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LegitHyperbole said:

Kamala lied and I'd say in a more scummy way than trump. She ran ads in different states with different promises that contradicted the ads ran in other states. Ones where she'd say she funding for Isreal and then in a Jewish population say she believes Isreal has the right to defend itself and support would be given. 

Trump doesn't know what he's saying half the time, I don't think he intentionally lies, he's just really dumb and self centered. Kamala lies felt more scummy cause she's supposed to be the mature one, Trump is the idiot everyone can laugh at, somehow he gets away with lying. Like he said at one point, he could shoot someone in times square and he'd still have support the next day.  

That's not mutually exclusive though. Keep stocking the defense systems, stop sending offensive weapons. Put conditions on funding. Trump literally promised the opposite. Green card to let Netanyahu do whatever he wants while promising peace to Lebanon and Palestinians.

Trump is great for those that only hear what they want to hear. He stays ambiguous, makes jokes, stumbles over his words, so it's easier to dismiss the things you don't want to hear while stroking your confirmation bias with what you do want to hear.

And that goes both ways. The Democrats kept attacking all the nonsense Trump said and did, blowing it out of proportion while the Republicans dismissed it and just got more annoyed at the Democrat's vilification of Trump.



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IkePoR said:
Ryuu96 said:

She lost because of the economy I.E. Inflation/Grocery Prices, Imho. But on the flip side, if there weren't so many people comfortable with knowingly voting for a fascist, she wouldn't have lost, and that's the scary thing to me. Hatred and bigotry won.

America is rotten to its core, a lot of people comfortable with fascism and a poor education system wherein people will vote for a convicted felon and man who tried to overthrow democracy because they foolishly believe he will bring the price of their bread and eggs down.

I am trying not to be mad at Americans as a whole but it's difficult, I really despise America as a country right now

This.  This is why you lose.  

I understand you're coping and seething right now.  But if liberals ever want to win anything again, you must be retrospective.   

I see you've returned after running away the first time around from being questioned by members in this thread. 👍



SvennoJ said:
Chrkeller said:

It has been answered already.  Drop special interest and focus on big ticket items.  Let us use an example.  Liberals get excited about green energy.  What middle America hears is "increased regulation, loss of jobs and cost of good increase."  Green energy DOES NOT resonant with middle America.  If you want to argue it should, fair enough, but that isn't reality.  This is just one example.  There are plenty of others.    

The problem is more that middle America isn't connecting with reality.

The reality is the best days are behind us. The Democrats seem to try to find a way to navigate the looming energy/water/environmental/refugee crises. The Republicans get the vote on promising the impossible, traveling back in time.

Education has failed in the USA and things will only get harder. Sticking your head in the sand and build a wall around it isn't going to solve anything.

+ Social Media Imo is a really big problem, so easy to spread bullshit nowadays, have people believing a 5 second TikTok video without even questioning it. Social media has rotted peoples brains and destroyed their critical thinking skills and nothing is done about the misinformation. People ought to be taught how to navigate social media in schools, how to spot fake shit, how to question everything, double check with other sources, etc.

Ironically the energy, water and environmental crisis in the future will make the refugee situation even worse when thousands of people are escaping/moving from their homes due to unliveable conditions but fuck the Democrats for trying to invest in green energy (which provides jobs) whilst at the same time drilling an insane amount of oil...Lol.

The solutions I'm hearing are that Democrats should lie, throw minorities under the bus and fuck the environment.



Ryuu96 said:
IkePoR said:

This.  This is why you lose.  

I understand you're coping and seething right now.  But if liberals ever want to win anything again, you must be retrospective.   

I see you've returned after running away the first time around from being questioned by members in this thread. 👍

Yeah after being dogpiled by 7 people and dogwalking them back to "muh abortion", I needed a mental break.

You should try it some time.  It's gonna be a long, long 4 years.



"You should be banned. Youre clearly flaming the president and even his brother who you know nothing about. Dont be such a partisan hack"

Ryuu96 said:
SvennoJ said:

The problem is more that middle America isn't connecting with reality.

The reality is the best days are behind us. The Democrats seem to try to find a way to navigate the looming energy/water/environmental/refugee crises. The Republicans get the vote on promising the impossible, traveling back in time.

Education has failed in the USA and things will only get harder. Sticking your head in the sand and build a wall around it isn't going to solve anything.

+ Social Media Imo is a really big problem, so easy to spread bullshit nowadays, have people believing a 5 second TikTok video without even questioning it. Social media has rotted peoples brains and destroyed their critical thinking skills and nothing is done about the misinformation. People ought to be taught how to navigate social media in schools, how to spot fake shit, how to question everything, double check with other sources, etc.

Ironically the energy, water and environmental crisis in the future will make the refugee situation even worse when thousands of people are escaping/moving from their homes due to unliveable conditions but fuck the Democrats for trying to invest in green energy (which provides jobs) whilst at the same time drilling an insane amount of oil...Lol.

The solutions I'm hearing are that Democrats should lie, throw minorities under the bus and fuck the environment.

Speaking of that, May I be unbanned from the Ukraine thread? I will make sure not to repost anything from social media and will keep quiet unless I have something cogent to say. It's a different world soon with Trump at the helm and I wanna be able to discuss his moves that'll effect Europe of which I am a citizen. 



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LegitHyperbole said:
Ryuu96 said:

+ Social Media Imo is a really big problem, so easy to spread bullshit nowadays, have people believing a 5 second TikTok video without even questioning it. Social media has rotted peoples brains and destroyed their critical thinking skills and nothing is done about the misinformation. People ought to be taught how to navigate social media in schools, how to spot fake shit, how to question everything, double check with other sources, etc.

Ironically the energy, water and environmental crisis in the future will make the refugee situation even worse when thousands of people are escaping/moving from their homes due to unliveable conditions but fuck the Democrats for trying to invest in green energy (which provides jobs) whilst at the same time drilling an insane amount of oil...Lol.

The solutions I'm hearing are that Democrats should lie, throw minorities under the bus and fuck the environment.

Speaking of that, May I be unbanned from the Ukraine thread? I will make sure not to repost anything from social media and will keep quiet unless I have something cogent to say. It's a different world soon with Trump at the helm and I wanna be able to discuss his moves that'll effect Europe of which I am a citizen. 

I can't do that, Bandorr has the power, I don't, I'm probably not going to be Mod for very long anyway.



IkePoR said:
Ryuu96 said:

I see you've returned after running away the first time around from being questioned by members in this thread. 👍

Yeah after being dogpiled by 7 people and dogwalking them back to "muh abortion", I needed a mental break.

You should try it some time.  It's gonna be a long, long 4 years.

This.  The whole NFL stuff was jabs at my position on betting firms...and funny enough, betting firms were right.

Fact is there is a side in this thread that is 100% refuses to listen.  Hard to learn when one doesn't listen.  



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Ryuu96 said:
LegitHyperbole said:

Speaking of that, May I be unbanned from the Ukraine thread? I will make sure not to repost anything from social media and will keep quiet unless I have something cogent to say. It's a different world soon with Trump at the helm and I wanna be able to discuss his moves that'll effect Europe of which I am a citizen. 

I can't do that, Bandorr has the power, I don't, I'm probably not going to be Mod for very long anyway.

How do I get in contact with Bandor and why are ya giving up or what? It's not over the election is it?



Chrkeller said:
SvennoJ said:

The problem is more that middle America isn't connecting with reality.

The reality is the best days are behind us. The Democrats seem to try to find a way to navigate the looming energy/water/environmental/refugee crises. The Republicans get the vote on promising the impossible, traveling back in time.

Education has failed in the USA and things will only get harder. Sticking your head in the sand and build a wall around it isn't going to solve anything.

I don't personally disagree but let me ask you this.  How are liberals going to create legislative change when they don't hold office?  At some point you have to win.  And to be clear, I do not personally agree with the following, but middle America hates things such as easy citizenship, reparation talks, gun control discussion, mpg mandates, CRT, debt forgiveness, trans in sports, etc., etc. 

Lose the battle but win the war is something liberals need to wrap their head around.  Liberals will never hold power as long as they push things middle America hates.  That my friend, is REALITY.

True. The only way to office now is to stoop down to the same tactics. Although the pendulum will swing the other way again in 4 years, if not 8 years. As there's no magic Trump can pull off to actually deliver on what middle America wants.

I think this still holds true
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-the-forgotten-americans-really-want-and-how-to-give-it-to-them/
Plenty contradictions.

The democrats need to find a candidate that grew up in middle America and is no older than 40 with kids in a working class family. 60+ just don't have the perspective needed to connect with real people's daily struggles.



IkePoR said:
Ryuu96 said:

I see you've returned after running away the first time around from being questioned by members in this thread. 👍

Yeah after being dogpiled by 7 people and dogwalking them back to "muh abortion", I needed a mental break.

You should try it some time.  It's gonna be a long, long 4 years.

That's a way of saying you couldn't handle debating them or provide any counter arguments and so you ran away to hide until after election where you came back just to gloat about electing the fascist because you have nothing useful to contribute. I guarantee if Trump lost that you wouldn't have shown your face here again, Lol. But I'm glad you got a mental break.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 06 November 2024