General News Thread

[Pendant]

The main voting population will most likely put Trump back in since he puts on a good show on how America is not a pushover.

Bro, the rubes all lost their jobs. If they can't make ends meet then it doesn't matter what sort of fireworks show he puts on. He is going to lose. It doesn't matter that he's Trump or who his opponent is or any of that stuff. It's just a political reality.

[SpoonyViking]

Of course you haven't seen anything, you'd need to get your head out of the sand for that:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/applein...-protests/amp/

[rxrx]

Bro, the rubes all lost their jobs. If they can't make ends meet then it doesn't matter what sort of fireworks show he puts on. He is going to lose. It doesn't matter that he's Trump or who his opponent is or any of that stuff. It's just a political reality.

I dunno. Him pointing fingers might work.

[LegalLoliLover]

Bingo. Welcome to "modern liberalism" 101 and why it doesn't seem to work. We are in for a very awful time watching fake lefties and regressives destroy everything while they quarrel over "muh Lenin" and "muh General Lee" seemingly out of nowhere and without a clue about what either men believed in (whether its ignorance or whitewashing I give zero f**** about).

Well, in some ways, violent protesters are easier to "deal with" than peaceful ones:

[Tobias]

I dunno. Him pointing fingers might work.

it didn’t in 2018.

[Twelveseal]

Tbh, Trump himself seems to be panicking about his seemingly imminent loss; he's demanding CNN apologize for the poll Toby is referring to that shows Trump's approval down 14 points.

[Tobias]

Technically I was actually referencing

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...roval-ratings/

though I can absolutely see why that was your guess.

[LegalLoliLover]

https://twitter.com/GrillBorgar/stat...71002005471232
By the way, is declaring independence on sovereign soil an act of war against the original country? Oh, wait, American Civil War was basically that.

[Twelveseal]

We're actually talking about these morons in Discord right now. They declared autonomy and anarchy, and have already had their first "Warlord," who just happens to be the only guy with guns.

It's like watching a spontaneous comedy routine. They're just being ignored by the authorities over their sheer incompetence.

[LegalLoliLover]

They're essentially a less competent Manson family. Unfortunately, any authorities who want to do anything or anyone who wants the authorities to do something are labeled as "Nazis", making them more dangerous than the Manson family. In other words, unless the Manson family who were vilified, it's dangerous that these imbeciles are glorified.

[Pendant]

hoes mad

[Mattias]

I don't think there's a hoe anywhere in those pictures. Maybe a shovel or a pitchfork?

[AsGryffynn]

You need to make people that disapproves him walk the walk and not just talk the talk.

Exactomundo!

Bro, the rubes all lost their jobs. If they can't make ends meet then it doesn't matter what sort of fireworks show he puts on. He is going to lose. It doesn't matter that he's Trump or who his opponent is or any of that stuff. It's just a political reality.

It's the economy and all that shit.

Of course you haven't seen anything, you'd need to get your head out of the sand for that:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/applein...-protests/amp/

I am actually glad to be wrong this time. I've been looking at some opinions from people who own small businesses in YT and they mentioned this. OTOH, if at least they are being consistent somewhere, I'm glad the big business are also getting a good trashing.

Doesn't change the fact that sweeping changes are an extraordinarily hard sell for that.

Well, in some ways, violent protesters are easier to "deal with" than peaceful ones:

I can give you that. That's also why I always roll my eyes at rioters: they are pretty much shooting themselves in the foot.

[Mcjon01]

What’s a shot in the foot when you’ve already been stabbed in the back

[aldeayeah]

A kick in the balls?

[Kamera]

looking good

[Twelveseal]

Not to mention we had another big drop in the stock market and unemployment is expected to remain high through the year.

[Trubo]

Double digit unemployment projected to end of 2021, not just 2020.

[Rafflesiac]

Can't wait for another $500 trillion to go poof into the stock market lol

[asterism42]