Jump to content

U.S. Politics: Moscow Mitch


Martell Spy

Recommended Posts

I agree 100% that there should be an effort for rehabilitation and re integration of this, lets say, "problematic" people, but, i also think that its a little unfair that the people who are most negatively affected (to put it mildley) by the actions of these people, are the ones that should and do, call out their bad behaviour, AND, they (or we) are also the ones responsible for their re integration and rehabilitation. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, Maithanet said:

Our political culture is much better at outrage and vilification than it is at forgiveness. 

Is it fair, to expect forgiveness from the many, many victims (direct or indirect) of the various hate groups, or the victims of lonely white men, or the victims of a huge fucking system that sees them (us) as less than people?. 

Its all OUR responsabilty, isn't it. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Conflicting Thought said:

Is it fair, to expect forgiveness from the many, many victims (direct or indirect) of the various hate groups, or the victims of lonely white men, or the victims of a huge fucking system that sees them (us) as less than people?. 

Its all OUR responsabilty, isn't it. 

What an odd interpretation of my post.  I didn't mention hate groups, lonely white men or the huge fucking system.  And yet you assume that I'm seeking forgiveness for those people from their victims. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 8/19/2019 at 5:47 PM, Tywin et al. said:

In normal times, this would just be bad satire, but today this is actually a rational assessment of his career opportunities. That's sad.

I'll go ahead and confirm that I wasn't joking. Pantaleo is too dumb and vicious to be a Staten Island cop. ICE was practically made for him.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Regarding partisanship and party loyalty, is Cook taking into account that the Republican Party is in the process of a realignment? That could have a strong negative effect on lifelong Republicans who dislike Trump but haven’t left the party if the economy tanks.

I don't know - like I said I didn't read his article, the article I linked was about the Dem primary after she dispensed with what I quoted.  But, I wouldn't characterize the GOP as "in the process of a realignment."  Coalitions are always shifting, of course, but I think people throw around the realignment term way too much when none of us really know what the fuck we're talking about.  Seems like an overreaction to Trump.  Trump is a symptom.  It's the same damn fuckfaces that started the Tea Party.  I mean, sure, the Bill Kristols of the world may stand up, but he doesn't give a shit, and frankly politically there's no reason for him to give a shit.

7 hours ago, The Great Unwashed said:

This may be a dumb question, but this comment touches on an issue I've been struggling with for a while now: how does the left, especially now in light of the BLM movement, #MeToo, anti-fascist and other movements that are rightfully calling out bad actors, continue their work raising consciousness of systemic and heretofore mostly unrecognized gender and racial bias inherent to American culture, while still providing an avenue for rehabilitation and acceptance back into the good graces of civil society?

I've attended hundreds of graduate seminars in my avoidance of becoming an actual adult, and one thing I've heard many times is a good grad seminar isn't going to answer the questions at the end.  A good grad seminar is figuring out and agreeing on the right question.  This is that question, and it's certainly not dumb in the slightest.  As for the answer, no fucking clue.

6 hours ago, Maithanet said:

Our political culture is much better at outrage and vilification than it is at forgiveness. 

I'm not so sure about that.  I think this is a common mistake of politicians, especially when they attain high levels of power.  I mean with Nixon, it was the coverup that killed him, not really the act.  Generally, my advice to office holders if they have a damaging scandal of any sort is to come clean and ask for forgiveness.  I think the American people are willing to listen to that.  Otherwise they're just gonna roll their eyes and say "well, another douchebag."

Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 hours ago, Conflicting Thought said:

I agree 100% that there should be an effort for rehabilitation and re integration of this, lets say, "problematic" people, but, i also think that its a little unfair that the people who are most negatively affected (to put it mildley) by the actions of these people, are the ones that should and do, call out their bad behaviour, AND, they (or we) are also the ones responsible for their re integration and rehabilitation. 

I absolutely agree that it's unfair. But I also recognize the cognitive dissonance I experience when, on the one hand, I advocate for the rehabilitation and reintegration even of violent felons back into society, but then turn around and say that Pantaleo should crawl under a rock and die on the other hand. 

And I'm certainly not saying that the people directly affected by these actions should be involved in the rehabilitation and reintegration process, or even that they should be okay with having these people back in "polite" society, but I also don't expect the families of violent crime victims to be thrilled when the perpetrator receives education and training in prison, and that their past actions shouldn't be held against them when it comes to finding work, or a place to live.

But at a societal level, it's vital that there be a process for both punishing bad actors, and also for allowing them a place back in society once their punishment has ended. 

I'm all for breaking the system that allows, protects and perpetuates this anti-social behavior, but I'm much less comfortable with breaking the individuals caught up in that system...and that's coming from someone who was firmly in the "punching a Nazi is okay" camp.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

13 hours ago, DanteGabriel said:

I'll go ahead and confirm that I wasn't joking. Pantaleo is too dumb and vicious to be a Staten Island cop. ICE was practically made for him.

I know.

11 hours ago, DMC said:

I don't know - like I said I didn't read his article, the article I linked was about the Dem primary after she dispensed with what I quoted.  But, I wouldn't characterize the GOP as "in the process of a realignment."  Coalitions are always shifting, of course, but I think people throw around the realignment term way too much when none of us really know what the fuck we're talking about.  Seems like an overreaction to Trump.  Trump is a symptom.  It's the same damn fuckfaces that started the Tea Party.  I mean, sure, the Bill Kristols of the world may stand up, but he doesn't give a shit, and frankly politically there's no reason for him to give a shit.

It’s true that it’s hard to pinpoint realignments while you’re in one, but this one seems clear, and like you said it’s taken place between the rise of the Tea Party and Trump’s election. The Republican Party has fundamentally shifted on a number of issues, and these changes seem likely to hold firm for decades to come. If that’s not a realignment, idk what is.

Quote

I'm not so sure about that.  I think this is a common mistake of politicians, especially when they attain high levels of power.  I mean with Nixon, it was the coverup that killed him, not really the act.  Generally, my advice to office holders if they have a damaging scandal of any sort is to come clean and ask for forgiveness.  I think the American people are willing to listen to that.  Otherwise they're just gonna roll their eyes and say "well, another douchebag."

I think outrage is the default setting, but otherwise I agree. Americans can be quite forgiving if a politician is willing to except blame. If Hillary would have owned up to having a private server and deleting some emails from the jump, it wouldn’t have been an issue that dogged her throughout the entire campaign.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This seems depressingly likely as an explanation for what's behind the trade war with China

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/08/20/41134903/the-trade-war-with-china-is-about-the-future-of-fossil-fuels

There are not circles of hell deep enough for the fucks that will try actively sabotage renewables and doom the planet for some extra profit

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, Mindwalker said:

I come back after a week, and no mentions of Greenland?

I mean, of all the idiocy and evilness Trump's been up to, it seems pretty harmless.  Although  I'm more surprised he hasn't suggested we just take it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

19 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Questioning Jewish loyalty is about the dumbest way to appeal to Jews who vote Democratic. He really is VEEP come to life, just a whole lot worse.

It's also antisemitic (it's a dual loyalty slur), but I assume his supporters won't let themselves see his antisemitism.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

It’s true that it’s hard to pinpoint realignments while you’re in one, but this one seems clear, and like you said it’s taken place between the rise of the Tea Party and Trump’s election. The Republican Party has fundamentally shifted on a number of issues, and these changes seem likely to hold firm for decades to come. If that’s not a realignment, idk what is.

Well, if the "realignment" can be traced back to the rise of the Tea Party - otherwise known as a decade ago - then I'd more refer to that as a gradual shift.  But that's just a disagreement on conceptual definitions.  As the current shift "holding firm" for for decades, I suspect the coalitions of the GOP will continue to (d)evolve in the coming years and decades, just as both parties always have.

1 hour ago, karaddin said:

There are not circles of hell deep enough for the fucks that will try actively sabotage renewables and doom the planet for some extra profit

While I agree this is why Big Oil is probably behind the lobbying effort for Trump to continue/exacerbate the trade war, there's nothing in Trump's public behavior that suggests he has that type strategic ability.  Pretty sure his calculus amounts to "China = bad."

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, argonak said:

I mean, of all the idiocy and evilness Trump's been up to, it seems pretty harmless.  Although  I'm more surprised he hasn't suggested we just take it.

Well, he might be leading up to that. 

Be a shame if something happened to Greenland since Denmark didn't pay for it's "protection".

Link to comment
Share on other sites

16 minutes ago, Maithanet said:

On the list of countries that Trump might invade to improve his chances of reelection, Greenland would have been way, way down the list. 

Well it will probably be valuable real estate after climate change.  Maybe we can relocate all the floridians there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
×
×
  • Create New...