Same, Jinni.

I'm still waiting for whatever crazy shit Trump is trying to pull. I'll breath a sigh of relief when these elections are certified.

There’s no such concept as a universal “beauty standard”; there are a common set of beauty standards (plural) imposed socially through media.

Firstly, she literally said “I don’t believe there is a beauty standard”, secondly, even if she meant that she doesn’t personally believe in it, it’s coming from an obviously beautiful woman who looks like the embodyment of current beauty standards. Not the same ballpark, but somewhat comparable to a white person…

The point is not that these things didn’t happen. The point is that you can’t attribute them to any particular group. But you *CAN* attribute a greater proportion of violence to a specific group that is openly, actively, and happily advocating for violence. If you need to be told which ‘group’ that is, then you’re the…

That's a long match to burn out. For now. 

I think the distressing part is that Trump isn’t a populist candidate. Ultimately, he’s just a fraud without a platform. What upsets me is that regardless of one’s ideology, Trump is just a terrible person to elect to a position of leadership. Regardless of the why, they fact that millions could vote for the guy a…

I’m not sure that’s intentional, though. Seems a lot of young assholes have been emboldened and encouraged by trump’s rise, and are seeking out positions of power as a result. It’s sort of a chicken-or-egg scenario... How much of it is GOP strategy versus how much is simply and influx of young bastards into the party?

thank you for demonstrating that you have not at all read or considered the information contained in those links.

You mean, the ‘supposed’ extremists who turned out to be...rabid conservatives?? Those ‘extremists?’

It’s a good article, but could we please retire “alt-right”? Makes it seem like there’s some pleasant refreshing alternative to the shithole the Republican Party has been digging deeper and deeper for decades.

The US has been a cult of personality at least as long as I have lived.
I think it’s problematic to pretend that Trump somehow shaped republican politicans and voters. They were already there, ready for a fascist authoritarian to take. They are still there tomorrow, even if Biden wins.

This isn’t a problem that somehow…

I predicted yesterday to the air and my coworkers that Biden would have to win in a landslide to bring the Right closer to center, back towards ‘respectability politic’, but that a close race is essentially going to tell the Right that the problem isn’t being too far right... it’s not being further right and louder.

after seeing Graham, Collins, Cocaine Mitch, etc. all get re-elected, I am starting to think that this is the wrong country for my mindset.  I’m just exhausted supporting a party that for whatever reason can’t be a piece of garbage like Trump. I know they’re not totally to blame but they’re not completely blameless…

You think the youth vote and people of colour are the reason for Trump's high numbers? That's a very interesting take.

100% this. They don’t have to become criminals or racists, but the Democratic party could grow some spines! Turn the other cheek, they go low, we go high, thank you Sir may I have another... come on really? At some point you need to let the other side know you are not taking any crap. You can project strength without…

you know, there’s no reason the Dems couldn’t respond in kind. I think it’s possible to want to govern and help people AND not only refuse to take people’s shit but return it harder, in fact that type of response would peel off some of their voters who currently think of Dems as a bunch of wussy hall monitors. Have…

Fun Fact: Shit-talking racists and misogynists are also the past and the present of the trumpublican (nee Republican) party.

we need to elect younger people on the left side for the next presidential election. That is the strategy Republicans are already working on, they got young white males, conservative women and black token race traitors on their roster.

It’s sad that this isn’t an anomaly in the GOP; this represents its future.