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This world is making me dumber by the day!

There are times when I feel sorry for Spicy, but I'm never going to to root for him.

Sounds like Stockholm syndrome.

More like Stockholmes Motherfucker Syndrome

Flinging feces seemed to me to be the appropriate response to spotting the guy, I'm glad we agree on that point at least.

oh yeah, here's the link. Make of it what you will.

https://medium.com/@Shreedom/such-a-great-country-such-nasty-b igotry-831eeea173cb#.bkwl9iigy

Please don't insult Goebbels that way.

Look into night classes.

Neither political discourse nor kowtowing to the bigger asshole are appropriate when dealing with fascists in power.

Is being an asshole or kowtowing really my only choices?

I'll walk this back a little. I can't really criticize anyone who follows their own conscience, but I have strong opinions about this. People voted for Trump because he would "make the liberals heads explode." It's trolling. Politics has become about antagonizing people that you hate, and some people are just going with it without thinking. I read opinions from people who don't seem to question the value of pissing off people for it's own sake, without a thought that this may be an unwise basis for making policy or leading the nation. Here's a quote that I read today in a doctor's waiting room From TIME magazine:

>>>>The cost of that effort, for Trump and for America, is unclear. "Trump is spending at a terrific rate the accumulated credibility capital of the office he occupies," the former head of the Justice Department's National Security Division, David Kris, wrote recently in the Washington Post. "There may come a day when he needs to speak seriously, and to be taken seriously, at home or abroad. On his present course and speed, that will be a hard day."

It'll be a hard day for everyone, for all of us. I don't want to be a part of this train wreck. I think the best thing to do is to back off from the troll mindset. And I find it difficult, sometimes, to pull back, because I'm being trolled. We're all being trolled. Not having my head explode is the only victory that I can control.

You're overthinking it, babe! Just plug your ears and shout "fascist!!!" every chance you get until the world starts looking the way you want it to. :D

And when that doesn't work, double down on cartoons.

Look, I'm serious. This could be a thing. If you see an administration official, don't yell things at them like a fool. Discretely shit in your hand, and fling. Imagine if this caught on... There is a lot to be said for being direct in American politics.

"Is being an asshole or kowtowing really my only choices? "

No, and I did not assert that they were.

OW somebody already did that to Shkreli and it was met with a resounding "ew."

"This is not political discourse."


You're talking about Spicer's track record here, I assume. The woman who filmed this was just asking some simple, pertinent questions.

Seriously though, if you consider THIS "being an asshole" under the circumstances then I don't even know.

He went there to warn the people that if they buy an iPhone it disqualifies them from health care.

I'm must be missing something here, why Melissa McCarthy? Is that a McCarthyism joke?

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=158792

Trump is said to be furious about this, which makes it twice as funny. Yeah, I probably just contradicted everything I said about trolling.

John Oliver ONLY refers to Sean Spicer as "Melissa McCarthy" now

There are no victories, John. Life now is only a failure of conscience or will.

Yeah I was thinking about ho

I was, damnit!

I shall do so immediately, sir. Is there anything else I may do to assist with sir's beddie-bye schedule?

The right has built up this idea that the left are all gutless wimps because we don't have sexual fantasies about guns or base our worldviews on the idea that dark-skinned people are planning to eat our white babies.

And now that the left is pissed off, they're so SHOCKED that we refuse to live up to their stereotypes that all they can do is flail around babbling about how the left is suddenly being mean and scary to them.

THE LEFT IS BIGGOTS!

YOU'RE RACIST BECAUSE YOU WONT LET ME BE RACIST!

etc etc




If only I could go full Scanners on these people.

You don't need telepathy to make someone's head explode you goddamn shirtlifter.

Right wingers act all macho when they're in their small towns with their guns, but they'd shit their pants if they had to ride on the NYC subway.

Okay, I would just avoid the NYC subway. Would I be missing out?
What if I skipped on NYC entirely?

NYC is one of the few cities in this country worth giving a shit about. It's also the only place in this country where you can eat pizza.

Being in NYC and not riding the subway is like going to Coney Island and not riding The Cyclone. It's old, it makes a hell of a racket, and occasionally you'll reach Satori if you hit it just right. It's the beating heart of the city, for fuck's sake. How else are you gonna get around? Drive? BWAHAHAHA oh how I miss watching out of town drivers navigating the flaming dumpster fire that is the West Side Drive.

Also: the bus sucks. Trust me. It just sucks. The subway is the way.

That sounds loud and smelly. Is there anything else endearing about the NYC transit system I should know about? Everything I ever learned about NYC I learned from Lou Reed and it sounds the same as most cities when people describe it.

Yeah, the shittiness is what makes it great. I get it already.

Only in post-modern America.

Driving in NYC isn't really the problem, finding parking is the problem, that's why you take the train. Lord Croc, never leave the suburbs. You won't survive anywhere else.

What makes it great is that it makes NYC just about the ONLY city in the US where you can get by without a car. You can just ride the trains and be fine. It means the streets of NYC aren't packed with parking lots, you can walk places too. It means that NYC actually has a culture. Go to Applebees you suburban dink.

Yeah, take the train. They are cheap, super cheap if you buy passes by the month, and you can tell the economic class of the part of the city you're in by looking at the sign at the station as the train pulls up, so you can choose your economy of engagement. The mall in Manhattan has subway access so you never have to touch bad weather to Christmas shop. Oh, and if you're worried about safety and the experience of being in a train crash, good news, they sound they are crashing every second of the journey, so you'd never hear it coming if they actually did. No one looks at you in the phone generation. You ride a packed train alone. NYC is like that, everyone stands right next to each other in their own little worlds, even when they huddle together for warmth.

They are nowhere near as awesome as the streetcars in New Orleans, however.

STELLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now you're getting it, I know, I traveled cross country from L.A. to Washington. It was great when I wasn't around the toxic smell of foreign tourists and homeless blacks...you know outside of those piss and bile soaked ratholes you call cities?
There's a river of shit flowing through each and every one of them, and it ain't underground.
Enjoy your pizza, I like my peace and quiet. The dough is all about the local water supply, and my local tap water is great.
The suburbs I'm in now are a little too claustrophobic, so I'm exploring my options and looking for a farming commune. They are usually 100% white.
I usually vacation in Portland, ME and Vermont.

NYC: Where the unimaginative and uncharismatic go to be a part of a community through brute force alone.

You might want to tone down on the racist language, Crock. People might get the idea that you're some kind of a racist asshole.

Why don't black people like farming communes?
Genuine question.
I think it's because they hate white people...which they have every reason to, I wouldn't dispute that, but I also think they hate farming. Maybe they all got their fill through inherited DNA.
Despite being 12% of the population, blacks own only 1% of farms in the US. Compare that with 3% owned by hispanics, and 92% non-hispanic whites.
I'll be sure to let Star and Caleb know my ancestors were all plantation owners before I apply for membership at one of these places.