.

Because diehard pacifist Reagan would never have got us into this mess, amirite?

Joke country.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Massive HP. She is an absolutely filthy, degenerate, blasphemous harlot who despises Jesus Christ and has made a living off of mocking and denigrating Him; in addition to promoting and encouraging sin amongst the populace (which is all Hollywood ever does). The American entertainment industry is an abomination, and nobody should allow their children to consume what it produces.

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Hellivision/comedians.htm

[MT Treasurer]

Nader was/is a narcissistic jerk, as many 3rd party candidates are.

[they don't love you like i love you]

One look at the state of American society today proves that America is not actually a majority Christian nation. If it were, it would look something like the Massachusetts Bay Colony with more advanced technology. In reality, modern America looks like Sodom and Gomorrah on steroids. Abortion, homosexuality, fornication, divorce, drunkenness, pornography, greed, covetousness and a whole host of vile sins are commonplace in modern America. The United States is the largest producer of pornography IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. It has one of the highest divorce rates IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. Over 90% of Americans have had pre-marital sex. The American entertainment industry, an extremely wealthy industry with tons of influence over the population, relentlessly and brazenly pushes every sin in the book.

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/america_is_immoral.htm

The American music industry is Satanic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhbqRm7-1Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQrVcwZeF4Y

America would look very, very different if it really were a majority Christian country.

The Bible says that evidence of a genuine faith in Jesus Christ is a desire to serve God and obey His commandments. American pop culture, in all its in-your-face hedonism, suggests that most people in this country do not have that desire. I am NOT implying that works bring salvation. Salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ. What I am saying is that good works are evidence that a person has genuinely been saved. I am also not trying to imply that Christians never sin; every single human being on this planet, myself included, is a sinner. What I am saying is that if you're a Christian, you are supposed to strive as a matter of course in your life not to sin. You are supposed to be ashamed of your sins and not want to engage in sin.

''Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.'' - James 2:17

''And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?'' - Luke 6:46

[SATW]

yea, thomas from nj is quickly becoming one of the worst posters here.

[TNF]

Thomas from NJ at least takes his religion seriously, which is more than you can say of BRTD, who goes to church for the beer and CHRISTIAN HARDCORE EMOVIOLENCE

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Nader was/is a narcissistic jerk, as many 3rd party candidates are.

How is that absurd, ignorant, or bad.  Or did you mean to post this to the Reservoir of Simple Truths and Smart One-Liners?

[RR1997]

IndyTexas is one of my favorite posters on this forum, but this post was just awful:

No, no, yes. I don't think someone who was not born here or born abroad to American parents will ever have the "institutional understanding" of who we are as a nation and our history and values. The POTUS is the head of state and must exemplify our shared history and values. If we were a parliamentary democracy, I would be fine with a foreign-born PM and an "all-American" president.

Someone whose family did not live in America in the mid-20th century really doesn't "get" our fraught understanding of race and the role it plays in society, for example. A lot of first and second generation immigrants (including some in this forum) just don't get it and never will. The same goes for other quirky Americanisms like the role of guns in society, and the place of religion in public and private life.

[MT Treasurer]

The 2014 electorates in Colorado and Iowa voted for near-fascists for the Senate.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

The fact still remains that black people, particularly young black males, are much more likely to be shot, or at least harassed by the police.

And I just pointed out why.

Do you honestly think that Eric Garner would have suffered the same fate if he were white?

I don't know. This is begging the question.

Even if blacks commit a higher percentage of murders, does that really justify police officers specifically stopping unarmed young black men who haven't done anything wrong?

How is that begging the question? If the answer is no, then how can you argue that the police aren't treating black people unfairly?

Michael Brown and Eric Garner don't fall in the category of "haven't done anything wrong".  Brown had just committed a strong-arm robbery of a convenience store.  Garner was selling "loosies" cigarettes, which he well knew to be illegal.

Garner actively resisted arrest.  Whatever you think of the seriousness of Garner's charge, he was being lawfully arrested, and he was resisting arrest.  At that point, he became an obese asthmatic with high blood pressure actively resisting arrest, and there are consequences to that which come about when you resist arrest.  Yes, I know that Garner's death was ruled a "homicide", but the definition of  homicide is a death caused by the intentional actions of another person or persons, which is not necessarily an intentional death or a criminal death.

Do black lives matter?  Of course they do, but not to the point where they are entitled to resist arrest with violence when they are lawfully being arrested.  The issues of "community policing" and the practice of enforcing every minor law to cut down on crime, stop and frisk, etc. are separate issues.  Michael Brown's and Eric Garner's (especially Garner's) advocates are arguing the right fo criminals to resist arrest for no more reason than coming down with a case of "I'm not goin g to jail today!".  Think of the broader implications of advocating that posture.

[Badger]

Nader was/is a narcissistic jerk, as many 3rd party candidates are.

What on Earth is wrong with this? Many long-time Nader workers have expressed this view of him.

[ElectionsGuy]

Uber is very innovative, and I support the concept of Uber, but they need to follow the same rules and regulations of the taxi industry

I like innovative stuff, so I'm going to support regulations that don't make them innovative!

[MATTROSE94]

The bottom part of this post makes no sense at all whatsoever:

The dust bowl drought of 1930's affected the prairies and it lasted way too long. Which reflected KS, NEB and Dakotas transition to the GOP party.

As well as facism and confederate symbols penetrating the region from dixie, during 1940's.
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[YaBoyNY]

Is Arkansas really the sun belt? It is a poor state that has a stagnant population growth rate along with  other deep south states like MS, LA, AL, etc.

A Sun Belt state is one that has a dynamic fast growing population fueled by migrants from the North. Places like Florida , TX and AZ are Sun Belt states imo.

Canadian Lectures Americans On States

Tell Me, Does This Mean I Can Say Your Province Is In The Pacific West of Canada

[Antonio the Sixth]

Reagan beat LBJ. Don't anyone dare claim this is a left-wing forum again.

Every President's actions must be judged in context. Yes, LBJ escalated Vietnam and that proved to be a terrible decision in hindsight, but what people forget is that any other politician at the time would have done pretty much the same. I don't see why LBJ should bear a particular blame for having been around at the time when this happened.

Because diehard pacifist Reagan would never have got us into this mess, amirite?

Joke country.

LOL

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Context:

Racism and sexism (whether of the conscious or unconscious variety) are the most obvious explanations.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Context:

Racism and sexism (whether of the conscious or unconscious variety) are the most obvious explanations.

Why did you do this?

[politicus]

Nah, Greens and The Left are basically the same ideologically. All the differences are cultural.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Nah, Greens and The Left are basically the same ideologically. All the differences are cultural.

oh my god

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Democrats aren't much interested in politicians who blame video games for gun violence. This isn't the 90s anymore.

Then how do you explain that basically the only thing the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik did in the entire year before his mass killings was playing video games? No connection whatsoever? And it wasn't just any kind of video game. It was the single most violent there is out there. The combination mental illness and violent video games can be pretty deadly, just as the combination of mental illness and gun possession can be pretty lethal too.

Instead of worrying about video games why don't you worry about the fact that Brevick will be out of your prisons in about 18 years.

... in response to a poster with a Swedish avatar (and he's wrong about him being out in 18 years, so double ignorance!)

[Mechaman]

Democrats aren't much interested in politicians who blame video games for gun violence. This isn't the 90s anymore.

Then how do you explain that basically the only thing the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik did in the entire year before his mass killings was playing video games? No connection whatsoever? And it wasn't just any kind of video game. It was the single most violent there is out there. The combination mental illness and violent video games can be pretty deadly, just as the combination of mental illness and gun possession can be pretty lethal too.

Instead of worrying about video games why don't you worry about the fact that Brevick will be out of your prisons in about 18 years.

... in response to a poster with a Swedish avatar (and he's wrong about him being out in 18 years, so double ignorance!)

You might as well call this out for quadruple ignorance.  The insanity in the original post is so insane few people would notice Sanchez's geographical ignorance and his lack of knowledge on the Norwegian and Swedish criminal law.  Not to mention how absurd it is that that was all Brevik did, as he himself commented he did it for "several hours a week" for 16 months.  You know who else plays video games that much?  American dudes in their twenties.  And anyway, that is all moot anyway because Brevik implies that he was already intending to kill people before he started playing Call of Duty anyway.

And that is before I scratch the surface on how dumb it is to blame violent video games for mass murders.

[politicus]

Democrats aren't much interested in politicians who blame video games for gun violence. This isn't the 90s anymore.

Then how do you explain that basically the only thing the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik did in the entire year before his mass killings was playing video games? No connection whatsoever? And it wasn't just any kind of video game. It was the single most violent there is out there. The combination mental illness and violent video games can be pretty deadly, just as the combination of mental illness and gun possession can be pretty lethal too.

Instead of worrying about video games why don't you worry about the fact that Brevick will be out of your prisons in about 18 years.

... in response to a poster with a Swedish avatar (and he's wrong about him being out in 18 years, so double ignorance!)

Eric is actually a Norwegian, but there is no Norway avatar and for some reason he likes to use the Swedish one.

We also have a new Czech poster using a Poland avatar. Go figure.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Democrats aren't much interested in politicians who blame video games for gun violence. This isn't the 90s anymore.

Then how do you explain that basically the only thing the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik did in the entire year before his mass killings was playing video games? No connection whatsoever? And it wasn't just any kind of video game. It was the single most violent there is out there. The combination mental illness and violent video games can be pretty deadly, just as the combination of mental illness and gun possession can be pretty lethal too.

Instead of worrying about video games why don't you worry about the fact that Brevick will be out of your prisons in about 18 years.

... in response to a poster with a Swedish avatar (and he's wrong about him being out in 18 years, so double ignorance!)

Nice try.