Definitely a pain in the butt to deal with them. They are all shameful assholes — just some are more malicious than others.

I believe you are falling prey to the idea that you are correct when you are definitely not. But you know, if you want to get your boxers in a knot over this, go for it. Clearly, despite decades of evidence to the contrary, RBG hates black people and thinks they should be shot in the street like dogs.

Right. Some actions, no matter how well-intentioned, are so inflammatory* that they are almost guarannteed to draw attention away from the intended issue and onto the person protesting.

She does no such thing. She’s clearly speaking in a hypothetical there.

I agree, with a corollary: In my personal experience, a lot of the people who disagree with me just don’t know much about the issues they are discussing. I don’t mean that they have a different analysis than me, therefore they are wrong, I mean they literally don’t know the first thing about what they are talking…

Why? Maybe she just thinks it’s not an effective way to protest? (I tend to agree.)

You can be all for what Kaepernick is standing (or rather, not standing) for and still think it’s not an effective tool. Evidence: Most of the discussion was about whether or not he was respecting the flag, veterans, etc., and not on…

Exactly. I have friends who have absolutely the opposite political beliefs on virtually every issue. I find their political stances stupid and dangerous. They think mine are immoral and dangerous. So you know what? We just don’t talk politics. That leaves every other topic from sports to TV to reminiscing about high…

I’m dying for updated poll information. DYING.

Also the admission of guilt. He never admitted guilt in the discrimination cases. It’s fairly well implied by the settlement, but to this day he denies guilt.

Yes. In which he denied doing it. And paperwork acusations from the 70s are not quite as compelling as fairly recent video of someone admitting guilt.

I’m not saying that possessiveness isn’t a factor, but it certainly isn’t the only one or even the main one.

No clue. I know that Kasich, Graham and Flake never endorsed. The others I have no clue about.

I mean, I think if he pulls out it becomes very difficult for them to win. But in the chaos, I do think they could pull some shady shit and eke out a win. Or a “win.”

Well, there is the issue that bigotry, while awful, isn’t actually a crime. You are legally allowed to be racist in your thoughts*. Actually committing sexual assault, as he is on tape admitting too, is definitely illegal. If instead of pussy grabbing this tape was him going on about how he redlined blacks out of his…

It’s not as crazy as it sounds. I think it’s difficult to say with certainty what would happen if Trump pulled out.

Yes, some of those listed never endorsed him. The list could def. be clearer.

Christie also has no other options for political life. His only chance to hold office again is if he can get Trump elected and con him into an appointment.

a) He may not have remembered it if, as it seems, he was totally fine with it and didn’t think it was a big deal.

In a sane country, Trump would not be able to get more than like, 10% of the vote. That it’s even close is terrifying.

Personally, I felt like they both came off fairly badly. Pence lied with every breath, but for low-information voters, probably came off as the calmer and more “presidential” of the two.