demagogue on 7/11/2021 at 04:37
For some foreboding reason Quora emailed me the "Why do people dislike Trump?" question in a promo email. Well it's a troll question to begin with, and they're baiting for clicks like they all do. But holy shit these people defending the faith in T in those comments.... And a ton of comments got deleted, so I can only imagine how much worse it got.
It's something we could already see back in 2015 at the start of this thread, but it still feels just as shocking to see today as it did back then. It's crazy that they're still going on about the evils of Obama & Hillary from 5+ years ago at the very center of their world view. Okay now bumbling Biden is also in the mix, although not sure they've worked out their narrative if he's literally Hitler or a bumbling dementia patient, not that that level of cognitive dissonance has ever stopped them from taking both to be articles of faith at the same time before.
faetal on 7/11/2021 at 22:16
Cargo cult is exactly what it is.
lowenz on 8/11/2021 at 07:05
Quote Posted by demagogue
Obama & Hillary
You would mean KILLARY and OBAMA BI(de)N LADEN!!!1111 666!!1111
demagogue on 8/11/2021 at 07:21
Er, I don't think you have to go to that much effort for Obama.
They just call him by his actual full name: Barack Hussein Obama the second, and that's pretty much damning enough for them.
Nicker on 8/11/2021 at 13:37
Impeach Barry O'Bama, say Americans in 1847.
Cipheron on 8/11/2021 at 18:29
The whole Dallas thing is turning into it's own thing. full non-online cult now. This is Branch Davidian "The Compound" level stuff now. Condensed the article a little:
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kb99y/qanon-dallas-jfk-jr-michael-brian-protzman)
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A group of QAnon believers who gathered in Dallas last week to see the late President John F. Kennedy and his late son reappear, are staying in the city and have begun discussing establishing a permanent base there where they could all live. The group, led by the antisemitic QAnon influencer Michael Brian Protzman, who's known to his followers as Negative48, has maintained a presence in Dallas since JFK failed to appear last Tuesday.
According to a video posted by one of his followers, Protzman was pointing out the tip of a skyscraper that was visible behind the Texas School Book Depository, from where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK in 1963. The tip of the skyscraper is shaped like a pyramid, which Protzman told his followers, without a shred of evidence to back it up, that it is a sign of the Illuminati, who supposedly place pyramids wherever they kill people.
Protzman has used this [Numerology] system to somehow link QAnon, Trump, Christianity, and the Kennedys into a fantastical mythology that has convinced many of his followers that Protzman himself is some sort of god-like figure. After he had finished informing his followers about the pyramid on Saturday, he organized the group into a giant Q in the middle of Dealey Plaza.
Since Tuesday's disappointment, much of the group, including Protzman, has been staying in the Hyatt Regency in Dallas. Over the weekend, the group once again rented out a meeting room in the Hyatt, where Protzman spoke to his followers.
In videos of the meeting shared online, Protzman talks about the Rolling Stones concert he attended with members of the group, and claims that
Michael Jackson, John F. Kennedy Jr., Elvis, and Prince were all at the concert and were in fact playing the music on stage,
disguised as the Rolling Stones. He also claims that
R&B singer Aaliyah, who died in 2001, was one of the backup singers.In an audio chat on the newly formed Occupy Dealey Plaza Telegram channel, one of Protzman's lieutenants was asked how long the group was going to stay in Dallas. He revealed that one member of the group, a rapper known as Pryme Minister, has offered the use of a property near the city that could act as a permanent headquarters for the group, calling it “the promised land.”
When one of Protzman's followers asked: “Are we putting too much faith in this man?”, she was immediately shut down for her “lack of faith.” Those defending Protzman spoke with a religious zeal about their belief and faith in him. “I wish I was still [in Dallas],” one woman, in tears, said. “I'm completely and totally all in. Be true, keep holding onto the truth, and you will find your way.”
This sort of feels like something out of a Kurt Vonnegut novel to me.
Starker on 9/11/2021 at 11:13
Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station writes about the Republicans' war on Big Bird and their detachment from reality:
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https://www.stonekettle.com/2021/11/recap-november-7-2021.html)
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Imagine being mad at a kid's show, because it promoted the very cornerstone of modern medicine and disease prevention by suggesting that getting a vaccine is safe, effective, not scary, and the smart thing to do.
The US once led global efforts to develop vaccines and eradicate pandemic diseases such as smallpox and polio. Republicans were once proudly on the forefront of efforts by the US government to establish mass vaccination campaigns against common diseases here at home up to and including producing TV shows, radio programs, and written material specifically designed for kids. Hell, Donald Trump himself once touted development of this very vaccine and claimed personal credit for it. But decades of relentless hate radio, for-profit hate religion, and fanatical hate politics treated as if those are rational viewpoints instead of the fact-free lunatic ideology they are, have turned conservatism into nothing but a bunch of frothing red-faced bulging-eyed spittle-flecked raging paste-eaters.
[...]
Republicans would rather burn the entire nation to the ground and squat in the ashes if passing legislation means all of us benefit rather than just them, just their party and ideology.
That was why Republicans under Trump never could themselves craft infrastructure legislation -- or, for that matter, deliver their long promised healthcare plan.
Because they couldn't figure out how to do so in a way that it only benefited them and no one else.
[...]
The Party Of Lincoln, that Grand Old Party, has become The Party of Anti-Reality, of Trump, of Limbaugh, of unwashed, science-denying window-licking lunatics and proudly deluded fools who declare war on puppets and who gather in the street to unashamedly share their ridiculous insanity.
[...]
Cipheron on 9/11/2021 at 12:21
Man, some top class burns in that.
Cipheron on 15/11/2021 at 19:34
Ugh, I had to share this one:
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https://twitter.com/lavern_spicer/status/1459654165467123712)
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As a parent would you rather have your child turn out like Kyle Rittenhouse or Greta Thunberg?
This is from an actual Republican congressional candidate.
She's saying she'd rather her kid turn out as a neo-Nazi vigilante on trial for murder because he decided to play Call of Duty IRL instead of having her kid be a globally recognized climate activist who's spoken at the United Nations.
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EDIT: I also want to throttle that Protzman guy (the cult leader from the Dallas JFK thing).
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vaw4/qanon-jfk-dallas-protzman)
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“There were children sleeping on that ground,' McNamara told VICE News. “There were elderly people, there were people with walkers, people with canes, people that were in pain, in a lot of pain.”
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“He's acting like he's Jesus Christ with his disciples. Everywhere he went, there was this little group around him kissing this ring.”
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“I was never a fan of the Rolling Stones, I had no intention of going there. But then last minute, everyone's saying you got to be there, you got to be there. And so I spent $300 on tickets and it was raw and rainy and cold and miserable.”
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“I know many people who won't now be able to afford Christmas, but it was more important for them to be there, or they don't know how they're gonna pay the next month's mortgage payment,” McNamara said. “Many people make huge sacrifices financially, in their relationships, in their lives, just to be there.”