USA Politics Thread |OT| Cleaning up the town

[Nintex]

GOP talking heads: shut up and dribble

Also GOP talking heads: let's placate and platform a mentally ill bipolar man because he's a celebrity.

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I am Republican but this is really bad being associated with these people. But thinking of it, the left placates mentally ill activists too. So it really is bipartisan.

Say what you will about the Democrats Himu they didn't put at least 4 mentally ill Presidents in the White House including the best and our favorite President

Not happy about the Twitter files

[Himu]

What 4 mentally ill presidents?

Also Trump and Biden show the President doesn't matter as much as his executive branch. Biden is a full on dementia patient.

[Nintex]

Nixon (alcoholic paranoid narcisist)
Reagan (demented evangelist)
George W. Bush (alcoholic without a consience)
Donald John Trump (autism)

[BIONIC]

Nixon (alcoholic paranoid narcisist)
Reagan (demented evangelist)
George W. Bush (alcoholic without a consience)
Donald John Trump (autism)

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User Banned (Permanent): Armchair diagnosis of mental health

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[Nintex]

All Presidents get drunk on power but these 4 clearly didn't have all their marbles while in office.

[benjipwns]

Not only did you make some simple factual errors like normal, you completely botched naming mental illnesses at all for some of them. Impressive work for a simple list with four items instead of ten paragraphs of bad fan fiction.

[Himu]

Nixon (alcoholic paranoid narcisist)
Reagan (demented evangelist)
George W. Bush (alcoholic without a consience)
Donald John Trump (autism)

Huh. Okay.

[Nintex]

To be fair some of their behaviours might be more personality traits as opposed to mental illnesses. Not to mention they can be both crazy as well as a great President.
Still, they put some crazy cookies in the White House while the Democrats have often opted to keep the radicals out at all costs (Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean for example).

[benjipwns]

Howard Dean wasn't a radical at all.

[Nintex]

Howard Dean wasn't a radical at all.

He sat on a tank and yelled right? At the time that was not presidential behaviour and considered radical.
Much like wearing a tan suit.

But considering that's the most controversial thing Barack Obama did it shows you the difference between rascals like George and Donald and the average Democratic president.

[benjipwns]

I know I am being trolled but yet I am still enraged.

[Himu]

To be fair some of their behaviours might be more personality traits as opposed to mental illnesses. Not to mention they can be both crazy as well as a great President.
Still, they put some crazy cookies in the White House while the Democrats have often opted to keep the radicals out at all costs (Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean for example).

Dems ran people like Dukakis and Gore Obama killed civilians in bombings and has an ego complex. LBJ was a known racist. Hillary Clinton is a war monger.

[Tasty]

Howard Dean wasn't a radical at all.

No but he was RADICAL (in the skater sense)

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1599442203717390337

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1599432758283083777

[Himu]

We need DeSantis

[Nintex]

We need a poll to figure out how many primary voters support bombing the constitution.

[who is ted danson?]

https://twitter.com/Anthony/status/1599438819660816386


 

it's a big club and you ain't in it

[Potato]

Lol, it's all a big pantomime

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1599442203717390337

The context actually makes it worse, he wants to suspend the rule of law because Twitter banned something two years ago that's since been reversed.

[benjipwns]

"Throw virgins in volcano now..."
"You have to read him in context."
"...because smell of burning virgin flesh make pee-pee hard."

 

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/catdecal/status/1599878976369233920

 

[BIONIC]

One of the law clients he robbed, Geoffrey Ernest Johnson, was a mentally ill paraplegic on disability.

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

https://twitter.com/catdecal/status/1599878976369233920

 

Analysis by Chris Cillizza

He might’ve been fired last week, but his posts are going to haunt CNN for decades.

[Himu]

Benji:

https://archive.ph/ZsrLb

President Biden says last Tuesday was “a good day” for democracy, but he must not be paying attention to what happened in Illinois. Behold a case study in how Democrats change the rules to limit political competition and entrench one-party, public-union rule.
Democrats held supermajorities in both legislative chambers and a 4-3 majority on the state Supreme Court before the election. But their ex-boss Michael Madigan’s corruption scandal gave Republicans a chance to make gains in the statehouse, compete for Governor, and take control of the state Supreme Court for the first time in more than 50 years.

After deposing Mr. Madigan, Democrats last year did him proud by jamming through new state legislative maps that forced 12 Republican incumbents into six House districts. Democrats held 73 of 118 House seats under Mr. Madigan’s gerrymander. Their new, more extreme gerrymander helped them pick up four to five more seats.

Democrats also redrew state Supreme Court districts for the first time in 60 years. Three Justices are elected exclusively from Cook County, which includes Chicago. This guarantees Democrats three seats. But their majority looked in danger after a Democratic Justice representing central Illinois lost a retention election in November 2020 for the first time in state history.

[D3RANG3D]

[Himu]

https://taibbi.substack.com/p/be-it-resolved-dont-trust-mainstream

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/thomas_m_wilson/status/1602011888652632064

Impressive. Sounds like we may not have the technology to fully take advantage of this yet in the near-term but still quite an achievement.

[Himu]

Hopefully it's good and hopefully it works.

[Occam]

A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/books/book-bans-libraries.html
They really love free speech.

[Nintex]

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The libs are just destroying themselves with these paywalls

I bet you can find a free 3 hour documentary on the counter argument of the same subject for free and after you've watched it you get a MyPillow discount code.

[Himu]

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The libs are just destroying themselves with these paywalls

I bet you can find a free 3 hour documentary on the counter argument of the same subject for free and after you've watched it you get a MyPillow discount code.

www.archive.ph

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1602387025855885312

https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602372771052367872

 

[james]

"We have a fiduciary duty to our shareholders, and Trump is a liability for our ad sales which is our primary revenue source"

So hard.

[benjipwns]

Doesn't seem like it would have been hard to just create a rule that elected officials cannot dispute official election results on Twitter and then oh, whoops, guess we only enforced this against Trump because he refuses to shut up about it? Wild.

[benjipwns]

The libs are just destroying themselves with these paywalls

I bet you can find a free 3 hour documentary on the counter argument of the same subject for free and after you've watched it you get a MyPillow discount code.

I ain't watching that shit, just going to skip ahead for my coupon code.

[BIONIC]

  Bari Weiss

[benjipwns]

Hey guys, anyone want to violate some laws? Our legislators on it.
https://twitter.com/dallasnews/status/1601223895620751360
https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1600873302443970560
https://twitter.com/danielschuman/status/1602316916567285760
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1602336250127687680

[Himu]

Omfg

https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1602301863822491650

[james]

Thank God they made it in time to help the holiday sales numbers

[Himu]

Malcolm "Glad Handed" Gladwell

[Himu]

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1602486580052037632

[Himu]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-unveil-bipartisan-bid-ban-chinas-tiktok-2022-12-13/

Lawmakers consider banning Communist China's society destroying spyware. Good. Another thing Trump was (unfortunately) right about.

[Potato]

Not disputing the spyware label, but what makes Tik Tok "society destroying" in comparison to other social media networks?

[james]

Not disputing the spyware label, but what makes Tik Tok "society destroying" in comparison to other social media networks?

Nobody uses the other ones anymore

[Sman]

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1602486580052037632

But where's the resetera thread about it? I want to hear their calm, level-headed take on this.

 

[Phoenix Dark]

Not disputing the spyware label, but what makes Tik Tok "society destroying" in comparison to other social media networks?

I get your point but one is not only financed by an adversarial government, it's collecting personal data on Americans that will likely be used for decades.

[Polident Hive]

Think the PRC already blocks American based social networks. There’s some understanding where Facebook data ends up. The average person probably doesn’t care if their data is going to America, China, or Azerbaijan. But it’s understandable why the governments see it as a concern.

[Himu]

Not disputing the spyware label, but what makes Tik Tok "society destroying" in comparison to other social media networks?

China literally uses an algorithm to promote certain things on amercan tik tok. It's very sexual to the point where if you download the app you'll see questionable things. It has a societal effect that affects young people and China is choosing specific topics to make them seem cool to young people. It takes certain things like gender wars and race wars and puts them to the forefront. It's being cursted to be like this. Meanwhile China's TikTok is overwhelmingly positive. It's like this by design and it's not only spyware but also a way for communist China to get inside Americans heads and change our values.

[BIONIC]

[BrokenVerses]

TikTok's algorithm is very responsive to user engagement unlike Meta garbage that would constantly push Indian viral content and boomer crap for no reason.

It very quickly figures out if you're gay or straight as well as appearance of who you engage with.

In other words if your For You Page is flooded with big booty Latinas twerking in San Antonio or a Lululemon clerk posting how we all need to #staybottom that's all on you.

[Nintex]

Tiktok is mostly known for the Tiktok -> Twitch -> OnlyFans -> pornhub -> reddit spam skill tree progression.

[BIONIC]

Reddit is the endgame of the thot pipeline?

I’m getting out of touch 

[Nintex]

Reddit is the endgame of the thot pipeline?

I’m getting out of touch 

Their content is stolen and posted for free by bots

[james]

Tiktok is mostly known for the Tiktok -> Twitch -> OnlyFans -> pornhub -> reddit spam skill tree progression.

What about the secret discord groups?

[benjipwns]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-unveil-bipartisan-bid-ban-chinas-tiktok-2022-12-13/

Lawmakers consider banning Communist China's society destroying spyware. Good. Another thing Trump was (unfortunately) right about.

Not disputing the spyware label, but what makes Tik Tok "society destroying" in comparison to other social media networks?

China literally uses an algorithm to promote certain things on amercan tik tok. It's very sexual to the point where if you download the app you'll see questionable things. It has a societal effect that affects young people and China is choosing specific topics to make them seem cool to young people. It takes certain things like gender wars and race wars and puts them to the forefront. It's being cursted to be like this. Meanwhile China's TikTok is overwhelmingly positive. It's like this by design and it's not only spyware but also a way for communist China to get inside Americans heads and change our values.

You claim you're concerned about China changing American values and yet you're advocating for copying China by having the state block things it doesn't like instead of continuing the free internet America has championed.

[Potato]

Not disputing the spyware label, but what makes Tik Tok "society destroying" in comparison to other social media networks?

I get your point but one is not only financed by an adversarial government, it's collecting personal data on Americans that will likely be used for decades.

Twatter and Facebook and LinkedIn have already been collecting personal data on everybody (not just Americans) for more than a decade and have been using it to push an American-centric agenda on the rest of the world.

Fuck the Chinese and their communist bullshit, but almost equally fuck the American social media companies too with their own bullshit agenda pushing.

Tik tok is no more society destroying than any of that other garbage. In fact, it's been patently less society destroying than the others.

[jorma]

Not disputing the spyware label, but what makes Tik Tok "society destroying" in comparison to other social media networks?

I get your point but one is not only financed by an adversarial government, it's collecting personal data on Americans that will likely be used for decades.

it's funny that you are less worried about your own goverment and your own social media corpos doing the same shit when they are much more likely to use that data to hurt you than the chinese (even if only for the reason that the chinese don't care about you)

[james]

Elon Musk, who implored his army of Twitter followers to vote Republican in the 2022 midterms, did not vote in the election, state records show.

The billionaire is registered in Cameron County, Texas, where his rocket company SpaceX has a launch base and development site. Musk lists a modest home as his residence, though he has been known to spend time at other luxury properties.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-didnt-vote-in-midterms-after-urging-fans-to-back-gop?ref=home

 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

When did he "implore" people to vote republican?

[Himu]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-lawmakers-unveil-bipartisan-bid-ban-chinas-tiktok-2022-12-13/

Lawmakers consider banning Communist China's society destroying spyware. Good. Another thing Trump was (unfortunately) right about.

Not disputing the spyware label, but what makes Tik Tok "society destroying" in comparison to other social media networks?

China literally uses an algorithm to promote certain things on amercan tik tok. It's very sexual to the point where if you download the app you'll see questionable things. It has a societal effect that affects young people and China is choosing specific topics to make them seem cool to young people. It takes certain things like gender wars and race wars and puts them to the forefront. It's being cursted to be like this. Meanwhile China's TikTok is overwhelmingly positive. It's like this by design and it's not only spyware but also a way for communist China to get inside Americans heads and change our values.

You claim you're concerned about China changing American values and yet you're advocating for copying China by having the state block things it doesn't like instead of continuing the free internet America has championed.

I agree. But I'm not sure what the solution is.

I guess one consideration in light of our non American friends here is that America can't possibly complain about China spying on our citizens when we've done the same to the rest of the world for the last decade through our own social media companies.

Therefore, for egalitarianism, despite whatever ills TikTok has maybe we should leave it alone lest we prick our own toe and have our own look in the mirror.

Potato and Jorma are absolutely correct that this is America Spider-Man pointing at China for doing absolutely the same exact fucking thing. Internet imperialism for me not for thee.

Government truly is awful but sometimes I don't know what to think about threats of other nations' governments. Do we need government to supercede the prostrations of other governments? But that just results in more government. I don't know, Benji.