GW Hayduke

I get that it is easier to maintain peace and moderate, keep threads on topic, and accommodate a broader user base, but how does maintaining a safe space eliminate gaslighting and allow folks to be honest? Doesn’t the opposite actually happen? If someone is logically or ethically weak in their political and cultural ideas, wouldn’t it be better promote honesty for them to see those ideas broken down and challenged?

Just an observation but if these are your actual concerns with the Democratic Party, it is rather apparent you have been captured by right-wing culture war propaganda. My recommendation is to reflect on your information bubble and takes steps to diversify the sources of information you expose yourself to while increasing your general understanding of media. In this day and age with social media, it is important to take a deliberate and focused look at this in order to be an informed voter. Being an informed voter is your duty as a citizen. If you conclude you aren’t an informed voter, you should abstain from this election. Some easy steps: Delete your Facebook and twitter accounts. I also recommend you brush up on the basics of journalism, like the difference between news and editorials and how many sources blur those two together. Make an effort to understand how algorithms push consumers down rabbit holes on certain sites (e.g., YouTube.). Finally, fold in some easy nonbiased sources, like PBS’ Newshour, which is 50 minutes a day and available for free to stream.

Are folks afraid that a Biden admin will go to war because of the Lincoln Project? Are they on the short list for Secretary of State? Are people contemplating whether to have them babysit their new infant?

Folks aren’t too concerned about undecideds. There aren’t many. The game is about motivating turnout for your side and suppressing turnout for the other. If you are on team Biden this election, then consider not sharing the opinion that he sucks or is a bad candidate - when the opposite is true

The dude is up by 10 points nationally. Define “good.” Like what? I’m afraid you may have missed out on the last two decades of US politics. Are you aware of Mitch McConnell, and do you understand the role he plays in US politics? I feel like someone should make an easy to digest video about how a bill becomes law. He is clearly the best for the US right now. Name a single person better.

I see you are sad that both sides aren't being treated the same. Are you under the impression that one side is a victim? Do things just not seem fair?

I’ll let you in on a little secret. The trumpists who manufacture and promote the Hunter stuff aren’t doing it so that educated or informed voters will think Biden is corrupt. They are putting it out there as a slight-of-hand, so that the uneducated, low-info voters are able to be okay with (look past) Trump’s cronyism, nepotism, selfdealing that he is doing our in the open. You are audience of that propaganda.

Is it just me or do other people sometimes feel embarrassed for someone when they share a really terrible take?

Like clockwork, hunter and Burisma are at the top of the Fox News website. There are newly uncovered emails!!

The lack of climate change action is due to Mcconnell in the US Senate. If the Senate takes passes climate change legislation (cap and trade), Biden will sign it.

These guys are top notch criminals. Using a sophisticated system with the Alfa bank server to transfer data and then cover it up is grade A stuff. A much lesser criminal organization would of done something dumb like simply have the campaign manger at the time, let’s pretend his name is Maul Panafort, email data directly to some Russian associate. You can send almost anything by email these days, like even internal campaign polling data. It’s a shame these criminals were so sophisticated and have totally gotten away with it

“Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond. Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test. They have taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy. The magnitude of this failure is astonishing. According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering,1 the United States leads the world in Covid-19 cases and in deaths due to the disease, far exceeding the numbers in much larger countries, such as China. The death rate in this country is more than double that of Canada, exceeds that of Japan, a country with a vulnerable and elderly population, by a factor of almost 50, and even dwarfs the rates in lower-middle-income countries, such as Vietnam, by a factor of almost 2000. Covid-19 is an overwhelming challenge, and many factors contribute to its severity. But the one we can control is how we behave. And in the United States we have consistently behaved poorly.” - NEJM

I get that the trumpkins and the both-sides boys are anxiously scraping the barrel, and you guys want this stuff to be relevant. But let me know if any of these mind blowing revelations change what we know about: - trump asking Russia for assistance. - trump’s son and campaign chairman meeting with Russian attorneys to get dirt on Hillary. - Russia running a hacking and dumping operation to get trump elected. Whatabout her emails!!! - trump and his advisor working with Wikileaks to coordinate timing of Russian hacked materials. - Russia running a social media campaign to get trump elected. - trump’s campaign manager providing internal polling data to Russian cutouts. - trump obstructing the investigation into Russian election interference including firing the director of the fbi because of that “Russia thing.” - trump and the GOP refusing to pass legislation to help protect our elections from foreign interference. - trump using national security funds as leverage to get foreign allies to attack his campaign rival. - Russia is currently meddling in the 2020 election to elect trump.

Somebody should tell the African casket dancing dudes to stand down and stand by

It’s the media’s fault that I have minimal capacity to consume trusted information!!?!

Or just turn off Fox News, stop following Lagy G on twitter, and close your Facebook account. Then stop pushing Trumpkin talking points like the media is oh so so bad. Stop being a pussy and hold yourself to account for the information you choose to consume.

It seems rather unfair that I now have such low regard for the University of Notre Dame.

This is historic in terms as being the worst debate ever. We are watching history

Trump interrupts constantly because he knows he can’t win on the issues and facts

Holy shit. Trump is trying to make the point that masks don’t work

Im gonna tell my wife that our tax returns don’t identify that I have a thing for big titty goth girls!!