The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I should stop watching this thread. Any time I read posts like the above, I feel like thousands of my brain cells have just died.

You should be brain dead, then.

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

Even by NY Jew standards this is...

For whatever reason the GOP is mostly white in an America that is increasingly less so. And that's a huge problem for them. So they have to find minorities to fight the perception that they are anti-minority. But, again, there aren'tthat many minority GOPers to choose from. So we get a strong de facto affirmative action policy within the GOP. Does anybody really think that Michael Steele or Herman Cain would have had their 15 minutes of fame otherwise? It's super hilarious within the context of an otherwise fiercely conservative party.

Alan West would be popular no matter what his color is.

He is arguably the most popular person by the base of the party.

but because the GOP is the stupidest party politically (the dems might not know math but they know politics) the elite hate him and tried to gerrymander him out.

[Lief 🗽]

...though certain of his beliefs, such as his support for animal rights... are problematic.

[© tweed]

...though certain of his beliefs, such as his support for animal rights... are problematic.

as I believe I said in IRC, Vosem appears so absurd because he explicitly states what are meant only to be the implicit tenets of neoliberal ideology.

[後援会]

Politics aside, anyone who thinks non-human animals should receive the same rights as humans deserve to have all of their views on everything disregarded.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Politics aside, anyone who thinks non-human animals should receive the same rights as humans deserve to have all of their views on everything disregarded.

A: In what way are humans not animals?

B: If you had a pet cat, and I killed it with a chainsaw, would you be sad?

[後援会]

Politics aside, anyone who thinks non-human animals should receive the same rights as humans deserve to have all of their views on everything disregarded.

A: In what way are humans not animals?

B: If you had a pet cat, and I killed it with a chainsaw, would you be sad?

A: See bolding.
B: You're not allowed to cut my bike in half with a chainsaw either.

[Vosem]

Politics aside, anyone who thinks non-human animals should receive the same rights as humans deserve to have all of their views on everything disregarded.

A: In what way are humans not animals?

B: If you had a pet cat, and I killed it with a chainsaw, would you be sad?

A. Humans are animals, but the difference from other animals is what we call 'sapience'; which is that humans have come up with logical thinking, language, et cetera and other species haven't. Why do we ask, are we alone? After all, there are so many other species on the planet. But we ask if we are the only sapient species.

B. Yes. But that doesn't mean my cat deserves the right to vote, or to choose where to live, for instance. Also, what koenkai said.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Okay, an animal is clearly also not really comparable to a bicycle, but the point is that there's a continuum here.

[Antonio the Sixth]

B: If you had a pet cat, and I killed it with a chainsaw, would you be sad?

I'm sorry to say that, but that's a pretty ridiculous strawman.

[© tweed]

Politics aside, anyone who thinks non-human animals should receive the same rights as humans deserve to have all of their views on everything disregarded.

A: In what way are humans not animals?

B: If you had a pet cat, and I killed it with a chainsaw, would you be sad?

A: See bolding.
B: You're not allowed to cut my bike in half with a chainsaw either.

the sh**t you guys come up with cracks me the fck up.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Surprised that Obama underperformed.

Well, that depends on how polling stands on election day.
As of now, I certainly wouldn't call this "underperforming."

It certainly is with the current map:

The only issue being that's not the current map.

Well yes, I know that I'm being a little optimistic for the GOP, but the current polling certainly wouldn't exclude a map in this ballpark.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

B: If you had a pet cat, and I killed it with a chainsaw, would you be sad?

I'm sorry to say that, but that's a pretty ridiculous strawman.

*is penitent*

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Anyway, how do you know other animals aren't sapient? Can they not think? Can they not feel pain?

[Hatman 🍁]

We just severed diplomatic relations with Iran.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/09/07/pol-baird-canada-iran-embassy.html

America should have done this. Can we switch your Harper for our Obama?

[Antonio the Sixth]

We just severed diplomatic relations with Iran.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/09/07/pol-baird-canada-iran-embassy.html

America should have done this. Can we switch your Harper for our Obama?

I think you and most of our Canadian posters would be fine with the deal, am I right ?

[Hatman 🍁]

We just severed diplomatic relations with Iran.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/09/07/pol-baird-canada-iran-embassy.html

America should have done this. Can we switch your Harper for our Obama?

I think you and most of our Canadian posters would be fine with the deal, am I right ?

Yeah, but the absurd part of that statement has nothing to do with that. It's the first sentence. The US broke diplomatic relations with Iran over 30 years ago.

[Miles]

I guess since I have family/heritage in WV, I found this a bit offensive, if not outright misinformed:

What did Tomblin do to become so popular after his narrow win last year? Last I checked, everyone in West Virginia is still living in a coal mine with no clean water.

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

What I find most amazing is clicking that link and finding out that...Dave Leip actually posted a poll.

[5280]

Probably the same thing I'd say.

I hope your proud of yourself.

God Bless this country

[Grumpier Than Thou]

oy vey

[opebo]

I guess since I have family/heritage in WV, I found this a bit offensive, if not outright misinformed:

What did Tomblin do to become so popular after his narrow win last year? Last I checked, everyone in West Virginia is still living in a coal mine with no clean water.

Well, you're in Louisiana, so not much room to talk eh?

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Within a few posts of each other:

It's way too early to say that. If the situation is like this on October 11, than it will be different.

Obama will probably have a 15-point lead by then, so yes it's too early to tell how big Obama's mandate will be.

...This looks like 1980, with Romney as Reagan.  Given the embassy news and how it perfectly highlights BOs failed foreign policy (which was flying under the radar until now) Romney will start pulling ahead shortly and stay there.     

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I don't think this election is much going to end up like 1980, but this Lybia situation sure isn't good for President Obama.

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

Probably the same thing I'd say.

I hope your proud of yourself.

God Bless this country

That map is outdated anyway, with it now legal in Iowa and performed in New York as well as New Hampshire and Vermont.

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

Naso's sig deserves an entry here too: