posted by Spock

Progressives are only progressive with this stuff till it affects their wallet and it moves in next door to them

Nah, they stay pretty consistent, but they certainly take those opportunities to virtue signal as much as humanly possible.

"I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO PAY MORE IN TAXES IF IT MEANS !"

-or-

"LOOK AT ALL THE COLORFUL PEOPLE I LIVE NEXT TO! I'M TOLERANT!"

You can set your damn watch to it.

posted by O-Trap

Nah, they stay pretty consistent, but they certainly take those opportunities to virtue signal as much as humanly possible.

"I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO PAY MORE IN TAXES IF IT MEANS !"

-or-

"LOOK AT ALL THE COLORFUL PEOPLE I LIVE NEXT TO! I'M TOLERANT!"

You can set your damn watch to it.

The latter of those two cracked me up a few weeks back when Barstool was totally mocking some news site's glowing feature on Deadspin, where at one point, they were talking to the editor and she said something about how she lives in a particular place and then went on to specifically state that it was the part with a lot of Puerto Ricans. Not familiar with the entire area, I could only guess that it was a fairly mixed area and she wanted everyone to know that her super-progressive self was NOT in the all/most white neighborhood out of a fear that'd be a "woke point" deduction.

Dug it up -- here's the full quote.

“They want to be some kind of moral arbiter, but whose morality?” he said. “They really sound like a parody of being self-serious.”

Greenwell pushes back at that critique, even as she occasionally embodies it. When explaining that she lives in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, she added, “but the part where a lot of Puerto Rican families live.”

posted by Heretic

The latter of those two cracked me up a few weeks back when Barstool was totally mocking some news site's glowing feature on Deadspin, where at one point, they were talking to the editor and she said something about how she lives in a particular place and then went on to specifically state that it was the part with a lot of Puerto Ricans. Not familiar with the entire area, I could only guess that it was a fairly mixed area and she wanted everyone to know that her super-progressive self was NOT in the all/most white neighborhood out of a fear that'd be a "woke point" deduction.

Dug it up -- here's the full quote.

“They want to be some kind of moral arbiter, but whose morality?” he said. “They really sound like a parody of being self-serious.”

Greenwell pushes back at that critique, even as she occasionally embodies it. When explaining that she lives in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, she added, “but the part where a lot of Puerto Rican families live.”

LOL
Such ridiculousness.

The NY Times today advocated for doxxing border patrol agents that work at the detention centers. Funny they never mentioned doing so for the 8 years prior to Trump when Obama was doing the same. Fucking clown show media

posted by iclfan2

The NY Times today advocated for doxxing border patrol agents that work at the detention centers. Funny they never mentioned doing so for the 8 years prior to Trump when Obama was doing the same. Fucking clown show media

I'm not loving this action of doxxing people that the left is now full swing into. It's going to get somebody killed by some nutcase and for what? Because somebody has a different political thought than you? SMDH
 

posted by CenterBHSFan

I'm not loving this action of doxxing people that the left is now full swing into. It's going to get somebody killed by some nutcase and for what? Because somebody has a different political thought than you? SMDH
 

LOL....the Left really is on its way to ending-up further right than Trump supporters.

I see also Trump is being blamed for the flood of illegal immigrants....The theory goes because Trump is going to end immigration, it's now or never which is causing everyone to come at once!   But what kind of carrot do you imagine decriminalization and free healthcare might be?

Antifa attacked a journalist in Portland yesterday. He’s a gay Asian, but since he defends the right, people are shitting on him all over twitter. City is a shit hole and people that defend Antifa are idiots. Waiting for the journalists to come to his aid, but I doubt it’s happening. 

posted by iclfan2

Antifa attacked a journalist in Portland yesterday. He’s a gay Asian, but since he defends the right, people are shitting on him all over twitter. City is a shit hole and people that defend Antifa are idiots. Waiting for the journalists to come to his aid, but I doubt it’s happening. 

But our fascism is cheeky and fun. His fascism is cruel and tragic.

No better example of hyper-partisan politics than dealing with NK.  Repubs are praising Trump for visiting NK when you KNOW they would have been full melt-rage if Obama had done that.  Of course, Dems are criticizing Trump.

None of it probably matters in the grand scheme of things.  The whole idea of "no no no we are not formally recognizing them" is a complete cop-out, grade school kind of BS.  Sure, they still negotiated thru backchannel intermediaries, but that's not the same as meeting face-to-face.

Although I do think Trump went too far with a personal visit.  NK needed to do something in good faith to earn that. 

On the other hand, if Kim does come here, maybe he'll break Trump's club record at Mar-a-Lago!

posted by justincredible

But our fascism is cheeky and fun. His fascism is cruel and tragic.

You can see them spinning out of control.  It's already starting to move beyond simply resisting white supremacy groups.  They'll eventually go full brownshirt lashing out violently for any and all grievances.  And then it will be interesting to see how things are handled, because it's practically impossible to identify the ones who break the law after they've disappeared back into the mob.

posted by justincredible

But our fascism is cheeky and fun. His fascism is cruel and tragic.

Twitter is the worst place on earth. As I predicted, people say he deserved it bc he knew Antifa didn’t like him and he’s not a “journalist”. Who the fuck would live in Portland where the mayor and police let these clowns run their streets. It’s literally insane

posted by gut

No better example of hyper-partisan politics than dealing with NK.  Repubs are praising Trump for visiting NK when you KNOW they would have been full melt-rage if Obama had done that.  Of course, Dems are criticizing Trump.

 

None of it probably matters in the grand scheme of things.  The whole idea of "no no no we are not formally recognizing them" is a complete cop-out, grade school kind of BS.  Sure, they still negotiated thru backchannel intermediaries, but that's not the same as meeting face-to-face.

Although I do think Trump went too far with a personal visit.  NK needed to do something in good faith to earn that. 

On the other hand, if Kim does come here, maybe he'll break Trump's club record at Mar-a-Lago!

Really?  I dont think Obama could have ever got this far with the worst country on the planet.  Trump is playing 4D chess when everyone else is playing checkers.  The Dems are losing their mind because they dont know what he is up to.

posted by iclfan2

...As I predicted, people say he deserved it bc he knew Antifa didn’t like him and he’s not a “journalist”. ..

By that logic, the next time Antifa goes to "counter-protest", they deserve to get their ass beat by the white supremacists.

posted by Spock

Really?  I dont think Obama could have ever got this far with the worst country on the planet.  Trump is playing 4D chess when everyone else is playing checkers.  The Dems are losing their mind because they dont know what he is up to.

Huh?  What has Trump accomplished so far other than to provide Kim with propaganda and photo ops?

That's why other Presidents didn't do this, because they weren't going to get chumped for nothing.

posted by Spock

Really?  I dont think Obama could have ever got this far with the worst country on the planet.  Trump is playing 4D chess when everyone else is playing checkers.  The Dems are losing their mind because they dont know what he is up to.

When blind partisanship and complete idiocy marry.

posted by Spock

Trump is playing 4D chess when everyone else is playing checkers.

Stop it with this.  The longer people continue to say it, the more it makes those people look like they're either blindly partisan or idiots.
 

posted by gut

By that logic, the next time Antifa goes to "counter-protest", they deserve to get their ass beat by the white supremacists.

Man ... if there were ever a fight you'd hope everyone would lose ...

posted by O-Trap

posted by gut

By that logic, the next time Antifa goes to "counter-protest", they deserve to get their ass beat by the white supremacists.

Man ... if there were ever a fight you'd hope everyone would lose ...

It's a reality show begging to be made.  If Trump loses re-election, it could happen....

posted by gut

It's a reality show begging to be made.  If Trump loses re-election, it could happen....

Sounds like just a reboot of Bumfights.

posted by iclfan2

Twitter is the worst place on earth. As I predicted, people say he deserved it bc he knew Antifa didn’t like him and he’s not a “journalist”. Who the fuck would live in Portland where the mayor and police let these clowns run their streets. It’s literally insane

I'm not sure why lefty journo's don't think he's a journalist. He's documented hundreds of these things, written for Quillete and although I could be wrong I thought he wrote for WSJ once. 

It's also been found out that antifa was mixing quicklime into the milkshakes in an effort to cause reactionary burns. The PD released that statement. 

posted by gut

You can see them spinning out of control.  It's already starting to move beyond simply resisting white supremacy groups.  They'll eventually go full brownshirt lashing out violently for any and all grievances.  And then it will be interesting to see how things are handled, because it's practically impossible to identify the ones who break the law after they've disappeared back into the mob.

The autists on 4chan actually solved a case just like this with the bike lock basher. He clocked somebody's skull with a bike lock, his face was cover with hoodie/sunglasses/bandana, disappeard back into the crowd. Well the chan peeps did their thing and the guy (who was a professor I think) was arrested. He got off with a slap on the wrist, which is worrisome in and of itself.

posted by CenterBHSFan

I'm not sure why lefty journo's don't think he's a journalist. He's documented hundreds of these things, written for Quillete and although I could be wrong I thought he wrote for WSJ once. 

It's also been found out that antifa was mixing quicklime into the milkshakes in an effort to cause reactionary burns. The PD released that statement. 

Yes, but Quilette isn't a real publication because right wing something something...

btw, a gofundme started by Michelle Malkin has raised over $100,000 for Ngo.

Portland pretty much sucks balls right now. 

I think the WH should come out and make statements on this forms of domestic terrorism.  Its a winning political point.

posted by Spock

I think the WH should come out and make statements on this forms of domestic terrorism.  Its a winning political point.

It might win points for Trump voters and maybe even some moderates. But I think what the result would be is places like Portland going even more nuts, hospitalizing more people, damaging even more property.