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18 Feb 2019, 9:59 am

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He's right. SNL is nothing but anti-Republican propaganda now.
You mean SNL is the same comedy show that's made fun of whatever government is in power for decades and now that you don't like the truths they make fun of they're "nothing but anti-Republican propaganda now." ? :?
Careful, there ... telling the Truth can get you labelled as an Enemy Of The State under the current regime.



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18 Feb 2019, 3:17 pm

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I am completely non-partisan.


:lmao: The non-biased. Worse bad faith actors on the entire political spectrum, if I hadn't said so enough before



Yeah? Well, please elaborate. I'd love to have this discussion with you. Please explain your position in as many, or little words, as you'd like. Bring it on, kiddo!


Kiddo smh

You can't have a unbiased opinion on something subjective, whether it be political or otherwise, unless I'm truly speaking to a droid.

Stating " I am completely non-partisan" before exclaiming something doesn't make your opinion suddenly more credible. That patronizing way of thinking is why I can't take anyone with a political opinion who claims to have transcended beyond cultural or/and political bias serious at all.

There are bad faith characters everywhere on the political spectrum but you guys are definitely some of the worse. For example, just last week, I believe I posted this video about political whataboutism's, and instead of judging the content for what it was or calling out/correcting any part of it... You went for the propaganda card and didn't bother to regard any of it. Which, ironically, is the direct criticism being made. As tradition, I don't think this wall of text will make a difference... But pls. For the record, I don't like Bill Maher, and particularly how he characterizes Muslims(I am not muslim either, if that makes my comments any more credible to you)


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21 Feb 2019, 8:17 pm

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Imagine if Obama had tried to censor a comedy show for making fun of him.


You mean like how Obama bribed the FCC.



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21 Feb 2019, 8:26 pm

SZWell wrote:
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I am completely non-partisan.


:lmao: The non-biased. Worse bad faith actors on the entire political spectrum, if I hadn't said so enough before


I never trust anyone who calls themselves unbiased--people who say that either have a political agenda they are hiding, or they lack self-awareness to the extent that they think they have no bias. Either way they're not trustworthy.



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21 Feb 2019, 8:29 pm

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Imagine if Obama had tried to censor a comedy show for making fun of him.


You mean like how Obama bribed the FCC.

And that was supposed to have happened when?


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21 Feb 2019, 8:55 pm

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If it comes off as hysterics and overkill I think that's a possibility. Consider how much such attention was drawn to him the first time around and him becoming president anyways in spite of it and perhaps at least in part because of it.

Mild incremental Democratic Socialism will lead to mass murder, but the president threatening to end the first amendment gets a yawn from you guys?


Totally non sequitur reply. I'm talking about the left potentially shooting themselves in the foot. As in I don't think they should do that. I think if the next election turns out to be all about defeating Trump rather than about the strengths of the person running against him, it could have the potential of turning out like it did last time.

It's like Clinton's campaign was more her saying "I'm not Donald Trump" rather than "I'm Hillary Clinton". With Obama it seemed more like the focus was on who Obama was, not who he was running against. The old saying is there's no such thing as bad publicity. I have a feeling that during the next election Trump is going to get the lion's share of publicity from the left.



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21 Feb 2019, 8:59 pm

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He's right. SNL is nothing but anti-Republican propaganda now.


No. SNL is anti Trump. Not anti GOP. Big difference.

Trump himself is anti GOP and violates every ideal that the GOP ever stood for.

Hillary Clinton did not invent , nor revive the Cold War. Mitt Romney was declaring that "Russia was our main enemy" back when the Dems, and everyone else, was obsessed with ISIS and Al Queda being our enemies. Trump had to demand removal of all anti Russian rhetoric from the GOP platform during the convention because the GOP establishment was more anti Putin then even the Dems.

Trump is anti free trade. Anti traditional allies pro dictatorship. Pro Russia. He echoes Marxists dictators by declaring Americans he doesn't like to be "enemies of the people" ( before Trump it would have been unthinkable to expect a GOPer to use that exact phrase "enemy of the people", but now we all hear Trump spout it all of the time).



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21 Feb 2019, 9:24 pm

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It's pretty ludicrous for a president to go after a satirical program because he doesn't like being made fun of.

Having said that, I can't bear to watch any political satire that a political bias, any more. The late night talk show comedians turn my stomach, simply because I am completely non-partisan. .


Declaring that you yourself are "completely nonpartisan" is nonsensical, and comes off as dishonest if you mean it the way you're saying it (that somehow your actual beliefs are 'completely nonpartisan').

If you meant that you are "open minded" or "strive to hear both sides" then that's different, and would be both plausible as a statement, and laudable as a thing. But that's not how you said it.

If you meant it how you said it (that "you", and not just your media diet, are "non partisan") then your own posts bely that. You express a certain partisan pov all of the time. Further ...any one with political convictions would have to be partisan to some degree.



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22 Feb 2019, 4:38 pm

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This isn't a fair example. George W Bush contributed more to the National Debt per year than either Reagan or Trump, and also everyone's taxes are being cut, just the rich people's taxes are cut a tiny bit more, but the rich are still being taxed more than the poor.



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22 Feb 2019, 5:25 pm

So Political correctness is one of the biggest threats to american culture....or whatever they say, but you can't make fun of the President on SNL. hmm I smell hypocrisy.


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22 Feb 2019, 6:54 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
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d057 wrote:
Imagine if Obama had tried to censor a comedy show for making fun of him.


You mean like how Obama bribed the FCC.

And that was supposed to have happened when?


He's still doing it.



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22 Feb 2019, 11:08 pm

Anonymousdude wrote:
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d057 wrote:
Imagine if Obama had tried to censor a comedy show for making fun of him.


You mean like how Obama bribed the FCC.

And that was supposed to have happened when?


He's still doing it.


Forgive me if I'm skeptical.


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