Democratic (Party) Direction

mueller talk is consistently the most mortifying on ilx

I'm not sure i want to know what a tankie is.

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:34 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

keep it that way you are lucky

people that said RIP COMRADE! when fidel fucking castro died

pic.twitter.com/heRrqp0O6i

— Tankie Takes (@tankietakes) February 13, 2018

jesus christ

people that said RIP COMRADE! when fidel fucking castro died

well, I know some trots said that too...yknow what I'm just gonna see myself out now

wow thanks for the heads up on that tankie twitter feed some real gems in there

the dprk tankies are the weirdest i had no idea they even had a fanbase

Most leftists are aware that Mueller was Bush II's FBI guy.

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, February 28, 2018 5:25 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

While an important chapter, that's an inadequate description of a broader career that omits his showdown with Bush

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/582358540/muellers-reputation-in-washington-is-stunningly-bipartisan-journalist-says
http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/watch/msnbcs-ari-melber-looks-back-on-robert-mueller-s-fight-with-the-bush-administration-1038001219660

people that said RIP COMRADE! when fidel fucking castro died

― flappy bird, Wednesday, February 28, 2018 6:15 PM (forty-nine minutes ago)

iirc one of the ppl who did this was that moron jill stein

i thought about jill stein for the unlikeable progressive conversation but i'm not sure she qualifies as having gotten anywhere

yes JD i remember that

people that said RIP COMRADE! when fidel fucking castro died

well, I know some trots said that too...yknow what I'm just gonna see myself out now

― Simon H., Wednesday, February 28, 2018 1:41 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yea i know it was fucking disgusting

Also Justin Trudeau tbf

While an important chapter, that's an inadequate description of a broader career that omits his showdown with Bush

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/582358540/muellers-reputation-in-washington-is-stunningly-bipartisan-journalist-says
http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/watch/msnbcs-ari-melber-looks-back-on-robert-mueller-s-fight-with-the-bush-administration-1038001219660

― Moo Vaughn,

I'm aware of it (I've read Takeover), I just had to burnish my leftist credentials, see.

well trudeau just has no spine he'll bend any way the wind blows

I wonder if he'd bend after a couple cocktails if ya know what I mean

hell yeah brother

plz don't start sounding like the f*gg*ts on JoeMyGod

I can't resist soft dudes who look like Ezra Koenig.

that "tankie takes" twitter makes for grim reading

seeing kids with anime gifs using cutesy twittertalk to lol about how the holodomor didn't happen is enough to make me never want to use the internet again

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DC47sWmXgAEUlJZ.jpg:large

lmfao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02X8bX_EBv4

I haven't been a commie that long but even I know stalin apologia is a bad look

I think that the genesis of a tankie is accepting the idea that the instruments of the power structure do not tell you the truth. From there it seems a short, logical step to think that everything they say is a lie. Once you have grasped that principle, you arrive at interlocking syllogisms:

A. The media and government do not tell me the truth.
B. I hear or read statement or position X in the media or from the government.
C. Therefore statement or position X is a lie, or is based entirely on lies.

A. Every lie is the opposite of the truth.
B. Statement or position X is a lie.
C. Therefore the opposite of X is the truth.

For example: the media and government say that NPRK is evil, therefore it must be the pure essence of good.

Logic does wonders like this with under-examined premises.

I'm very sorry for having prompted this digression itt lol

DPRK tankies seem like people who flipped a coin and took their Asian fetishism that way instead of becoming anime Nazis.

i wish i could go back to when i didn't know what a "tankie" is

It’s true: Ocasio2018 has officially endorsed defunding ICE.

ICE was passed in the same barrage as the Patriot Act and the Iraq War. Black-box, unaccountable, secret detention is not what America is about.

Time to correct course. https://t.co/EGmFsHh9b7

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) February 28, 2018

Heck yes

Hoping to see more of this.

well would you look at that

this is the first I've heard of Justice Dems that I know of but if this is the sort of candidate they're pushing, more power to 'em

well trudeau just has no spine he'll bend any way the wind blows

Founding principle of the Liberal Party of Canada iirc

Libby Watson provides the political coverage you need:

https://splinternews.com/texas-democrat-receives-huge-load-of-deer-semen-to-camp-1823436068

The names of the individual prize deer from which the semen was lovingly extracted are listed on the campaign finance report: Hotshot. Texas Giant. Bambi Chewy. Yard Dog. Sweet Dreams. All impressive names for those big, sexy deer. Who wouldn’t fuck Texas Giant, honestly?

lmao

https://imgur.com/wtO1Nas

finally a true poster-candidate running for office in texas

He seems cool! They should have him on.

woops thought this was posted in the chapo thread for a second, apologies everyone

Ha, it applies to both threads, too

love the meme candidate

it seems like the kind of thing i'd hate but it's super endearing i wish him the best of luck and i think he'd do a great job

yea that rules i'd be persuaded to vote for anybody that showed up to my door, because i am vain and gullible

finally the perfect candidate to use my political slogan idea "It Me"

lmao

im in

make amemica lit again

Much like Million Dollar Webpage (or whatever that was called) this seems like an incredibly effective publicity stunt that can probably only work once.

if even the once tbh

there's another similarly inclined fellow running in Alabama but he's playing it much straighter

www.webforalabama.com/issues/