General politics thread (was: General U.S. politics thread)

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• Naas_Human

  2013-01-26 11:41:41 edited 2013-01-26 11:44:01

  This isn't U.S. politics, but apparently nobody wants the general gay rights thread to be brought back, so I have no clue where to post this. Pretty much a continuation of this. I guess Russia is gonna be the new Uganda.
• Nyktos

  2013-01-26 11:53:59

  a little muffled

  Maybe we just need a general non-US politics thread.
• lrdgck

  2013-01-26 11:56:44

  "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"

  You know, I've read it's got quite the potential to become a new means of conscription avoidance.
• Naas_Human

  2013-01-26 13:11:44 edited 2013-01-26 13:12:25

  ^^ And/or less of a hateboner towards necros, when it comes to  "X in general" threads.

  
  

  Sorry I can't think of a better word to use than "hateboner".
• glennmagusharvey

  2013-01-26 13:14:26

  Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

  "hateboner" basically means "unreasonable hatred", right?
• Naas_Human

  2013-01-26 13:15:43

  If you want it to, I guess.
• Nyktos

  2013-01-26 13:25:11

  a little muffled

  I don't think anyone here has a hateboner for necros?
• Naas_Human

  2013-01-26 13:33:02

  This might just be one of those times when I can't count on myself for reasonable reasoning.
• glennmagusharvey

  2013-01-26 13:40:18

  Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

  If it helps any, as a mod I support necros whenever new, relevant information is presented.
• MillerCross

  2013-01-26 14:22:55 edited 2013-01-26 14:32:36

  You can change. You can.

  I do hate random necros, but not useful necros.
• Bee

  2013-01-26 15:14:02

  Yeah necros due to new developments have pretty much always been okay.
• ClockworkUniverse

  2013-01-26 16:13:15

  OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

  The negative reaction when that thread was last revived was because A) the new post had basically no content and it was Gigantula.
• lrdgck

  2013-01-26 16:32:52

  "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"

  So, if you guys want my opinion, I'd say go for it, if you can do better than Gigantala, which I guess you can.
• glennmagusharvey

  2013-01-31 16:06:13 edited 2013-01-31 16:06:18

  Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

  Another mass shooting: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/30/arizona-shooting/1877525/

  
  

  Apparently, it happened even as NRA head Wayne LaPierre was testifying to the Senate, advocating against stricter firearms regulations: http://www.politicususa.com/wayne-lapierre-testified-gun-control-multiple-shooting-occurred-phoenix-az.html
• lrdgck

  2013-01-31 16:16:09

  "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"

  Is this some sudden outbreak of mass shootings, or after that bad one media are a lot more interested?
• Whale

  2013-01-31 16:31:00

  Champion of the Whales

  
• Bee

  2013-01-31 16:38:00 edited 2013-01-31 16:41:30

  As far as I can tell the overall gun homicide rate is about the same, but this is a pretty unusual streak of spree shootings specifically, especially given how our laws haven't really dramatically changed.

  
  

  Most spree shooters have extremely similar psychological profiles -- mental illness, parental neglect/abuse, envy or revenge motive, lack of empathy.  My best guess is that economic hardship is catching up with us in child rearing.  Like I said earlier, our violence rate has actually been unexpectedly low for this degree of economic problem.  It's possible that there's a delayed effect or something.

  
  

  ^ That's likely a huge part of it as well.
• Super Lazuli

  2013-01-31 20:01:31

  yea i make potions if ya know what i mean

  Wasn't this one by an older man, though?
• RocketDude

  2013-02-01 01:41:10

  Poot dispenser here

  Yeah, that's the freakiest thing: he's probably the oldest shooter in recent-ish history.
• Naas_Human

  2013-02-01 04:48:43

  Apparently, people are memorializing Confederate officers now? The hell is wrong with these people?

  
  

   
• Super Lazuli

  2013-02-01 05:47:49

  yea i make potions if ya know what i mean

  People have been memorializing Confederate officers in the South for a long time.

  
  

  To some people, "The Confederate States of America" stood for things like "Liberty" and "Freedom" instead of "We Want Our Slaves, Fuck You", which is sort of the opposite of both of those things.
• glennmagusharvey

  2013-02-01 06:21:12 edited 2013-02-01 06:22:25

  Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

  Y'know how some people mock geeks for being all stuck in fantasy worlds?

  
  

  ...yeah, conservatives have been doing that long before geekdom was a thing.
• glennmagusharvey

  2013-02-01 07:08:59

  Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

  http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/01/31/lawmaker_retools_dont_say_gay_bill.html

  
  

  Best comment:

  
  

  So at least that means they can't teach about Jesus and the virgin birth. Is there some unnatural human reproduction that they're not telling us about?
• glennmagusharvey

  2013-02-01 15:28:40

  Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

  Newly-out-of-a-job former U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) has decided not to run in the special election for the Massachusetts's other Senate seat, unfortunately leaving Republicans out of their best and pretty much only prominent option for a nominee.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  ...well, actually, I can think of a Massachusetts Republican who's won a statewide election before, who's got a national profile and nearly universal name-recognition among Massachusetts residents, and can pull in tons of funding and even self-fund a little himself thanks to his wealth.  Can you think of such a person?
• Whale

  2013-02-01 15:33:46

  Champion of the Whales

  ^

  
  

   

  
  

  Is it Calvin Coolidge?
• glennmagusharvey

  2013-02-01 15:53:26

  Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

  I mean someone who's alive.
• Bee

  2013-02-01 16:00:34 edited 2013-02-01 16:01:39

  If you're talking about the guy you seem to be, he had an abysmal approval rating in his own state before he even left his governorship and lost locally by like 25 points in the presidentials.  I get the feeling even the Republicans know that kind of losing game when they see it.
• glennmagusharvey

  2013-02-01 16:28:45

  Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

  (That was the joke.)
• Whale

  2013-02-01 16:52:07

  Champion of the Whales

  
  

  
  

  I mean someone who's alive.

  
  

  
  

  I knew who you meant so I went looking for other Republicans who had won a state wide election in Mass. and then went to run for president

  
  
• Whale

  2013-02-02 19:31:03

  Champion of the Whales

  The NRA have an enemies list