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Re: Random Thoughts XX (that's 20) 

Post#381 » by HeatFanLifer » Sat Feb 22, 2025 4:03 pm

contract wrote:They voted for a conman because they were tired of getting lied to? :lol:

It's hard to imagine any type of scam he hasn't involved himself in no matter how petty or low rent.

I mean Trump got 51% of the vote. While just before the election gallup did a poll that found:

For the third consecutive year, more U.S. adults have no trust at all in the media (36%) than trust it a great deal or fair amount. Another 33% of Americans express “not very much” confidence.


https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx

People like Trump more than the media, I dunno what to tell ya :dontknow: but hey maybe if the media keeps doubling down on their tactics their ratings will become so bad that nobody will know they exist let alone not trust them.
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Re: Random Thoughts XX (that's 20) 

Post#382 » by contract » Sat Feb 22, 2025 4:40 pm

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contract wrote:They voted for a conman because they were tired of getting lied to? :lol:

It's hard to imagine any type of scam he hasn't involved himself in no matter how petty or low rent.

I mean Trump got 51% of the vote...

49.8%

https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.pdf
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Post#383 » by Bishop45 » Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:41 am

When the bigotry is too much for French fascists<<

It's a cult brehs and we're all being groomed to see this as normal



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Post#384 » by Shewasfly » Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:39 am

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I don't understand the point you're trying to make with this video.

No need to rack your brain to try to understand, there is no point. Theft is against the law & nobody has the right to not pay taxes.

Yeah I know. But I was just waiting on him to tell me how even if we accepted the notion that taxes are theft, how that then equates to it somehow being okay to steal from the lower, middle, and even upper middle class, but not multimillionaires and billionaires.

Because whether taxes are theft are not, billionaires like Must STILL aren't paying them and certainly not a proportionate share.
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Post#385 » by Shewasfly » Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:42 am

Bishop45 wrote:When the bigotry is too much for French fascists<<

It's a cult brehs and we're all being groomed to see this as normal




Terrifying.

Its like living in the twilight zone too, because we're all just going on about our days like we aren't careening towards an authoritarian government for years to come. You cannot possibly see the way Drumpf, Must, and their neo-Not See regime are moving and think they have any intention of ever letting go of power and facing the potential of being tried for their crimes.
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Post#386 » by Tony15 » Tue Feb 25, 2025 4:19 pm

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contract wrote:They voted for a conman because they were tired of getting lied to? :lol:

It's hard to imagine any type of scam he hasn't involved himself in no matter how petty or low rent.

I mean Trump got 51% of the vote. While just before the election gallup did a poll that found:

For the third consecutive year, more U.S. adults have no trust at all in the media (36%) than trust it a great deal or fair amount. Another 33% of Americans express “not very much” confidence.


https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx

People like Trump more than the media, I dunno what to tell ya :dontknow: but hey maybe if the media keeps doubling down on their tactics their ratings will become so bad that nobody will know they exist let alone not trust them.

Dang...even with the problems in mainstream media reporting (though likely not the same ones you think they have), this quite the indictment on people :lol:
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Post#387 » by HeatFanLifer » Wed Feb 26, 2025 2:57 am

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contract wrote:They voted for a conman because they were tired of getting lied to? :lol:

It's hard to imagine any type of scam he hasn't involved himself in no matter how petty or low rent.

I mean Trump got 51% of the vote. While just before the election gallup did a poll that found:

For the third consecutive year, more U.S. adults have no trust at all in the media (36%) than trust it a great deal or fair amount. Another 33% of Americans express “not very much” confidence.


https://news.gallup.com/poll/651977/americans-trust-media-remains-trend-low.aspx

People like Trump more than the media, I dunno what to tell ya :dontknow: but hey maybe if the media keeps doubling down on their tactics their ratings will become so bad that nobody will know they exist let alone not trust them.

Dang...even with the problems in mainstream media reporting (though likely not the same ones you think they have), this quite the indictment on people :lol:


Or just look into why mainstream media is one of the most distrusted parts of our society. I have yet to find unbiased media. Some are just less biased than others.

In other news, the house just passed a bill that outlines no tax on tips, overtime, and social security benefits. Needs to go through the senate before reaching Trump’s desk, but if it passes that’s gonna be huge. Taxes on overtime and tips just plain suck and taxing social security is robbing from the poor to give to USAID.
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Post#388 » by contract » Wed Feb 26, 2025 3:22 pm

No tax on tips will come in handy when their healthcare bill arrives. Not to mention the trillions that are being added to the debt so that billionaires don't get taxed either.

It's going to be huge!

The stealing from the poor to give to USAID line is funny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development
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Post#389 » by oreon » Wed Feb 26, 2025 4:09 pm

Musk attending cabinet meetings. He's essentially the prime minister of USA. Wasn't MAGA supposed to antiestablishment anti oligarchy. The world richest man running the US government and he's isn't even a naturalized born citizen should alarm everyone. He's getting access to vast amount of data on US government, foreign nations, US citizens who knows what he'll do with that data for his own benefit. This one where the MAGA folk really need to speak up. It shouldn't be normalized for an unelected private citizen running mega corporations to have unchecked power and access. Everyone should be in arms about this.
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Post#390 » by Bishop45 » Wed Feb 26, 2025 4:25 pm

The fantasy of Billionaires coming to power to become our working class heroes is simply bad art.

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Post#392 » by MettaWorldPanda » Wed Feb 26, 2025 4:42 pm

The link above should take anyone with political opinions to the Current affairs board. The random thoughts thread was not intended to entertain political discourse as opinion's can vary greatly and things can be easily said that offends. This thread is more for fun random banter.
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Post#393 » by Bishop45 » Wed Feb 26, 2025 5:16 pm

MettaWorldPanda wrote:viewforum.php?f=69


I don't mess with general thread folks too much, mind if I bump my own politics thread from way back?
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Re: Random Thoughts XX (that's 20) 

Post#394 » by KingDavid » Thu Feb 27, 2025 1:34 am

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MettaWorldPanda wrote:viewforum.php?f=69


I don't mess with general thread folks too much, mind if I bump my own politics thread from way back?

I don't think they'd mind that on the politics forum, but you'd be better off creating a new thread that starts of linking your old one of it isn't on the first two pages of that board.
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Post#395 » by Shewasfly » Sat Mar 1, 2025 1:37 am

MettaWorldPanda wrote:The link above should take anyone with political opinions to the Current affairs board. The random thoughts thread was not intended to entertain political discourse as opinion's can vary greatly and things can be easily said that offends. This thread is more for fun random banter.

I did a quick glance and there's at least one post that's political or social commentary in nature on every one of the first 3 pages. And no one has even been arguing or getting offended. Disagreement isn't offense.

The intent here seems very questionable. Almost like silencing. Just saying.
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Post#396 » by SerialChiller » Sat Mar 1, 2025 10:54 pm

Shewasfly wrote:
MettaWorldPanda wrote:The link above should take anyone with political opinions to the Current affairs board. The random thoughts thread was not intended to entertain political discourse as opinion's can vary greatly and things can be easily said that offends. This thread is more for fun random banter.

I did a quick glance and there's at least one post that's political or social commentary in nature on every one of the first 3 pages. And no one has even been arguing or getting offended. Disagreement isn't offense.

The intent here seems very questionable. Almost like silencing. Just saying.


You can't be serious with this. A few of you have continued on and on here while the rest of us bite our tongues and let you all get your last words in for the sake of keeping the Heat board fans civil towards each other. No one is going to change each other's mind so just drop it. Now a mod finally tells you to take it somewhere else where it belongs and this is how you react :lol:
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Post#397 » by Shewasfly » Sat Mar 1, 2025 11:50 pm

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MettaWorldPanda wrote:The link above should take anyone with political opinions to the Current affairs board. The random thoughts thread was not intended to entertain political discourse as opinion's can vary greatly and things can be easily said that offends. This thread is more for fun random banter.

I did a quick glance and there's at least one post that's political or social commentary in nature on every one of the first 3 pages. And no one has even been arguing or getting offended. Disagreement isn't offense.

The intent here seems very questionable. Almost like silencing. Just saying.


You can't be serious with this. A few of you have continued on and on here while the rest of us bite our tongues and let you all get your last words in for the sake of keeping the Heat board fans civil towards each other. No one is going to change each other's mind so just drop it. Now a mod finally tells you to take it somewhere else where it belongs and this is how you react :lol:

You're mistaken. Nobody is trying to change any minds, its literally just talking about foreign affairs. If you think a billionaire and a millionaire felon are in the government to help the average person financially that's...that's not a mind that I personally find it worth convincing. But facts should still be able to be posted.

You are free to post your MAGAt facts too, and many of you have been. Nobody is forcing you to "bite your tongue". Don't hide behind that like you're sparing people who disagree with you from some overwhelming intellectual rebuttal :lol:
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Post#398 » by SerialChiller » Sun Mar 2, 2025 12:27 am

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Shewasfly wrote:I did a quick glance and there's at least one post that's political or social commentary in nature on every one of the first 3 pages. And no one has even been arguing or getting offended. Disagreement isn't offense.

The intent here seems very questionable. Almost like silencing. Just saying.


You can't be serious with this. A few of you have continued on and on here while the rest of us bite our tongues and let you all get your last words in for the sake of keeping the Heat board fans civil towards each other. No one is going to change each other's mind so just drop it. Now a mod finally tells you to take it somewhere else where it belongs and this is how you react :lol:

You're mistaken. Nobody is trying to change any minds, its literally just talking about foreign affairs. If you think a billionaire and a millionaire felon are in the government to help the average person financially that's...that's not a mind that I personally find it worth convincing. But facts should still be able to be posted.

You are free to post your MAGAt facts too, and many of you have been. Nobody is forcing you to "bite your tongue". Don't hide behind that like you're sparing people who disagree with you from some overwhelming intellectual rebuttal :lol:


Actually as a mod just said it's not the place. Some of you guys just couldn't resist jumping on your high horse acting like you all are somehow morally and mentally superior. One of the first comments in here said "democRATS tend to focus on the 99% of immigrants that come here to build better lives and help strengthen this nation. Bigots like to focus on the other 1%." It was clear right then and there where this was headed so yes people have bit their tongues out of respect for the Heat board. But it was apparently too much for everyone to do the same. This is "Random Thoughts" not "Misinformed Opinions". Go to the appropriate board to have your CNN anti-trump circle jerk. Tampon Tim will keep you all well supplied there.
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Post#399 » by Shewasfly » Sun Mar 2, 2025 12:38 am

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You can't be serious with this. A few of you have continued on and on here while the rest of us bite our tongues and let you all get your last words in for the sake of keeping the Heat board fans civil towards each other. No one is going to change each other's mind so just drop it. Now a mod finally tells you to take it somewhere else where it belongs and this is how you react :lol:

You're mistaken. Nobody is trying to change any minds, its literally just talking about foreign affairs. If you think a billionaire and a millionaire felon are in the government to help the average person financially that's...that's not a mind that I personally find it worth convincing. But facts should still be able to be posted.

You are free to post your MAGAt facts too, and many of you have been. Nobody is forcing you to "bite your tongue". Don't hide behind that like you're sparing people who disagree with you from some overwhelming intellectual rebuttal :lol:


Actually as a mod just said it's not the place. Some of you guys just couldn't resist jumping on your high horse acting like you all are somehow morally and mentally superior. One of the first comments in here said "democRATS tend to focus on the 99% of immigrants that come here to build better lives and help strengthen this nation. Bigots like to focus on the other 1%." It was clear right then and there where this was headed so yes people have bit their tongues out of respect for the Heat board. But it was apparently too much for everyone to do the same. This is "Random Thoughts" not "Misinformed Opinions". Go to the appropriate board to have your CNN anti-trump circle jerk. Tampon Tim will keep you all well supplied there.


If you're not a bigot, why cry? :thinking:

If you have an actual intellectual argument, why not share it? :thinking:

It would seem that those arguments are missing, and that your opinions are based entirely on your feelings. Which is why seeing intellectual arguments against your opinions that you know you have no way of combating trigger you. Ironic how its your side of the debate that is the only one going to mods, begging them to shut it down.

Actually bringing up my response to the mod is a great point. Notice how I pointed to factual evidence that since the beginning of this thread in 2022 there have been posts that spoke on social commentary and politics. And I did so without making attempts at insults like "Tampon Tim" and "Misinformed Opinions". Appreciate you proving my point.
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Post#400 » by SerialChiller » Sun Mar 2, 2025 12:47 am

Shewasfly wrote:
SerialChiller wrote:
Shewasfly wrote:You're mistaken. Nobody is trying to change any minds, its literally just talking about foreign affairs. If you think a billionaire and a millionaire felon are in the government to help the average person financially that's...that's not a mind that I personally find it worth convincing. But facts should still be able to be posted.

You are free to post your MAGAt facts too, and many of you have been. Nobody is forcing you to "bite your tongue". Don't hide behind that like you're sparing people who disagree with you from some overwhelming intellectual rebuttal :lol:


Actually as a mod just said it's not the place. Some of you guys just couldn't resist jumping on your high horse acting like you all are somehow morally and mentally superior. One of the first comments in here said "democRATS tend to focus on the 99% of immigrants that come here to build better lives and help strengthen this nation. Bigots like to focus on the other 1%." It was clear right then and there where this was headed so yes people have bit their tongues out of respect for the Heat board. But it was apparently too much for everyone to do the same. This is "Random Thoughts" not "Misinformed Opinions". Go to the appropriate board to have your CNN anti-trump circle jerk. Tampon Tim will keep you all well supplied there.


If you're not a bigot, why cry? :thinking:

If you have an actual intellectual argument, why not share it? :thinking:

It would seem that those arguments are missing, and that your opinions are based entirely on your feelings. Which is why seeing intellectual arguments against your opinions that you know you have no way of combating trigger you. Ironic how its your side of the debate that is the only one going to mods, begging them to shut it down.

Actually bringing up my response to the mod is a great point. Notice how I pointed to factual evidence that since the beginning of this thread in 2022 there have been posts that spoke on social commentary and politics. And I did so without making attempts at insults like "Tampon Tim" and "Misinformed Opinions". Appreciate you proving my point.


Cry? That's all you guys have done since you lost the election. And argument to what? I haven't seen anything but nonsense posted. You guys supported a man who didn't even know where he was and fell asleep during meetings with world leaders or put them off. And wasted your tax dollars to no end. There's no reasoning with that! I never went to a mod and never would. :lol: You can have your precious last words I'll go back to Heat basketball and know that the US is healing after a horrible 4 years. Cheers.

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