ah, I got it now, probably should have been obvious to me, carry on :)

which is (again), why I thought somebody having used it to describe Sessions would have been a much more enjoyable (and in the end, more conceptually coherent) read.

that would be a hoot to witness :)

i’m not gonna make a big stink about it, but the term “colored” is considered passé at this point, the more acceptable phrase is “people of color” or POCs for short.

...had the word been used, it would have seamlessly connected the conversation about him being stingy on the one hand and racist on the other.

Counterpoint: Barbara Bush was a terrible person, fuck her and anyone asking anyone to stay quiet about the fact.

this is a tired, bad “joke”

On an extremely related note:

Show me the lie.

Both absolutely true, full stop. I hear those points fairly often but they definitely bear repeating, because clearly a lot of people either don’t know or won’t acknowledge the facts.

i think at this point i’ll take what i can get. can i get behind Reich writing a book with the title “Saving Capitalism,” regardless of context? HARD NOPE. but i agree w/ pretty much every specific criticism he has of modern politicians and policies. so the endpoint for him isn’t some radical socialist utopia, of…

on the contrary, there’s plenty of times people - nearly almost guys - are sure something they’re planning on saying is witty and will totally work, only to get smacked down harder than this:

exactly what I was saying, and I stand by it.

I dismissed all his replies to me since I didn’t think they added anything to the discussion, just a reminder that dismissing bullshit like that is always an option :)

Yeah, stopping anyone who “uses guns to express their opinions” isn’t any real step back from “we’ll defend any asshole with that thinks, talks, and acts like an asshole.” I’m with you, hard pass.

I’m glad you clarified that - and yes, in fairness you qualified your earlier comment with “very likely...”

I guess I’ll side with the doctors here, and every single credible doctor will tell you they can’t and won’t diagnose anyone without meeting with them privately in person. I know he has publicly admitted he’s got mental health issues, but afaik has never specified which issue or issues. Is bipolar a reasonable guess?…

ugh. Carnage was such an obvious case of “everybody loved X, so we’ll make something just like X but crank it to 11, people will love it even more!” Classic cynical cash grab.

what she said about flyover country...

nitpicking, but even this part isn’t quite true: