2020 Politics Thread - Enter At Your Own Risk - RULES IN OP

[cnewby]

Originally Posted by rman112

I think anti-Trump people pay far more attention to Trump's daily doings than pro-Trump people.

No doubt about it. They live and die(mostly die) with every keystroke he makes.

[Jgil316]

Originally Posted by cnewby

No doubt about it. They live and die(mostly die) with every keystroke he makes.

Actually - I follow the criminal indictments of his inner circle more than what he screams about on twitter.......

[TheHeel]

Originally Posted by rman112

I think anti-Trump people pay far more attention to Trump's daily doings than pro-Trump people.

Ignorance is bliss.

[TheFrenzy]

Originally Posted by Jgil316

The only point that seems to be missed here is that Trump and his supporters are vehemently opposed to the "cancel culture" and yet - he jumps up and sends a foolish tweet to boycott Goodyear.

So does this mean that we can agree to cancel cancel culture now that it's something Trump does?

I'm down with that.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by TheHeel

Ignorance is bliss.

It's learning and knowing not to hang on his every word. The opposite has become a personal obsession for the last ~4 years; like hate-watching something, taken to the nth degree.

[gopherfan]

Originally Posted by ballhawkdawk

My advice to anyone who still uses Facebook: delete your account immediately. "But I use it because I need to keep in touch with my family and friends." No. You use it because you're addicted to social media. Be better.

I am on it because that is where my work schedule is posted. But I would be lying if I said it didn't make me incredibly inefficient. Same as here.

[Jgil316]

Originally Posted by TheFrenzy

So does this mean that we can agree to cancel cancel culture now that it's something Trump does?

I'm down with that.

Cancel culture is a plague on the USA and yes, needs to go.
We can choose to support who/what we want with our dollars. If we do not like the way a company does things - we don't destroy them - we move our spending power where, we as individuals, feel comfortable.

[GeechQuest]

Originally Posted by Astros19

Do people honestly believe every Trump supporter lives and breaths every single thing Trump says or tweets?
Newsflash, this one doesn't.
Hell I didn't even know Trump said or tweeted anything about this, and yet I still somehow, someway, knew about it.

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The stock dropped 3%....

It's not the President's responsibility to message to the populace "Make America Great Again" hats. "Don't buy GOODYEAR TIRES -- They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less!".

[Hootiefish]

Originally Posted by rman112

It's learning and knowing not to hang on his every word. The opposite has become a personal obsession for the last ~4 years; like hate-watching something, taken to the nth degree.

Why should we be the ones to know when he's being hyperbolic, facetious, or just joking?

Why can't he just stop saying dumb sh!t?

[DegaBama]

Originally Posted by Hootiefish

Why should we be the ones to know when he's being hyperbolic, facetious, or just joking?

Why can't he just stop saying dumb sh!t?

That'd be the day haha

[rman112]

Originally Posted by Hootiefish

Why should we be the ones to know when he's being hyperbolic, facetious, or just joking?

Why can't he just stop saying dumb sh!t?

That sounds like a pretty good reason to pay less attention to everything he says..

[Hootiefish]

Originally Posted by DegaBama

That'd be the day haha

It's frustrating that the party that ran Obama's quotes "You didn't build that" and "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor" into the ground are now constantly telling people that the President didn't mean what he said on a daily basis.

[Hootiefish]

Originally Posted by rman112

That sounds like a pretty good reason to pay less attention to everything he says..

He's the president. What he says matters.

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by NeedChapmans

Again though, cancel culture is not a boycott. Boycotting a company has always been the way to voice your concerns about what they do; they're practices, they're products. You make your voice known holding back your wallet ... it's been around a long long long time.

Cancel culture is not that. Cancel culture is putting a video online and trying to shame an individual; calling their boss to get them fired; trying to get someone kicked out of school, calling advertisers to have them drop you etc. etc; usually for the sin of not thinking the way you do.

I mean for God's sake, people leave 1 star reviews all the time telling others to "stay away from this company because of XYZ". That is NOT cancel culture; it's trying to show that the company is doing something you don't like in the hopes they read your review and improve their service/product.

That's great. There are plenty of people who disagree with your narrow definition.

The dictionary even disagrees with your definition (they explicitly mention boycotts): https://www.merriam-webster.com/word...-were-watching

[rman112]

Originally Posted by Hootiefish

He's the president. What he says matters.

To each individual, only if they want it to.

[cnewby]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

That's great. There are plenty of people who disagree with your narrow definition.

true, fools are everywhere.

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

That's great. There are plenty of people who disagree with your narrow definition.

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[Hootiefish]

Originally Posted by rman112

To each individual, only if they want it to.

I'll be sure to point that out the next a Democrat says something and gets pilloried.

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by cnewby

true, fools are everywhere.

Read this:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word...-were-watching

Where are the fools again?

[ballhawkdawk]

Originally Posted by rman112

I think anti-Trump people pay far more attention to Trump's daily doings than pro-Trump people.

They do, and the margin is significant. I have (had) a buddy who, in a group chat, would be posting stuff about Trump first thing in the AM, throughout the day, in the evening... no one else ever really cared. Maybe one in ten comments or links would get a response. At the time, I was entirely apathetic toward politics and found it to be more obnoxious than anything. I would always recommend that he seek help and that the president shouldn't occupy this much of your time and this much space in your head, regardless of who that president is.

I believe that's why much of the "orange man bad" type comments, articles, and videos in this thread aren't addressed by people who voted for Trump in 2016 and/or will be voting for Trump in 2020. To me it all just seems like noise. But I'm also not the type to spend my time trying to bury Biden either.

[Astros19]

Originally Posted by Hootiefish

He's the president. What he says matters.

It matters even more when he's misquoted or taken out of context.
As an example it's been repeated over and over that the "there's good people on both sides" comment was misquoted over and over by the media and yet just earlier today someone else brought it up for the umpteenth time.
If people haven’t figured out by now that Trump is both hyperbolic and sarcastic, and that along with that the media misquotes and takes so many things he says out of context, then I don’t know what to tell you.

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[ballhawkdawk]

Originally Posted by gopherfan

I am on it because that is where my work schedule is posted. But I would be lying if I said it didn't make me incredibly inefficient. Same as here.

I get that there are legitimate exceptions. If you use Facebook for advertising, that makes a lot of sense. But I do think people should be honest about why they use it and evaluate a cost/benefit analysis. The average person is doing himself/herself more harm than good by repeatedly checking the Facebook feed and seeking social media validation.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by Hootiefish

I'll be sure to point that out the next a Democrat says something and gets pilloried.

I'm not saying Trump shouldn't be criticized when he says something stupid. But people would also be a lot better off if they didn't seek out those same things.

[cnewby]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

Read this:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word...-were-watching

Where are the fools again?

No thanks, don't take orders from anyone with a wolf for an avatar.

You are a fool. Is that the answer you were looking for?

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by cnewby

No thanks, don't take orders from anyone with a wolf for an avatar.

You are a fool. Is that the answer you were looking for?

LMAO...sad. It basically proves my point. Stay ignorant.

The mic must have hit your head when I dropped it.

By the way, isn't that someones else's cartoon avatar you're using?