Trump..... (The Sophistry Thread)
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Comic Book Guy
Likes Bikes and Dirt
For the love of god...http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/rep...to-let-severely-mentally-ill-people-get-guns/
Mica
Likes Dirt
Most well written analysis I've seen on the matter so far...
https://medium.com/@SnoozeInBrief/a...ts-for-his-presidency-f6a87eef6d70#.klb9mz767
https://medium.com/@SnoozeInBrief/a...ts-for-his-presidency-f6a87eef6d70#.klb9mz767
pharmaboy
Eats Squid
redbruce
Eats Squid
Sort of agree (not really but understand sentiment) and will make no difference to outcome, thus real question is so what?
Likely a superficial and ineffectual response at best, so don't get too warm, fuzzy and comfortable over it.
Interesting thread, but, to be honest, I reckon the stats released by the Royal Commission (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-...o-child-sexual-abuse-begins-in-sydney/8242600) is the real cause for concern (and we can have influence over).
Admittedly I'm an Atheist, but really beggars belief there are still "believers" in the face of worldwide evidence of a fundamental failure of orthodox religion.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebat...ealth/child-abuse-under-the-guise-of-religion
Trump might do well to focus on that in preference to a single secular group, and assumed generalisations. It has had a far more prevalent, profound, immediate and long lasting effect on society.
Then again might be a bit close to home (and perhaps to some on RB).
If we keep doing what we have always done, we will keep getting what we have always got. That is also the fundamental substance of Trumps success.
FFS supporting (really) middle finger in Superbowls ads, yeah that will really change the world (not).
As they say, if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
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Haakon
has an accommodating arse
It feeds into the American culture more than you suspect I suspect - Super Bowl and consumerism are American religions. These ads on their own are meaningless, but they normalise notions of acceptance of other people and resistance to trump's brand of politics. It all helps in the long run.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
At that awkward stage between not enough and too much red wine hey?
stirk
Burner
I watched a few before getting completely bored as they were all absolutely shite and didn't pick up any anti Trump sentiment. I suspect many were filmed before he won the election anyway.
Which ones in particular are flipping the bird?
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Haakon
has an accommodating arse
Coca Cola, AirBnB, Budweiser, a timber company called 84 Lumber in particular wasnt sutble. And some others.
Beej1
Senior Member
That's part of the aforementioned 'problem'. If the media are doing anything other than highlighting the disturbing nature of having a mentally incapable CIC surrounded by ultra-conservative religious right-wing advisors with the ability to stack the Supreme Court in their favour, then they're normalising the situation.
Nothing about this is normal. It shouldn't just be: "look what silly thing our eccentric president did today" told in whatever way to get viewers watching their ads. It should be: "here's what he did, here's the consequences of those actions, here's why that could be troublesome for most of you."
Not enough outlets are doing this, from what I can tell.
John U
MTB Precision
4 Corners was interesting last night. Explained the reasoning behind some of the outrageous stuff he was saying. Appeared to be quite deliberate on Trumps behalf to completely take away any media air time from other candidates regardless of what he was saying.
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2017/02/06/4613094.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2017/02/06/4613094.htm
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John U
MTB Precision
I thought his quote would be "It's either 'The Greatest ever' or 'The Worst ever', there is nothing in between".
moorey
call me Mia
Spelling mistake is fake news! Media is biased. Terrible.
It didn't even have any CAPITALS or "really, really" or "very, very" in the quote ....
