American Politics Thread: Orange is the new POTUS (Archive)

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Canuck-Hater

I find it hard to trust anything from the Rebel. I'm doubtful that the majority of the demonstration was violent. The sensationalist reporter was clearly trying to paint them all with the same brush.

When she thought she got tear gassed I laughed out loud.

[photon]

The nukes don't go without leadership after all.

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[TheIronMaiden]

Haha, "That is the sign that man seriously has on his sign right now"

[CaptainCrunch]

I think NBC News is probably a more credible source

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ina...ball-d-n709321

[Flash Walken]

The rebel has demonstrated their contempt for Canadian democracy, it's not a news organisation, it's a propaganda arm.

But this is how it worked in the US so I'm not surprised to see it gaining traction here as well.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by Lanny's Moustache

Sadly, my dad is one of the idiots who's bought Drumpf's snake oil by the case load. And he acts just like him to. Can't win an argument based on fact so he just throws up his hand and says he's done with the discussion. Drumpf "won" and that's better than evil Hillary and all her years of being evil and corrupt and whatever Drumpf has said, done or lied about is irrelevant. He's simply not HER and that's all that matters. He even says with a straight face he "doesn't know" what kind of president Drumpf will be, but that Hillary would be worse.

I've never wanted to punch my dad in the face more, and neither of us are American. I did tell him I'm disappointed in myself for believing my father was a smarter man than he really is though.

My MIL is the same way, she sits at home watching Fox all day, that she had to pay for. When she comes over for xmas dinner or tgiving, eventually, she will start talking about her love for Trump and her hatred for Hillary and Obama. She will say something like "and Obama had that line in the sand" and you ask her what line in the sand, and she has no clue. The rest of us can only hold or tongues for so long, but she won't shut up so we have to school her, on just how uninformed she is.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

The rebel has demonstrated their contempt for Canadian democracy, it's not a news organisation, it's a propaganda arm.

But this is how it worked in the US so I'm not surprised to see it gaining traction here as well.

The Rebel often operates at the same level as the Beaverton
Both are painfully ideological,
Both are cringe worthy,
and for both you need a solid contextual understanding surrounding the article to understand what is really going on.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

The Rebel often at the same level as the Beaverton
Both are painfully ideological,
Both are cringe worthy,
and for both you need a solid contextual understanding surrounding the article to understand what is really going on.

larf, the beaverton is SATIRE

Jesus, this is exactly what I'm talking about.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

larf, the beaverton is SATIRE

Exactly, the Rebel more often than not is a JOKE.

[comrade]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

Exactly, the Rebel more often than not is a JOKE.

Yeah, that's not the same thing.

[gargamel]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Or would you be complaining about Hillary as president if she won with a minority popular vote. Would you be sitting here today if Hillary was being inaugurated musing that she was an illegitimate president with an illegitimate background.

The electoral college is a system that counts each vote from a rural area (and therefore, statistically speaking, a whiter, more Christian area) as being worth more than each vote from an urban area, which seems particularly unfair in an election that many people saw as a referendum on whether America should be a white, Christian nation or if it should be a country that welcomes everyone and values them equally.

The people who are most affected by a wall, deportation of their family members, a ban on immigrants who share their religion and the return of stop & frisk policies are justifiably upset that their votes didn't count as much as the votes of people whose lives won't be directly affected by those things.

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

The rebel has demonstrated their contempt for Canadian democracy, it's not a news organisation, it's a propaganda arm.

But this is how it worked in the US so I'm not surprised to see it gaining traction here as well.

The Rebel fills a niche. It is very similar to Breitbart in that respect. Then they ratchet up the antagonism and vitriol to 11.

There wouldn't be nearly as much of a market for this type of outlet if organizations like the CBC painted a more balanced picture of certain issues. They are their own worst enemy in this case.

[Lanny's Moustache]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

larf, the beaverton is PATHETIC MORONIC NONSENSE HORRIBLY PASSED OFF AS COMEDY

Can't believe people actually watch that "show". Comedy at it's absolute worst.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by CaramonLS

The Rebel fills a niche. It is very similar to Breitbart in that respect. Then they ratchet up the antagonism and vitriol to 11.

There wouldn't be nearly as much of a market for this type of outlet if organizations like the CBC painted a more balanced picture of certain issues. They are their own worst enemy in this case.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by CaramonLS

The Rebel fills a niche. It is very similar to Breitbart in that respect. Then they ratchet up the antagonism and vitriol to 11.

There wouldn't be nearly as much of a market for this type of outlet if organizations like the CBC painted a more balanced picture of certain issues. They are their own worst enemy in this case.

Man for Conservatives preaching accountability all the time they sure love to say "Well (x) did (y) so how you expect (z) to act differently???"

[chemgear]

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[nik-]

Regulations are overrated and business would never act in a way detrimental to the well being of nations or its citizens chasing quarterly results.

I can't wait until 2008 Economic Crisis: Part 2 is in theaters.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by CaramonLS

The Rebel fills a niche. It is very similar to Breitbart in that respect. Then they ratchet up the antagonism and vitriol to 11.

There wouldn't be nearly as much of a market for this type of outlet if organizations like the CBC painted a more balanced picture of certain issues. They are their own worst enemy in this case.

That sounds an awful lot like fox news watchers calling cnn biased.

[CaramonLS]

You can sigh all you want Flash, but it doesn't make anything that I said less true. The fact is the Rebel continues to gain followers because there is a perceived echo chamber on the left not reporting the issues they feel are important to them.

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

That sounds an awful lot like fox news watchers calling cnn biased.

It does. At the root of it, both are biased.

The reality is for the situation you described is that CNN has a slight bias and Fox has an extreme bias.