The Federalist: Federalism and the Constitution are bad. And Fascism is necessary.

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  1. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    Seems that since you've had a bad experience with marriage you're writing off the whole concept.

    As someone who has also been there, I know that can be easy to feel, and was something I consciously worked to avoid.

    Marriages can fail, and that's awful when it happens. Marriages can also be beautiful, supportive, loving things.
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  2. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    If I ever enter another long term relationship again maybe my feelings will change, but I’ve been single and alone for almost a decade now and I’m not having any luck finding Mrs right. I’ve pretty much lost all hope of ever finding the right person for me. You can call it sad, I call it being realistic.
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  3. matthunter

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    Fuck off - I've not had a relationship in 25 years but I'm not writing love off as a lost cause for everyone else.
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  4. Jenee

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    I’ll give you the same advice I give women - look for a friend, not a romantic partner. Things will fall into place after that.

    Or, go the opposite route, look for sex, be honest about it, and then let things fall into place.
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  5. tafkats

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    Nothing wrong with that, honestly.

    There was a time when I felt intense pressure to be coupled. But I'm not a particularly social creature to begin with, and as I get older, I find more and more that I enjoy having my own time and space. I wouldn't call it "losing hope" -- if romance happens I'll give it a shot, but I'm also perfectly content to live the way I do now.
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  6. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    I'm not content with the way I'm living, but I think this conversation has gone as far as I'm willing to go in the RR.
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    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    Well there you go....
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    Why are you obsessed with Matt’s teeth?
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    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    And why are we not surprised you can't get a piece of ass...with such a sunny disposition...
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  11. Tuckerfan

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    For the same reason Mr. Theopolis worried about Tammy's.

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  12. matthunter

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    I don't come here looking for ass.

    And yet you show up anyway.
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  13. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    a couple of friends just celebrated the longest marriage I know.
    happy 25th, Pete and Rick!
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    TheLonelySquire Fresh Meat

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    And I support their right to live as they so choose. Good for them.
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  15. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    The Federalist: Conservatism is weak. We must embrace fascism to save our culture.


    Put bluntly, if conservatives want to save the country they are going to have to rebuild and in a sense re-found it, and that means getting used to the idea of wielding power, not despising it. Why? Because accommodation or compromise with the left is impossible. One need only consider the speed with which the discourse shifted on gay marriage, from assuring conservatives ahead of the 2015 Obergefell decision that gay Americans were only asking for toleration, to the never-ending persecution of Jack Phillips.

    The left will only stop when conservatives stop them, which means conservatives will have to discard outdated and irrelevant notions about “small government.” The government will have to become, in the hands of conservatives, an instrument of renewal in American life — and in some cases, a blunt instrument indeed.

    To stop Big Tech, for example, will require using antitrust powers to break up the largest Silicon Valley firms. To stop universities from spreading poisonous ideologies will require state legislatures to starve them of public funds. To stop the disintegration of the family might require reversing the travesty of no-fault divorce, combined with generous subsidies for families with small children. Conservatives need not shy away from making these arguments because they betray some cherished libertarian fantasy about free markets and small government. It is time to clear our minds of cant.

    In other contexts, wielding government power will mean a dramatic expansion of the criminal code.


    Conservatives need to get comfortable saying in reply to people like French that Drag Queen Story Hour should be outlawed; that parents who take their kids to drag shows should be arrested and charged with child abuse; that doctors who perform so-called “gender-affirming” interventions should be thrown in prison and have their medical licenses revoked; and that teachers who expose their students to sexually explicit material should not just be fired but be criminally prosecuted.

    https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/20/we-need-to-stop-calling-ourselves-conservatives/
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  16. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    And Muslims and Jews should eat lots of pork, and vegans should go to Sizzler, and pacifists should take up boxing, and birdwatchers should bring a cat along, and wine tasters should chase every swig with Pabst, and....
    Fuuuuuuuck these people.
    Fuck them in the face.
    :facepalm:
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  17. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Fuck Jack Phillips. :rolleyes:
    Of fucking course the Nazis make this asshole their Joan Of Arc. :rolleyes:
    "Look at me!! Look at me!! I hate homos!! Look at me!! :polarslam2:"
    "Ohhh, leave me alone!! Why can't you leave me alone! :drama:"
    "Look at me again!! :polarslam2:".
    "Ohhh!! :drama:".
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    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Also from the article...

    Yeah, because that's how things work.
    :rolleyes:

    I'm sure Hitler was in his bunker thinking "well, I violated every moral ever, ever, ever, but at least I saved Germany! :D Oh....wait...I destroyed it...huh. :sigh: Well!! Time for my lead mouthwash!! :polarslam2:".
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    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    The good news is that there are going to be a lot of Russian expats on the market with the current war. I know your first mail order bride didn't work out, but I'm sure with an upfront payment of shipping and handling you can find Mrs. Right.
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  20. Jenee

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    Only because you want someone to look down upon.
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    The world's tallest chair for such a tiny ass.
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  23. Tuckerfan

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    I saw this as a response to a tweet about the article, but really, it could go in a number of different threads here.

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    Delusions of grandeur. The federalist gravy seals couldn't take rhode island. This is laughable propaganda to a bunch of delusional white fucksticks who think they still have power in america. Go make the government back in the way the founders had it with no women voting, blacks as human cattle, and white rich land owners trying to oppress them all. I am sure everyone is going to sit down and take that without watering the tree of liberty with the american conservative nazi's blood. There would be so many dead Nazis in america the jews might have sympathy for the trash Nazi bodies being burned in the ovens.
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    Basically, the folks who have been closeted fascists all along feel safe in coming out now, since Trump proved you can't be too vile to gain traction with the masses who secretly share your fascist instincts.
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  26. Ancalagon

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