U.S. Politics, November 2022: “I don’t know, you hear the same things I do”

I miss his “Roe will never be overturned” posts. .

There have to be other fallen posters that can lionized instead, right?

come on folks, the button you need to push is right about ^^

aw it didn't let me space that out correctly

Whoa when did “block poster” show up? Far out!

oh it’s just the “hidden” tag basically

how is this guy not banned yet??

Adam Silver must be modding

Consider the possibility the moderators are very familiar with whom I’ve talked about here and thought “ehh I could go either way on this one”

All I see are "bookmark flag link"

It’s in Zing

Oh man Zing makes it so easy to block

I don't think Big Don should be blocked for anything he said

I think he crossed a line (I think he probably knows it too) but that doesn't warrant a boot

he has a long history of trolling here and should be banned at this point.

If Mr. Big truly is gabbneb back in our hair, then that is enough to permaban him for the fourth or fifth time. the perma in permaban means forever.

Map, trolling isn’t “guy I disagree with is saying things”

True; trolling is typically more, acting like a dick for attention.

"trolling" is looking like a troll while posting trollish thoughts

Well Jim I’m not doing that but I think we both know that my description is probably correct wrt what Map believes trolling to be.

Well Don, it's either that or you're just disregarding or ignorant of the first rule of holes.

Some states don't have sex ed, tbf

no that doesn’t work. I’m not in a hole. Sorry.

Map, trolling isn’t “guy I disagree with is saying things”

― “Big” Don Abernathy, Thursday, November 3, 2022 8:01 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yes, gratuitously insulting a deceased person in front of their friends is just, like, an opinion man

Yeah not sure I’d characterize it that way but even if that were true that’s not what Map wants me banned for.

Some states don't have sex ed, tbf

They do have shovels, though

hahaha what if every post was hidden/blocked and you had to click on it to read.

yes I am 9 years old

I used to post on Disqus and blocked the most egregiously racist posters. Some threads had so many blank spaces they looked like a meth addict's mouth.

Big lives in a van down by the river energy. https://t.co/YrIdC3ZqNe

— Schooley (@Rschooley) November 3, 2022

Totally normal election season in New Hampshire

(🔐) BREAKING NEWS: New Hampshire Republican Senate Candidate Don Bolduc Assaults Libertarian Party Activist on Camera Before Debate, Then Makes False Report to Law Enforcement

As a former New Hampshire public defender, I am astonished by what I just saw. https://t.co/uPcB511yRi

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 3, 2022

Abramson is kind of “oh this looks like a decent point” followed by looking at who posted it and thinking “oh, that guy”

I can’t even remember the full extent of what the damage was at this point, probably a lot of tweets ending with COLLUSION!

Will have to see if there's further confirmation about what happened, but it appears to be a messy situation.

1) I like Pete, 2) I think BDA should be banned

Good morning!

Only ILX Premium subscribers get the "block" button iirc

TAKE MY $8

At the platinum level, you can have a poster you don't like obliterated by a space laser

Currently saving up

$20 to insert that word "fart" in anyone's tweet

I wouldn't fart 20 farts for fart.

1) I like Pete, 2) I think BDA should be banned

Pros:

Has no soul

Cons:

Pete is obviously a guy who's determined to work the system in order to rise within it and accrue power. He's smart so he studies up, and he games it well. This makes it nearly impossible to trust him until he shows more of his hand by taking actions in support of positions that erode his power rather than enhance it. Then we can see if he has any convictions instead of just calculations.

Working at precincts and mixing with the Volk the last week reminded me of what I posted in 2018 -- in what turned out to be an outstanding midterm year for Democrats. Every volunteer to a man and woman echoed the candidates: electing Republicans is a suicide pact. The systemic disenfranchisement of voters in Georgia and Arizona who voted for Biden in '20, the disenfranchisement of felons here in Florida, the continued erosion of abortion access, the assault on trans lives, the abridgement of rights as an educator in Florida, the fealty to fascist autocrats above -- all of it, all of it. We've been clear. Yet the vanishing pool of swing voters who propelled us to triumph in 2018 may stay home or go for Republicans anyway because #inflationcrime. This isn't the fault of local Democrats*: it's an enfeebled, anachronistic, anti-democratic system.

*I have more complaints about the state party, though.

Watch him spar on cable news programs. He can overcome Republican framing and get points across. Can't think of a single Democratic talking head who is anywhere near as good at it as he is. Don't really give a shit about the other criticisms of him, I don't want to be his friend and he's no worse than say Biden or Beto both of whom I voted for.

above = abroad

xpost basically what f. hazel said

I appreciate those strengths, believe me. Every time he's on FOX he leaves the hosts flabbergasted, which confirms my suspicion that the hosts' docility is yet another attempt for the network to look Fair and Balanced. But Explaining Stuff doesn't work anymore. Obama and Clinton are excellent at Explaining Stuff. And?

He's a Capricorn

I think most of my anti-Buttigieg sentiments are based in the fact that it seems like he spent a large portion of his life living doing some sort of cynical politician resume builder training camp exercises but in practice his ability to actually frame things in a boring nonpartisan way is.. not good, but professional?

I feel like the ongoing deconstruction of how a "career politician" should present themself is rooted in an actual shift in the public perception of how campaigning is done versus what people actually do in office, but, weirdo tv's West Wing-esque adherence aside, there are some actual skills that are still valuable

I might just be getting old, though

I found Pete B highly annoying during the election, but my appreciation for him has grown since he joined the administration for the same reasons mentioned above. He knows how to deliver a message really well and doesn't get steamrolled.

I think the point about Obama and Clinton doesn't make sense. The reality is that they are insanely good at making speeches and people love that. I was struck by this all over again this past week seeing Obama go on the stump. He is simply on an entirely different level than pretty much every other politician and that's a big deal. People with that kind of talent have a very good shot at winning. I don't think Pete is anywhere close, but he's at least trying.

You may have misunderstood me or I wasn't clear. Clinton and Obama are sui generis on the stump. I just don't think that shit matters anymore except to rally the base (which is considerable!).