The contempt I hold for this woman could fill the void of space.

Clinton won in 1993. The late 1900s. 30+ years ago.

Obama’s entire campaign was on Hope for Change. And he’s the first black President ever.

Are you really trying to argue that these are equivalences?

Ok, whatever makes you feel better.

lol, ok.

If you take any counter argument as condescension it’s probably a lot more about your own insecurities rather than the merits of the arguments. I would guess it’s a pattern in your life. Best of luck to you.

Sure, but you seem like you’ve already found answers that satisfy you. I’m no Sisyphus to push online boulders up a hill, but I will give you my two cents:

In essence, our perspectives differ on apportioning blame. You heap it on voters, while I would argue that, in a two party system, culpability lies with the party who failed to engage and motivate their electorate. That is quite literally their entire raison d’etre.

So it’s easy to say we have ignorant, uneducated, and mean-spirited voters- and I wouldn’t argue that those descriptors are valid in many cases. Which says nothing of decades of declining public education, massive media intervention, oligarch pie-thumbing, or unaddressed racial tensions dating back to the Civil War.

But if that is the clay that an artist is given to mold, then it is incumbent upon the ARTIST to rise to the occasion and find a way to produce a grand work. And if they are unable- if they cannot MAKE GOOD on the necessary products required for civil social union, then they are something worse than an enemy. Ineptitude (feigned or real) is simply no longer tolerable when the stakes are this high.

And the stakes ARE high, despite the constant flip-flopping of messaging from the current administration. We either face clear and present dangers to the Union, or we accept that decorum is MORE important to our leaders than efficacy and the hope of America remaining a going-concern. And if our Leadership chooses decorum over action, if etiquette is their only talent, then the harshest criticism is not only valid, but a requirement of every citizen who still hopes for the erstwhile fantasy of living in and being part of the better American Dream.

That’s a pretty reductionist take, eh? Did it make you feel better to vent? It’s okay to vent. But also consider that you’re only seeing a small part of a larger whole.

No one should be making permanent, lasting decisions with potentially major impacts on society until after their brain has fully developed- so roughly around age 24.

By which I obviously mean no one under 24 should be allowed to have kids.

cue the Church’s self-righteous and unbearably self-serving indignation

Sit still? Be quiet? Fine.

Consciousness falls inward, a galactic space battle with sapient dinosaurs ensues

Put that fuckin Boomer in prison for 3 years.

The marginal cost of information goods is zero. Digital Capitalism is inherently a scam, even moreso than physical products.

53% of white women voted for Trump in 2024.

So either we are to believe they’ve learned nothing and will continue to alienate their base, while remaining inept fools on the international stage, OR their idea of rebuilding a carbon copy of the previous failures is by design.

A centrist DNC is a loser. A center-right DNC is a loser. The DNC will never beat the Republicans at their own game, so either these strategists are the densest people on the planet, or they are the mouthpieces of Controlled Opposition, exactly as expected.

There is no duality in which savvy, intelligent political players arrive at “Centrism wins,” without some inherent greasy, malfeasant ulterior motives.

It’s difficult to even pretend that they are serious in this endeavor; their every action and utterance is an admission of planned incompetence.

I’m finding it very difficult to see why Texas should be allowed to remain independent. They can’t maintain their infrastructure, they can’t provide for their citizen constituents, and they frequently signal a willingness to demean America by association. They’re not good at governance and are constantly begging for Federal handouts.

So let’s just take over the state. Send in the Feds, remove the Executive branch and State supreme court justices, and disbar the legislative officers. They keep fuckin around and it is past time they started finding out.

Double vinyl is okay, but a half-speed mastering would be better.

Somehow the company store returned…

Better be sure. They can run at 25-30mph (faster than Usain Bolt)

The Abyss created the “liquid” CGI technology that was later used in Terminator 2, to make the liquid metal T-1000.

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“Fuck you all, I’m going back to my cave.”

Ah you’re right.