United States presidential election (2016) -

Nepsotic · #61 03-11-2016, 08:26 PM

It's retarded lol.

EVP_Glukkon · #62 03-11-2016, 08:47 PM

It's an internal problem with their immigration services. Until they plug the gaps I wouldn't trust letting them continue to operate.

Nepsotic · #63 03-11-2016, 11:36 PM

"I am TOOTALLY screwed! And it's all that BROWN BASTARD'S FAUUULT!"

Vlam · #64 03-12-2016, 12:53 AM

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I would support Trump 110% if I was an American. He has the right idea about US National security, the current relationship with NATO/Allies and US trade.

I think the temp Muslim ban is an extreme measure for extreme circumstances, Government has every right to do what is necessary to protect and defend it's interests.

I knew it. But are you roleplaying here?

STM · #65 03-12-2016, 03:36 AM

EVP, if Nepsotic is calling out your bullshit, you are really, reaaaally fucking wrong.

Also Nep, I'm so proud of you. <3 :')

Vlam · #66 03-12-2016, 03:46 AM

STM, cut the crap: you're a crypto-conservative.

STM · #67 03-12-2016, 05:39 AM

You don't know shit, I mean literally you couldn't be more wrong.

Slog Bait · #68 03-12-2016, 09:11 AM

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It's an internal problem with their immigration services. Until they plug the gaps I wouldn't trust letting them continue to operate.

Yeah that's not really what caused any of our problems. At all. The whole 9/11 shit was a trickle down from some bullshit the States did years prior that it totally shouldn't have done. Most of our other terrorist attacks happened internally, usually done by white US born usually christian/catholic citizens.

Like legitimately immigration does nothing but allow our economy to flourish. If we stopped immigration this country would suffer for it. If we banned an entire religion we'd be going against one of the main things this country was founded on.

Mr. Bungle · #69 03-12-2016, 09:22 AM

I'm feeling the Bern. Too Canadian to do much about it, though.

Varrok · #70 03-12-2016, 10:24 AM

lol

Slog Bait · #71 03-12-2016, 10:57 AM

I can't even understand people sometimes

To some degree I want to say "well I guess that's what happens when a group of people were oppressed and abused for so long" but then the other part of me is like "honestly what the fuck is wrong with you, you don't paint a good picture for yourself or your cause when you do shit like this there is no excuse not even a history of discrimination"

It's even worse when the person(s) being supported don't condone or are disgusted with the activities of their following/fanbase. How can you say you stand for something and then do the exact opposite of what you claim to believe uggh

Even with that incident, though, Trump supporters haven't been any better. Trump himself has supported and encouraged violence at his rallies. Even if the peaceful protesters did just that, peacefully protest, he has expressed on numerous occasions that he's fine with his following assulting these protesters. Some of the people protesting for certain causes that show up at Trump rallies have also shown up at Sanders rallies without any physical altercations ensuing.

The best example thus far are the BLM protestors, whom were later revealed not to be anything but a handful of people out to make BLM protestors look bad (which I'm not sure I believe but w/e), that stopped Bernie's speech to loudly complain to a rally of people who were only there to listen to Bernie speak. At a Trump rally, that likely would not have ended without someone being physically assulted.

Havoc · #72 03-12-2016, 10:59 AM

The thing about Trump is that the things he says have some justifications to them. The problem is the man saying them. Because even if he wasn't saying all these things, Trump would still be a giant douche with absolutely no content to his speeches whatsoever. All the guy is good at is making a crowd go wild and insulting anyone who doesn't agree with him. I mean for fuck sake have you heard some of the shit he said? You don't want someone like that in the White House, representing your country across the entire planet. Can you imagine Trump as president attending a G8 summit? Holy shit that would both be hilarious and absolutely horrifying to watch.

"You said what about my hair? Did you insult me you chinky eyed son of a bitch? Bring me my footbal, bring it to me right now and we'll see what happens to that smug grin of his.".

Slog Bait · #73 03-12-2016, 11:09 AM

I'd still rather have that than the consistently skeevy Hillary in office

At least you can trust Trump to be a twat who occasionally tries to help even if it turns out to be the worst possible way of trying to help out rather than someone who claims she'll help out who obviously wouldn't lift a finger to unless there was money in it and plays the woman card if it means she gets what she wants

STM · #74 03-12-2016, 11:11 AM

What justifications are those?

e: dick

Varrok · #75 03-12-2016, 11:44 AM

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To some degree I want to say "well I guess that's what happens when a group of people were oppressed and abused for so long" but then the other part of me is like "honestly what the fuck is wrong with you, you don't paint a good picture for yourself or your cause when you do shit like this there is no excuse not even a history of discrimination"

Opressing the opressors (it's more like sins of the father if you ask me) is still an oppresion.

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Can you imagine Trump as president attending a G8 summit? Holy shit that would both be hilarious and absolutely horrifying to watch.

"You said what about my hair? Did you insult me you chinky eyed son of a bitch? Bring me my footbal, bring it to me right now and we'll see what happens to that smug grin of his.".

Imagine being invited to a G8 summit, and people instead of focusing on important issues started mocking your hair

Slog Bait · #76 03-12-2016, 12:01 PM

I wouldn't say protesting of any kind, violent or not, is oppression

Varrok · #77 03-12-2016, 12:04 PM

Yeah. I should have said "Abuse the Abuser", but I didn't know abuser was a real word

Hazel-Rah · #78 03-12-2016, 12:07 PM

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I would support Trump 110% if I was an American. He has the right idea about US National security, the current relationship with NATO/Allies and US trade.

I think the temp Muslim ban is an extreme measure for extreme circumstances, Government has every right to do what is necessary to protect and defend it's interests.

I disagree, muslim extremists want us to take extreme measures to rally up their supporters and make it look like we're all against them. It wouldn't stop terrorism anyway because most of these attacks are pulled off by homegrown nationals. There's a lot of red tape involved with sending someone over the refugee pipeline that a terrorist organization wouldn't risk getting involved with when they could just recruit people who are already citizens.

Slog Bait · #79 03-12-2016, 12:22 PM

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Yeah. I should have said "Abuse the Abuser", but I didn't know abuser was a real word

Hah, it's fine. Also accurate.

Also also, digressing to the whole how healthcare works in the states deal, I was talking to my mom about this whole discussion earlier today and found out that that point when I told you healthcare was at it's worse in terms of accessibility, it was because at the time our healthcare wasn't competitive at all since insurance companies weren't required to cover everyone and clinics could legally refuse you treatment.

When Obama passed the Affordable Healthcare Act, it was a push to make our healthcare more affordable by forcing it to become competitive. I knew AHA made it so everyone was required to have insurance, but I didn't realize that people were allowed to be denied insurance at all, and I definitely didn't realize healthcare didn't used to be a competitive market here. With the act, he also required insurance companies to insure everyone, and told clinics that they can't deny treatment to anyone.

Thing that sucks about it is by the time we would have seen what this would have accomplished, someone else who makes it into office would have put through something else to replace it

yay learning stuff

Varrok · #80 03-12-2016, 12:38 PM

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I disagree, muslim extremists want us to take extreme measures to rally up their supporters and make it look like we're all against them.

Wait, but we all ARE against muslim extremists, aren't we?

Hazel-Rah · #81 03-12-2016, 01:04 PM

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Wait, but we all ARE against muslim extremists, aren't we?

Yeah, meant to say: they want it to look like the western world is against muslims.

Varrok · #82 03-12-2016, 01:23 PM

Well, it's not true, really. Not all of them are, most aren't. They're against incorporating sharia law in their own countries though.

Havoc · #83 03-12-2016, 02:02 PM

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Wait, but we all ARE against muslim extremists, aren't we?

Of course not, that would be racist. Not all muslims are terrorists you know...

Nepsotic · #84 03-12-2016, 02:08 PM

Islam is not a race.

Varrok · #85 03-12-2016, 02:18 PM

Havoc does a good job implying all muslims are muslim extremists

Vlam · #86 03-12-2016, 03:01 PM

Isn't Crashpunk muslim?

Nepsotic · #87 03-12-2016, 04:03 PM

Yeah.

***Nate*** · #88 03-12-2016, 05:06 PM

I donated money to Bernie Sanders.

I don't get the level of hatred against Hillary, though. I don't like her, but I don't think she's the end of the world. The worst you can say about her is that there are certain policies that Barack Obama has implemented/continued over his presidency with which I disagree, and Hillary would continue all of them. These include: Drones, NSA surveillance, counting innocent bystanders as legitimate terrorist targets, generally unproductive foreign policy, Trans Pacific Partnership, etc.

Trump is evil. But he's still a better option than Cruz or Rubio. Dear god the country's fucked if they get in.

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It's an internal problem with their immigration services. Until they plug the gaps I wouldn't trust letting them continue to operate.

The gaps only exist in people's imagination. 1% of the US population are Muslim, but 0.5% of terrorist attacks in the USA are committed by Muslims. We should be banning white Christians. Or at least stopping them from getting their hands on guns.

Hazel-Rah · #89 03-12-2016, 05:25 PM

I don't hate Hilary, I'd just rather not have a president who takes money from wall street donors. I will say this: atleast she can articulate a foreign policy unlike Bernie and Trump.

Havoc · #90 03-13-2016, 01:15 PM

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Havoc does a good job implying all muslims are muslim extremists

I literally said the exact opposite.