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Who's excited? it's going to be a battle for the ages

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Who??
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also, in slowbros example, he used the same verb. you changed verbs so your example is totally different and really not we're talking about
over 8 years

Hibiki says

"sanders is tricking people into voting him" is a lot more different than "sanders has appealed to people so they vote for him"


How are they different if the latter is a sequence of the former.

Fam and Germ just said exactly the point. To conclude, Dems are no different/better then Repubs. They say what their voter base wants to hear.
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Slowbro says


Germatron says


Slowbro says


MODABUSE says

the reason you have a problem with someone saying 'manipulated minorities' is because you're too afraid to admit that everyone can be manipulated


no, the problem with saying "x is being manipulated" is that you're robbing x of all agency in that description, thereby dehumanizing x. and we already know america has a problem with seeing minorities as equal human beings.


but everyone can be manipulated, and minorities are naturally a set within everyone


it's about tone and subtext. read: "Some dogs get eaten by coyotes" vs. "Some wolves eat coyotes". Both saying the same thing in a different way with different emphases on subject.


I think the entire point he was saying was that Liberals say things to sweet talk minorities with no intention to actually do it, it has nothing to do with their intelligence they try to manipulate everyone i dont know why you are trying to strawman
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Hibiki says

"sanders is tricking people into voting him" is a lot more different than "sanders has appealed to people so they vote for him"


dude, everyone tricks people to vote for them and every demographic falls for it
over 8 years
seriously. repubs are some of the most stupid people i've ever met
over 8 years
"sanders is tricking people into voting him" is a lot more different than "sanders has appealed to people so they vote for him"
over 8 years

Germatron says

oh, wait, when did I get into a semantics argument! forget it, you believe what you want


god you're stupid
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ScubaSteve says


Peta says


ScubaSteve says


Peta says

If Bernie gets nominated then we're in trouble. Put aside the question of whether his platform is better than Hillary's. The GOP propaganda machine will eat him alive. All it will need to do is convince some small percentage of stupefied virtually illiterate citizens that he's a communist and he'll be toast.


Kind of like how those same illiterate citizens already believe that Clinton should be on trial for actual war crimes?


I think accusations of socialism/communism would probably cut a far greater swath into the ranks of swing voters.


I disagree, especially now that the anti-Soviet propaganda machine isn't in full force anymore.


Update: there's a good chance I was wrong. http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/democratic-debate-miami-presidential-election-2016/?#livepress-update-24444290
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Slowbro says


Germatron says


Slowbro says


MODABUSE says

the reason you have a problem with someone saying 'manipulated minorities' is because you're too afraid to admit that everyone can be manipulated


no, the problem with saying "x is being manipulated" is that you're robbing x of all agency in that description, thereby dehumanizing x. and we already know america has a problem with seeing minorities as equal human beings.


but everyone can be manipulated, and minorities are naturally a set within everyone


it's about tone and subtext. read: "Some dogs get eaten by coyotes" vs. "Some wolves eat coyotes". Both saying the same thing in a different way with different emphases on subject.


oh, wait, when did I get into a semantics argument! forget it, you believe what you want
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Jokes on you I'm independent. I'm voting for Kasich in my Ohio primary because he is the only candidate that makes sense for this election and isn't an extremist on either side. The reason Republicans have failed in the White House recently is because George W Bush used the bastardized version of Reaganomics that his father used. Kasich has an entire track record of positive influence for the country and my state. The fact that he is sensible (not for gay marriage, but will accept what the people want and has gone to gay weddings), and has done things like expanding Medicaid (something other Republicans wouldn't do) and was a part of the committee that balanced the national budget causing surplus which are reasons why I am voting for him. He worked with Reagan and knows how to compromise and get things done. That's something no other candidate can even think of saying.

Trump, Clinton, and Cruz are unelectable. Rubio is the "well I guess I'll settle" option. Sanders is the "I'm in college and want free money" option. Kasich at least is passable and not a criminal.
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Germatron says


Slowbro says


MODABUSE says

the reason you have a problem with someone saying 'manipulated minorities' is because you're too afraid to admit that everyone can be manipulated


no, the problem with saying "x is being manipulated" is that you're robbing x of all agency in that description, thereby dehumanizing x. and we already know america has a problem with seeing minorities as equal human beings.


but everyone can be manipulated, and minorities are naturally a set within everyone


it's about tone and subtext. read: "Some dogs get eaten by coyotes" vs. "Some wolves eat coyotes". Both saying the same thing in a different way with different emphases on subject.
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ScubaSteve says

Stupid people are exhausting.

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modabuse is wsteyer? was that known? did slowbro foxyboxx that and just out it because he's mad?

or is it just common knowledge?
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Slowbro says


MODABUSE says

the reason you have a problem with someone saying 'manipulated minorities' is because you're too afraid to admit that everyone can be manipulated


no, the problem with saying "x is being manipulated" is that you're robbing x of all agency in that description, thereby dehumanizing x. and we already know america has a problem with seeing minorities as equal human beings.


but everyone can be manipulated, and minorities are naturally a set within everyone
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i wonder if butters germ and wsteyer all go to the same conservative bathhouse
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MODABUSE says

the reason you have a problem with someone saying 'manipulated minorities' is because you're too afraid to admit that everyone can be manipulated


no, the problem with saying "x is being manipulated" is that you're robbing x of all agency in that description, thereby dehumanizing x. and we already know america has a problem with seeing minorities as equal human beings.
over 8 years

MODABUSE says

the reason you have a problem with someone saying 'manipulated minorities' is because you're too afraid to admit that everyone can be manipulated


You'd think being on a website where your goal is to manipulate people would open someone to the fact that people do that in real life.
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maymay says

If you want Trump for president, you might as well put a gun to your head right now.


if hillary is president, does that mean my mom can sue the gun manufacturer after?

this crowd is crazy, is that racist to say? some cultures are just different than others.
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Slowbro says

no, i think he's appealing to racists and sexists


But mostly the uneducated, which in this country, accounts for a ton of people since the entire public education system is garbage. But hey, on the bright side, the more stupid people there are, the longer people like Trump can appeal to them and turn the United States back in to the collective laughing stock it deserves to be.
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also, bernie and hillary are really going at each others throats now. Loving it
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the reason you have a problem with someone saying 'manipulated minorities' is because you're too afraid to admit that everyone can be manipulated
over 8 years
If you want Trump for president, you might as well put a gun to your head right now.
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MODABUSE says

"demagogues don't exist" -slowbro


the quote everyone can remember meby
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also this debate is crazy.

one of the translators really suck at translating. It's honestly embarrassing, I hope someone makes a highlight reel
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"demagogues don't exist" -slowbro