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Mr Lasastryke posted...

i mean, trump checks all the boxes i associate with the alt-right.

* misogyny? check.
* racism? check.
* antisemtism? check
* in favor of (severe) restrictions on immigration? check.
* super concerned with being perceived as an alpha male? check.
* likes memes? check.

So, he is in your personal headspace as alt-right. Got ya. Though you know he isn't. So, shows your bias a bit.

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

If you thought it didnt make sense, why were you defending it?

I said it didn't really make sense in my first post.

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https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/12/10/john-boyega-admits-star-wars-the-last-jedi-was-a-bit-iffy

The Force Awakens I think was the beginning of something quite solid, The Last Jedi if I'm being honest I'd say that was feeling a bit iffy for me, Boyega said. I didn't necessarily agree with a lot of the choices in that and that's something that I spoke to Mark [Hamill] a lot about and we had conversations about it. And it was hard for all of us, because we were separated.

https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/daisy-ridley-privilege-comments-backlash-john-boyega-144052424.html

Actress Daisy Ridley is facing a backlash after claiming she is no more privileged than her Star Wars co-star John Boyega.

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Mr Lasastryke posted...

"whataboutism" is actually perfectly valid criticism. if you're only calling out one side for something both sides do, it's totally fair to criticize you for this.

It is common sense that anti-semitism is higher on the right. Neo Nazis and other alt right groups hail to the right. We can't simply act like they don't exist. I'd say the right is highly more pro-israel despite this and anti-Semitism is probably declining on the right as a whole, but the fact anti-semitism exists on right more than the left is a given.

It has absolutely zero to do with the premise. And, sure, there is nothing wrong at all with calling out both sides regarding it. I was the one arguing for this in regards to terroristic violence from anti-fa and alt right groups after all. But, you seem to be pretty much trying to drown out that it even exists on the left with your whataboutism.

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Mr Lasastryke posted...

muffin: *literally links to a blog post by a holocaust denier*
corrik: aNtI-sEmItIsM rIsEs On ThE lEfT

What does that mean? Because he posted a blog anti-Semitism cannot be seen rising on the left? Whataboutism to deny the existence? I mean, this is what not properly addressing the issue looks like tbqh.

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

The student groups condemned them. The university condemned them. Hate speech is shitty, but it's protected under the first amendment. Even Trump's EO only covers discrimination, not free speech. What do you propose this being "properly addressed" would look like?

Idk but acting like it doesn't exist on the left likely isn't the best way to do so.

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

anyways looks like this is moot because the NYT is stupid

https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1204794611987832832?s=19

Did a religion not become a nationality today? Lol. Good. Cuz it didn't really make too much sense. I was waiting for the campaign for other religions to begin.

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

Bigotry exists on the left just as it exists elsewhere. But a handful of isolated incidents doesn't require that "a lot" of Dems/liberals are actually anti-semitic and that's actually where most of the backlash to this is coming from.

You linked two opinion pieces. One is about a singular incident at a college, an incident that was denounced by the school and various student groups. The other is written with the deliberate intention of getting you to believe that anti-Semitism on the left is a huge epidemic and then goes on to describe scattered handfuls of events. Not that she's wrong about the incidents being anti-Semitic, but her take includes a clear conservative bias against liberals.

The incidents are important because they are not properly being addressed and they show that anti-zionist campaigns are actually being used to attack Jewish students by association of religion.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/anti-semitism-at-uc-berkeley-student-senators-mock-zionist-tears

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Over and over now because he doesn't have to worry about filming more for Disney. Lol.

Also, SJWs are mad that Daisy Ridley didn't agree about her "privilege" she had that allowed her to get the Star Wars role.

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MZero11 posted...

People really think this is the pinnacle of Mega Man games? Granted I've only played the first two (and X which I didn't finish), but even the first one was better

What's up with the wall boss that seems to only be hurt by one weapon that I'm all out of energy for >_> not to mention all the times I have to use item 1, 2, or 3 and didn't have enough energy. This level design is very poor imo (Quick Man's stage was whack too)

I hope Mega Man 3 is better or I might not finish this Legacy Collection :I

X2 is the pinnacle.

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MoogleKupo141 posted...

still waiting on any evidence for increasing antisemitism on the left, corrik

https://nypost.com/2018/03/25/liberals-refuse-to-face-the-lefts-growing-anti-semitism/

https://www.dailycal.org/2019/05/09/every-uc-berkeley-student-must-recognize-anti-semitism-on-campus/

So the majority of anti-Semitism on campuses is coming a lot from schools Cal Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, and etc. And, it is being charged with anti-zionist arguments yet also being portrayed with swastikas, gas chamber comments, and etc.

Being Anti-Israel doesn't make you anti-Semitic, but the actions you could take in regards to it can be. That's the issue with the Left that is growing is that some can't seem to separate being Anti-Israel from the anti-Semitism itself and resort to that to show they are Anti-Israel.

A lot of anti-Semitism is reported to be rising significantly on college campuses themselves and a lot of it is relatively expected to be tied to anti-zionist campaigns that have come up on campuses.

But, I am sure it is the neo Nazi alt right at Cal Berkeley doing this. *Rolls eyes*


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Peace___Frog posted...

I mean like i said, you're either actively shitty or you're dumb enough to fall for neo nazi talking points! But given that you seem to think you can speak for American Jews and dismiss the concerns of a Jew you talk to simply because that Jew is liberal, it seems fairly obvious to me that you don't fall into the "dumb" category and instead you're shitty. QED

Just like you played this stupid I am a Jewish person so I can speak for all of them game when the incident in Pittsburgh happened, and I said Trump was welcomed by the Jewish rabbis who were conservative and denounced by the liberal ones for coming, you couldn't handle it.

You are just talking nonsense and make stupid moral heavy handed sweeping statements to try and seem right.

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Peace___Frog posted...

False. Don't put words in the mouth of minorities. You're a shitty person.

Lmfao. Okay, bud.

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TheRock1525 posted...

Various Jewish organizations have come out and condemned the comments. Sounds like they see it the same way.

Probably better off actually asking Jewish people how they feel about Democrats and Trump's comments instead of speaking on their behalf.

I'm sure the liberal ones do and the conservative ones don't not surprising.

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Maniac64 posted...

Why pretend that Mitch is going to give a legit trial? Everyone knows he wont be removed by the Republican Senate. Doesnt mean efforts shouldn't be made to hold him accountable.

So you are going to just impeach the same president 8 times or some shit for the giggles. Then the process is a joke.

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TheRock1525 posted...

He was speaking to the Israeli American Council, it had nothing to do with Jewish real estate business but he felt like bringing it up for no reason other than his assumption that Jews love money.

It's like going to a CAIR program and going "you muslims like to blow yourselves up, don't you?"

I am sure that is how you see it, unsurprisingly.

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TheRock1525 posted...

So basically they should say "Trump only gets one impeachment and then anything he does afterwards he gets away with Scot-free"?

It means they are straight up telling America that he is going to be exonerated, and it was a waste of time.

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Do Democrats know how bad it is politically to say that they are open to impeaching Trump again once he is exonerated?

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TheRock1525 posted...

Meanwhile Trump's appeal to Jewish voters literally a few days:

A lot of you are in the real estate business, because I know you very well. Youre brutal killers, not nice people at all. But you have to vote for meyou have no choice. Youre not gonna vote for Pocahontas, I can tell you that. Youre not gonna vote for the wealth tax. Yeah, lets take 100% of your wealth away! Some of you dont like me. Some of you I dont like at all, actually. And youre going to be my biggest supporters because youre going to be out of business in about 15 minutes if they get it. So I dont have to spend a lot of time on that.

Yes, "you greedy Jews need to vote for me because all you care about is money" is not an anti-semitic pitch at all.

I mean, he is talking about the Jewish people that specifically he says he knows from the real estate business as being "brutal killers" and caring about their "wealth". Maybe he is right. I don't really deem to act like I know about the people he says he knows personally.

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Snrkiko posted...

new firm where the pay will potentially be about $60-80k more than what i currently make for roughly the same billable hour requirement.

but i really like the place I'm at now and one of the equity partners literally just referred to me as one of his "key people" moving forward

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That's like a lot of money more unless you make millions a year already lol. That's a no brainer to me!

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TheRock1525 posted...

If criticizing Israel makes one anti-semitic, pretty sure Trump's criticism of almost every country that isn't Russia makes him anti-Christian, anti-Muslim, anti-Buddhist, etc.

Anti-Jewish sentiment among liberals has been rising while pro-Islam sentiments have been as well.

Israel is already a nation and Israelites are already a nationality so why converting Judaism itself into one (though I am sure almost all of you already talk about it as one as I believe me and others have pointed out to you repeatedly being Jewish is your religion not nationality) is a bit odd.

However, stamping out hate is a good thing I suppose.

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A lot of Dems/libs seem further and further antj-Jewish so I am not surprised to see you all in an uproar over this. I find it odd he wants to make a religion a nationality because I mean... You can convert into being a Jewish person. Which is what seems odd to me. It would be like making a Christian a nationality. I mean, I get the point to make anti-Semitism a racist crime, which har har Trump is a Nazi Har har, and it is an admirable goal. I just, think that's an odd way to go about it.

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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/nytpolitics/status/1204533600537972736

WHAT
the
FUCK

Kinda weird.

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Jakyl25 posted...

It would be pretty hilarious if now Trump and the GOP argued that the USMCA should be voted down in the Senate because Democrats approved it

It would be kinda funny.

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

No, they're doing it because they want to show they can both work on policy and impeach the president. That's not a distraction. This is why Dems always talk about "walking and chewing gum." This is why Trump smears them with "do-nothing Dems." Democrats don't have a ton of policy victories, but the reason for that is most of their bills are stonewalled in the Senate. They do actually want to legislate AND impeach the president and so are jumping at the chance to pass something. But Trump just takes the credit anyways.

They are doing it because moderate Democrats are giving issues with the impeachment vote if they don't do it to get heat off them in their district.

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Jakyl25 posted...

in what universe does a trade agreement distract from IMPEACHMENT

That's the reason moderate Democrats are pushing for it. To get the attention off of impeachment and so that they can point to the trade agreement for working with Trump instead. I posted an article from politico about it earlier.

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1204530018824654848?s=19

Great example of how compromise is nearly impossible in our current system. Even if Pelosi and company do think the USCMA is good policy, Trump just spins it into an L. And of course if they don't pass it, it gets spun as "do-nothing Dems" again. Bipartisan attempts at mediocre policy are frequently lose-lose.

(also nighttime helicopter press conference is goofy as hell)

He really isn't wrong tho. The reason they are pushing to push that right now is to distract from the impeachment.

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MoogleKupo141 posted...

I may be wrong on this, but I dont think we deal with Ukraine at all because they have no responsibility to us unlike Trump.

Its like if the US was a McDonalds and Trump is a McDonalds employee selling McNuggets under the table to some dude (Ukraine) for his own benefit. If they find out, McDonalds can punish the employee, but they have no power over the random dude and the random dude didnt really do anything wrong anyway. He was just buying McNuggets, which is fine. The problem is the employee was selling the McNuggets for himself instead of for McDonalds.

We have power over Ukraine. It is exactly why Trump supposedly was able to use leverage to strongarm Ukraine in the first place.

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

Even if I buy that there is reasonable doubt on abuse of power (and I don't), what's the reasonable doubt on obstruction of congress?

I don't know the details argued both ways tbh.

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Jakyl25 posted...

Reminder that in Corriks mind, we need to start with the assumption that everything Trump does in office is intended to benefit the American people because thats his job.

I dont see how you could possibly twist this whole thing to support that assumption. There is no reading of this where Trump is not at the very least putting his own wants ahead of the American people, who voted directly for Representatives that approved this aid, and who do not want elections influenced by foreign powers

No I read either here or from a democratic politician today that if this were a jury trial that the jury would come back guilty in seconds. I don't think so. I think there is reasonable doubt and it would be a not guilty or hung jury result.

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MoogleKupo141 posted...

sure but how would we know the answer to that, I dont think anyone here claims to have an absolute knowledge of every domestic violence case ever??

seems like a question for google or something

Ray Rice is probably one. The evidence was overwhelming that his soon to be wife couldn't even deny it which she would have otherwise

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MoogleKupo141 posted...

how are any of us supposed to have an answer to this question? I dont how many cases exist, let alone how many succeed, double let alone how many succeed when the victim refuses to admit theyre a victim.

I mean I am sure it happens all the time in domestic violence right. Even with proof of it happening or eyewitness testimony. Woman wants to stay with the man who hit her or vice versa because they are reliant. The other has leverage over them. Etc. How many of these cases succeed.

I don't buy Ukraine is a co-conspirator here. They would have to be a victim of the abuse of power and the leverage we used over them in order to have pressured them into a quid pro quo.

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Jakyl25 posted...

Impeach Ukraine

Surely we would have to deny them all future financial aid right for being a co-conspirator in victimizing the American electorate?

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Dancedreamer posted...

As Jakyl pointed out, Ukraine is not the victim here. The American Election system is the victim. Ukraine would be a co-conspirator.

So then Ukraine is guilty of something here then as well?

Assuming accurate portrayal. How do we deal with Ukraine then?

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Dancedreamer posted...

Going by Corrik logic, I can bribe a cop -- and then so long as the cop denies being bribed (and accepting said bribe) neither of us can go to jail. Why don't more cops just accept bribes?!

I asked how many cases succeed when the victim refuses to agree they were victimized. For example, how many rape cases proceed and convict when the girl supposedly raped denies being raped. Etc.


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Forceful_Dragon posted...

He won't win the nom I don't think, but he does not suck and he deserves to stay in the conversation and he has more than enough support to justify it.

Well, I mean, if he did he wouldn't be scraping to qualify.

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I am interested how many cases legally proceed when the supposed victim denies the action took place and succeeds.

And damn you are triggered, Jakyl. You are arguing with a Twitter link.

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Forceful_Dragon posted...

Mother fucking primary polls. Yang puts up a 4% and a 3% today and of course the 3% is in the qualifying poll and the 4% doesn't count.

Also the 3% was the first qualifying poll in nearly two weeks to even drop. This is so shitty. He has the support we just aren't being polled. I guess I should buy a land line

Dude sucks and isn't gonna win the nom. Get over it.

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Of course she's gonna say that if the Dems are voting for it

Seems like vulnerable Dems probably wanted to pass it so they could claim they were getting stuff done, maybe helping their reelects (though I doubt it) but definitely helping Trump.

Damn lying Democrats.

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Theres 0 chance she wins the nomination, if she runs again shes just siphoning votes from Biden and Buttigieg.

...Wait, Hillary pls run

Not what that poll says. She takes Warren's woman vote.

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"There is no question, of course, that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,

Hmmmm. What say you lotm

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MoogleKupo141 posted...

either theyll explain it away or theyve decided to completely ignore the Snyder movies because they werent good and they lost Affleck.

are they even still going to make that Flash movie? Wonder Woman and Aquaman may be the only Justice League characters that dont end up recast and rebooted.

I think Ezra left flash.

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red sox 777 posted...

Yup. And if Hillary gets in the race, she's winning the nomination and the Democrats are doomed.

Idk. I mean, probably. But, I dunno if Biden isn't gonna fall apart in the general. Sanders is probably the best bet for Dems or Bloomberg.

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https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/9/hillary-clinton-emerges-top-choice-democratic-vote/

Lolol

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Nelson_Mandela posted...

Holy shit the Democrats are more inept than I could have ever imagined. The articles of impeachment they drafted are literally "abuse of power" and "obstruction of Congress"?!?!

First of all, neither of those are crimes to the average voter. I can't be arrested for "abusing power" or obstructing Congress.

Secondly, think about the optics on this one. Congress is one of the least popular institutions in this country. Your average voter is going to read the headline and wonder what the hell the big deal is. It all just SOUNDS like Trump was doing his job and Congress didn't like it, not that he was commiting extortion, bribery, etc.

I am just flabbergasted how out of touch these people are politically.

I think Democrats just want to get this over with. They know they cannot remove. It's not really inflaming independents, especially in the swing States. And, moderate Democrats are getting antsy in republican districts that impeachment could cost them their seats which is why the big usmca push by moderate Democrats is happening now to try and let them point to that as their achievement and distract from the impeachment process.

Democrats will impeach Trump which should make them happy. Republicans will still have their president exonerated of crimes. And everyone in theory should be happy.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/14/battleground-democrats-usmca-push-071032

An article on your trade agreement.

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Um, doesnt this create a plothole with Batman having to uncover Wonder woman from the world war?

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MegamanX posted...

I screwed up my game pass conversion so I'm out now and gotta pay the full amount if I want back in which aint happening

It is worth the amount it costs tbh. It's literally cheaper than Sega channel a full 20+ some years later.

That said, Microsoft rewards is a good way to keep it free if you put the effort into it.

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KCF0107 posted...

It is an excellent and thought-provoking first-person puzzle game made by the team behind Serious Sam. What I mean by thought-provoking is that the plot and setting are based on existentialism. If that isn't your cup of tea, you can tune that stuff out and focus on the awesome puzzles!

Is it like the Turing test? I actually liked that game a lot.

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KCF0107 posted...

All of my Game Pass time has been spent on XB1, but I have downloaded the client and maybe a game or two from the PC version.

Looking at a list of PC Game Pass games, I highly recommend the following games:
* The Gardens Between
* The Talos Principle
* Battle Chef Brigade
* Forza Horizon 4
* Halo: Master Chief Collection (might not be a complete PC version right now?)
* Minit
* Ori and the Blind Forest (you already said you downloaded this though)
* Orwell: Keeping An Eye On You

Gardens, Talos, and Minit are super high recommends

What is the Talos principle about. I have seen it recommended a lot but it didn't look very interesting at a glance.

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