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  1. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    The NYT finally admits what everyone already knew
    It is their fault NoKos are starving to death
    That will probably teach them to stop pimping for socialism

     
  2. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

    And of course, the editorial blames Trump, even though the North has been doing the same thing to its people across multiple presidential tenures. It has nothing to do with anything Trump has said in the past, and everything to do with the North Korean regime's understanding that to keep power, it has to be seen as the great Defender of the People from Outside Aggression. If we dropped all sanctions tomorrow and sent billions of dollars in trade, it would not go to the people. It would go to line the government coffers and create more weapons, and the people who are being oppressed would never know that it happened.
     
  3. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    LOL, these people have no conscience
    none

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  4. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    Oh...the importance of education!
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  5. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  6. I35

    I35 5,000+ Posts

    It's like these kind of actions are surprising anymore. This is just one of thousands of reasons that makes him the worst President ever.
     
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  7. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  8. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    20 years ago today

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  9. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts


    The 'neighbor' who tackled Rand Paul has been charged with felony assault under federal law. The charges brought by the USAO for the Southern District of Indiana. He faces up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine.
     
  10. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    This felony assault was, of course, one of MSNBC's favorite stories

     
  11. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    What planet does this woman live on?

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  12. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Considering she's had to walk back at least two tweets in the last month on stuff she's gotten wrong, I'm guessing she's not big on thoughtful consideration of content before drawing a conclusion.
     
  13. 4th_floor

    4th_floor Dude, where's my laptop?

    Your anus
     
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  14. 4th_floor

    4th_floor Dude, where's my laptop?

    Sorry to dis your anus.
     
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  15. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    She works for MSNBC. Compared to them, just about everything looks like Republican spin.
     
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  16. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    (Spoken in the James Earl Jones voice), "this is CNN."

    Yes, it really is. They actually considered this a story serious enough to post of their website.
     
  17. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    I don't think they have their facts straight here. "Cuck" is a direct shorthand for "Cuckold". I don't think "cuckservative" is even a thing.

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cuck
     
  18. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    Cuckservative is a thing. I've heard alt-Righters use it. However, since the article is about the actual sexual perversion, not the slang political term, it makes little sense to bring that up.
     
  19. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Of course it makes sense. The writer got a chance to inject conservative name-calling into an unrelated article. What journalist is going to turn that down?

    Having said that, maybe the writer actually believes that alt-right lingo really is so wide-spread (since basically if you're right of center, you're "alt-right", so 40 percent of the country probably goes around using alt-right slang.) that it's important to draw the distinction.
     
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  20. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    When I was at UT those guys were referred to as "squishes".
     
  21. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    The cuck reference is pretty specific to the alt-Right. I've never heard a mainstream conservative (even a staunch conservative) use it. They usually say "squish" or "RINO."

    They also aren't referring to the same people. Squishes are usually moderate Republicans. When alt-Righters refer to cucks, they're talking about anyone who claims to be a conservative but who doesn't embrace racial identity politics as they do.
     
  22. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    Where does one come in contact with an "alt-Righter"? I don't think I know any and I am pretty dang far right, but I never heard "cuckservative" before, so I must not be in the club.
     
  23. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    You probably don't know any and aren't in the club. By the way, that's a good thing.

    Alt-Right isn't about how far Right you are. It's about what kind of Right you are. A small government conservative can be alt-Right, but that isn't the defining principle. In fact, plenty of alt-Righters believe in powerful state to pursue their social and cultural goals. The defining principle is the belief that European (preferably Nordic and definitely not Jews) ethnic identity is essential to Western or American values and identity. Basically, if you aren't white, you can't be a real American or a real European, regardless of your beliefs or values.
     
  24. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

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  25. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    But the left calls just about anyone who supports Trump an alt-right, so how can you tell? They call Milo that all the time and he's Jewish.
     
  26. Mr. Deez

    Mr. Deez Beer Prophet

    Of course, the Left tries to tar every conservative as alt-Right. I'm talking about the people who are actually alt-Right, not the people the Left claims to be alt-Right. Milo is more a provocateur than an ideological alt-Righter. Richard Spencer is a much better example of an alt-Righter in the sense that he pitches the ideology.
     
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  27. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  28. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    Bill kills!
     
  29. I35

    I35 5,000+ Posts

  30. 4th_floor

    4th_floor Dude, where's my laptop?

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