Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

[Parkbandit]

Complains about intolerance and insults, spends 99% of his posting time ignoring any and all factual evidence that contradicts his positions and insults everyone that disagrees once he runs out of idiot verbal diarrhea and every one of his "positions" is debunked.

He blocked you.. but I'll help him see it until he finally and rightfully blocks me.

[~Rocktar~]

He blocked you.. but I'll help him see it until he finally and rightfully blocks me.

ROFLMAO!

You know, sad as it may seem, if he blocks you, then he gets even less attention here and you know that is what he craves. If he blocks too many people, sooner or later, everyone will just stop engaging him. Then we know what happens then "I was just kidding, herk herk herk, it was just a test guys, please pay attention to me."

[Neveragain]

Did the same thing with Methais and Rocktar ages ago, Parkbandit is a good idea. Honestly this folder of the forum is pure toxicity with folks regurgitating their favorite partisan or conspiracy claims with zero research or awareness. Sometimes there's decent discussions, but mostly there's just irrational emotions and rehashed debunked claims that folks repeat over and over to make themselves feel better.

This is 99.99% of internet politics, you can pin to the date when politics turned into what it is today. The 2008 Obama campaign changed political campaigns and political discord forever. The Clinton campaign had no idea what hit them or how to compete, obviously, the Republican party was dead in 2008 because of Bush.

In 2012, a great number of the Obama grass roots activists (libertarians) that were unhappy with Obama saw the opportunity to hijack the Republican party. The Ron Paul movement understood the new era of politics and they got nasty. The old timer RINO's that were once "Republicans" moved to the Clinton camp after they lost with Romney and Trump decimated Jeb Bush in the 2016 primaries.

The internet has allowed anyone to be a "politician", but, the vast majority of people don't have the time to be a politician.

[time4fun]

This is 99.99% of internet politics, you can pin to the date when politics turned into what it is today. The 2008 Obama campaign changed political campaigns and political discord forever. The Clinton campaign had no idea what hit them or how to compete, obviously, the Republican party was dead in 2008 because of Bush.

In 2012, a great number of the Obama grass roots activists (libertarians) that were unhappy with Obama saw the opportunity to hijack the Republican party. The Ron Paul movement understood the new era of politics and they got nasty. The old timer RINO's that were once "Republicans" moved to the Clinton camp after they lost with Romney and Trump decimated Jeb Bush in the 2016 primaries.

The internet has allowed anyone to be a "politician", but, the vast majority of people don't have the time to be a politician.

Actually it was the aftermath of the 2010 election. Specifically the extreme partisan gerrymandering ushered in by the GOP and later adopted to a lesser- but still problematic- extent by the Dems.

Extreme partisan gerrymandering broke our politics.

[Neveragain]

Actually it was the aftermath of the 2010 election. Specifically the extreme partisan gerrymandering ushered in by the GOP and later adopted to a lesser- but still problematic- extent by the Dems.

Extreme partisan gerrymandering broke our politics.

I can honestly say that we don't have major gerrymandering problems in Iowa. Like I mentioned in a previous post, the majority of Iowan's are Kennedy Democrats and the ebb and flow between red and blue is almost always economically driven.

Democrats are making a big mistake by not joining the first in the nation caucus. It's a short sighted decision that's going to have long term impacts for the Democrats here, it's disappointing.

[~Rocktar~]

Actually it was the aftermath of the 2010 election. Specifically the extreme partisan gerrymandering ushered in by the GOP and later adopted to a lesser- but still problematic- extent by the Dems.

Extreme partisan gerrymandering broke our politics.

You honestly believe that extreme gerrymandering only started in 2010? You are showing just how ridiculously ignorant you are. It has been around long before the Republic. Here is a nice link to show how idiotic you are.

https://www.history.com/news/gerryma...origins-voting

What broke our politics is Obama being a racist, all but advocating for the murder of police and supporting the defund the police movement and failing to do anything to stem the tide of racism, violence and illegal immigration while trying to enthrone himself as emperor by executive order and the spineless Congress going along with it and allowing him to subvert and encroach on their and the courts power. Meanwhile anyone that said anything was shouted down as a racist while that piece of shit started the deep divide we see today carried on by the puppet Biden.

Fuck off.

[Solkern]

Same shit.



Who was President during the botched withdrawal of Afghanistan? That’s the one who has blood on their hands for the unnecessary death of 13 service members and for leaving behind over $7 billion worth of military arms & equipment.

You honestly believe that extreme gerrymandering only started in 2010? You are showing just how ridiculously ignorant you are. It has been around long before the Republic. Here is a nice link to show how idiotic you are.

https://www.history.com/news/gerryma...origins-voting

What broke our politics is Obama being a racist, all but advocating for the murder of police and supporting the defund the police movement and failing to do anything to stem the tide of racism, violence and illegal immigration while trying to enthrone himself as emperor by executive order and the spineless Congress going along with it and allowing him to subvert and encroach on their and the courts power. Meanwhile anyone that said anything was shouted down as a racist while that piece of shit started the deep divide we see today carried on by the puppet Biden.

Fuck off.

Yeah, I’ve always figured it’s been around for quite a while, thanks for that link, was an interesting read.

[Parkbandit]

Actually it was the aftermath of the 2010 election. Specifically the extreme partisan gerrymandering ushered in by the GOP and later adopted to a lesser- but still problematic- extent by the Dems.

Extreme partisan gerrymandering broke our politics.

Yes.. because gerrymandering is a huge part of Presidential elections......................................... .....

[Shaps]

It wasn't gerrymandering, Obama (or any specific politician), this or that, etc...

It was the internet and social media 100%...

Think of this, before 2007 - the invention of the iPhone - Politics was the same as politics is now... the difference?

Democrats have always ran corrupt "local" elections and owned certain cities/States - Everyone knows the running joke about "Chicago Politics" right?

The difference being, without instant communication, social media influencing, etc... coordinating the same tactics country wide in such a diverse expanse as the US was impossible.

2007 the iPhone is released, phones become mobile computers, and data is now transferred/stored/collated in large data centers instantaneously which could be researched and abused.

Humans are always going to be humans - why idiots always think their generation of Socialism or Communism will work - even though 50 years prior it led to 100's of millions of death.

Politics will always be politics - the unlocking of it being able to be coordinated worldwide - as opposed to locally (where the actual citizens had recourse to correct a situation) - is what's led to the immense decline and partisanship of our political process.

All working as intended... and if you think the billionaires and politico's are to dumb to manipulate you in ways you might not think... then you are the "conspiracy theorist"...

Controlling humans is easy - and instant communication and information control - has only made it easier... but sure, I'm the crazy one I guess.

[Seizer]

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