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Remember when being stupid was a disqualifier for participating in a civilized society?
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
22 Oct 2020, 7:36pm
Remember when being stupid was a disqualifier for participating in a civilized society?
If you've never read Ta-Nehisi Coates' essay where he declares Trump to be America's first white president, it's well worth the time. The gist is that his entire candidacy rested on being a proud white man taking back the power from that racial usurper Obama, that he possessed no other qualities that made him a credible candidate. That he won was a validation of his racist revenge call. The essay ignores the sexism behind his candidacy in favour of race, but it's still a powerful piece of argument.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Oct 2020, 8:34pm
BostonBeaneater wrote:
22 Oct 2020, 7:36pm
Remember when being stupid was a disqualifier for participating in a civilized society?
If you've never read Ta-Nehisi Coates' essay where he declares Trump to be America's first white president, it's well worth the time. The gist is that his entire candidacy rested on being a proud white man taking back the power from that racial usurper Obama, that he possessed no other qualities that made him a credible candidate. That he won was a validation of his racist revenge call. The essay ignores the sexism behind his candidacy in favour of race, but it's still a powerful piece of argument.

Sexism, racism, xenophobia... pick a card, any card.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 6:50am
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So he's not a deplorable?

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revbob wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 7:38am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 6:50am
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So he's not a deplorable?
I like the idea that it's in a frame. To really show it off as art.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 7:53am
revbob wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 7:38am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 6:50am
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So he's not a deplorable?
I like the idea that it's in a frame. To really show it off as art.
Im pretty sure those were being sold at the county fair last year.

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revbob wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:02am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 7:53am
revbob wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 7:38am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 6:50am
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So he's not a deplorable?
I like the idea that it's in a frame. To really show it off as art.
Im pretty sure those were being sold at the county fair last year.
Back in the day, you could get frosted glass panels with the KISS logo on it.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Hilarious what they have to do to try and make their saviour look like their stupid idea of masculinity.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:06am
revbob wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:02am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 7:53am
revbob wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 7:38am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 6:50am
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So he's not a deplorable?
I like the idea that it's in a frame. To really show it off as art.
Im pretty sure those were being sold at the county fair last year.
Back in the day, you could get frosted glass panels with the KISS logo on it.
Yet no Replacements version?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Silent Majority wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:14am
Hilarious what they have to do to try and make their saviour look like their stupid idea of masculinity.
I really didn't like Idiocracy with its not-so-subtle echoes of eugenics and cultural elitism, but shit like this keeps throwing itself in my face as a rebuttal.
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Heston wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:31am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:06am
Back in the day, you could get frosted glass panels with the KISS logo on it.
Yet no Replacements version?
The guys who looked like the Replacements were the carnies.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:31am
Silent Majority wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:14am
Hilarious what they have to do to try and make their saviour look like their stupid idea of masculinity.
I really didn't like Idiocracy with its not-so-subtle echoes of eugenics and cultural elitism, but shit like this keeps throwing itself in my face as a rebuttal.
Just not a funny film.
a lifetime serving one machine
Is ten times worse than prison


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Silent Majority wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:32am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:31am
Silent Majority wrote:
23 Oct 2020, 8:14am
Hilarious what they have to do to try and make their saviour look like their stupid idea of masculinity.
I really didn't like Idiocracy with its not-so-subtle echoes of eugenics and cultural elitism, but shit like this keeps throwing itself in my face as a rebuttal.
Just not a funny film.
I couldn't tell if I didn't find it funny because the jokes were weak or because I just shut down at the entire premise. Especially strange and sad given how much I love Office Space and King of the Hill.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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