The Panda in the Room

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  1. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    BUT CHINA SAID...
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  2. Zombie

    Zombie dead and loving it

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    Because he knows that keeping the media looking like idiots helps him get reelected in 2020.
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  3. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Because I'm not racist.
  4. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    So Trump insisting on tying the virus to China at every opportunity is some seven dimensional chess business? I guess your infamous statement was pretty accurate.
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  5. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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  6. Zombie

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    The virus came from China. He's hitting back at them for claiming that the American military made the virus.

    He's also trolling the media. He knew that picture would be taken. It's done on purpose.

    It's not some chess game. It's just a guy who is good at media manipulation.
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  7. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    It's most certainly not a chess game. First time his opponent said "Check" he'd kick the board over.

    More like this:

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    You can take the bully out of the schoolyard, but...
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  8. Shirogayne

    Shirogayne Gay™ Formerly Important

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    That's cute.

    :pathead:
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  9. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Obama didn't have to try so hard to get you assholes to spray foam, he just had to be black, and have a name that wasn't Smith or Jones.
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  10. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    And Zombie too, apparently.
  11. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    If Francis becomes president under the Republican banner, he suddenly becomes awesome.
    Cuz reasons.
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  12. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    This. Something most of the anti-Trump crowd still either can’t or won’t grasp: Trump plays the media superbly well. It’s about his only real skill.
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  13. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    It occurs to me, if the logic of "Trump's an asshole, but I love him for it because he pisses off libs", is that bad behavior becomes good if it happens to someone you don't like, then Antifa punching Nazis must be good.

    So, Trumpers must love Antifa.

    Unless they love Nazis.
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  14. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    They’re not punching real Nazis though.
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    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Oh, that's right, you have to be from the 40's, and take orders from actual Hitler, or it doesn't count.
    Embracing the philosophy isn't good enough.

    This doesn't apply to Commies and Muslims though.
    Cuz reasons.
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  16. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    No it’s whoever they deem is a Nazi like you know, reporters or anyone.
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  17. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    :tinfoilhat:
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  18. tafkats

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  19. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    What does a group have to do to become "real Nazis," in your view?
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  20. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    People who embrace Nazi ideology.
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    A. Because he's a joke of a president. (A very bad, not-at-all funny joke.)
    B. Because he thinks that blaming it all on the Chinese absolves him of responsability for his own dismal response to the crisis.
    C. Because he is much better at trolling than leading.
    D. All of the above.

    "Oh, oh!" (Asyncritus raises hand high.) "Oh, me, me! I know the answer! It's D, 'All of the above.'" :)
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  22. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    This thread is a great read, the experience of a European flying to China and describing the quarantine procedures.

    The CCP is fucking awful, manipulative, and can't be trusted.

    But read the messaging that is being pushed on people.

    When posters here are less constructive than Chinese state propaganda you should know you've fucked up.

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  23. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    na... we were calling him a buffoon before you suckers elected him as a distraction.
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  24. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    Hey, don’t blame me. I voted for Kodos.
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  25. Bailey

    Bailey It's always Christmas Eve Super Moderator

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    I do seem to remember a lot of talk from some that both candidates would be equally disastrous.
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  26. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    That’s only because Hillary would have been as bad as Trump, just from a different angle.
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  27. steve2^4

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    Inconceivable...
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  28. Soma

    Soma OMG WTF LOL STFU ROTFL!!!

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    Yet you seem to prefer Trump over Hillary, negating your claim that they are equally terrible.
  29. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    What sort of psychoactive drugs are you on that would lead you the believe that I “prefer” Trump? The man is an imbecile.
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  30. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Meaning they need to get real torches to go with their flags and banners and tattoos instead of tiki torches? What about assaulting people of color (or just driving into a crowd of "those people")? Or would you wait for them to elect their leaders to Congress and start commandeering rolling stock?

    This is particularly rich coming from someone who yells "LIBRUL!!11!!" almost as often as Zombie and oldfella. :garamet:
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