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Schiff is drawing the ire of the worst left twitter accounts right now because he’s visibly going after the fascist President. Very normal.

lmao have you ever met tankie twitter cause they're definitely worse

Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link

when Fidel died I got a taste of tankie Twitter

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link

anyway i'll take hyperskepticism over the Mueller swooning any day

Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link

False binary.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link

XXpost yeah, that’s definitely true. I use to follow an account that collected bad talkie tweets.

Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link

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

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link

*tankie tweets

Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link

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

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link

mueller talk is consistently the most mortifying on ilx

difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link

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

flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link

people that said RIP COMRADE! when fidel fucking castro died

flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link

pic.twitter.com/heRrqp0O6i

— Tankie Takes (@tankietakes) February 13, 2018

Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link

jesus christ

flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link

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, 28 February 2018 18:41 (six years ago) link

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

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:57 (six years ago) link

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

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link

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

Moo Vaughn, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link

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

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link

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

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link

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

flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link

Also Justin Trudeau tbf

No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link

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.

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link

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

flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link

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

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link

hell yeah brother

flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link

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

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link

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

morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link

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

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link

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

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link

lmfao

flappy bird, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link

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

Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link

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.

A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link

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

Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link

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

louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link

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

marcos, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link

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

Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:09 (six years ago) link

Heck yes

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link

Hoping to see more of this.

Nerdstrom Poindexter, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link

well would you look at that

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:30 (six years ago) link

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

Simon H., Wednesday, 28 February 2018 23:29 (six years ago) link

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

Founding principle of the Liberal Party of Canada iirc

No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 1 March 2018 00:38 (six years ago) link

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?

Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 1 March 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link

lmao

https://imgur.com/wtO1Nas

Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link

He seems cool! They should have him on.

Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 00:26 (six years ago) link

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

Simon H., Friday, 2 March 2018 00:29 (six years ago) link

Ha, it applies to both threads, too

Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Friday, 2 March 2018 00:34 (six years ago) link

love the meme candidate

NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Friday, 2 March 2018 00:51 (six years ago) link

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

Mordy, Friday, 2 March 2018 02:05 (six years ago) link


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