The Pitters' Place

Boomer

I've been pretty much apathetic to politics most of my life, but I've been reading up on Libertarianism the past couple years and can't really figure out why it gets all the hate it does. Mostly because the Libertarian Party in the U.S. is almost entirely controlled by right-wing, pro-corporate lib...

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I've been pretty much apathetic to politics most of my life, but I've been reading up on Libertarianism the past couple years and can't really figure out why it gets all the hate it does.

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What's up with that dude's accent, am I right?

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I know some people in the forum are into the Civ games, I'm wondering if this newest iteration was worth picking up?

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Condolences, Gendo.

The loss of a pet is always tough.

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Nah. I used to argue against truthers on the Loose Change board on IMDb back in the day because it was blatantly obvious what a steaming pile of crap that was, and I do have a couple friends who believe it, but other than that I barely give it any thought anymore.

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@anakin Yea, a lot of right-wing propaganda has infiltrated the left...looking like that "horseshoe" theory. I'm not sure what's happening, but I vaguely saw the connection between the far left and right before the campaign, but it's become a lot more apparent to me now. I'm doing some in...

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Derived Absurdity wrote:She's... deplorable. I hope she slowly dies in extreme agony.

She might be the worst president we've ever had, and that's saying something considering who has been in office the past 8 years.

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Trump supporters have been responding to all that with Bill Clinton's history of sexual assault, because apparently being married to a rapist and adulterer is just as bad as being a rapist and adulterer. To be fair, this is often brought up to point out Hillary's (alleged) role in silencing and int...

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Oh, it'll most likely sink even lower. But, the election's over. Women are coming out and openly accusing Trump of sexual assault. He's done. Hillary wins, we have at least 4 more years of "business as usual" for the American Establishment. Hooray. [none] Crossing my fingers that maybe thi...

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Monk wrote:Fuck it, I'm leaving too. I can't handle it anymore after reading this: https://goo.gl/zHkwwu

I've seen people say a lot of fucked up things on the Internet, but that really takes the cake.

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I chortled at this:

https://twitter.com/laurenreeves/status ... 2851357696

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Glad you're doing okay, Mur!

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I don't really watch much news media, do you really think they're going easy on Trump? I assume Fox News would be, but what others?

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#serialkillerslivesmatter

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It's baffling to me that sexism is brought into Hillary being untrustworthy. Among numerous other reasons, she *literally* was being investigated by the FBI during her candidacy for possibly compromising state secrets, and still blatantly lies about that fact to this day.

Boomer

I think the practice of dictating the language oppressed minorities use in their social movements and arguments needs to end, as if the reason privileged groups don't accept their points is a matter of semantics; it isn't. If your friend thinks the BLM movement would have been better received if the...

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Agreed. I've been arguing about crime statistics data with a few idiots for the past couple days. And I'm just thinking about how easy it is to completely misrepresent a story by just leaving out one tiny, but crucial piece. Or how the same data can appear to support two conflicting narratives. But...

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I don't think the website should be dismissed completely, just that people shouldn't rely on it as the be-all-end-all of unbiased political fact-checking that Politifact is often presented as. In other words, I think it's worth pointing out that a political fact-checking service is owned and operate...

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Politifact's wiki page states it is owned by the Tampa Bay Times, a quick cursory search of Politicact's executive members shows they all have ties to the publication, and I lived in the Tampa Bay Area for about four years so I am personally familiar with the news paper (at the time it was known as ...

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Politifact is owned by the Tampa Bay Times and operated by its editors and reporters who are mostly left-leaning, just FYI.

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But she needs physical contact to feed on the souls of her victims!

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No, I think she's sincere and I should have phrased my post differently. I was coming from the perspective that while I think Johnson's chances are slim to none that he can make a run in this campaign and/or spark a national conversation about the US election process, there's still a chance; I don't...

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I'm most likely not going to vote since I live in a decidedly democratic state where Hillary will likely win by double digit points. But, as I said, if I didn't believe it would be a complete waste of my time I'd gladly cast a vote for the only candidate I believe is sincere when he says he wants to...

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I'd say Johnson is more of a moderate republican and any libertarian views he holds are from a purely utilitarian/pragmatic perspective as opposed to actually believing in a libertarian philosophy. I mean, he begged to have Bill Weld as his running mate ffs. That said, I do take Johnson's anti-war s...

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Derived Absurdity wrote:
Boomer wrote:I don't think Gary Johnson has a chance even if he makes it into the debates. The dude is an awful public speaker, maybe worse than Hillary.
Good, because the dude is worse than both Hillary and Trump.

Please explain.

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I'm really disappointed the libertarian party gave Johnson the nom. In an election with maybe the most turmoil in this country's history the dude is about as vanilla and uninspiring as you can get.

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I don't think Gary Johnson has a chance even if he makes it into the debates. The dude is an awful public speaker, maybe worse than Hillary.

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Kinda sounds like he's trolling.

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Let me guess, the person posting this is white?

Thank God a member of the historically most racially oppressive group can inform everyone else that racism is over.

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I know this is not anywhere close to the same thing, but I got hundreds of down votes a short while ago for suggesting that it was a bad thing that Madeleine Albright infamously justified helping to murder at least five hundred thousand children on national television. I left extremely depressed an...

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Went through and gave you a few up votes, Anakin. I tried to downvote all the dopes, but damn there were a lot of them.

It sounds like pretty much everyone misinterpreted the article to read as if the 4 year old was actually operated on.

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Video isn't working on my phone, are we talking about one of those hula dolls that seem to be obligatory in every cab in every movie?

Those are racist?

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I just saw suicide squad this past weekend. There's a part of me that enjoyed it because I'm a comic book nerd and like seeing the characters brought to life on the big screen, but overall this was a real turd of a movie. Marvel makes it seem so easy to pull off superhero movies that are at worst de...

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Happy birthday!

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So glad I grew up in the 90's.

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I had a fantasy football draft so I couldn't catch the fight.

I heard McGregor tried his darnedest to keep the fight off the mat to avoid submission, sounds like he succeeded.

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Derived Absurdity wrote:Manspailing? Is that like a sex move?

If you don't know, you can't afford it.

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Nice story. Also, welcome to the board! Always nice to see new faces.

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Didn't know mental gymnastics was an Olympic sport. The author might be taking home gold.

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Caught a Lapras in the wild last night, woop woop!

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Happy bday!

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Great article, thanks for sharing.

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If you know someone you really can't stand — not someone you dislike, not someone who rubs you the wrong way, but someone you really loathe and detest — send that person a ticket for “Suicide Squad."

Damn, reviewers are cold as ice.

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I still question whether voting against her was a foolish waste of a vote. There are way too many things to consider, but I'm glad y'all have it all figured out. Unless you think the American political system is perfect then I don't really understand the point of being a condescending ass when peop...

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The original pink power ranger, Amy Jo Johnson.

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I'm going to continue to vote against blowing up children and condoning sexual assault. I guess I'm just that crazy.

^ self-righteous

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Trump literally said that we should kill the family members of ISIS members.

America already does that...

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A test I use to gauge whether someone is worth taking seriously on politics is whether they have a positive or negative impression of Bill Clinton. If it's not intensely negative, then they should be ignored. Same with Hillary, but it's extremely trendy to hate her right now so the test isn't quite...

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