The August 2019 US Politics Thread is dumb (stupid}

I know it's as common as a cold, but I will never understand how people's basic humanity can slip away to such an extent that they can't at least empathize with the trauma of parents and children being separated from one another.

It's an extension of that self-shielding mechanism whereby you look away when walking by a slowly expiring hobo downtown. Focus on that sensation and intensify it infinity-fold – voilà, you're a neocon now.

she's on one today already

Hate whitey. Love diversity.
White man bad. White man evil.
Everyone else can do no wrong.
Fear white man. White = racist.
THERE ARE BAD AND GOOD PEOPLE OF EACH AND EVERY SKIN TONE. I'M NOT SORRY FOR MY SKIN COLOR. IM PROUD OF IT. IF YOU THINK THAT MAKES ME EVIL, YOU NEED SOME MENTAL HELP. STOP EATING WHAT THE MEDIA FEEDS YOU.

Sounds a little paranoid

STOP EATING WHAT THE MEDIA FEEDS YOU, THAT IS MY JOB.

why the fuck are you friends with this person

Habit's a helluva drug. Also the fear of dying alone.

It's like reading a screed on independent thought comprised entirely of pullquotes. So many brains out there that just don't work.

White man bad. White man evil.

to be fair, this IS the face tattoo that House democrats have pledged to require every American to get starting in 2020

if only the house dems were committed to anything approaching that kind of radical action

in other crushingly awful immigration policy news

OMG. I don’t care which side of political debate you’re on, this is just horrible.

Video of Jimmy Al Daoud , lived in US since was 6 months old, then got deported by ICE to Iraq in June.

Diabetic, homeless, didn’t know language. He died... pic.twitter.com/djKTXFbp48

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) August 8, 2019

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/iraqi-man-dies-deportation-trump-administration-1643512

I should straight up ask her if she would've supported this guy getting a gun and shooting ICE agents but I really don't wanna engage right now

I'M NOT SORRY FOR MY SKIN COLOR. IM PROUD OF IT.

This is like being proud you have a gall bladder.

I'M NOT SORRY FOR MY SKIN COLOR. IM PROUD OF IT.

This is so funny to me. "I'm proud of my blue eyes! I worked hard on that shit!"

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I think a big reason why some of them cling to "but what about the laws??? I have empathy but these ppl broke the law!!!" to such a degree that it seems robotic is because they're trying like hell to not allow their empathy/humanity to enter into the equation and chip away at their racism/xenophobia

so there's a pic of Trump "consoling" a young girl in Dayton hospital. she couldn't have been one of the shooting victims. ???

"i just want everyone to follow the law!" is my mom's defense as well (my dad has none; he's just silent). it's not allowing empathy in, but also the fact that if they're wrong on this now, it also means they've been wrong about it for the entirety of their lives. vocally wrong. i think that possibility is just too much for some people to deal with, they won't even consider it. (i think about this in re: climate deniers, too)

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she could have been closely related to one of them?

she's a patient herself tho

not only would they have to admit to being wrong for year, but, even worse, libtards were right

"who is writing the law" is the obvious rejoinder but i understand that banging one's head against a wall delivers diminishing returns

they're stuck at Kohlberg stage 4

White man bad. White man evil.

I love it when Ludacris gets political

omg

So I get why the right is obsessed with antifa, but can anyone tell me if they’ve done anything actually newsworthy in the last year or so or is this just Fox News keeping the irons hot for viewership?

probably got up to some shit in Portland

also antifa isn't really a 'they'

why, do ey prefer spivak pronouns

i'm just confused by a text i got about how they should be labelled a terrorist organization. but knowing the sender, it's probably a dumb (stupid) question

antifa isn't an organization

There was the thing where total dipshit “journalist” Andy Ngo got punched by some Antifa types. He is now diligently working to associate every leftist journalist he can with Connor Betts.

Hi. @MrAndyNgo, who is not vile scum, reached out to me for comment. I wanted to post my reply to him here, as well. pic.twitter.com/TJgBOScxKa

— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) August 8, 2019

not to mention the MSM's complicity in all this by allowing him to go on a "I got kicked in the head" media tour

not one but two Onion articles about that insane media stunt Trump pulled yesterday

https://politics.theonion.com/trump-campaign-denies-doctoring-photos-showing-him-spea-1837077421

https://politics.theonion.com/sorry-about-the-tornado-or-whatever-says-trump-wolfi-1837074904

how candidates answer questions from journalists are approaching the answers given by athletes in relevance to my life

position papers or die

sorry, meant for other thread

Was it now

for those who gaf

ok I think I'm just gonna block this lady she's been going nonstop on "85% PERCENT OF CRIME IS BLACK ON WHITE WHY DOESN'T DON LEMON CARE!?!?!?!?!?" and so on

You think?

Like that's a block invitation yo.

Scoop: The deputy director of national intelligence, Sue Gordon, will leave her position following a meeting in Oval with Trump today, sources tell me. https://t.co/0hptsRz0dE

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 8, 2019

I wanna puke

Here’s the video of CNN reporting that Trump forced that now-orphaned baby, whose parents died shielding him during the mass shooting, to come back to the hospital for a Trump publicity event after the other victims refused to meet him. pic.twitter.com/CKDlxa8xMz

— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) August 8, 2019

my god this is fucking grotesque

From the First Lady’s twitter account, this appears to be the baby both of whose parents died shielding him from the El Paso shooter. The baby in question was discharged the day before and brought back for Trumps visit. Child is not id’d on @flotus account. But appears to... pic.twitter.com/17L6XQROMS

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 9, 2019

don't wanna get all emotional about our dumbass president but this photo has broken my soul

i think we just wrapped up 2019 folks

No such luck.

frogbs otm, that is horrifying

why the fuck is that motherfucker smiling and giving the thumbs up

seriously i wake every morning with the fervent hope he died in the night

I always used to think it was so facile to refer to someone as 'evil'.