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20 Nov 2016, 12:25 pm

Wow, they really exposed who the true bigots are-


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20 Nov 2016, 1:10 pm

JohnPowell wrote:
Wow, they really exposed who the true bigots are-



The young woman who overhead "the two White Guys" apparently has not grasped the concept of freedom of speech very firmly. Bad opinions and Nasty attitudes are what has made America Great.


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20 Nov 2016, 2:08 pm

JohnPowell wrote:
Wow, they really exposed who the true bigots are-


Dumbass keeps claiming TYT are Hillary supporters when they are not. Talk about identity politics.



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20 Nov 2016, 5:56 pm

I haven't taken TYT seriously since they got clowned by Alex Jones at the RNC



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20 Nov 2016, 6:15 pm

Alex Jones is a clown himself though.


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20 Nov 2016, 6:23 pm

JohnPowell wrote:
Alex Jones is a clown himself though.


Of course and a much funnier/entertaining one at that too

Cenk is a meathead, he'll say interesting things from time to time just as Bill Maher does but for the most part they just regurgitate the party line



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20 Nov 2016, 6:28 pm

Jacoby wrote:
JohnPowell wrote:
Alex Jones is a clown himself though.


Of course and a much funnier/entertaining one at that too

Cenk is a meathead, he'll say interesting things from time to time just as Bill Maher does but for the most part they just regurgitate the party line


But he's damaging. They have him on mainstream TV, because he makes any truth movement look insane. He has people on his show that talk about holograms and laser beams on 9/11. Sure he's entertaining, but then so is the truth.

Yeah, though they both seemed to have a serious nervous breakdown after the election. Maher even admits that Trump winning was the fault of the liberals and the PC crowd. Still is too smug to consider that maybe conservatism is the best way though.


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20 Nov 2016, 6:47 pm

Is Alex Jones damaging? People have been saying that for a long time and while I wouldn't want him speaking on my behalf to the MSM, I think he provides a valuable platform to reaching young people and those outside the mainstream political system. He is an entertainer and businessman first and foremost, once you've accepted this then he's a lot more tolerable and easier to digest. I think what scares a lot of people with Alex Jones is less the crazy/weird stuff he talks about from time to time but rather the stuff he is actually correct about which is way too often. Alex Jones is simply filling a vacuum made by the bias in the MSM who refuses to cover the things he covers, the MSM has no moral high ground to judge others in this regard. I'd compare Alex Jones to a Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert.



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20 Nov 2016, 10:52 pm

To me TYT and Alex Jones are way off to the side of mainstream media. Guys like Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher are just entertainers.



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21 Nov 2016, 12:35 am

JohnPowell wrote:
Wow, they really exposed who the true bigots are-



and this is not bigotted
http://posse-comitatus-usa.blogspot.com ... e-has.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/ ... 5d5ed3b6b0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... story.html



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21 Nov 2016, 1:50 am

Wow is right. What a piece of crap this guy is.


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21 Nov 2016, 2:19 am

Yep one guy here and there supposedly equals all 60 million voters. All of whom are to be viewed as deplorable racist garbage. I just hope everyone else in my generation can see this for what it is.



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21 Nov 2016, 5:59 am

BaalChatzaf wrote:
The young woman who overhead "the two White Guys" apparently has not grasped the concept of freedom of speech very firmly. Bad opinions and Nasty attitudes are what has made America Great.

You are so spoiled you have no concept of what it is to not have free speech. Telling some rude piece of s**t in the street to STFU is not violating their freedom of speech. Nobody came and arrested them. There is something called being a civil human being though. Sorry, there are some boundaries in civil society. You might not be arrested for being rude and racist, but people also have the right to tell you that your behavior is unacceptable. They have the right to shun you. That is their freedom of speech.



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21 Nov 2016, 6:06 am

JohnPowell wrote:
Yeah, though they both seemed to have a serious nervous breakdown after the election. Maher even admits that Trump winning was the fault of the liberals and the PC crowd. Still is too smug to consider that maybe conservatism is the best way though.

Why would he? Trump winning does not prove conservatism is "correct". It proves more people voted for Trump than Hillary, nothing more. Seriously, if you don't want to advertise conservatives as not being the brightest bulbs in the box, stop poisoning your thinking with blatant logical fallacies.



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21 Nov 2016, 2:03 pm

Jacoby wrote:
Is Alex Jones damaging? People have been saying that for a long time and while I wouldn't want him speaking on my behalf to the MSM, I think he provides a valuable platform to reaching young people and those outside the mainstream political system. He is an entertainer and businessman first and foremost, once you've accepted this then he's a lot more tolerable and easier to digest. I think what scares a lot of people with Alex Jones is less the crazy/weird stuff he talks about from time to time but rather the stuff he is actually correct about which is way too often. Alex Jones is simply filling a vacuum made by the bias in the MSM who refuses to cover the things he covers, the MSM has no moral high ground to judge others in this regard. I'd compare Alex Jones to a Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert.


I'd compare him to David Icke. It's because of people like them that people believe in ancient aliens, laser beams from space, reptilian people, flat earth, the moon being fake and being dragged by lizards, holograms, missiles into the pentagon and spirit chefs. They drag down any truth movement and that's why people like you and me get accused of wearing tinfoil hats.


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21 Nov 2016, 2:06 pm

marshall wrote:
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Yeah, though they both seemed to have a serious nervous breakdown after the election. Maher even admits that Trump winning was the fault of the liberals and the PC crowd. Still is too smug to consider that maybe conservatism is the best way though.

Why would he? Trump winning does not prove conservatism is "correct". It proves more people voted for Trump than Hillary, nothing more. Seriously, if you don't want to advertise conservatives as not being the brightest bulbs in the box, stop poisoning your thinking with blatant logical fallacies.


Stop putting words in my mouth. I said to "consider".


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