I don't understand the violence against bitcoin. Bitcoin is definitely not a white conservative thing. But every time bitcoin is mentioned, antifa goes nuclear. Is there a reason for this, or is it just liberal buffoonery similar to a green frog representing nazis?
On Feb 24, 2017 5:37 PM, "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a very vocal segment of the population, (just as extreme as the > idiot kids who fucked up Starbucks and maced a girl with a "MBGA" hat on at > Berkley), that feel like they now have someone they identify with. The > "King of the Assholes". > > It started for them with 8 years of Obama (where they felt repressed), > and now they have an someone they believe believes in the same things they > do. > > This will get worse over the next 4-8 years. > > On Feb 24, 2017 5:30 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You think they have escalated in the past month? >> >> We will always have ignorant rednecks, add alcohol and a gun... this is >> nothing new. Just more widely and instantly broadcast. >> >> *From:* Jaime Solorza >> *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2017 4:13 PM >> *To:* Animal Farm >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> One of the engineers shot in Kansas studied at UTEP. ....I want to see >> the spin on this one...Lots of ostriches out there denying hate crimes have >> escalated since piece of chicken shit got elected.. >> >> On Feb 24, 2017 3:56 PM, "Darren Shea" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> All these groups are a bunch of granfalloons! >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Josh Reynolds >> *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2017 10:38 AM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> >> >> It's because people are tribal. They want to belong to a group. Spewing a >> popular opinion in the echo chamber of that group brings acceptance and >> validation. >> >> >> >> It's no different than supporting a sports team owned by someone not from >> the area with players that change every year yet somehow people feel like >> it's "their team". >> >> >> >> By labeling people, you apply blanket ideas to them and put them in this >> little box. It dehumanizes them, and makes them easier to attack. >> >> >> >> It'd fucking stupid, and it's the cancer of our democracy and country. >> >> >> >> On Feb 24, 2017 10:32 AM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There was an episode of the Star Trek TV series titled “Let That Be Your >> Last Battlefield” about two warring aliens that appeared identical except >> one was black on one side and white on the other, while the other was the >> reverse. The difference was all important to the aliens, but the >> Enterprise crew could hardly tell them apart. >> >> >> >> I think of that when people immediately identify someone as left or >> right, Democrat or Republican, Shia or Sunni. As if their faces were >> painted a certain way so you can immediately tell. And once you know their >> political party or religious sect, that’s all you need to know. TV is that >> way, if they are interviewing someone, the most important thing is to have >> a graphic that tells you if they are a D or R. It’s like a sporting event, >> you need to know what team someone is on, and then can cheer or boo >> accordingly. >> >> >> >> Our political parties take themselves way too seriously, they seem to >> believe people are born either D or R and that party owns them. The >> parties don’t seem capable of running capable candidates for office and >> governing well in order to earn votes. But when they eek out an election >> victory, they proclaim it a landslide and believe they have a mandate. >> Rather than accept that voters hated the other guys a little more. This >> time. >> >> >> >> It’s kind of ironic with Trump and Putin in the news, neither of whom >> really care about ideology, it’s all about power and personality. Yet we >> still want it to be a story about left vs right, my party vs your party. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] >> *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2017 9:51 AM >> >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> >> >> Yeahbut they are democrats so they are leftists so they are inherently >> truthful and trustyworthy... >> >> >> >> *From:* Adam Moffett >> >> *Sent:* Friday, February 24, 2017 7:45 AM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> >> >> The statements come from representatives of the "Sweden Democrats" >> party. Skim the wikipedia article about who they are. >> >> >> >> Some choice quotes: >> >> "The party had its roots in Swedish fascism[15] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats#cite_note-r1089-15> and >> was a part of the white supremacy >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy> movement;[16] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats#cite_note-telegraphboots-16> >> " >> >> "The Sweden Democrats, however, remain isolated in the Riksdag because >> the other parties are staunchly maintaining a policy of refusing >> cooperation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire#In_politics> >> with them.[25] >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Democrats#cite_note-25>" >> >> "The Sweden Democrats believe that the current Swedish immigration >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Sweden> and integration >> policies have been a failure. They oppose integration because they believe >> that integration involves "meeting in the middle" and do not think that the >> indigenous >> Swedish people <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedes> should have to >> bear the burden " >> >> >> >> The section on ideologies is interesting too. They might as well have >> "Make Sweden Great Again" hats. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> >> From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Sent: 2/23/2017 4:15:29 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> >> >> My only point is, Trump made one of his typical off-the-cuff/out his ass >> utterances, he was excoriated by the left press. >> >> Now it seems there was something of substance behind his comment. >> >> >> >> *From:* Ken Hohhof >> >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 2:12 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> >> >> Sweden has accepted something like 25 times as many refugees per capita >> than the U.S. And they have been mostly men who can’t find work. Whereas >> the U.S. accepts mostly women and children, who have been heavily screened, >> and there are usually communities willing to help them integrate. I’m not >> sure why we are wanting to point fingers at Sweden and make some political >> issue of this. >> >> >> >> Why not instead look for a model of how to do this right? By all >> accounts, Canada is very good at this, with families virtually adopting >> refugees and helping them resettle and integrate into Canadian society. >> >> >> >> Just be happy we get some choice unlike Europe which doesn’t have the >> Atlantic ocean between them and disasters like Syria. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 2:48 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> >> >> One for Jaime: >> >> http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/23/sweden-democrats- >> trump-was-right.html >> >> >> >> *From:* Chuck McCown >> >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:42 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> >> >> Oh, and I had a business partner for 30 years that was trans.... yes I >> have known trans people.... >> >> >> >> *From:* Ken Hohhof >> >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:33 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> >> >> Once you know someone who is transgender, it turns out not to be like >> that at all. There are exceptions to everything, but if the first thing >> that comes to your mind is identifying as a girl to shower with the girls, >> then probably you don’t have any friends or relatives that are >> transgender. Well, that is unlikely, more likely you just don’t know they >> are trans. >> >> >> >> And school kids unfortunately take the brunt of this. Anywhere else, are >> there really going to be bathroom police checking birth certificates? >> There’s a creepy thought. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:52 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT trolling >> >> >> >> Bored. >> >> If this was mid 1970s and if I discovered that the president said I could >> shower with the girls at school it I “identified as a girl”, I sure as hell >> would have identified as a girl.... >> >> >> >> I have not heard a single commentator address this issue. Boys will be >> boys. What do the lgbtqrstuv folks have as an answer to this situation? >> >> >> >> They don’t seem to be interested in protecting the rights of my >> granddaughter to not have the boy’s football team in there after volleyball >> practice. >> >> >> >> >> >
