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Mole

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  1. This right here. Dismissing the Trump movement as simply a meaner version of the old GOP misses the fundamental things that have changed. It used to be, we all operated from a generally same reality with different viewpoints. Some were genuine philosophical difference and some was cynical spin, but we all pretty much had the same reality. The Trump movement has politicized objective reality. We can’t even discuss policies or issues because of the secret knowledge of the Gnostic Trump movement. It’s fundamentally paralyzing. Writing Trump off as a meaner version of previous candidates is the same justification that lifetime GOP voters use to vote for him — they “vote on policies and wish he’d talk less.” It ignores the more basic things that are destroying us the are unique to the Trump movement. Everything is fundamentally broken in a new way. The policies don’t even matter anymore because we’re broken before we even reach that point. You can’t discuss issues without a shared, non-politicized reality. Even if his policies didn’t suck, he would be destroying us. Conservative or liberal policy doesn’t destroy the country, this movement is.
  2. From Georgia, straight D and abstained on any unopposed Rs. At best, running as an R calls your judgment into question. More often, it also calls into question your character and acceptance of an objective reality, even at the local level. In a normal world, I’d be very slightly right of center. I voted for the initiatives and amendments because they were really sensible.
  3. The Trump movement is built on the alienated, and millennials have the most to be alienated about with regards to the crumbling American dream. Is there something regarding mobility, alienation, and Iowa that might make that cohort extra Trumpy? Those numbers are surprising in comparison to the rest of the state.
  4. I like Decency 2020, since it’s: 1. obvious what you’re talking about. 2. doesn’t technically endorse anyone. 3. points 1 and 2 are a really strong case for Biden. If you tell a Trump voter that you’re voting for decency, they know it isn’t their guy, and that’s actually really damning.
  5. All the posters outside of the top 10% are probably complaining about their “academically competitive high school.”
  6. My wife bought one of those multi station video baby monitors so she can keep tabs on our son while I’m at work and she’s working from home. There’s only a short overlap where he’d be loose in the house alone and he’s usually sleeping then, but she wants this just in case. She’s “trying it out” right now while she works. There are cameras and microphones throughout the house. It’s a bit intrusive. It’s also sound activated. Right before taking the kid outside, I told Alexa to play the Thong Song on repeat. The Society for Ethnomusicology has a statement against music as torture, but I think it’s warranted self defense in this case. If you don’t hear from me again, this post will probably be used by my wife in court to justify the murder.
  7. I want to run up the score. The country needs to go full Spurrier in rejecting this stain of a movement.
  8. Have you looked around this place recently? The final days of TOS is starting to look good.
  9. Just to be safe, I’m going to start a Trump thread on every other forum.
  10. Had he done nothing from day one...
  11. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
  12. If he had only done nothing, we’d be far better off. He politicized reality and actively worked against any kind of response.
  13. I interpreted his comment to mean that it’s 100% true that they are claiming that, which is accurate.
  14. Honestly, not allowing a Briles coached team to come to town seems like a good public health decision in the best of times.
  15. With the caveat that I didn’t watch, I take issue with the word “unnecessarily.” At this point, with all the lies, death, and destruction — an American carnage if you will — he has many reasons to act that way. It’s necessary even. In case anyone was wondering, my son and I ended up on a Blippi marathon. As horrifying as that sounds, I’d trade watching that little Blippi pervert debase himself on my TV 24/7 in exchange for never again witnessing that fat old pervert debase our country. Also, comparing Biden to Mr. Rogers is the nicest thing anyone’s ever said about him.
  16. I mean aren't we all watching Trump here? I’m watching cartoon monster trucks with my son. The last debate was the last time I heard Trump speak for more than 10 seconds. I heard about 5 minutes of him and spent the next several days mourning the demise of so many great institutions in our country. I have no intention of hearing another word he speaks unless it’s at his sentencing. I just want him to go away.
  17. I mailed mine in a week or two ago. Received text confirmation that it's been received and good to go. My wife's went in the mail today. The only R to get a vote on either ballot was on a local election where we both know the D candidate. I voted for him but she thinks he's of questionable character, so she voted for the R candidate there.
  18. https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/political-neutrality/
  19. Yeah, voting is much simpler now that you just vote for least Trumpy.
  20. On brand for the convention.
  21. Complete with the Marine Band playing, because they are part of the Trump re-election campaign now I guess.
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