(07-24-2023, 04:24 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(07-24-2023, 04:16 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: So DeSantis is far right?

DeSantis is just an idiot who thinks he can stir up votes by running stunts that piss off the left. 

I don't know or care how you want to classify his politics on some spectrum of left and right. 
Haven't given it much thought. He's more bluster than actual politics anyway.

Also - You're in the wrong thread, dumb [BLEEP]

I can throw a dart and hit a thread where you're being a self-important blowhard. It doesn't really make a difference to me where I call you out. You should own your words. Does it matter if you called him far right in this thread or another? 

I made a specific response to your grandstanding (that I don't believe is exclusive to you, but to many of the moderates), to which you said it was patently false. It's not. You choose to use the buzzwords that have no meaning other than to slander. You choose to repeat talking points without doing your own research. You choose to demagogue and demean your political opponents without caring about the whole of the truth. Imo, you don't properly challenge authority so long as you feel it's the right authority. You contribute to the very same problem you have railed against in at least 5 different threads. So, no... it's not coming out of nowhere. 

I have a problem with you and moderates like you who I believe are good people and don't hate America. I don't disagree with your premise, except you are attacking the "extremes" of both sides while continuing to prop up and defend a system that is destroying our commonality. I think it's this blindness that prohibits you from properly scrutinizing how and why people are becoming divided and standards are deteriorating around this nation. It's not social media. It's not maga supporters. It's not BLM. Sure, yeah... all of those are contributors to the problem, but you're every bit the same as far as I'm concerned. 

I don't care about this song. I think it's a stupid thing to argue about. I believe in free speech. The grand wizard of the KKK could write a song about how the Jews stole Christmas and I wouldn't give two [BLEEP]. If MTV wanted to play the song around the clock, I wouldn't care. I would probably not listen to it, but I mean, hey... if it had a sick beat, who knows? Hell, I WAP, WAP, WAP all the way home sometimes. I don't care about the Barbie movie. I care about who holds the levers of power that shape our collective minds, though. I think, on this front, it's easy to see who has the real power. Instead, we're talking about small towns and the artists "intent," and we say it's a conspiracy when it's pointed out that corporate America is working more and more like a government that picks and chooses what messaging is acceptable.

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