Tales from Uh-merica

Always love this one. The very idea that the Democrat party as a whole or Corporate Democrat presidents like Bill Clinton or Joe Biden are left wing, much less communists or socialists is ludicrous. Even Obama was/is right of centre :rofl:

3 Likes

100% the only choice in the states is right, farther right or Bernie and heā€™s getting too old

Bom Dia Hello GIF

Yeah, Bernie will be missed when heā€™s gone. He runs as an no party affiliation Independent who caucases with the Democrats for a reason.
The way the Democrat establishment panicked and attacked him when he seriously challenged Hillary for the 2016 nomination was disgraceful.

2 Likes

Empires fall. All of them, history shows us.

Better ban that shit rapido.

I find it bittersweet that right-wing US portrays The Democrats as communists, while simultaneously embracing Stalinist policies (e.g. you are 100% with us or our deadly enemy) plus loving the taste of Putinā€™s micropenis in their mouthsā€¦ :joy:

A lot of what is wrong in the US (and UK, increasingly) arises from ignorance.

4 Likes

I wonder if the religious schools teach the bit about Lotā€™s daughter getting him drunk and having sex with him to get pregnant and carry on the family line. And then her sister doing the same thing the next night.
:thinking:

Ezekiel 23:30 is another favourite:

There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

1 Like

The bit of Matthew 1 where the lineage of Jesus includes a prostitute and an economic migrant also may go against some peopleā€™s views.

3 Likes

Antifa anyone :confounded:

1 Like

The majority of the.ā€proud Christianā€™sā€ on Twitter etc. are nothing of the sort, the only thing they like about Christianity is that it gives them an excuse for their hatred and psychopathy.
Now the fundamentalists/theocrats that actually believe this shit (from all religions) and think society should be organized/governed using their imaginary sky buddyā€™s teachings as a guide . . . how the fuck do you have reasoned debate with that crowd?

2 Likes

The Kiwis seem to have a decent idea how to deal with ignorance and stupidity. They seem to have handled all this a lot better than Straya managed to:

2 Likes

I guess not letting people say what they want to say is fine, just as long as we make sure itā€™s only applied to bad people and people who are wrong about things.

(Just to be clear, I personally suspect this woman is wrong about quite a lot of stuff and may also be a bad person.)

My favourite was when bush said god told him during the night to invade Iraq.

I suppose when it went wrong it was a great way to deflect responsibility,go and have a go at god,not me.

Sutcliffe tried this as a defence saying god had told him to kill prostitutes,sadly for him it didnā€™t work.

2 Likes

There were all sorts of pro-Nazi demonstrations associated with her appearance in Australia which is really what I was alluding to. However, I presume shouting ā€˜Fuck Off!ā€™ very loudly at someone you donā€™t agree with qualifies as free speech too. It is a shame if somebody gets drowned out in the ensuing ruckus.

1 Like

A measure of Murcanman

3 Likes

Thatā€™s more than 12 years old. I fear things are even worse now.

When it comes to ā€˜religious leadersā€™ being responsible for their beliefs I guess that might be a pretty short conversation in a lot of cases, ending with ā€œGod, via His sacred text, not to mention centuries of devout practice, tells me that this is how He wants me to behaveā€.

1 Like

Completely agree. As people have since retreated into their own echo bubbles on the net. It seems dumbness, particularly Murcan dumbness can outbread any colony of randy rabbits.

1 Like

The whole TERF movement is a minefield, as is every aspect of transgenderism (for want of a better term). The extremes of both embrace straightforward insanity (e.g. rabid androphobia vs. the 2,000-genders brigade). I feel it deserves its own thread, but at the same time both groups are so diverse, nuanced and complex that anything a bunch of aging male hifi blokes has to say about it is inevitably a hopeless generalisationā€¦ I sure as fuck wouldnā€™t want to be the one trying to enact legislation to deal with either issue.

2 Likes

We are NOT having any gender threads. Fuck that all the way off.

There are places even AA fears to tread.

17 Likes

A moderating decision I can wholeheartedly support :ok_hand:

2 Likes