American Politics 3.0 - Back to Brunch

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by Yoho

Open boarder, crime off the charts disgusting, energy not secure, debt off the charts, banks collapsing, criminal investigations. Can’t stay awake.
On and on and on.
Bravo!

Did you graduate from a high school somewhere with that spelling and grammar... disgusting!

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by greyshep

Huh? I assume there is a typo in here somewhere?

You're right. I edited it. Massive support for Ukraine

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

Did you graduate from a high school somewhere with that spelling and grammar... disgusting!

A mixture of outright lies, blaming Biden for things Trump did, and spelling errors. What else would you expect from a Yoho post?

[KootenayFlamesFan]

'Open border' has to be the laziest insult out there.

[timun]

Open boarder*

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

'Open border' has to be the laziest insult out there.

He repeatedly posts it as "boarder".

[FlamesAddiction]

I didn't mean to imply that I think Biden is a bad president. I don't follow the day-to-day governing stuff really. Unfortunately in politics, the best person for the job isn't always the best candidate to win. Maybe that his him, I don't really know.

[dino7c]

border isn't open...Trump built a wall and had Mexico pay for it remember? he was president for 4 years and that was his main talking point

[PsYcNeT]

Violent crime is out of control!

[devo22]

that's why right-wingers will always just quickly list their criticisms without going into any detail. Once you focus on individual points, it all falls apart and they quickly want to change the topic.

Sean Hannity's interview with Gavin Newsom from a few weeks ago was a brilliant example of this.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Yoho

Open boarder, crime off the charts disgusting, energy not secure, debt off the charts, banks collapsing, criminal investigations. Can’t stay awake.
On and on and on.
Bravo!

Get out of that right wing media bubble that is poisoning your mind and addicting your brain to cortisol. It leads to cognitive decline and early on-set dementia. I'm not kidding. You're doing damage to yourself with accepting these nonsense narratives.

Our borders are not open. They are tighter than have been in decades and it has negative consequences as there aren't as many migrant workers as in the past and that hurts our agricultural capacity.

Crime is also at all time lows. We see this same tired trope brought up at City council meetings but the crime stats show this to be yet another bad narrative spun up by the right wing to scare people.

Our energy needs are 100% secure. We have more capacity in wells and available leases than at any other time. Where the US struggles is refining capacity and that is on the oil companies not on government or regulation. When the corporations make a decision to shutter a plant for maintenance or updating that is not on the government.

Bank failure under Biden? Three. Bank failures under Trump? Sixteen. You really should invest in some fact checking the swill you CHOOSE to believe. It would save you a lot of grief.

When you mention criminal investigations are you talking about Trump or Biden? Because there are NO criminal investigations against Joe Biden. But Donald Trump has been INDICTED 91 times for real criminal behavior. A grand jury has reviewed the evidence and determined that there is actual evidence to support that Trump broke the law for felony charges to be laid. The Republicans with all their kangaroo court machinations have yet to produce a single bit of evidence against Joe Biden that could go in front of a grand jury let alone generate a charge. Try relying on facts instead of innuendo and fear narratives that feed that cortisol drip to your slowly decaying brain.

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Violent crime is out of control!

That chart ends at 2019, so probably not much of a rebuttal.

There was a large uptick in violent crimes in 2020 (Trump's last year of president), and smaller bumps from that in 21-23. I'm not sure how anyone could make a reasonable argument that anything Biden has done has contributed to those crimes staying higher.

If Yoho is serious about reducing violent crime, the obvious low hanging fruit to accomplish that is to remove a significant amount of guns from the people.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

Get out of that right wing media bubble that is poisoning your mind and addicting your brain to cortisol. It leads to cognitive decline and early on-set dementia. I'm not kidding. You're doing damage to yourself with accepting these nonsense narratives.

Our borders are not open. They are tighter than have been in decades and it has negative consequences as there aren't as many migrant workers as in the past and that hurts our agricultural capacity.

Crime is also at all time lows. We see this same tired trope brought up at City council meetings but the crime stats show this to be yet another bad narrative spun up by the right wing to scare people.

Our energy needs are 100% secure. We have more capacity in wells and available leases than at any other time. Where the US struggles is refining capacity and that is on the oil companies not on government or regulation. When the corporations make a decision to shutter a plant for maintenance or updating that is not on the government.

Bank failure under Biden? Three. Bank failures under Trump? Sixteen. You really should invest in some fact checking the swill you CHOOSE to believe. It would save you a lot of grief.

When you mention criminal investigations are you talking about Trump or Biden? Because there are NO criminal investigations against Joe Biden. But Donald Trump has been INDICTED 91 times for real criminal behavior. A grand jury has reviewed the evidence and determined that there is actual evidence to support that Trump broke the law for felony charges to be laid. The Republicans with all their kangaroo court machinations have yet to produce a single bit of evidence against Joe Biden that could go in front of a grand jury let alone generate a charge. Try relying on facts instead of innuendo and fear narratives that feed that cortisol drip to your slowly decaying brain.

Brain damage would actually explain a lot. Perhaps we should have more sympathy for Yoho and encourage him to get professional help. Sometimes those with brain injuries are not aware, and need some friendly assistance to be pointed in the right direction.

[wireframe]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Brain damage would actually explain a lot. Perhaps we should have more sympathy for Yoho and encourage him to get professional help. Sometimes those with brain injuries are not aware, and need some friendly assistance to be pointed in the right direction.

I have sympathy for him. He spends a tonne of time scrolling through the most negative content on twitter and, when he finds a headline that he likes, his first reaction is to rush over to CP to post it for a group of people who openly hate him. Imagine if having so little joy in your life that any of that sounds like a good idea. So yeah, I have been feeling sorry for yoho for a long time.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by wireframe

I have sympathy for him. He spends a tonne of time scrolling through the most negative content on twitter and, when he finds a headline that he likes, his first reaction is to rush over to CP to post it for a group of people who openly hate him. Imagine if having so little joy in your life that any of that sounds like a good idea. So yeah, I have been feeling sorry for yoho for a long time.

The truth is, a huge number of people from all walks of life have fallen into that trap, and our society isn't doing much to stop misinformation. But I guess we don't do much to help drug addicts either. These people are victims. Perhaps the government could setup forced treatment camps for them too?

[devo22]

I used to feel sympathy, but it only goes so far. It's hard to sympathize with people who have all the information available in an instant, yet choose to blindly follow a cult that is lying to them and feeding them poison. A large portion of the American electorate has become detached from reality and will be poisoned for years and years, even after Trump is gone. I know many people slowly slip into it and can be seen as victims, but as the years go by, I find it harder and harder to feel for people who so blindly follow those who want to destroy democracy.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by wireframe

I have sympathy for him. He spends a tonne of time scrolling through the most negative content on twitter and, when he finds a headline that he likes, his first reaction is to rush over to CP to post it for a group of people who openly hate him. Imagine if having so little joy in your life that any of that sounds like a good idea. So yeah, I have been feeling sorry for yoho for a long time.

I was actually thinking this the other day as well. He has a similar join date to mine and I definitely don't remember him being like this for over a decade. Sounds like someone that just needs a break from social media just for their own mental health. This and reddit are the only social media I have and even I feel better not coming around for a bit from time to time, let alone the toxic ####holes like the corners of twitter he seems to frequent. Take a break man, you're addicted to outrage porn and that's not good for you

As much as the guy annoys the #### out of me, I hope he gets his mental health sorted out. It's been a shame the last few years to see otherwise normal people fall down that rabbit hole and just spiral

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by nfotiu

If Yoho is serious ........

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by btimbit

As much as the guy annoys the #### out of me, I hope he gets his mental health sorted out. It's been a shame the last few years to see otherwise normal people fall down that rabbit hole and just spiral

It is mental health or is it intentionally being a bad person.


I'm not sure it is mental health, otherwise the instances of mental health issues in society are astronomical

[Matata]

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