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StealThisSheen posted...

I'm sure this topic was posted in good faith.

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And just earlier I saw someone with about 75 karma and 1300 active posts. Where are they coming from?

Sega9599 posted...

I don't understand what you mean. You close your place at an unusual specific time purely to avoid a specific group of people. If the people are violent or something then that might make more sense.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_group

The better example would be a bar closing when a Furry convention is in town because they don't want to serve that customer base. And because sexual fetishes are not protected groups, it would be okay.

boomgetchopped3 posted...

Guess that Holdovers movie was plagiarized. Wonder how that will play out

It wasn't. You should read the breakdowns for the claims that say it was stolen. Hopefully the screenwriter who made the claim finds it blows up in his face.

Another post where you ignore almost everything I post to instead argue semantics. Enjoy trolling someone else, you clearly have enough time for it.

You're not even engaging with my arguments. If you'd rather argue semantics, you can find someone else. (As a side note, you might not know what *people* means as I was included in that category and why their actually meant our.

To address the only thing related to our conversation,

ButteryMales posted...

They're 73 and 75. If Biden wins they could die in these last 4 years but I doubt it. Copmala Harris is a joke so in 2028 I think the Republicans will probably win and just replace them then.

You're right that there is no guarantee Biden would be able to replace them, but here's a few important things to think of.

• Thomas has had health issues the past few years. As he is old, there is no telling what will happen.
• If Trump is president again, I would almost guarantee Thomas and Alito retire. As seen from the last round, his nominations are Federalist society tested and young. Thus it would guarantee five young conservative Supreme Court justices for the next 20+ years.
• If Biden wins this year, there is no way Harris is the nominee in 2028. She has demonstrated routinely that she is not fit for that job.

Sure Democrats would most likely need to still win in 2028 to ensure they put up new nominees on the Court, but if voters actually started paying attention to our judicial system, maybe they'd realize the importance.

ButteryMales posted...

Yes, really.

That doesn't even begin to address anything I said. You can't complain somebody doesn't answer your question when basic reading comprehension fails you in this same topic.

But I'll try to honestly answer this.

ButteryMales posted...

What would change if they managed to get a 7th, 8th, or 9th conservative Supreme Court Justice if Trump gets a 2nd term. People seem to think they would be more comfortable crowning king Trump when they already had a majority and a chance to make him a king of the United States.

1. The problem isn't about him replacing the Liberal justices with conservatives (although that would certainly be bad). The issue is him replacing Alito and Thomas with young MAGA conservative judges.
2. A democratic president might actually be able to replace Alito and Thomas with liberal judges and create a majority to right some wrongs.
3. You keep assuming the arguments of others. No one in this topic has mentioned anything about the Supreme Court making Trump king.

ButteryMales posted...

That's nonsense. Their problem is Stewart criticizing Biden.

Really? I think it would have been far better if he did a whole segment on Biden and Israel. That's a very fair critique of his presidency, and something that actually talks about policy - not age.

ButteryMales posted...

What would even change if it was 7, 8, or 9 conservative justices on the Supreme Court?

What do you even mean by this question? Please be more specific.

Enclave posted...

Depends on the media to be honest, part of the problem with the likes of CNN is they're happy to talk about Biden's age without actually showing any context about how Trump has the same issues only worse. The Daily Show however didn't seem to have a problem with making that clear distinction yet the Daily Show provokes multiple threads here complaining about it and yet we never really see threads made when CNN make similar claims.

This feels like a victim mentality. People are complaining about the Stewart clip because

1. Stewart is seen as different from mainstream media, thus people have higher expectations of what his content should deliver.

2. Stewart fans or politically apathetic observers are the ones creating topics totally about how amazing the segment was. As far as I'm aware, no one is creating topics to complain about it.

I honestly think the concern on here and elsewhere complaining about Jon Stewart are seriously overblown, he's said nothing that should be controversial and contrary to what I see on this board and elsewhere? He did not partake in "same thing both sides" nonsense.

It very much read as 'same things both sides' to me. His specific comment about how it's not the end of the world for which candidate wins seems to completely disregard how his presidency ended up with three young conservative justices who have managed to complete change the future prospect of so many Americans.

Enclave posted...

It's not pointless though, people get tired of media acting like issues are not actually issues. If you want to build trust you need to be open and honest about candidates rather than pretend everything is hunky dory.

But what 'media' is doing that exactly?

Go to NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, etc. over the past few months and you'll find plenty of articles about Biden's age. No one is being hunky dory about it.

Enclave posted...

Good, then why are people complaining about Jon Stewarts show the other day? Because he absolutely didn't show more hostility to Biden than Trump, he made quite clear that Trump is obviously worse.

I'm not a fan of it because it's a retread of something that's been known for four years! These are the current candidates. Outside of medical or legal issues, these will remain the current candidates. They're only going to get older. Having a full twenty minute segment about their age is pointless.

I've never been a big fan of Jon Stewart, and while I think he is a very earnest person, I don't feel like this video was as ground-breaking as many took it to be. He is rereading the same talking points that have been all over mainstream media for the past half year when one of the main points of his show is to look at media stories from a different lens than that of mainstream media.

Ricemills posted...

Well duh?
That's what an argument is.

Your point earlier in this thread was to find ways to engage voters about issues without just yelling at them. I tried to engage. You ignored.

So maybe you represent that voter perfectly where they don't want to be appeased, they just want to find a way to complain instead.

Ricemills posted...

And what's your intend by trying to push someone off from caring on a humanity crisis?
And why should i be egoistic enough to not care about an atrocity if it's not directly affected me?

You don't even care enough about what other people want/need. You just wanted them to give you what you want, a vote for Biden.

I've tried to engage a conversation with you twice in this thread, but it appears you instead want to argue yo help justify your position instead.

Ricemills posted...

Lol here we go with the mask off.

Another eagle's group that gonna excuse the genocide with "but 7/10!"

You're upset people are angry with you, but you also have to recognize how four more years of Trump can affect others.

It's very fair to say you won't compromise over genocide, but there are Americans suffering due to Trump's past actions and will suffer even more if he is in office again. And the war and destruction in Gaza won't get any better.

Ricemills posted...

Stop supporting Palestinian genocide by Israel.

Also, is that your only concern? What about in five months? What was your main concern five months ago?