Jim Cowan Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 In praise of Randy Quaid I would say that he was a stupid dumbass a long time before it became fashionable. Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 Cousin Eddie was supposed to be the person you laughed at, not the person you elected President. Quote
1984Echoes Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 6:41 PM, Motown Bombers said: Expand Those are just Michigan tourists... right? Quote
1984Echoes Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 9:31 PM, Motown Bombers said: Expand Yes please. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 10:23 PM, 1984Echoes said: Yes please. Expand Never mind.... Quote
CMRivdogs Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 10:38 PM, Tiger337 said: Feelings! Expand Snowflakes Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 10:38 PM, Tiger337 said: Feelings! Expand The “fuck your feelings” crowd sure are a sensitive bunch, aren’t they? 2 Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted January 18, 2022 Posted January 18, 2022 Is this what it’s like any time a Republican member of Congress holds a town hall? As much as I despise Crenshaw, the hostility and batshit craziness of this crowd made this tough to answer. While I don’t agree with the amount of batshit crazy in Congress, watching this makes it not surprising as to why so many reps are going along with it. And why so many aren’t running for re-election. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 10:44 PM, CMRivdogs said: Never mind.... Expand A history lesson on the filibuster. (Hint: current rules are relatively new, only 50 years old) thread.. Quote
pfife Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 10:38 PM, Tiger337 said: Feelings! Expand holy shit that's embarrassing bitch shit. Quote
pfife Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 literally legislating safe spaces lol I remember when republicans were super tough Quote
oblong Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 A meme I saw said the people who threw rocks at Ruby Ridges as she tried to go to school don’t want their grandchildren to know they threw rocks at Ruby Ridges as she tried to go to school. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 4:07 AM, pfife said: holy shit that's embarrassing bitch shit. Expand The left has itself to blame for promulgating the idea that speech in and of itself can be oppressive. Maybe they are even correct on some levels - it's not a trivial topic, but either way the right would not have thought it themselves. Quote
pfife Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 5:50 AM, gehringer_2 said: The left has itself to blame for promulgating the idea that speech in and of itself can be oppressive. Maybe they are even correct on some levels - it's not a trivial topic, but either way the right would not have thought it themselves. Expand dude I kinda feel like this should either be in blue font or sent as a submission to the NYTimes pitchbot. I'll be honest I've never thought about it much but my gut reaction is to say the right was doing that anyways but I honestly don't know Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) On 1/19/2022 at 1:27 PM, pfife said: dude I kinda feel like this should either be in blue font or sent as a submission to the NYTimes pitchbot. I'll be honest I've never thought about it much but my gut reaction is to say the right was doing that anyways but I honestly don't know Expand the authoritarian side has always been happy to suppress speech as a political act, but the idea of suppressing speech as a therapeutic act seems to me (at least) to be a marker of 21st century progressivism. The repudiation of the more classic Americanism of "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me" comes to us from sectors that are on what I would call the authoritarian left. Now in this case we can probably safely say the suppression at heart is still for political reasons and the therapeutic claim is simply cynical cover. But maybe in the broader sense that is the case on both sides. I suppose that it's probably true that even on the part of the progressive segments that have given us this therapeutic speech limitation paradigm that at a deeper level it's just a re-emergence of same kind of leftest thought control authoritarianism expressed in Leninism or Maoism. And it goes back to the other related question I don't really have an answer for, which is the separate but almost converse problem of demonstrably false speech having powerful economic platforms exactly because it is comforting/therapeutic to those listening. Edited January 19, 2022 by gehringer_2 2 Quote
buddha Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 when the republicans control the senate in a few months, how many liberals will be loving the filibuster and praising manchin and sinema for protecting minority rights against the republican authoritarians? 1 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 It doesn't matter, Mitch will change the rules and blame it on the Democrats Quote
chasfh Posted January 19, 2022 Author Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 8:09 PM, mtutiger said: Expand Randy Quaid looks like he’s been dealing without electricity, heat, and water for some time now. Quote
Jim Cowan Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 3:22 PM, chasfh said: Randy Quaid looks like he’s been dealing without electricity, heat, and water for some time now. Expand And soap. 1 Quote
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