The Hofoid House of Absurd & Ignorant Posts VII

[PragmaticPopulist]

I should mention that I do not regret a single post I've ever made here, and have no reason to as the worst punishment I can be given is being forced to post exclusively at the better Atlas.

[TheSaint250]

I don’t like her, but I applaud Trump for having the guts to follow in the steps of Clinton and Bush, and appoint a female press secretary, something Obama was too invested in his boys club to do.

[Badger]

You know what my thoughts on Kate Steinle's murder are, seeing as TG closed the original thread? I say "no justice, no peace."

Thank you for posting directly into the thread mr. Charlottesville

[Badger]

We might as well give NYC first responders a day since we still can't seem to give them the health and disability benefits they deserve

the govt is too busy giving terrorism suspects "constitutional rights" to give money to the NYC first responders

That comment really pissed me off, in a way that comments on Atlas rarely do.

Personally, it didn't piss me off so much is make my head spin as to what an amazing non sequitur of the year of that was.

[Badger]

You know what my thoughts on Kate Steinle's murder are, seeing as TG closed the original thread? I say "no justice, no peace."

Yes, and thankfully national Democrats are smart enough to avoid omegascarlet's name calling and call out this abomination for what it is.

You pretty clearly don't see immigrants as human in the way that you view "Americans".

*illegals.

These are probably the least severe at of all the sexual harassment claims we've seen. Asked her if she had a boyfriend? Put his hand on her thigh? Bad, creepy, but really not resignation worthy.

No Representative from this district has ever been re-elected.

Yeah, brand new swingy seats can do that. Anyway,  this is not resignation/step-down worthy

Come on lol I mean hand on thigh is bad but asking a woman out on a date when it is 'unwanted' is harassment now? Seriously?

Like how the hell is he supposed to know it is unwanted.

Anyway I don't think he should resign unless there was serious unwanted physical contact (kind of hard to parse from this report but it sounds like not).

And no, this is not the least serious allegation. That would be the disgusting victim-blaming from both sides that caused Barton to resign. But this is nearly there.

Come on lol I mean hand on thigh is bad but asking a woman out on a date when it is 'unwanted' is harassment now? Seriously?

It is if Kihuen's behavior was a repeat offense. In cases like these, the victim has almost always pleaded with their harasser to stop.

She said he asked her out on dates twice.

I mean come on, even if she said 'no and I'm never going out with you' I wouldn't call one additional request for a date harassment. He didn't stalk her, he didn't repeatedly undermine or belittle her, he didn't fire her or threaten her job.

You're presuming there's something here when there's no evidence of anything. Yes obviously if he did something beyond what's reported here that is harassment then he harasse her, but the facts of the case as stated are just clearly and obviously not.

Jesus the hot takes in this thread. It's like yall have never been to a bar or something

This is getting ridiculous the bar is so low these days for 'sexual harassment', next we will be calling on folks to resign over complimenting a chicks dress.

These f**kers are defending a 35 year old man repeatedly creeping on a 25 year old woman (even groping her) to the point where she quit her job as no big deal.

Oh noez! A ten year age gap between two mature consenting adults! Next thing you know he'll be molesting infants!

The bolded part is not accurate and that's the real issue with this case.

How does one consent to being asked out? Either you are or you aren't. To my understanding that is basically the extent of the story (at least from what I've heard).

That parenthesized last portion indicates you have not read nearly enough about the incident. This went well beyond simply asking someone out on a date oh, and to the point of creeping / groping on a employee to the point she had to leave the job. Saying it was merely asking someone out on a date is just a straw man

[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

Obviously Maoism was terrible, but:

Obviously such an evil ideology would come out of China. Russians aren't that stupid.

[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

Meanwhile Santander's Sinophobic rampage continues.

I'm Santander and I approve this message.

With the message being this:

[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

When are people going to realize Santander isn't actually a terrible person and just says those kinds of things to incite reactions from people?

I dunno, his hatred of everything Chinese seems pretty legit to me.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

When are people going to realize Santander isn't actually a terrible person and just says those kinds of things to incite reactions from people?

I dunno, his hatred of everything Chinese seems pretty legit to me.

You can't be labeled -ist against your own people

[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

When are people going to realize Santander isn't actually a terrible person and just says those kinds of things to incite reactions from people?

I dunno, his hatred of everything Chinese seems pretty legit to me.

You can't be labeled -ist against your own people

Well if you're correct then that'll just be sad. Like sadder than Reaganfan sad. (I always thought Santander was Indian though, is he?)

[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

When are people going to realize Santander isn't actually a terrible person and just says those kinds of things to incite reactions from people?

I dunno, his hatred of everything Chinese seems pretty legit to me.

You can't be labeled -ist against your own people

Well if you're correct then that'll just be sad. Like sadder than Reaganfan sad. (I always thought Santander was Indian though, is he?)

Xe can be whatever xe wants to be. It’s 2017.

So Santander is secretly Rachel Dolezal?

The plot thickens...

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Is it because that's what communists teach children as they're growing up? America could win a nuclear war if:

1. The government poured money into research and development on global missile defense
and
2. We had a faster trigger than the enemy

So why is it that most Americans associate nuclear war with certain obliteration?

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

When are people going to realize Santander isn't actually a terrible person and just says those kinds of things to incite reactions from people?

If you derive joy from pissing everyone off, you're a terrible, or at least incredibly immature, person.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Hopefully President Trump will disband the military and hand our nukes over to Russia before the neocons get back in. God knows they aren't finished with the Middle East yet.

Please be a troll comment...

[Antonio the Sixth]

i can't even

Austria's electoral process, and subsequent outcomes, are fascinating to watch.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

When are people going to realize Santander isn't actually a terrible person and just says those kinds of things to incite reactions from people?

I dunno, his hatred of everything Chinese seems pretty legit to me.

You can't be labeled -ist against your own people

Posted directly in the thread.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

All whataboutery belongs here:

Why is Moulton talking about Franken instead of making hay about that slimy gasbag Farenthold?

[Landslide Lyndon]

All whataboutery belongs here:

Why is Moulton talking about Franken instead of making hay about that slimy gasbag Farenthold?

I guess it was too much to ask from you to read the subsequent post where I explained things.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Why not include that in the original post instead of having it be only one of the most annoying logical fallacies ever?

[Landslide Lyndon]

Why not include that in the original post instead of having it be only one of the most annoying logical fallacies ever?

Because I thought it was obvious to the members of a site that's about, you know, politics.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

When are people going to realize Santander isn't actually a terrible person and just says those kinds of things to incite reactions from people?

I dunno, his hatred of everything Chinese seems pretty legit to me.

You can't be labeled -ist against your own people

That's really not true at all. plenty of people are racist against their own race. hell, there are Asian White Supremacists.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

When are people going to realize Santander isn't actually a terrible person and just says those kinds of things to incite reactions from people?

I dunno, his hatred of everything Chinese seems pretty legit to me.

You can't be labeled -ist against your own people

Well if you're correct then that'll just be sad. Like sadder than Reaganfan sad. (I always thought Santander was Indian though, is he?)

I can confirm he is 100% not Indian LOL

[Santander]

When are people going to realize Santander isn't actually a terrible person and just says those kinds of things to incite reactions from people?

I dunno, his hatred of everything Chinese seems pretty legit to me.

You can't be labeled -ist against your own people

Well if you're correct then that'll just be sad. Like sadder than Reaganfan sad. (I always thought Santander was Indian though, is he?)

I can confirm he is 100% not Indian LOL

That's enough on this subject, everyone.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The Chinaman is not the issue here, dude.

[TheSaint250]

The Ottoman Empire was a very liberal place that treated Christians and Jews far better than Muslims were treated in Europe.