The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[Donerail]

Fidesz (apart from their altering the constitution) look like Freedom Fighters

Yeah, this Rhodie person doesn't sound too good.

To be fair, Hungarian political parties are awful. There's Fidesz, who are awful, there's Jobbik, who are extremely awful, there's a couple Christian conservative parties (Christian Democratic People's Party and Hungarain Democratic Forum) who are awful, and there's the socialists (who are by default awful). Really the only thing approaching decent is a small green liberal group called Politics Can Be Different.

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

This whole thread has gone down the rabbit hole of Nixon's Southern Strategy being an anti-racist campaign targeting moderates and that by 1980 the South was Martin Luther King's dream come true where Reagan promoting states' rights in Philadelphia, Miss. wasn't at all what some people claim it to be.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=157054.0

Kind of underscores my point about how the title of this thread would be a good title for the entire 2012 Presidential forum.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Fidesz (apart from their altering the constitution) look like Freedom Fighters

Yeah, this Rhodie person doesn't sound too good.

To be fair, Hungarian political parties are awful. There's Fidesz, who are awful, there's Jobbik, who are extremely awful, there's a couple Christian conservative parties (Christian Democratic People's Party and Hungarain Democratic Forum) who are awful, and there's the socialists (who are by default awful). Really the only thing approaching decent is a small green liberal group called Politics Can Be Different.

OK, so Fidesz is bad because they are wannabe dictators, and MSZP is just as bad because they are... left-wing (and not even that much so) ?

[Brittain33]

This whole thread has gone down the rabbit hole of Nixon's Southern Strategy being an anti-racist campaign targeting moderates and that by 1980 the South was Martin Luther King's dream come true where Reagan promoting states' rights in Philadelphia, Miss. wasn't at all what some people claim it to be.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=157054.0

Kind of underscores my point about how the title of this thread would be a good title for the entire 2012 Presidential forum.

It's hackish (which I get into, too) but we have to preserve a distinction between hackery and outright delusion.

[Donerail]

Fidesz (apart from their altering the constitution) look like Freedom Fighters

Yeah, this Rhodie person doesn't sound too good.

To be fair, Hungarian political parties are awful. There's Fidesz, who are awful, there's Jobbik, who are extremely awful, there's a couple Christian conservative parties (Christian Democratic People's Party and Hungarain Democratic Forum) who are awful, and there's the socialists (who are by default awful). Really the only thing approaching decent is a small green liberal group called Politics Can Be Different.

OK, so Fidesz is bad because they are wannabe dictators, and MSZP is just as bad because they are... left-wing (and not even that much so) ?

Didn't say just as bad, but they are a socialist party so they're kinda bad (from my perspective).

[Antonio the Sixth]

Fidesz (apart from their altering the constitution) look like Freedom Fighters

Yeah, this Rhodie person doesn't sound too good.

To be fair, Hungarian political parties are awful. There's Fidesz, who are awful, there's Jobbik, who are extremely awful, there's a couple Christian conservative parties (Christian Democratic People's Party and Hungarain Democratic Forum) who are awful, and there's the socialists (who are by default awful). Really the only thing approaching decent is a small green liberal group called Politics Can Be Different.

OK, so Fidesz is bad because they are wannabe dictators, and MSZP is just as bad because they are... left-wing (and not even that much so) ?

Didn't say just as bad, but they are a socialist party so they're kinda bad (from my perspective).

The way you phrased things was ill-advised, at best. Considering the nature of Fidesz's actions, your mentioning them alongside with MSZP's guilt of being socialist (which, BTW, they really aren't; like most Eastern Europe former communist party they are pretty un-ideologic bureaucrats) sounds weird.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Fidesz (apart from their altering the constitution) look like Freedom Fighters

Yeah, this Rhodie person doesn't sound too good.

To be fair, Hungarian political parties are awful. There's Fidesz, who are awful, there's Jobbik, who are extremely awful, there's a couple Christian conservative parties (Christian Democratic People's Party and Hungarain Democratic Forum) who are awful, and there's the socialists (who are by default awful). Really the only thing approaching decent is a small green liberal group called Politics Can Be Different.

OK, so Fidesz is bad because they are wannabe dictators, and MSZP is just as bad because they are... left-wing (and not even that much so) ?

I mainly said Fidesz were FF's because of there role in the fight against communist evil in Hungary.

Oh, so you're one of those people...

[© tweed]

On Obama being a socialist-

No. He's more of a fascist, really

this is not absurd, but accurate.

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

On Obama being a socialist-

No. He's more of a fascist, really

this is not absurd, but accurate.

Strictly speaking, Obama is probably closer to being a fascist than a socialist. But that's like saying Timbuktu is closer to New York than to Los Angeles.

[Nhoj]

Fidesz (apart from their altering the constitution) look like Freedom Fighters

Yeah, this Rhodie person doesn't sound too good.

To be fair, Hungarian political parties are awful. There's Fidesz, who are awful, there's Jobbik, who are extremely awful, there's a couple Christian conservative parties (Christian Democratic People's Party and Hungarain Democratic Forum) who are awful, and there's the socialists (who are by default awful). Really the only thing approaching decent is a small green liberal group called Politics Can Be Different.

OK, so Fidesz is bad because they are wannabe dictators, and MSZP is just as bad because they are... left-wing (and not even that much so) ?

Didn't say just as bad, but they are a socialist party so they're kinda bad (from my perspective).

The way you phrased things was ill-advised, at best. Considering the nature of Fidesz's actions, your mentioning them alongside with MSZP's guilt of being socialist (which, BTW, they really aren't; like most Eastern Europe former communist party they are pretty un-ideologic bureaucrats) sounds weird.

MSZP is of course an awful party, I think largely unrelated to being socialists or un-ideologic bureaucrats. For the fact that they outright made up statistics about the state of the economy and admitted to it.[well I suppose admitting it could be a positive] and of course being fairly corrupt.

[opebo]

On Obama being a socialist-

No. He's more of a fascist, really

this is not absurd, but accurate.

Strictly speaking, Obama is probably closer to being a fascist than a socialist. But that's like saying Timbuktu is closer to New York than to Los Angeles.

The purpose and value of the comment was not really about Obama but rather as a reminder what sort of regime we live under.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

My brother is big-time Brony. The Brony Community, on the side, has other obsessions they usually incorporate into their fascinating fan community. (Thinksome of the Spiderman macros that include MLP) A big part of the community really loves the Portal franchise. Just look up "My Little Portal" on YouTube.

Watching a video of two bronies (well, a brony and a pegasister) playing Portal co-op mode peaked my interest in the game. It seems to be much more cerebral than most games of its class, and should be fun.

Do you all have any advice?

I do have some advice.  Don't admit the stuff you talked about in the preceding two paragraphs to the world at large.

[Donerail]

My brother is big-time Brony. The Brony Community, on the side, has other obsessions they usually incorporate into their fascinating fan community. (Thinksome of the Spiderman macros that include MLP) A big part of the community really loves the Portal franchise. Just look up "My Little Portal" on YouTube.

Watching a video of two bronies (well, a brony and a pegasister) playing Portal co-op mode peaked my interest in the game. It seems to be much more cerebral than most games of its class, and should be fun.

Do you all have any advice?

I do have some advice.  Don't admit the stuff you talked about in the preceding two paragraphs to the world at large.

This does not belong here. It belongs in the Good Post Gallery. Some of the best advice anyone could have given him on that topic.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Colorado is the next Oregon.

And I think Ohio is the next Michigan.

And for what it's worth, SJoyceFla, --
First of all, by far not as much of the general population is "anti-brony" as you or The Mikado would like to think. Besides that, it's an undeniable fact that the brony community produces crossovers with any variety of other things. Thirdly, and most importantly, how the [inks] is watching a video of two bronies playing Portal supposed to be something to be ashamed of? Even if you accept the baseless prejudice of MLP in general as being something to be ashamed of, a video of two bronies playing Portal is not going to be substantially different in any way from a video of two non-bronies playing Portal.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Look, I have strong opinions, I'm sure you have strong opinions.

For someone with strong opinions, you are oddly coy about them at times.

For instance, your signature:

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The quote is from Ian Smith and the picture is of Clem Tholet a Rhodesian folk singer who wrote and sang a bunch of war songs.

Combining these quotes with your user name, I presume you're part of the Rhodesian diaspora, and part of the part of that diaspora that wishes that minority white rule had been successful.

[Comrade Funk]

Both posts, but especially NY Jew doing his usual gimmick.

I find it extremely ironic that Jewish Americans tend to be liberal and vote 75-80% Democrat since liberals and the Democratic Party have started to embrace many seemingly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel elements in their party.  Since Jews also tend to be very fiscally conservative, I would think that Republicans would be a better fit for the Jewish community on both those issues.  Then again, I'm a Republican and very much philo-Semitic (a lover of Jews), so I sort of have a vested interest in saying that...

many American jews wouldn't care if every single Jew in Israel was killed.

but remember the exit polls were clearly wrong (and jews voted more for McCain) which is why this thread exists.

[Paul Kemp]

So guys where's the evangelical Protestant on either ticket? Because I don't see one. Well folks its a Ron Paul write in.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

So guys where's the evangelical Protestant on either ticket? Because I don't see one. Well folks its a Ron Paul write in.

He escalates:

The GOP WILL NOT GET MY VOTE. YOU MUST HAVE AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN ON THE TICKET!!!!!!!Thanks for flipping us evangelicals off GOP

[Antonio the Sixth]

The obsession is getting weird.

Ramallah

[Phony Moderate]

The GOP WILL NOT GET MY VOTE. YOU MUST HAVE AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN ON THE TICKET!!!!!!!Thanks for flipping us evangelicals off GOP

Game changer.

[Comrade Funk]

Romney is guaranteed to win Wisconsin now, and therefore should be able to win the other swing states and get over 270.  Its not exciting, but the numbers are on Romney's side.  He might even win Michigan as well.  Its over for Obama.

[Comrade Funk]

Welp. Another one.

Paul Ryan's dad and grandfather never lives past 56 years old. 

Paul is 42 now, so he should live long enough to run for president in 2020 at the age of 50.

[memphis]

Conservatives have always been in favor of racial equality.

[minionofmidas]

Conservatives have always been in favor of racial equality.

Racism isn't something unique to conservatives.

Indeed it's not. Or rather, any definition of the Left that excluded all the people with any hateful rightwing trait would be a very small select band uncapable of winning any elections...

Nothing to do with the absurdity of the above post though.

[tmthforu94]

Strange things are about to happen in the polls -- and few to the benefit of the GOP Presidential ticket.