[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[AmericanHero40 243]

4 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Who is they? I don’t know anyone who’s burned an electric car, as far as I know I don’t know anyone who knows anyone who’s burned an electric car.

 

Like if you want me to do some nutpicking on the right it’s real easy, y’all have your fair share of loons.

you really don't watch the news huh? 

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Just now, AmericanHero40 said:

you really don't watch the news huh? 

Oh I know it’s happened. But we’re in a big country, a lot of shit happens.

 

There is a lot of disdain for Musk on the left (for many reasons) but the people who actually committed vandalism or arson are a vanishingly small minority.

 

The whole "firebombing a WalMart" thing is a running joke for a reason.

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3 minutes ago, NearPup said:

You do realize that the American center left is gonna win an election again at some point right?

 

You’re giving me the same vibe as those weirdos who thought Democrats would never lose again after 2008 because “demographics is destiny" or whatever, and we all know how well that worked out for them.

 

Anyway, nobody likes a sore loser but a sore winner is just insufferable on a whole different level xD

 

Oh yea off course the left will win again, though if they keep on trending left and listening to the aoc's, sanders and crockett's of the world it will be tougher and tougher, also if they can finally create better federal election laws it will also make it much harder.

 

However i do recognize that Trump is a once in a lifetime politician that is able to bring out the people like no one else, and i have fears that Vance or Desantis wouldn't be able to do it in 4 years, that's why i'm enjoying what happens now, and the next 4 years

 

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3 minutes ago, AmericanHero40 said:

 

Oh yea off course the left will win again, though if they keep on trending left and listening to the aoc's, sanders and crockett's of the world it will be tougher and tougher, also if they can finally create better federal election laws it will also make it much harder.

 

However i do recognize that Trump is a once in a lifetime politician that is able to bring out the people like no one else, and i have fears that Vance or Desantis wouldn't be able to do it in 4 years, that's why i'm enjoying what happens now, and the next 4 years

 

It might be a hot take but I actually think having stricter voter ID laws would be good for Democrats under the current political alignment. Dems benefit from lower turnout, so the more hoops there are to vote the better it is for them.

 

Kind of a fascinating reversal from how it was pre-Trump, where lower turnout benefited Republicans.

Edited March 28, 2025 by NearPup

[AmericanHero40 243]

1 minute ago, NearPup said:

Oh I know it’s happened. But we’re in a big country, a lot of shit happens.

 

There is a lot of disdain for Musk on the left (for many reasons) but the people who actually committed vandalism or arson are a vanishingly small minority.

 

The whole "firebombing a WalMart" thing is a running joke for a reason.

It might be small, but it's still happening, and for what? for finding fraud and waste on a governmental level? and that's why you're protesting a car that was much more popular for democrats then republicans? (i might have one but i didn't know anyone else who does)

 

There are a lot of people who maybe not fire bombing tesla's, but are keying them and causing damage to them. 

 

Funny, i don't remember vandalizing a bud light factory

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Just now, AmericanHero40 said:

It might be small, but it's still happening, and for what? for finding fraud and waste on a governmental level? and that's why you're protesting a car that was much more popular for democrats then republicans? (i might have one but i didn't know anyone else who does)

 

There are a lot of people who maybe not fire bombing tesla's, but are keying them and causing damage to them. 

 

Funny, i don't remember vandalizing a bud light factory

Musk isn’t finding fraud and waste in the government, and certainly nobody who is protesting him believes that DOGE is in any way effective at their stated mission, so nobody is mad at him for doing that.

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1 minute ago, NearPup said:

It might be a hot take but I actually think having stricter voter ID laws would be good for Democrats under the current political alignment. Dems benefit from lower turnout, so the more hoops there are to vote the better it is for them.

 

Kind of a fascinating reversal from how it was pre-Trump, where lower turnout benefited Republicans.

you might be right, but  it's getting really ridiculous that house races in California were not called for a month because they keep on chasing people to get a proper signature, 

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1 minute ago, AmericanHero40 said:

you might be right, but  it's getting really ridiculous that house races in California were not called for a month because they keep on chasing people to get a proper signature, 

Please don’t make me defend the California state government. I have very few nice things to say about how that state is run xD

 

I live in Washington State and not in California for a reason…

Edited March 28, 2025 by NearPup

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1 minute ago, NearPup said:

Musk isn’t finding fraud and waste in the government, and certainly nobody who is protesting him believes that DOGE is in any way effective at their stated mission, so nobody is mad at him for doing that.

Yea the thiefs are mad that they were caught and unleashed the braindead crowd. He is very effective, look at all he did until now! finding crazy expenses that there was no reason to give, like a lot of the USAID expenses, and sure it wouldn't be a lot, but his goal is finding 1 trillion dollars of waste, and he is well on his way to do it. Any waste if important to kill, even if it's something relatively small comparing to the total government budget

 

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3 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Please don’t make me defend the California state government. I have very few nice things to say about how that state is run xD

 

I live in Washington State and not in California for a reason…

As someone who lived for 20 years in California, and can't leave this place even though i'm doing very well here, i have nothing good to say about them. And the next governor will be worse then the current one