Awson said
Everything except his last sentence was pretty spot on. American politics is out of hand. Of course the entire thing is important, but it is perfectly understandable for a regular citizen to want nothing to do with it.Sounds like some shitty parties you go to if there isn't anyone like him at 'em.EDIT: not actually very clever, but idk I wanted to retort.Joking aside, I have an unusual distaste for the "I bet you are real fun at parties." comment in particular. It's just a roundabout way of saying that you think someone is lame. And in my mind it has a "you're not a regular person" vibe. And normalcy is terrible. "Regular people" are terrible.

I don't party, I thought we talked about this JEEZ AWSON

ImANargleHunter said
I don't party, I thought we talked about this JEEZ AWSON

You don't need to drink or do drugs or do people or have sunlight or ...

Never mind.

PaladinFoster said
You actually argue/care about politics, so I pretty much don't give a shit what your ideology is, you're still a horrible human being.

PaladinFoster said
Aren't they the same, practically?

Pally, before a bunch of people here, you know, really start disliking you, I'm just going to point out that you did exactly what you don't like about what you think politics is about.

Secondly, please go educate yourself on the actual subject matter at hand, before you start talking about it as if you even comprehend it.

Suffice it to say, the media just covers the rhetoric and bullshit that politicians spew, which really has nothing to do with Politics itself.

PaladinFoster said
Actually I'm pretty chill at parties, generally a cool guy to hang out with. I just happen to have a fairly fatalistic world-view.

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You really should stop then and prove that in your actions. I don't judge you for disliking politics or having a certain view on things, but rather the way you are choosing to carry yourself. I have a decent amount of respect for you otherwise. The problem is when you stop believing in yourself you give up your potential and when you give up your potential you lose 100% of the time. I do hope you find the strength inside you to drop the fatalist attitude and find something worth fighting for and believing in one of these days, because your voice might just be the thing another person needs to hear to keep going.

It's not that I think american politics are stupid or futile -- I think they've reached a point where they're no longer effective as solutions to social problems. I see intolerance and I confront the person about it; 'progressives' (pick a label, you know who I mean) see intolerance and write their congressman, angry that HE hasn't confronted it. Or they spam the report button, if they're on RPG.

Esper said
.... You really should stop then and prove that in your actions. I don't judge you for disliking politics or having a certain view on things, but rather the way you are choosing to carry yourself. I have a decent amount of respect for you otherwise. The problem is when you stop believing in yourself you give up your potential and when you give up your potential you lose 100% of the time. I do hope you find the strength inside you to drop the fatalist attitude and find something worth fighting for and believing in one of these days, because your voice might just be the thing another person needs to hear to keep going.

I don't even know. Half of me wants to tell you you're right and stop being a dick, while the other half doesn't believe anything has any real worth and so it doesn't even matter anyway.

Turtlicious said

Martin Loser King day is over, bub.

Griever said
It's interesting how those preaching tolerance turn out to be the least tolerant of them all. Never met a Liberal online or IRL that hasn't responded violently to having their dogma questioned, usually with valid statistical evidence. Intelligent people have no need to respond with berserker fury and name-calling, they respond with counter-arguments and provide statistics with which to further that counter-argument. Also calling your opponent gay is a valid tactic.Is evidence-based debate even accepted by Liberals/Left-leaning individuals as proof? It seems to me like everytime that a more-intelligent individual posts some factoid which dispels Liberal propaganda, they wave a magic wand, put on some truth-shielding sunglasses and invalidate it.

That's not just liberals though, that's anyone who buys into dogmatic propaganda and then encounters someone who speaks against those things. I've seen this behavior from liberals, conservatives, and moderates of all kinds. It's not a liberal thing, it's a human thing: if you care about something a lot and then someone attacks it, you tend to lash out at them.

Jorick said
That's not just liberals though, that's anyone who buys into dogmatic propaganda and then encounters someone who speaks against those things. I've seen this behavior from liberals, conservatives, and moderates of all kinds. It's not a liberal thing, it's a human thing: if you care about something a lot and then someone attacks it, you tend to lash out at them.

Jorick.

It's griever.

Don't.

Turtlicious said
Jorick.It's griever.Don't.

Shhh, it's fine. Don't you worry your head, little turtle.

Isn't Griever, like, bi-transsexual?

Sable said
Isn't Griever, like, bi-transsexual?

Shut up Nat.

Turtlicious said
Shut up Nat.

lol

Might I just say, politics is a poor choice of topic since it usually leads to arguments. But it's still a understandable topic. Awe I remember history class.... So many mock debates.

No, I do not really care for America's politics currently simply because it doesn't work as well anymore. It used to and was a great idea in the past but now it seems we need another solution. Yet what solution?

Yes, there are corrupted politicians I'm sure, though I believe there are genuine politicians trying to find a solution. But I imagine its hard. I'm no politician so I try not to judge their world simply for lack of understanding.

All I can do, is vote and hope I vote for a politician/president who will keep trying for the country and for the people.

Plus it's human nature to argue and debate. Shoot there is plenty examples on the internet. Best/Worst music, actors, singers, pretty much any type of genre on anything, shippings... Blah blah blah.

But that's just my two cents. Doesn't make me right, but it's just a opinion.

Boobs

Awson said
You don't need to drink or do drugs or do people or have sunlight or ... Never mind.

I'm planning on actually one day grafting myself onto my mattress

ImANargleHunter said
I'm planning on actually one day grafting myself onto my mattress

That would get lonely and boring.

Jorick said
That's not just liberals though, that's anyone who buys into dogmatic propaganda and then encounters someone who speaks against those things. I've seen this behavior from liberals, conservatives, and moderates of all kinds. It's not a liberal thing, it's a human thing: if you care about something a lot and then someone attacks it, you tend to lash out at them.

Yes, that's 100% true.

But Liberals do it to an even greater extreme, thus they are the most guilty. I've been to Occupy Wall Street, I know how violent Liberals get.