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February 28th, 2023 at 4:40:49 AM permalink
terapined
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Boy do I love watching a train wreck :-)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dilbert-scott-adams-newspapers-dropping-comic-strip-lost-income/
Dilbert comic strip creator Scott Adams built a career based on his pointed and humorous views on the workplace. When it comes to describing his own current work environment, he summed it up on Sunday in two words: "train wreck."
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"
February 28th, 2023 at 11:30:01 AM permalink
DoubleGold
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All I can think of right now is mustard gas.

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PETE BUTTIGIEG: "Dealing with climate change is one of the biggest things that people like me...will be remembered for after we're gone"

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February 28th, 2023 at 12:24:57 PM permalink
odiousgambit
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Quote: terapined
I'm very suspicious of the BS being presented
Rasmussen is very opaque in how they got the results


Quote: article
"It's OK to be white" [is] a phrase that has been used and promoted by some white supremacists.


If the poll asked to consider this phrase not emphasizing they meant it to be taken in an innocuous way, not explaining that to those who would know that it is connected to white supremacists, that they wanted it to be considered on its own merits [if they did], then it explains the results they got. Adams may be unaware of the connection. Apparently there is one, according to the wikipedia page on the matter, "It's okay to be white" (IOTBW) is a slogan which originated as part of an organized alt-right trolling campaign on the website 4chan's discussion board /pol/ in 2017.[1] A /pol/ user described it as a proof of concept that an otherwise innocuous message could be used maliciously to spark media backlash. "

I didn't know this and I'm thinking Adams did not know this ... nor anyone here?

We were massively manipulated on this !!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-adams-dilbert-newspapers-cancelled-comic-strip/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_okay_to_be_white
I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me]
February 28th, 2023 at 12:52:59 PM permalink
terapined
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Quote: odiousgambit


We were massively manipulated on this !!


lol
I wasnt
If it came across my newsfeed I would ignore it. Its Rasmussen :-)
Its like foxnews in my world. As soon as I see a foxnews article, my skepticism radar is on high alert
Its feeble minded haters like Scott Adams that look for any validation of their views no matter how much BS evidence backs them
Its the Tyler Durden effect
He searches for anyrthing on the internet to validate his views regardles of the dubious nature of the source material including fantasy stats.
Haters are constantly looking for hate validation. Its kind of sick.
The only reason I know about this poll is to laugh at Scott Adams
Yup
Hes finally making me laugh :-)
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"
February 28th, 2023 at 1:04:04 PM permalink
odiousgambit
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something else that comes to mind is to say 'black lives matter' , which is something everyone should agree with, but then if you say you agree, someone might like to take that to mean you support the organization ... or vice versa, if, say, a pollster hits you with that, what is he going to do with your response. I hate this kind of manipulation
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March 1st, 2023 at 2:25:38 AM permalink
PotPie
Member since: Oct 9, 2022
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Quote: terapined
I hardly ever go to Twitter
Why is Twitter so important to the rightys???????
Tanko actually complained that it took the Transportation secretary 2 days to tweet about an accident.
???????????
I don't get it
Who cares if he tweeted or not
I certainly don't care
Tanko and rightys care alot.
Why?????????????????



Twitter is sound bite stuff which many people love, the posts there are limited to 280 characters.

People love to put out some catchy phrase that blows away the other side of an argument.

Instead of having an intelligent, reasonable discussion.

It's a reflection of the modern world. The desire to make difficult issues look very simple. So no one has to think too hard when staking out their position.
the foolish sayings of a rich man pass for words of wisdom by the fools around him
March 1st, 2023 at 7:24:36 AM permalink
SOOPOO
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Florida representative proposes bill that will outlaw any political party that has included being pro slavery in its platform. Sounds reasonable…. except the only party that did so was the Democrat party in the mid 1800’s! I’m sure (I think I’m sure?) it’s going nowhere, but it certainly is a poke in the ribs to modern day Democrats.
March 1st, 2023 at 7:38:12 AM permalink
terapined
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Quote: SOOPOO
Florida representative proposes bill that will outlaw any political party that has included being pro slavery in its platform. Sounds reasonable…. except the only party that did so was the Democrat party in the mid 1800’s! I’m sure (I think I’m sure?) it’s going nowhere, but it certainly is a poke in the ribs to modern day Democrats.

Its meaningless BS that will never pass
I cant believe you bring this BS up
Intelligent people are very aware of the evolvement of political parties where they are the opposite from a over a century ago
Are you aware of that evolution?????????????????

Whats scary is the republican nanny states passing laws against families with a transgender
The HATE for transgenders is stunning
Its shocking that republican state govts are taking freedom away from families due to HATE for LGBT
These are laws being passed left and right
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"
March 1st, 2023 at 7:49:09 AM permalink
Mission146
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Quote: terapined
Its meaningless BS that will never pass
I cant believe you bring this BS up
Intelligent people are very aware of the evolvement of political parties where they are the opposite from a over a century ago
Are you aware of that evolution?????????????????

Whats scary is the republican nanny states passing laws against families with a transgender
The HATE for transgenders is stunning
Its shocking that republican state govts are taking freedom away from families due to HATE for LGBT
These are laws being passed left and right


Republicans attempting to enforce their ideas of social morality?

I'm shocked that you're shocked.
"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman
March 1st, 2023 at 7:58:05 AM permalink
DoubleGold
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Quote: SOOPOO
Florida representative proposes bill that will outlaw any political party that has included being pro slavery in its platform. Sounds reasonable…. except the only party that did so was the Democrat party in the mid 1800’s! I’m sure (I think I’m sure?) it’s going nowhere, but it certainly is a poke in the ribs to modern day Democrats.



They're just making sure everyone is aware because their (left-leaning) operatives accuse others when they're really the ones being referred to.

An example is accusing someone as being racist, that's not racist, but the person making the accusation is.

It's a common deceptive pattern.