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betaraywil posted:gently caress me, who was it who was running for president or something else and told the fun story about how they bought an entire case of canned soup the day after their wedding, and their horrified wife made them return it immediately because it was too much soup? It was one of the forgettable democratic whites. Was it Hickenlooper or something? Is the story more or less fun if it's Ted Cruz?
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betaraywil posted:gently caress me, who was it who was running for president or something else and told the fun story about how they bought an entire case of canned soup the day after their wedding, and their horrified wife made them return it immediately because it was too much soup? It was one of the forgettable democratic whites. Was it Hickenlooper or something? It was Ted Cruz in the 2016 GOP primary.
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Jan 15, 2021 21:14
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dreamless posted:Is the story more or less fun if it's Ted Cruz? Less fun and more upsetting, certainly.
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Jan 15, 2021 21:15
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Ben MAD Ben Garrison posted:JOKE YAPPER FAKE NEWS HACK
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Pants Donkey posted:Ben MAD Calling someone who doesn't make cartoons by trade a "failed cartoonist" just so he could try to score a point on him is wonderfully petty.
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"Questioning well-decorated veterans is insulting." Hey Ben, what are your feelings on John McCain?quote:He would never be able to make a living through cartooning…because he’s terrible at it. Ben, if being good at political cartooning was required to make a living through it, you would be on the streets, as well as Gary McCoy, Bob Gorrell, and AF Branco.
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Raised By Birds posted:I don't think the original's been posted here yet. Ok so he's admitting Trump lost a democratic election then and pivoting to "this is why democracy is bad, you don't let the MOB pick the king!"
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Raised By Birds posted:Calling someone who doesn't make cartoons by trade a "failed cartoonist" just so he could try to score a point on him is wonderfully petty. I guess a failed neurosurgeon would say that 
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didn't anyone tell Ben that bronze stars and purple hearts don't mean anything, they just hand those out Political Cartoons 2021: FAILED \_o_/ CARTOONIST
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betaraywil posted:gently caress me, who was it who was running for president or something else and told the fun story about how they bought an entire case of canned soup the day after their wedding, and their horrified wife made them return it immediately because it was too much soup? It was one of the forgettable democratic whites. Was it Hickenlooper or something? it was 2020 and future 2024 GOP primary candidate Ted Cruz quote:When Ted and Heidi Cruz returned from a honeymoon in the Caribbean, Ted went to the store by himself. When Ted arrived home, Heidi was surprised to discover that he had purchased 100 cans of Campbell's Chunky Soup. i wish this was more notable but the whole story reads exactly like something that a dude who doesn't know how to cook would do
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These last couple of Garrisons are just kind of sad and pathetic, even by his standards. None of the "TRUMP IS GONNA LOCK UP THE DEEP STATE, STORM'S COMIN Y'ALL  " anymore, just "Why are they being so mean???  "
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Not that in this case it was particularly in question, but you can always tell a lot about a person based on how hard they push that "America's a republic, not a democracy" angle.
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Especially when they simultaneously insist that Donald Trump was the democratically elected president and therefore should not be opposed, and that he actually also won the popular vote in 2020 and should remain president regardless of the rules and systems in place. It's almost as if getting the desired result overrides whatever principles he claims to hold!
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Can someone post Mr. Garrission's shithole comic and accompanying rant? Preferably properly :nsfw: tagged and spoilered because nobody with a soul deserves that kind of poo poo popping up on them out of nowhere.
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Moon Slayer posted:Not that in this case it was particularly in question, but you can always tell a lot about a person based on how hard they push that "America's a republic, not a democracy" angle. I've been seeing that an awful lot from the right wing. What do they mean by it? Is it literally "we want a dictatorship" now? Or do they just take issue with the specific meaning of the word democracy Regardless, how to they square it with what ~the founders~ said?
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Pants Donkey posted:Ben MAD Hey, Ben. Mast is a piece of poo poo and the bomb that took his legs should’ve taken the rest of him too.
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:I've been seeing that an awful lot from the right wing. It's a fact that I think is technically true if you want to use the precise political science terms to describe the US, but yeah what they really mean by it is "I only want votes from
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:I've been seeing that an awful lot from the right wing. Republic => Republican Party => The good guys Democracy => DemocRAT Party => The bad guys I don't think it goes beyond thinking that some deep truth is behind that. Not knowing what truth exactly, just thinking that there must be.
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:I've been seeing that an awful lot from the right wing. It's a convenient excuse to not engage with criticisms of the electoral college or of other anti-majoritarian institutions like the Senate. In practice, though it's just a beard for "I want My Side to win and I don't care about democratic principles at any level." People saying this arn't actually interested in specific meanings or debating the exact form a representative democracy should take.
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Flipperwaldt posted:Republic => Republican Party => The good guys  My eyes are open
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Ban Garrison posted:Its not anti-Semitic to criticize central bankers and globalist corporations having an influence on our politics. 
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:I've been seeing that an awful lot from the right wing. They believe the founders would agree with them, and use the electoral college as an example of how "they knew pure democracy was bad and they didn't want the biggest states to run the country." Also before the Seventeenth Amendment, senators were chosen by the state legislatures rather than voted for by the people. You'll see some right wingers claim that the Seventeenth Amendment is one of the biggest reasons for the downfall of the country and we need to go back to it (because more states have Republican state governments, which would give them strong control of the Senate). But as others have said, what it amounts to is a justification for things like Trump winning in 2016 where they lost the popular vote but still won. Back before same sex marriage was legalized federally, you'd see states pass laws prohibiting it that would be ruled against in the courts (Prop 8 was a big one), and right wingers ranted about judges "overturning the will of the people." Because overturning the popular vote is bad, when it's something they want.
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That Garrison is the most pathetic one in awhile. Just literally calling your political opponent an idiot, wow how clever.
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Faustian Bargain posted:That Garrison is the most pathetic one in awhile. Just literally calling your political opponent an idiot, wow how clever. The Dunce cap is a powerful symbol, you wouldn't want to overuse it...
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It also reminds me of one of the Alt-Right Playbook videos that talked about egalitarian vs hierarchical mindsets. For those who hold to the latter, society can be divided into the Worthy and the Unworthy; without external interference, the Worthy will naturally rise to their rightful status, and social woes attributed to Unworthy rising above the Worthy. I imagine those with the anti-democracy bent are along these lines. I'm sure they like being able to primary Republican candidates they don't like and vote for Worthy Rs in generals, but they shouldn't be able to vote; they shouldn't have a say in the government. If they wield too much political power they might place Unworthy politicians in places of power. The "natural" order would be disrupted. They would be willing to ultimately sacrifice their own vote, their own power, if they believe it will entrench strongmen high up enough to ensure Unworthy are never able to rise that high ever again. To them, democracy is only useful insofar as it can be used to grant power to the Worthy, after which it becomes a liability that could let Unworthy pols enter the scene. Oh and it's a TOOOOOTAL coincidence that they see themselves as among the Worthy.
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Raised By Birds posted:IThey would be willing to ultimately sacrifice their own vote, their own power, if they believe it will entrench strongmen high up enough to ensure Unworthy are never able to rise that high ever again. Yeah, there's a lot of women on Freep who talk about how they wish they didn't have the right to vote, because if the right to vote was taken from women it would ensure Republican dominance.
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Flipperwaldt posted:Republic => Republican Party => The good guys note also that "democrat" is a term invented by the republican party specifically as a slur; it ends in "rat" as suggested and it suggests other bad things like bureaucrats and it just sounds unpleasant. the correct equivalent of "republicans" would be "democratics."
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Sagebrush posted:note also that "democrat" is a term invented by the republican party specifically as a slur; it ends in "rat" as suggested and it suggests other bad things like bureaucrats and it just sounds unpleasant. the correct equivalent of "republicans" would be "democratics." Wait really? I know they intentionally started saying Democrat Party instead of Democratic Party (which loving stuck, because the Democratic Party can't message for poo poo, and it's the one thing the Republican Party is brilliant at,) but I don't believe I have ever heard individual members referred to as anything other than Democrats.
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You know what, Jim Carrey is bad. But he's better than when he started, so good for him.
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 Leak, Son of Leak:  Victoria plans for international students' return with special quarantine housing (Guardian). Note that the university sector in Australia is federally funded and increasingly less funded under continuing Liberal governments (which is why they rely on international students) and both government to universities and international students stuck here during the pandemic have had little to no support. Rowe 1:  Rowe 2:  Rowe 3:  Warren Brown:  Broelman: 
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Faustian Bargain posted:That Garrison is the most pathetic one in awhile. Just literally calling your political opponent an idiot, wow how clever. He lost his biggest megaphone and the grift is heavily damaged now. Garrison shook
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Flipperwaldt posted:Republic => Republican Party => The good guys
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Republicans have no principles any more except Trump Trump Trump. In Pennsylvania, the bill that expanded mail-in voting passed with overwhelming Republican support. It was hailed as an amazing bipartisan legislative compromise: Dems signed off on the demise of straight ticket voting and Republicans agreed that mail in voting was awesome and cool. This was October 2019. Flash forward a year and the exact same slimeball motherfuckers who passed the bill they said was the greatest thing since sliced pickles are suddenly saying that the thing they authored and voted into existence is a vast left-wing conspiracy. Just because they're a bunch of sore losers with no principles.
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Scaramouche posted:You know what, Jim Carrey is bad. But he's better than when he started, so good for him. Is he still antivax?
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SerialKilldeer posted:Is he still antivax? No.
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:
Siegfried was a giant anthropomorphic tiger this whole time and no one knew? He really was a skilled illusionist!
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Wait, is this saying "if minorities then why not dogs?!"
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The Artificial Kid posted:Wait, is this saying "if minorities then why not dogs?!" I went back to read it twice and I can't think of a more charitable interpretation. Allie thinks Biden's cabinet doesn't have enough white people in it so clearly he's just ~virtue signaling~
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