XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.republicans
XPost: alt.survival
From: Nic@none.net
On 5/7/22 12:16 AM, 25.BX945 wrote:
> On 5/6/22 6:44 PM, Nic wrote:
>> On 5/6/22 6:25 PM, 25.BX945 wrote:
>>> On 5/6/22 8:54 AM, invalid wrote:
>>>> On 2022-05-06, 25.BX945 <25BZ495@nada.net> wrote:
>>>>> On 5/5/22 9:48 AM, Abort Retry Fail wrote:
>>>>>> On 2022-05-05, Blue Lives Matter
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 04 May 2022 22:52:56 -0700, Siri Cruise
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In article ,
>>>>>>>> "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Joe Sez ... MAGA is the most extreme political organization
>>>>>>>>> in American history.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm rather proud that gibberish Joe is afraid of me. I wear my maga
>>>>>>> hat proudly and carry a "big stick" (.40 caliber) to fend off
>>>>>>> hateful
>>>>>>> leftists.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And you don't think demanding the overthrow of the Constitution
>>>>>>>> is extreme.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That would be extreme, but thankfully, nobody is doing that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What would be too extreme? Electing a black as
>>>>>>>> president?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Didn't we already do that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's classic Democrat fear mongering. And it's not going to work
>>>>>> because while the left may not
>>>>>> like or currently support Trump, they are feeling the Biden ,
>>>>>> Democrat's pain in their wallet and
>>>>>> are not happy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joe has already tried to deflect by blaming Putin. Joe was
>>>>>> laughed at, even by the Democrats and
>>>>>> left media for that one.
>>>>>> Then there was the extreme, war mongering focus on Ukraine.
>>>>>> People are growing weary of that one as well, although
>>>>>> sympathetic, obviously.
>>>>>> So now it's a timed leak from SCOTUS for the hot topic of the
>>>>>> century, abortion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> People aren't stupid.
>>>>>> They see right through this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The really big problem is if BLM and ANTIFA turn this into a
>>>>>> racist argument and you know they are
>>>>>> working towards that.
>>>>>> Should that happen, and should the authorities not shut it down
>>>>>> quickly we will have another
>>>>>> "Summer Of Love" on our hands.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I will note that "people" seem to fall for the same
>>>>> tricks and bullshit generation after generation - going
>>>>> back at least as far as they discovered putting marks
>>>>> on clay tablets.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, people ARE at least a species of "stupid". There's
>>>>> a gap, a disconnect, in the collective memory, the
>>>>> collective Learning Experience. Pols have exploited that
>>>>> since forever.
>>>>>
>>>>> And the Woke/MSM are proving that this truth STILL prevails.
>>>>
>>>> I believe that to be true which is why the Democrats keep using the
>>>> same tactics over and over
>>>> again. It's because those tactics are successful and that is
>>>> because people are stupid.
>>>> They will support a party because of a single issue, like abortion,
>>>> while at the same time ignoring
>>>> the fact that the same party has been a disaster as a whole for the
>>>> country.
>>>> If the Republicans can't manage to sweep the November midterm
>>>> elections, I'm done with them.
>>>
>>> Wait to see what Dirty Tricks the lefties employ before
>>> you condemn the GOP (and there's really no other place
>>> to go anyway). Some of those tricks may be almost impossible
>>> do defend against. The only "fix" - the non-Woke have to
>>> have their own little arsenal of dirty tricks, ready to
>>> deploy. No, that's in no way ideal, but it's most often
>>> how realpolitik works.
>>>
>>> MAYBE one in ten people are "smart" in that they have good
>>> bullshit detectors, can see logical defects, have enough
>>> facts to spot lies and half-truths, look at political shit
>>> with a certain level of cynicism. But even 10% often isn't
>>> enough to get sensible people into office. Remember also
>>> that half of that ten percent is likely to be generally
>>> on "the other side". The two five percents largely cancel
>>> out each other.
>>>
>>> And "single issue" ... people DO have a few "single issues"
>>> they just REQUIRE. Even if a relatively "good" side misses
>>> or opposes their Big Issue they'll stay home or even vote
>>> for the other side. It's NOT a way to a better country, that's
>>> for sure, but people aren't very logical, rarely bother to
>>> add-up the overall score between parties. It's just How We
>>> Are as a species - and, as I said, it seems to have ALWAYS
>>> been that way (well, the last 12,000 years at least).
>>>
>>> I often encourage the rightists to just IGNORE the abortion
>>> issue. There IS NO answer to it - neither science or "religions"
>>> or math will prove one or another answer is correct. It's one
>>> of those human things, an issue WE invented. Nature has no
>>> opinion and ethics/philosophy can give you any sure-nuf Truth
>>> you're shopping for. IMHO, best to just quietly defer to the
>>> "free country" principle here legally and pursue other means
>>> to convince people of your POV. Yet, despite the Big Picture,
>>> rather a lot WILL NOT vote for a party that isn't X or Y on
>>> that issue alone. It's mostly emotional but sometimes you can
>>> see the seeds of reasoning that will lead to OTHER bad laws
>>> being created.
>>>
>> Have you considered that the observer and time-space have a bond that
>> has yet to be explained. For a starter- figure out to how to have
>> accurate elections, for if the vote is the way to that bottom line,
>> than count me in.
>
> Very quantum ... but I don't think it's that complex.
>
> As for "accurate elections" ... in the real world I don't
> think that's 100% possible. In THEORY, but not in PRACTICE.
> Elections are MESSY. Jimmy Carter's friends refuse to look
> into American elections alas ......
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Are accurate elections even at 85% accurate enough?
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