Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

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Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby Cyborg Girl » Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:14 pm

Every time I turn around, things get more infuriating. Case in point,

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/21/486966882 ... convention

Republicans acting like they are now super tolerant and pro LGBTQ rights!

Ha, ha, ha. They only just made it a central point of their platform to undo the SCOTUS decision on same-sex marriage. Trump only just picked Mike Pence as VP. The Repubs just got over openly insulting the President over the stupid bathroom bill. Who do they think they're fooling?

They only had honest-to-God Klansmen rocking it up outside the convention center, barking the praises of their precious super-tolerant nominee. How utterly goddamn stupid do they think we are?! Do they think we have the attention span of nematodes?

... Oh, right. We let this guy become the Republican nominee, instead of putting him in prison with the other crooks. Thanks a lot.

It makes me feel like puking. I mean that literally. The sheer, blunt, hammering stupidity of it makes my stomach hurt.

I think my country has gone mad.
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby Swift » Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:50 pm

Gullible Jones wrote:We let this guy become the Republican nominee,

"We"? I had nothing to do with this. I'm not taking the heat for any of this.
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby grapes » Fri Jul 22, 2016 7:11 pm

Mmmm...yeah, he's not my problem, yet
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby Cyborg Girl » Fri Jul 22, 2016 7:15 pm

Collective "we". The American public, not FWIS.

(It's hard to be specific when you feel like barfing.)
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby geonuc » Fri Jul 22, 2016 7:48 pm

The Republican party has been fucked up for a while now, it's just worse now than it's ever been. 'We' had nothing to do with it.

Recall they chose W as their nominee. How'd that work out for us?
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby SciFi Chick » Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:32 am

GJ - your need to take responsibility for everything has GOT to stop. You didn't choose where you were born. You didn't choose to be a white male. You are a kind, generous, empathetic soul. STOP taking responsibility for shit that has nothing to do with you. Part of the U.S. is very fucked up. The government is very fucked up. Neither of those things are your fault. You are a victim in this, much like the rest of us who care about progress and society helping the weakest. Don't lump yourself in with the oppressors, and don't lump us in with them. I don't think we have a single Trump voter on FWIS.
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby Cyborg Girl » Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:32 am

@SFC

I'm not taking responsibility for it? At least, that was definitely not my intent.

Sorry about the careless use of generic "we", though.
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby SciFiFisher » Sat Jul 23, 2016 2:28 pm

SciFi Chick wrote:GJ - your need to take responsibility for everything has GOT to stop. You didn't choose where you were born. You didn't choose to be a white male. You are a kind, generous, empathetic soul. STOP taking responsibility for shit that has nothing to do with you. Part of the U.S. is very fucked up. The government is very fucked up. Neither of those things are your fault. You are a victim in this, much like the rest of us who care about progress and society helping the weakest. Don't lump yourself in with the oppressors, and don't lump us in with them. I don't think we have a single Trump voter on FWIS.


They are probably staying very quiet. :P
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby Thumper » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:43 pm

Because I begged them to.
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:13 pm

You mean Rufus? :P
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Re: Stupid like a concrete fist in the gut

Postby SciFi Chick » Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:19 pm

Sigma_Orionis wrote:You mean Rufus? :P


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