coldplayisawesome Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Apparently more and more Republicans find the project to put up a wall between the US and Mexico too expensive. If Trump can't convince them that he can "earn back" the costs, they are planning to vote against the finance plan in Congress. i've seen things saying that if he is going to build the wall he should build it out of solar panels. making the best out of a stupid idea :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 Apparently more and more Republicans find the project to put up a wall between the US and Mexico too expensive. If Trump can't convince them that he can "earn back" the costs, they are planning to vote against the finance plan in Congress. Well, call that a right cause for the wrong reasons...:! But whatever helps avert it, I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tov1988 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Sometimes it's not practical to cut them out of your life completely, like in my case for example. Sometimes the best you can do is try to challenge their views and try to get along as best as you can. I think that racism is due to a lack of exposure to other people. It's sometimes coupled with a dogma, philosophy, or teaching which spreads the fear around. Those people just need to get out more, travel more and see other places and diversity of people. I remember when I saw a black person for the first time - I was horrified. It just takes some learning. You were really afraid of black people? That's interesting and kind of surreal to hear. I'm glad you were able to experience and become a changed person though. Some people don't want to change in spite of experience. I do know that a lot of those friends I talked about before have very little experience of the world outside their communities. I also think it's an echo chamber effect, where everyone kind of bounces back on whatever info is in their circle. My uncle had an international food store and as a kid I had to hang out there a lot. It exposed me to a lot of different cultures growing up, so I never gave it a thought about others being different or weird. But I understand that a lot of people don't get to grow up the way I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antdrew Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Yeah I was kinda taken back by that as well. Some people you would have had to be around, who gave you that impression, must of been just plain awful. I guess I am kinda the same as tov1988, living in Australia is pretty much living in a multicultural world. You interact with people from different backgrounds and places everyday, everywhere you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coeurli Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Whenever I see #Resist I think of this famous French song hehe So now this whole resistance movement in the US reminds me of this song :| Alright you can now go back to your very serious discussion :grinning: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy42 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 You were really afraid of black people? That's interesting and kind of surreal to hear. I'm glad you were able to experience and become a changed person though. Some people don't want to change in spite of experience. I do know that a lot of those friends I talked about before have very little experience of the world outside their communities. I also think it's an echo chamber effect, where everyone kind of bounces back on whatever info is in their circle. My uncle had an international food store and as a kid I had to hang out there a lot. It exposed me to a lot of different cultures growing up, so I never gave it a thought about others being different or weird. But I understand that a lot of people don't get to grow up the way I did. I know. It sounds like a horrible thing to say, I probably look like an idiot right now for it. I never saw a black person until I moved to the United States. And it certainly didn't help that my parents were afraid of them, too. Thank god I attended a public school, which is where my exposure came from. Yeah I was kinda taken back by that as well. Some people you would have had to be around, who gave you that impression, must of been just plain awful. I guess I am kinda the same as tov1988, living in Australia is pretty much living in a multicultural world. You interact with people from different backgrounds and places everyday, everywhere you go. That's cool. I have that opportunity now, and I don't discriminate between groups of people - it seems so irrational to me - but there is that initial reaction I had to get past, and of course when you're young, you might not be capable of doing that. I guess there's always room to open up your mind. Imagine if there was a nationality of purple people that you've never seen before. It could take some getting used to interacting with them. That was such a long time ago, though. I don't even know why I'm talking about this in so much detail. LOL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antdrew Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Yeah nah, nobody is trying to point you out or anything, we are all just a bit curious (at least I am...), and that was in your past. But yeah if you put it that way it does make sense, that you are coming from a more unsure angle than a "I hate these people of this skin colour because that's what I have grown up believing" point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 aaaand it has started..... :( https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/13/immigrant-communities-fear-ice-raids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thanks to a retweet by @coldplayisawesome, I saw this on Twitter. It's the link to a survey sent to Trump supporters by the Trump for President Campaign. https://action.donaldjtrump.com/mainstream-media-accountability-survey/ It's got to be the worst designed survey I ever read, all of the questions are suggestive, some of the sentences written so complicated (double negations...) that I am sure it will be above the level of understanding achievable by the hardcore Trump fanbase at least :P I just took part. If you're outside the US like me, well, you can always make up a fake name and email adress with a random zip code...oh wait, I meant: an alternative fact name, email adress and zip code. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplayisawesome Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 for real, though, i don't even feel bad about skewing their survey results because it's 100% not designed to get real answers anyway :P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDB9 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thanks to a retweet by @coldplayisawesome, I saw this on Twitter. It's the link to a survey sent to Trump supporters by the Trump for President Campaign. https://action.donaldjtrump.com/mainstream-media-accountability-survey/ It's got to be the worst designed survey I ever read, all of the questions are suggestive, some of the sentences written so complicated (double negations...) that I am sure it will be above the level of understanding achievable by the hardcore Trump fanbase at least[emoji14] I just took part. If you're outside the US like me, well, you can always make up a fake name and email adress with a random zip code...oh wait, I meant: an alternative fact name, email adress and zip code. WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nie Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I thought the 1st amendment in the US was about freedom of speech, religion,... Trump is clearly not aware of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 I thought the 1st amendment in the US was about freedom of speech, religion,... Trump is clearly not aware of that. Rejoice, he is all the more aware of the 2nd amendment though :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDB9 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I thought the 1st amendment in the US was about freedom of speech, religion,... Trump is clearly not aware of that. And freedom of THE PRESS!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy42 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I was about to mention that too. You gotta love how it mentions Second Amendment rights, but not First Amendment. Don't you dare say anything bad about our Orange Leader because the most important issue right now is that they're tryin'a take our guns away, bruh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nie Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 There is this comedy show on Flemish TV with imitations of famous people. And guess who is going to be one of the new acts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplayisawesome Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 unfortunately the first amendment only covers laws being made against those things, not POTUS complaining about it online and trying to talk people into thinking it's bad :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy42 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 ^ Your post is on point because 42nd post 42 minutes ago JK :p Exactly. If you try to question what the gov't is doing, the First Amendment no longer applies, and only applies to those who try to take it away from you. o_O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 So if I read that correctly, the DNC has voted a candidate of the "establishment" as their chairman today instead of the guy close to Sanders ? I think that could be the wrong signal again, I was hoping they would have learned from the mistake of running with Hillary rather than Bernie as their candidate. If they continue to give off that image of an uninspired, self-serving party for the elite, they will lose out in the next elections again and then we'll be stuck with a Republican majority for ages.... What do you think @guy42 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Archer Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 When the future's architectured By a carnival of idiots on show We'd better lie low Or We can fight (ง⚆_⚆)ง 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy42 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 So if I read that correctly, the DNC has voted a candidate of the "establishment" as their chairman today instead of the guy close to Sanders ? I think that could be the wrong signal again, I was hoping they would have learned from the mistake of running with Hillary rather than Bernie as their candidate. If they continue to give off that image of an uninspired, self-serving party for the elite, they will lose out in the next elections again and then we'll be stuck with a Republican majority for ages.... What do you think @guy42 ? Sadly, you're right. Funny how the Washington Post's headline reads "DNC chooses first Latino chair" as if this is about race, lol. This guy is pro-TPP, against single-payer healthcare, and clearly doesn't want to work for the people. Just another puppet for the billionaires. At the same time I'm not too surprised, they're completely dumb and clueless; they still think you can buy offices with money. Those days are numbered, though. What we want to do now is to Repeal & Replace Congress 2018. Resist corporatism. Resist slavery. Resist injustice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nie Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 So the Oscars are tonight. I think we can expect some resistance from the movie stars too. [emoji4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 Yeah, I'm sure it will get political. Then again, I was also expecting Lady Gaga's Superbowl show to get political but it wasn't, so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nie Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Today is International Women's Day #BeBoldForChange I'm going on strike today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I ran away Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Yay for International Women's Day ! I'm going on strike today. Really ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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