Oct 21, 2020

Thoughts on my post about Giuliani?!

 

Oct 21, 2020

Yikes at how I spelled privilege. I need to be more careful on my phone outside of the Eminem section. But yeah I'm not saying white privilege doesn't exist Im just saying if it does my white privilege card must have got lost in the mail as a child.

 

Oct 21, 2020

Im saying that to Paul bc he literally just sent me the link to his parents home value lol

And look I agree, living in cities w all those amenities is def a diff beast in 2020 And Boomers have devastated the home real estate market too not knocking anyone’s lifestyle

 

Oct 21, 2020

andy please lol, level with the good ppl of the forum! if i had been like “kasich’s record on trans rights is disqualifying” you’d be like “this is an olive branch to [x/y/z voter blocs] who don’t care about that!”

people are laughing at your “moving goalposts” whining because, regardless of what you believe irl, on the forum you hopscotch from argument to argument, chasing ur tail and trying to—yes—be a condescending brat to other posters. it’s not evident from your posts here that you actually have any beliefs at all other than you being the ~most nuanced~ thinker, even when it’s impossible to glean what you really think.

as you’re fond of saying, this is an eminem forum, so none of us are under any obligation to be our Real True Sincere Selves, but PLEASE lmao don’t tell us that’s what you’re being. or are you going to tell me only property owners are wise enough to vote again?

 

Oct 21, 2020

my initial post was a response to grimace’s silly and ill-considered argument that i should only object to john kasich if he were truly a bad guy at heart, which is impossible to define and irrelevant. he tried to create a hierarchy of issues that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. andy decided he’d be snotty and condescending about me as always. that’s all that happened. if i had taken a different stance he would have taken its opposite.

 

Oct 20, 2020

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...kasich-donald-trump-vice-president/index.html

https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-bo...-camp-offered-to-make-kasich-most-powerful-vp


https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/john-kasich-donald-trump-vp

https://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12235380/trump-kasich-most-powerful-vp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bu...n-kasich-donald-trump-running-mate-2016-8?amp

 

Oct 20, 2020

Four years ago Trump offered the VP slot on his ticket and told Kasich he would be the real President like Cheney was to Bush43.

Kasich turned him down.

 

Oct 20, 2020

idk about them being in the "most reliable" section, though...

 

Oct 20, 2020

Keep in mind the sixty two percent is only on dollars over four hundred thousand most people don’t realize the taxes are bracketed

 

Oct 19, 2020

Oh yeah it’s great for their base but like...those people are already voting Trump. They gotta persuade voters & I don’t think “Biden will listen to the scientists on the #1 issue you guys care about most!” is persuading many swing voters.

In unrelated news, AOC >>>

 

Oct 19, 2020

Dear U.S. Citizens

Whatever happens or whoever wins, I wish y'all are getting through November without a civil war.
The U.S. politics have become extremely polarized since the last election, showing the flaws of a system relying on two parties.
Before this legislature opinions inside the parties were much more diverse, now you somehow got into a state where you're forced to just run with the slogan of what your party is saying or dumb it down to emotional platitudes (partly because of the lessened attention span of consumers).
In my opinion what the U.S. population and the major parties need to discuss is a change of constitution. You need to diversify your political landscape, as mentioned before, we see what's happening now with the radicalization of both parties, this is not only toxic for the people themselves, but also hinders one to find a consesus-based way to solve problems.
Split your major parties or create new grassroot movements catering to specific problems which people then can find a common denominator to participate.
Also, I'd highly recommend replacing the executive head of state/president with several positions, each one specializing in a field, taking over the executive position for the respective departement.
They'd be either voted by the people or through the United States Congress.
This council of head of states then together votes on executive orders on the federal level, leaving party interests aside to find a common consensus (this may also help the divide caused by the great geographical distances in the U.S. territory and therefore diverting opinions).
(Hikey thinking I'd probably get lynched by a lot of people suggesting this ideas)

About the Covid thing:
Over here in Europe cases are rising fast again and even if you think your young and can handle 'that flue', I tell you this virus may be no joke for your fellow human beings.
Everyone has a different immune system and especially for elderly and disabled people, as well as people with chronic conditions, it can get lethal real quick.
Also we still don't know the longterm effects. I personally know of 5 young people though that have had it and two of them, not all of them of course, saying that they still feel somewhat of a pressure on their lungs/have trouble breathing sometimes, even months after. IC units are slowly starting to get overfilled again and the health care staff who's been working relentlessly since month (as well as care/social workers in general, it sucks to work with a mask on and also the restrictions in social interactions) don't get any fresher, they've been under heavy pressure all this time.
We have to keep numbers low, show solidarity, wear your mask when it's necessary, try to help the people that are in need of it, minimize social interaction and stop confusing your false proudness with a fight for freedom.
We're all in this together, my individual freedom ends where the freedom of the other begins and where my own actions could cause harm to people.

 

Oct 18, 2020

Not being an independent senator. Being a Democratic Senator with a focus on pulling the party platform to the left while leaving all the theatrical “Democrats are beholden to corporate money!!” out of it. It’s less about what Sanders hasn’t done & more so what he has done that ultimately f----- his opportunity to win the nomination in 2016 & 2020.

The # of Trump voters that voted for him because of economic anxiety is a bit exaggerated. There have been some studies on this & while the voters who tipped the election in his favor (say Obama voters turned Trump voters in rust belt states) may have felt some kind of economic anxiety but ultimately most republicans voted for him because he was a Republican & eventually, Republican leadership got behind him too. Voters often turn blind eyes to candidate flaws if they share the same partisan identity or they morph their views to make those “flaws” fall in line with their beliefs. Look at all the evangelicals that proudly support Trump.

 

Oct 18, 2020

A working white man has a two coins... a poor minority has one coin.

A rich banker has 1,000,000 coins.


The banker turns to the white workingman and says "hey, you better watch out!
... that minority is trying to take one of your coins."

 

Oct 18, 2020

@reservoirGod what was the term you labeled a lot of the working class to poor Republicans who have no real reason to vote for that Party but did so anyways because they think they'll eventually be rich? Millionaire Derangement Syndrome or something?

 

Oct 18, 2020

I disagree. While his base certainly voted based on white identity, I think the more moderate republicans fell behind him in spite of that. He won the general in 2016 by tapping into economic frustration and manufacturing loss, with tons of false promises. To about 30% of Trump voters, Build the Wall was about keeping brown people out, but to the rest of them it was about keeping work with Americans. I think one of the reasons he's doing so bad atm is he is campaigning on that white identity more than economic relief and coronavirus recovery.

 

Oct 18, 2020

but these are just wishy-washy platitudes; what would be an example of an independent senator “working within the framework of the party” more than caucusing with them for decades and joining their party for presidential races, including after he loses the nomination? lol

 

Oct 18, 2020

He tapped into white anxiety & racial amnesty that’s been brewing in the Republican Party for a while now. Both parties have very different voters bases but Trump hit all the right notes & partisans rallied behind him.