Gonna be a mess - got an excuse to agitate

[CS1983]

The choice to move out of that state or stay and try vote them out.

Shoot them out, once they force the issue. Until then, it?s a moral conundrum. As a trusted advisor said when I asked, ?when do we start shooting??, ?You?ll know.? Moving specifically for political reasons only exacerbates the issue for those who cannot move, effectively retreating under fire and abandoning brethren. Voting is AT BEST a tale of two cities: a confirmation of the good-ville, a confirmation of the bad-ville. It proves nothing of the truth, but of the ratio of shitheads to good guys.

The modern voting system, in concert with the modern political system, is about the dumbest shit since triangular bread: all it makes is an irregular shit sandwich.

[buffalobo]

Can't disagree.

Although a state full of like minded freedom loving individuals...

[FoxtArt]

I'd also say since sufferage has been extended to every moron, non citizen (in some places), and bread-line patron, the principle of voting has been reduced to hardly more than faith in propaganda. Some issues it makes no difference if you do or don't vote, the outcome was bought and paid for (and I'm not talking fraud). Our country was founded on a system that required people to have a stake in it, it wasn't founded on the principle of mob rule and buying votes. We were a republic. Now, just an idiocracy. Voting will never save us when they've fixed the underlying system. (And still more fixes to come, like 16yo voting...)

[Bailey Guns]

Portland and State Po Po go on offensive. About time. Love the announcer's voice.

[buffalobo]

Sounds like stadium announcer at sports event.

[roberth]

Yes, about time.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Then there's the other side ...



The whole furor over Netflix's airing of "Cuties" has me laughing. Just Some Guy on YouTube offers a pretty balanced review from someone who seems to have actually watched the whole film as opposed to outtakes and excerpts but what's incredible to me is how some of the Left have chosen that film as the hill to die for. You don't have to look at it as pedo bait to recognize it as absolute trash so everyone who is against it is a right-wing zealot? Okay ....

[FoxtArt]

Then there's the other side ...



The whole furor over Netflix's airing of "Cuties" has me laughing. Just Some Guy on YouTube offers a pretty balanced review from someone who seems to have actually watched the whole film as opposed to outtakes and excerpts but what's incredible to me is how some of the Left have chosen that film as the hill to die for. You don't have to look at it as pedo bait to recognize it as absolute trash so everyone who is against it is a right-wing zealot? Okay ....

That is exactly what I expected to be the truth of the matter tbh. There was little doubt that all the far-right furor about it is as accurate as the radical left's analysis of a trump speech - highly exaggerated, out of context, etc. I couldn't take any of it as face value because the source is manipulated equally as much. Not to say that I think it's a quality movie, or ever should have been made, there's little doubt it's utter trash, but also little doubt it was so-overblown on the right reaction that dead carp are floating to the top.

And it is amusing like you said, that the left cares to defend it, much as it is amusing to me that some people on the right are dying on the hill of "masks" and both sides have politicized something that isn't terribly political to begin with. The far-right deflection with their suddenly being a pedophile crisis is also hilarious. Every political issue is now "what about the pedophiles". Yeah, what about them? There's the same amount there was when GWB was in office for 8 years, what then? What about 8 years of Obama? Why is it only when we need to deflect that "but but pedophiles" is the right's version of "you're RACIST" to invalidate anything that makes them uncomfortable.

Everything has to be made into a f'n three ring circus. I wish we could bring straight shooters back.

I wonder what our next faux-crisis is going to be about.

[FoxtArt]

I'll also add, the extremes of both sides are imbeciles on many of these points, but all are heroes in their own minds. (not talking about anyone here, btw, everyone seems pretty objective here) The white progressives are "saving" black people from "racists" and everyone is racist. The far right is suddenly "saving children" from pedophiles and all the progressives are "pedophiles" or something. All by sharing on facebook and social media.

And all of them help exactly zero people.

[crays]

But what about the coin shortage?!? :wrings hands repeatedly:

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