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It’s good old-fashioned xenophobia and is by no means unique to Americans or English-speakers even in the modern era. Anyone who has spent enough time in certain parts of France, Italy, or Belgium has probably encountered it at some point.

It’s everywhere but it is probably most prevalent in countries with a strong nationalist core and, in my opinion, ironically occurs most often in countries that have really fucked around with having an empire in the last century or so.

I never like to curse anyone or wish them ill, but it would be dope if I could somehow sign up to get text alerts anytime something bad happens to this guy. Even small things, would put a smile on my face.

Mississippi or Alabama, Mississippi or Alabama, Mississippi!

“In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay. Stay fucking hard,” Gomez instructs viewers in the video, delivering one of the most unintentionally homoerotic lines of the 21st century so far.

Great writing.

Well who could have predicted that little cranky fit? Okay, bye!

I’m not here to “crush” anything.

It’s redundant to point out what can be readily observed by all, but however ineffective you are, it’s clear you are trying to “crush” this.

I just disagree with your definition of “proof.”

You appear to actually disagree with my definition of evidence, since I’ve been open about the distinction, and you’ve ignored repeated offers to engage with my evidence, opting instead to double down on demanding proof in the face of overwhelming evidence.

One last try for posterity: why are you so sure that the protests had nothing to do with it, given how numerous, persistent, widely covered they are, and given the fact that they are happening during what may be the most impactful US presidential race in modern history?

Maybe relax a bit. We can just agree to disagree.

Your gaslighting is as clumsy as your attempts at discourse. I am writing this from my mobile phone, sat at a nice lakeside park on a lovely if overcast day, during my lunch break. You might be excited, but this isn’t even taxing my pulse. Maybe stop projecting. We started this out agreeing to disagree, I just wanted you to check your tether to reality, though it’s clear to me now that it’s been dangling uselessly for a while now.

Hey you’re crushing this whole internet discussion thing, provided we all join you in persistently ignoring all of the circumstances I keep mentioned.

I have no proof. I have a mountain of evidence, and I am keen to hear your erudite take on why none of it matters.

The, if you like, you can share your evidence, but I doubt you want to.

I’ve been here the whole time, and you definitely farted.

That’s just it though. Neither of us can point to a causal chain of events conclusively proving or disproving our belief.

The difference is, my belief is fully compatible with the mountain of circumstantial evidence mentioned in my above comment, whereas your belief requires one to completely ignore all of it.

So you’re going to look at a decision in the heat of an enormously momentous election year, made by a president who is running for reelection, amidst numerous, widespread, widely covered protests made largely by a demographic that is absolutely critical to this candidate-president winning said election…You’re going to look at all that and say it had ‘nothing to do’ with those same protests.

Not, ‘there were other factors’, nope, you confidently assert the protests had nothing to do with it and demand proof of a suggestion to the contrary.

Once again, check your tether.

You start distorting reality, and it gets tough to stop, by nature.

I’ll save us both a lot of frustration and wasted time and simply refer you back to my first comment.

You’re the one making the extraordinary claim that this decision had ‘nothing’ to do with massive, nation-wide, broadly covered protests occurring in a hotly contested election year amongst a key demographic.

So, prove it.

Yo check your tether, friend. Reality can get away from you quick.

Haha, what a fucking loser.

I actually think you might need to fact check your fabrication in case it isn’t one. And then probably repeat hourly for the next few days at least, just to be sure.

Death of Satire is very low on the list of grievances I have with the far right, very low indeed, but it is definitely on the list.

They might not know enough about US politics to understand the nuance.

To paraphrase RTJ, he can run backwards naked through a field of dicks.

It also doesn’t hurt that Democrats in Congress have held unprecedentedly united

“unprecedentedly” is one of those words that just shouldn’t be. Just because it’s a word doesn’t mean it makes a good sub header.

‘it also doesn’t hurt that Democrats have maintained a united front of unprecedented durability’ or ‘…unprecedented strength’ seems less clumsy if you really need to drive home how…unprecedented it is.

Anyway, well done Joe, you already got my vote but by all means keep dropping those table scraps. They are tasty.

Not a lady but I’ve been married to one for a couple decades and I think we have good communication.

I’d wager that there is little difference in the urge to get off. I’d wager that the biggest difference lies in where ‘getting off’ falls within the whole sequence of events.

For most men, getting off is the last period at the end of the last sentence of the last chapter. That may create urgency in their partner that might not otherwise be there.

Give me a break

What an amazing choice of words

This sounds shady but so much of US politics does, especially post-Citizen’s United. I have no idea how abnormal or unprecedented this is. Does anyone else have a ready sense?