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an american politics/democratic primaries thread for the naughty children of d&d

WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
edited February 2020 in Social Entropy++
Hello to you, debate and discourse! You had your primaries thread taken away because you couldn't stop being terrible to each other! So, here, then, is going to be exactly what your actions clamored for: a thread where you could be as shitty as you want without mommy and daddy mod around to stop you! I'm gonna keep an eye on it, you're gonna be SE-levels of moderated, but I absolutely do not give a fuck if someone is mean to you and your feelings get hurt. Get over it! This is what you wanted!

And Bernie's gonna win!

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Whippy for presminister.

  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    Which candidate is the most anime?

  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    Whippy: is 2016 talk allowed or disallowed?


    Also: the most anime candidate is clearly Ilhan Omar, who is not a candidate but DOES want a Gundam from Sanders.

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  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    Lanz wrote: »
    Whippy: is 2016 talk allowed or disallowed?


    Also: the most anime candidate is clearly Ilhan Omar, who is not a candidate but DOES want a Gundam from Sanders.

    ...what?

  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    Lanz wrote: »
    Whippy: is 2016 talk allowed or disallowed?

    if that's really what you want to do with your time!

  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited February 2020
    Ranlin wrote: »
    Lanz wrote: »
    Whippy: is 2016 talk allowed or disallowed?


    Also: the most anime candidate is clearly Ilhan Omar, who is not a candidate but DOES want a Gundam from Sanders.

    ...what?

    Lanz on
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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    Yang is definetly a gimmick boss character for the hero to defeat but he cant be the most anime because he's out.

  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    yang is orko

    no further questions

  • milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    Yang is Oko: Turning everything into a single thing that doesn't really help anybody.

    I ate an engineer
  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular

  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    Lanz wrote: »
    Ranlin wrote: »
    Lanz wrote: »
    Whippy: is 2016 talk allowed or disallowed?


    Also: the most anime candidate is clearly Ilhan Omar, who is not a candidate but DOES want a Gundam from Sanders.

    ...what?


    Haha I thought for sure it was going to be less literal

  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited February 2020
    Also it feels so transparent that the media is really sexist in the sense that they want a token female candidate to "support," and that's pretty much the only way they view Warren's value because the moment that Klobuchar, a candidate more on par with the values and interests of the rich assholes who own most outlets in the country, seemed like she was marketable they dropped Warren like a goddamn rock, despite how bad Klobuchar's campaign is doing compared to Warren

    You could see it in the New York Times endorsement too.

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  • LabelLabel Registered User regular
    I wish I could tell what is a joke and what isn't anymore.

  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    Label wrote: »
    I wish I could tell what is a joke and what isn't anymore.

    Okay so

    What if a President Sanders works with Japan on a deal to open a Gundam Base (Bandai's official museum/cafe/store) in Omar's district, complete with a 1:1 scale statue

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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    I am not American but does Elizabeth Warren still have a chance or it's over for her
    I would prefer her or Sander I guess, they seem nice

    Unrelated anime video:
    Senator Armstrong I have a dream speech 4:41
    https://youtu.be/LmWQd8zhEg4

  • No-QuarterNo-Quarter Nothing To Fear But Fear ItselfRegistered User regular
    OHHHHHHH YES, DADDY NEEDED HIS FIX

    *drools uncontrollably*

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    i can't believe the moderation team would deploy such an explicit trap to get Chinchy banned

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    Peas wrote: »
    I am not American but does Elizabeth Warren still have a chance or it's over for her
    I would prefer her or Sander I guess, they seem nice

    Unrelated anime video:
    Senator Armstrong I have a dream speech 4:41
    https://youtu.be/LmWQd8zhEg4

    It... isn't seeming great at the moment.

    Nevada would be her next chance to rebound, but media narrative trying to push her out of the way for Klobuchar (seriously, even though she's doing better than Klobuchar you have folks like CNN ignoring her in discussions in favor of Klobuchar) is going to be a frustrating hurdle.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited February 2020
    Also I am really, endlessly pissed over Bloomberg.


    The man is a republican, and yet the narrative is doing it's damndest to make a path for him once Biden's campaign finishes.

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  • LucedesLucedes Registered User regular
    OH NO

    now the d&d people will get out of their self-inflicted quarantine zone.

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    one of the things that just cracks me up is the clinton supporters i see on twitter who insist, INSIST, that the defining moment of the 2016 general was that bernie "took too long" to endorse her lmao

    how WEAK do you think your candidate is that having 5 months of an endorsement isn't enough

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  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    one of the things that just cracks me up is the clinton supporters i see on twitter who insist, INSIST, that the defining moment of the 2016 general was that bernie "took too long" to endorse her lmao

    how WEAK do you think your candidate is that having 5 months of an endorsement isn't enough
    Bernie held out on an endorsement for a little bit in order to pressure Clinton to take more progressive stances, like $15 minimum wage and free college, etc, which she did (source). And one possibility that no one ever brings up is that maybe this actually helped her campaign, because, you know, these are stances that are actually popular with folks

    Or maybe Bernie holding out like that really did cost her the election. Who knows! It doesn't really matter

    Bernie 2020 🔥

  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    So it's basically down to Sanders and a bunch of open racists trying to be secretly racist?

    I mean, I know a lot of them are probably just racist for pay but Bloomberg is definitely in it for the love of the game.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    edited February 2020
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    I needed anime to post. on
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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    I got to see Warren today and it was beautiful and I loved it and I'm gonna do it again when I can, which will hopefully be Monday. It's really true about meeting her in person, she is warm and does everything she can to treat everyone in the room like... they matter.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    ceres wrote: »
    I got to see Warren today and it was beautiful and I loved it and I'm gonna do it again when I can, which will hopefully be Monday. It's really true about meeting her in person, she is warm and does everything she can to treat everyone in the room like... they matter.

    But wouldn't you feel safer if it was cranky grandpa in charge

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Ringo wrote: »
    ceres wrote: »
    I got to see Warren today and it was beautiful and I loved it and I'm gonna do it again when I can, which will hopefully be Monday. It's really true about meeting her in person, she is warm and does everything she can to treat everyone in the room like... they matter.

    But wouldn't you feel safer if it was cranky grandpa in charge

    Not a bit.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • LucedesLucedes Registered User regular
    safer is not what i feel about Bernie.

    what i feel is JUSTICE.

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    Warren is the best anti-corruption candidate out there right now.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited February 2020
    this year I got involved in local (non-american) politics for the first time

    being a white, cis, straight male from good social-economic background and joining a party usually identified as being innately sectorial and appealing to a relatively narrow demographic has certainly helped push me forwards; along with the fact that I got an academic background in Talking Good

    so much so that I am now member of the team responsible for setting up a party base in the capital

    so yeah, hopefully in a few weeks we'll be able to replace the 20+ year long rightwing government with... something better? maybe?

    anyway this marks the beginning of my entry into politics/manifesting my innate villainhood proper

    if I ever go full Doctor Doom you have my permission to try and stop me

    you will fail, of course

    but it will be entertaining to watch you try

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  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    edited February 2020
    I feel like you can draw a direct line between Warren backing off M4A, accepting the advice of those Obama/Clinton losers and her rapidly decaying numbers.

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  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    Hey I heard the President of the United States sucks and you're getting rid of him pls confirm y/n/y/n

  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    Reply hazy, try again.

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    I'd like it if Bloomberg siphoned off enough of Pete's votes that he stopped finishing so strongly

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Bloomberg: For the good ol' days, when you say the quiet part quiet.

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  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    I'd like it if Bloomberg siphoned off enough of Pete's votes that he stopped finishing so strongly
    like as a sex thing or?

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    Bethryn wrote: »
    I'd like it if Bloomberg siphoned off enough of Pete's votes that he stopped finishing so strongly
    like as a sex thing or?

    Sure

  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    I feel like you can draw a direct line between Warren backing off M4A, accepting the advice of those Obama/Clinton losers and her rapidly decaying numbers.

    I love Warren but her biggest mistake was trying to thread the needle on M4A. She should have come out, been like "yeah your taxes go up, but you also don't have to pay insurance premiums ectect" and hammered that point home so hard that any attempt at making her seem duplicitous about it fell on its face.

  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    What on earth has SE done to deserve this?

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