2020 US election results

[David]

[pietillidie]

Is global laughing stock:
https://twitter.com/fcsm_eng/status/132 ... 24833?s=20
(They lost 7-0).

[pietillidie]

I feel sorry for sane, actual Christians being soiled by the fundamentalist nutters poisoning the US and beyond:

Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the Christian nationalist response to the 2020 election is that we’ve seen this movie before. The “stolen election” meme won’t bring Mr. Trump back into the Oval Office. But then, the birther narrative never took President Barack Obama out of office, either. The point of conspiratorial narratives and apocalyptic rhetoric is to lay the groundwork for a politics of total obstruction, in preparation for the return of a “legitimate” ruler. The best guess is that religious authoritarianism of the next four years will look a lot like it did in the last four years. We ignore the political implications for our democracy at our peril.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/opin ... anism.html

[Tannin]

We now have the final word on the Trump Era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZDYhQ4UAnA

[watt price tully]

We now have the final word on the Trump Era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZDYhQ4UAnA

Great stuff: they played this on the Science Show on Radio National earlier today. Thanks for the link

[Tannin]

^ Which, of course, is how I know about it.

[Tannin]

There must be 50 ways to leave the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QybcBH6rSw

[pietillidie]

[watt price tully]

^ It’s so f*cking gobsmacking that one blokes ego can harm so many people. Me of all people don’t like to use the Nazi analogy but the demonization of the “other” the pandering to the racists and rednecks through deliberate misinformation is eerily similar to pre WW2 Germany. Scary.

Hilary was understated when she used the term deplorable.

Listening to nurses in Republican states working in the coal face is heart wrenching.

How can people be so friggin’ stupid.

Imagine being Dr Anthony Fauci.

[Tannin]

Yes WPT.

The thing is, right-wingers have erected this huge myth that the governments of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were totally different to any other government anywhere ever. And it is just that: a myth.

What's more, it's a very useful myth. Right-wing governments such as Trump's can behave in as fascist a manner as they like without getting called out for it because they use the "never say Nazi" rule to shut down discussion.

I saw a right-winger defending Trump's attempt to corrupt the election by using the "no-Nazi" rule on this very forum just the other day. It is quite common.

[think positive]

That’s the real fear for me, as some one who unashamedly loves the US, people believe this shit, people will believe anything if they want to, look at religion and footy clubs! It wouldn’t be a shame if he got corona and was out of action until Jan 21st, just how much damage can he do? He could have prevented the riots, but he more or less encouraged them, and what about policies? How hard is it to turn them over once the new government is in? I can’t believe people swallow his crap, people are worried Disneyworld will lockdown again for god sakes, when millions are sick and tens of thousands are dying every day. The misinformation is gobsmacking and downright scary. What will the cost be? In lives, jobs, unemployment, long term health,

[stui magpie]

^

Don't stress Jo, the US will work it out. I really like the joint and plan to go back, they just don't do being told what to do well.

Yes WPT.

I saw a right-winger defending Trump's attempt to corrupt the election by using the "no-Nazi" rule on this very forum just the other day.

You must have been drunk, there's no right wingers left on this forum.

[David]

Hey, I'm still here.

[stui magpie]

^



Other people's perceptions are amazing, how they can latch onto you disagreeing with them and label you.

If you're right wing I'm Elle McPherson.

[David]

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Other people's perceptions are amazing, how they can latch onto you disagreeing with them and label you.

If you're right wing I'm Elle McPherson.

How about we make a deal: I’ll become the VPT’s token right-winger for a year if you become ‘80s Elle Macpherson and date me.