Vae on 26/2/2019 at 04:10
*Parody Mode Deactivated*
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You know, Vae, I've considering banning you for a couple days just so you'd have something to talk about with your friends elsewhere.
That is not a legitimate reason to ban someone.
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I mean a Trump defender getting banned from a liberal leaning forum? That'd be better than Christmas!
I'm not a Trump defender, in particular. However, in the context of this thread I will defend what I consider to be true, and challenge others via parody format, in order to make serious and important points. Consider my quote in your last post. That is a
very serious point, for example.
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I mean they don't contribute anything. You're not attempting to engage in a discussion. You just roll up at random to post stupid shit to rile up the natives.
That is incorrect. I am in fact engaging in a thought-provoking discussion with others that pertains to the topic of the thread (Trump or Trump related topics)...my creative, unorthodox approach, notwithstanding.
As evidence, you can see how others are challenged to evaluate their own preconceptions and behaviors, and perhaps are given the opportunity to see things from a different perspective.
Renzatic on 26/2/2019 at 04:15
I should at least be thankful he's finally shut up about emotional people being all emotional because that's what emotional people do. But with that in mind, it seems he's merely traded one shtick for another. He's gone from that, to this new "act like an outraged liberal snowflaking over the talking point of the day to illustrate the hypocrisy of these outraged liberal" thing.
...and in small doses, it could be pretty effective. Sometimes emotions do play a big part in politics. Sometimes people do judge situations differently, depending on the political leanings of the perpetrator. These aren't things that are exclusive to the left or the right. There have been a few instances where some liberals will look the other way when it's inconvenient.
Vae's problem is that he keeps doing the same thing over and over and OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again until it's lost whatever novelty it may have had.
Trance on 26/2/2019 at 04:15
If you start from a position we might actually be holding, your "creative", "thought-provoking" approach might have some value. As it stands, you're just strawmanning the shit out of everybody here by pretending we fall in line with your ridiculous caricature of your political opponents.
You should evaluate your own preconceptions and behaviors, and realize just how worthless that act was. It made you into a troll. Which is the reason why Renz was considering banning you.
Renzatic on 26/2/2019 at 04:36
As I've said before, Vae, you're not arguing with us, you're arguing against some strawman liberal talking point in your head, and we're, unfortunately, the only real outlet you have to vent your rage against.
You may expect your little bon mots will have us all clutching at our pearls, wailing and gnashing our teeth over the exposure of our own double standards, but the reality is you come across more as someone who pops in occasionally to scream at clouds. It's just..it's just dumb. And it's obnoxious. I mean my god, all we're asking for is some variety in your avenues of debate.
It's not like banning you will deprive us of anything, since we've already heard everything you're gonna say. Like if a story about some black guy punching a white guy wearing a MAGA hat tomorrow pops up in the news, I could count to five, and "OH LOOK! A RIGHTEOUS MINORITY HAS PUNCHED THE BAD MEAN NAZI WHO IS OPPRESSING HIM IN THE NAME OF THE HATEFUL ORANGE MAN! STAND UP FOR YOUR FREEDOMS AGAINST THESE RACISTS, GRRLZ", there you are. Like clockwork.
After enough times, it seems less like you're here to talk, more to stir the pot, then bail. If that's all your gonna do, why post in Comchat at all? Debate. Engage. Interact.
Trance on 26/2/2019 at 05:02
Also we've cracked 10,000 posts in this thread. Wow.
N'Al on 26/2/2019 at 05:12
10k of high quality debate and insight...
Sulphur on 26/2/2019 at 05:55
It's interesting that Vae thinks his one-note reactive baiting somehow constitutes 'parody' and intelligence, because if there's one thing that characterises his entire schtick, it's a lack of actual effort. Reasoning, evidence, logic-based, unemotional argumentation? Forget it. And forget strawmanning, that's not even the point of his approach. He's just doing the laziest impression of a gurning tourist at people who aren't speaking his language because they're all such dumb plebes. You could even argue his last post where he 'dropped' the schtick is actually an ongoing continuation of it, because he's still just tooting his own horn. It's sad, vapid, and low-brow.
In summary, Vae's just another mediocre/subnormal political commentator with a critical dearth of self-assessment skills. Prolonged engagement with that sort of bullshit is usually fatal to normal intellect.
Tony_Tarantula on 26/2/2019 at 18:46
The walls are closing in!
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/michael-cohen-will-give-congress-evidence-trump-criminal-conduct-source-n976046)
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During his much-anticipated public testimony before Congress on Wednesday, President Donald Trump's former longtime attorney Michael Cohen will provide evidence of his old boss's alleged criminal conduct since becoming president, a knowledgeable source about what to expect told NBC News.
And, according to the source, there is much more that congressional investigators and viewers can expect Cohen to provide.
Cohen will detail his allegations of the president's lies, racism and cheating as a private businessman while Cohen spent a decade working for him, the source said.
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a knowledgeable source about what to expect told NBC New
Tony_Tarantula on 26/2/2019 at 18:49
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It's not like banning you will deprive us of anything, since we've already heard everything you're gonna say. Like if a story about some black guy punching a white guy wearing a MAGA hat tomorrow pops up in the news, I could count to five, and "OH LOOK! A RIGHTEOUS MINORITY HAS PUNCHED THE BAD MEAN NAZI WHO IS OPPRESSING HIM IN THE NAME OF THE HATEFUL ORANGE MAN! STAND UP FOR YOUR FREEDOMS AGAINST THESE RACISTS, GRRLZ", there you are. Like clockwork.
After enough times, it seems less like you're here to talk, more to stir the pot, then bail. If that's all your gonna do, why post in Comchat at all? Debate. Engage. Interact.
Isn't that more or less is the sum total of discourse these days? That's what race-based politics does.
Renzatic on 26/2/2019 at 19:15
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Isn't that more or less is the sum total of discourse these days? That's what race-based politics does.
It's more Identity Politics, where race is but one vector among many, and you're not entirely wrong.