2017 continues to be a banner year for finding hypocrites.
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McCarthy's Spicer makes me wish the real Spicer treated the press like that.
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"Rule breaking is only bad when someone I disagree with does it!"
"Acting like a decent human being and not a grandstanding jerkface is just letting the oppressors win."
The devolution of American thought proceeds at full speed.
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Yes, Democrats. Keep screaming "Scandal, scandal, scandal." That is clearly how the GOP beat Obama in 2012. No, wait...
(I'm not saying there were no scandals then or now, but it has not proven historically effective to harp on them.)
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The Wallstreet Journal picking a fight with Pewdiepie reflects that:
1. WSJ is no longer a reputable news source.
2. The reach of the 5th Estate dwarfs the 4th estate by tens of millions.
3. The mainstream media has been back handed into irrelevance by a comedian.
It's so bizarre that a newspaper I used to like and read would fall down into the crapper like that.
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The message from the attacks on Milo and Pewdiepie is rather clear: if you refuse to play by the rules of the establishment media corporations, they will ruin you.
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When did the Deep State go from conspiracy theory fringe to something even the mainstream media discusses casually like, "Oh, of course that's a real thing. We knew it all along. Didn't you?" Did I miss a sudden shift in the Overton Window?
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New therapy for dealing with the overwhelming stupid flooding 2017: listening to various YouTube commentators who are very gifted at being sarcastic, mocking, and incredulous. I don't necessarily have to agree with them, but I am enjoying hearing perspectives from an attitude of, "You are all morons. We are all going to hell. Good lord, this sucks."
On the plus side, it's expanding my insult vocabulary and giving me some new phrases I can use in my writing.
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"I know I'm right so I win this argument because you're a bigot!"
This is, intellectually, like a football team walking onto the field declaring themselves the victor, and then refusing to play. I run into it so much and it annoys me. It's an abdication of thought itself.
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Listening to some classic Carlin again. I realize my issue with Trump's speaking style isn't that he's "too direct." It's that he's inconsistently direct and euphemistic. He's direct enough to tick off those addicted to euphemisms (which is good - they should be defied), but he still layers on the BS on the really important matters. And it's that second part that annoys me so much.
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If someone's peeing on you, you shouldn't let their titles or ideological labels convince you they're not.
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Remember kids: speaking out against folks who attack the elderly is the same as defending white supremacy.
The lunatics are running the asylum, as well as running their mouths.
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There's a lot of people desperately trying to justify their love of brutality and violent oppression. They WANT to hold a gun to your head and order you around. But they can't admit that. They have to label you, dehumanize you, so they can feel better about unleashing their inner demons.
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The fault of the 2016 election? Dworin from Amber.
Everyone knows he invented Trumps.
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Given the sheer vehemence of how some folks defend physical assault on the elderly, it makes me wonder how many of those same people abuse their elderly family members? The two behaviors should be highly correlated, since they stem from a fundamental devaluation of human life (a form of sociopathy).
Maybe we should establish a rule that if someone argues that there's nothing wrong with hitting grandparents for disagreeing with you, people should check in on their relatives. Make sure that same person isn't abusing them (emotionally or physically).
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There are still people out there arguing that freedom of speech comes attached with a right to a platform. Didn't we settle this matter with the shows that were canceled when their stars said things people didn't like?
You have the right to say stupid, obscene, and evil things without threat of physical violence. But that doesn't come with a free mic.
It's why Shia Lebouf can shout down a Nazi and why the bikers for vets can silence the Westboro Baptists with their motorcycles. You're allowed your protest unmolested. But so are the people who disagree with you.
I don't know how people forgot about that so quickly. Seems like only a few years ago this was established pretty well.
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