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Author Topic: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O  (Read 13002060 times)

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #113070 on: November 09, 2016, 06:48:30 pm »

Everybody who voted for Trump, no matter for how foolish their reasons, have made themselves quite clear.
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« Reply #113071 on: November 09, 2016, 06:50:02 pm »

We've seen this coming for a long time, though. The old standard of "Democratic state that votes Republican in POTUS elections" has been withering for years. Only thing left to do is keep on trucking and holding Yarmuth (or whoever succeeds him) in the House, because I'm damned sure Louisville won't go red any time soon.

The thing to do now is to organize. We need to start ramping up for the 2018 elections at the national level, and whatever local or state elections are coming up.  It's vital to prevent the gerrymandering from happening again.
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« Reply #113072 on: November 09, 2016, 06:52:19 pm »

It is entirely possible for folks to have voted for Trump and not known a thing about his VP or his VP's policies, y'know. That's not much better, since it's uneducated voting, but I find it much easier to believe than the idea that, in a country where gay rights have been slowly-but-steadily pushing forward, more than half the country is practically salivating at the thought of torturing LGBTs.

Maybe I'm wrong.

ETA: To clarify, I'm not saying that there aren't people who feel that way, because unfortunately and obviously there's still plenty of bigotry out there.

Not caring about other people's torture and assault isn't better than deliberately advocating it. It's just compounding the original cruelty with selfishness and laziness.
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« Reply #113073 on: November 09, 2016, 06:52:43 pm »

Be as it may, I imagine "Oh, most people who supported him didn't know this was a possibility, and maybe didn't particularly want it, either" will be an incredibly small comfort for someone who does end up in one of Pence's Bugger-Belsens. I suppose it's not set entirely in stone if it will happen, but just that it's still an option... It's quite warranted to be rather upset.
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« Reply #113074 on: November 09, 2016, 06:55:11 pm »

Well, I guess I'm done with the WTF thread for today. Just wanted to say my piece.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #113075 on: November 09, 2016, 06:55:51 pm »

It is entirely possible for folks to have voted for Trump and not known a thing about his VP or his VP's policies, y'know. That's not much better, since it's uneducated voting, but I find it much easier to believe than the idea that, in a country where gay rights have been slowly-but-steadily pushing forward, more than half the country is practically salivating at the thought of torturing LGBTs.

Maybe I'm wrong.

ETA: To clarify, I'm not saying that there aren't people who feel that way, because unfortunately and obviously there's still plenty of bigotry out there.
Note the other part was not caring, Siru, and uneducated voting is just that, at the very least when it's not an issue that has particularly been covered up. Only so much difference between salivating at something like that and giving so little of a damn you're willing to elect pence, or someone that willingly chose him as a political partner.

I get the whole other considerations, other issues thing. They're there, they exist, definitely. Different pressures, different calls on your time, all sorts of stuff. Bein' uneducated on a subject ain't necessarily something you do out of malice. But there's lines you draw, and there's a message you send when you say to a person, however unintentionally, that that person's life, well being, and sanity, ain't that line. That you may have reasons you didn't notice the line was there ain't comfort worth the meaning.
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« Reply #113076 on: November 09, 2016, 06:58:42 pm »

I kind of feel like deja vu.

Like does anyone making plans to leave the country or w.e. no think the same talks happened 4 years ago when obama won a second term?


Its a coping mechanism, sfaic.  take a pill, relax, and feel safe that our laws were upheld.
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« Reply #113077 on: November 09, 2016, 07:00:38 pm »

I kind of feel like deja vu.

Like does anyone making plans to leave the country or w.e. no think the same talks happened 4 years ago when obama won a second term?


Its a coping mechanism, sfaic.  take a pill, relax, and feel safe that our laws were upheld.
The will of the people wasn't.

*looks at popular vote*
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« Reply #113078 on: November 09, 2016, 07:02:13 pm »

British Columbia split into three areas of equal population.

Its kinda funny that we have all this space and most of us live in one tiny corner of it.  Also look at all the room we have for the disenchanted Americans!
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« Reply #113079 on: November 09, 2016, 07:03:18 pm »

The will of the people wasn't.
I am pretty sure that every time the "will of the people" argument gets thrown around, some kind of revolution starts... so, when are you moving out of States exactly?
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« Reply #113080 on: November 09, 2016, 07:04:14 pm »

The will of the people wasn't.
I am pretty sure that every time the "will of the people" argument gets thrown around, some kind of revolution starts... so, when are you moving out of States exactly?
You assume I'm moving?
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« Reply #113081 on: November 09, 2016, 07:05:21 pm »

I kind of feel like deja vu.

Like does anyone making plans to leave the country or w.e. no think the same talks happened 4 years ago when obama won a second term?


Its a coping mechanism, sfaic.  take a pill, relax, and feel safe that our laws were upheld.
We know they did. We also know the basis for concern is a hell of a lot different. Obama wasn't calling for what trump has been. Biden damn sure wasn't pence.

I'll feel safe if the laws that are keeping folks I care about safe are still being upheld this time next year, and the year after, and so on. For now, this country ain't as safe as it was for kith and kin, because that being true isn't more or less certain anymore. It might manage to move back towards that, but we're not going to be sure for a good long while yet.
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« Reply #113082 on: November 09, 2016, 07:20:26 pm »

I understand the discontent, but Id be a liar if I said I shared it.
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« Reply #113083 on: November 09, 2016, 07:24:38 pm »

Im glad its over guys.  We should all be happy its over.  I'm mad that they spoilered the sitcom that will come in 30 years, though.
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« Reply #113084 on: November 09, 2016, 07:50:20 pm »

Saying that anyone who supported Trump supports torturing the non-hetero seems about as accurate as saying that anyone who supports Hillary supports trying to quiet or shame sexual assault victims.
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