commando Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 it can be tough to tell them apart https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3xgq5/why-wont-twitter-treat-white-supremacy-like-isis-because-it-would-mean-banning-some-republican-politicians-too The employee argued that, on a technical level, content from Republican politicians could get swept up by algorithms aggressively removing white supremacist material. Banning politicians wouldn’t be accepted by society as a trade-off for flagging all of the white supremacist propaganda, he argued. 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, commando said: it can be tough to tell them apart https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3xgq5/why-wont-twitter-treat-white-supremacy-like-isis-because-it-would-mean-banning-some-republican-politicians-too The employee argued that, on a technical level, content from Republican politicians could get swept up by algorithms aggressively removing white supremacist material. Banning politicians wouldn’t be accepted by society as a trade-off for flagging all of the white supremacist propaganda, he argued. Not really funny, but...... 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Those 18 angry democrats must now have more time on their hands. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 GOP will have an identity crisis once Trump leaves office. https://www.rollcall.com/news/the-gop-identity-crisis-on-the-horizon Quote That legacy is important, and may even earn the president a second term, but it won’t make the transition to a post-Trump Republican Party any easier. Normally when a president leaves office, he fades into the background, at least temporarily. Trump won’t. When he’s out of the White House, he’ll still be on Twitter and still command media attention. He might even have his own TV show again. Trump won’t be painting portraits of military veterans from a ranch in Texas. His consistent public presence will make it difficult to transfer power to the next GOP presidential nominee, or any other leader, because that person won’t be Trump. While he’ll be physically out of the White House, Trump won’t be eager to give up power, and his followers might not even be looking for a new leader. Vice President Mike Pence probably believes that all Republicans will just move behind him whenever Trump is gone. But it won’t be that simple, in part because Pence doesn’t command the same aura. He’s a safe politician (rather than a showman) who fits the traditional GOP rather than the Trump GOP. It’s not uncommon for a party to take on the image of its president, but Trump is holding together an unorthodox GOP coalition by force of his personality. Most Republicans have maintained their support for the president, even though he has tossed out traditional party stances on some issues (trade, for example) because they trust him as a messenger. But without Trump, it will be hard for the GOP to keep anti-free trade Democrats in the tent. And getting back Republicans who left because they were repulsed by Trump may take time. Once this president is out of office, the GOP will be saddled with choosing someone new to carry the party mantle with Trump as the compass. There will be Republicans who step up and try to walk, talk and act like Trump; and other candidates who will try to return the party to its traditional roots — all while Trump will be chiming in on Twitter. 2 Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 @NM11046 There's more... You're right, this guy is completely bonkers. What a lunatic. 2 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 1 minute ago, Danny Bateman said: @NM11046 There's more... You're right, this guy is completely bonkers. What a lunatic. I finally figured it out. Trump got elected by saying and doing things that most sane people realize are totally loony tune and crazy. It worked for him, so Moore his just trying his tactic. 1 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 He's really setting the bar too low, with these opinions he should really be aiming for a higher job, like POTUS. 2 Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 Where's the party of fiscal responsibility when you need them? 1 Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, knapplc said: Where's the party of fiscal responsibility when you need them? Paying himself with taxpayer money. A shrewd business move! Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I am finding these two tweets interesting. 2 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Can someone please explain this chart to me? I've looked at it three times and something about it just doesn't make sense. Link to comment
RedDenver Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: Can someone please explain this chart to me? I've looked at it three times and something about it just doesn't make sense. It's the results of an opinion poll. The chart is the percentage who say Trump is favoring <insert group> too much. For example, 42% of Jewish respondents say Trump is favoring Israelis too much, 6% say he's favoring Palestinians too much, 47% think it's the right balance, and 4% had no answer. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Submitted without comment. 2 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 I'm guessing Jewish people are more likely to have met Muslims, because in the U.S. they are both more likely to live in cities, which might explain why they have more favorable views of Muslims than Christians have. Whereas living in Nebraska I met 1 Jewish person growing up and didn't meet any Muslims until I was in grad school. Link to comment
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