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Old 09-18-2017, 12:18 PM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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A kid who turns 34 in one week with hundreds of thousands of social media followers.

I "care" only because it's an interesting phenomenon and trend. Somebody says something that in isolation sounds concerning, in front of millions of people, and for the most part it is accepted as the truth. Why?

I mean, it doesn't affect my day, I'm more curious than anything. It's a message board. We talk about things.

Is it implied that he's just an entertainer using hyperbole and we should outright ignore the literal part of the quip? Is it implied that we should understand he doesn't know what he's talking about and is just making a non-sensical fantasy comment? Is it implied we're all supposed to agree and move on, without questioning?
Heckling is hard work and not for the faint hearted, particularly at a "feel good" event.
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Old 09-18-2017, 12:19 PM
 
Location: OH->FL->NJ
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Tell the gay dude that ISIS threw off a roof and made a pancake out of.
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Old 09-18-2017, 12:26 PM
 
Location: Keller, TX
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It was great to see near universal condemnation of Trump last night. Good to see and hear artists say what all thinking people are feeling about the guy pretending to be President.
Hmm. I don't watch TV and I would never watch some award show, but is this No Escapism (the need to inject politics into literally everything) really a good thing? This obsession? These people seem to put government and the Presidency on some enormous pedestal in their minds. Is it really the most important thing in the world? I doubt it.
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Old 09-18-2017, 12:35 PM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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Hmm. I don't watch TV and I would never watch some award show, but is this No Escapism (the need to inject politics into literally everything) really a good thing? This obsession? These people seem to put government and the Presidency on some enormous pedestal in their minds. Is it really the most important thing in the world? I doubt it.
I understand what you're saying, but this is no ordinary Presidency, it is unique in our lifetimes and warrants more attention than it usually does.
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Old 09-18-2017, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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I understand what you're saying, but this is no ordinary Presidency, it is unique in our lifetimes and warrants more attention than it usually does.
Seems pretty standard to me.

Don't think Trump has killed as many people as Obama and Bush did but give him time.
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Old 09-18-2017, 03:37 PM
 
Location: LEAVING CD
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Who cares? It's just another person who's paid to play pretend and on a pretenders TV show who probably doesn't remember who the "real he" really is anymore.
Last night was all about wealthy actors telling each other that they're still part of the "in" crowd and are still down with the Hollywood mandatory message...
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Old 09-18-2017, 04:14 PM
 
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Another out of touch liberal.
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Old 09-18-2017, 09:25 PM
 
Location: Keller, TX
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I understand what you're saying, but this is no ordinary Presidency, it is unique in our lifetimes and warrants more attention than it usually does.
I think some of that is in your head, but "more attention" is different than "all-encompassing."

Anyway, I don't agree with all of this guy's stuff, but he has some good points in this vid:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyE6xSm1Q4A
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Old 09-18-2017, 09:36 PM
 
Location: Katy,Texas
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No I don't.
Actually you very much do. It is pretty snowflakey of you and some of your fellow conservatives but you guys but you got to get your ten minutes in on liberal hollywood or your day is ruined it seems. You also ndon't ed to get your ten minutes in complaining about African Americans too. Actually maybe not you specifically but with all the conservatives having their own version of the oppression olympics on who can be offended most by what a liberal Hollywood star says the names tend to get mixed up.
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Old 09-18-2017, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Katy,Texas
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another "look at what a black person said" thread. Don't yall get tired of doing this?
They saw SJWs "Oppression Olympics" and while they denounced the SJWs they secretly wanted to be oppressed and outraged over B.S too, and started their own version, I don't keep count but it is a really tight competition to see who can post the most threads and get outraged by a liberal the most.
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