“I think I am, in a certain way, bringing it together. I can tell you that a big portion of this nation is united like it’s never been united before.”

It’s interesting how many folks who provide insightful, enjoyable comments seem to get banned semi-regularly, yet the troll accounts just keep on getting more numerous and less grey.

“Ha ha I have screwed over so many lenders and creditors using ethically and legally questionable means that are not available to the average graduate struggling with student loans. Many of you will simply have your loans go into default, crippling your credit for years and bringing incredible legal and financial…

Jesus Christ these Republicans are so fucking dense. Doing the bluffing “ask them about [thing I want you to think is bad], you won’t like their answer” is a thing you say in an argument in a bar, when you know the person you’re talking to can’t actually ask the people you’re talking about.

Yep. I’ve been ringing this bell for a while. I will never believe anything else. They’re angling for an inside-the-beltway talk show. And because everything is horrible, they will almost certainly get it.

Ugh. Christ, the dangers of commenting before coffee. Yeah, I’m well aware of what semi-automatic means, but I admittedly didn’t exactly phrase my original comment well.

This is the most obvious answer, and yet it still almost made me dribble coffee onto my keyboard.

Yeah, one of my former bosses was always conservative, but he was very well-educated and had quite a bit of common sense, and I always enjoyed talking politics with him. Even though we had different opinions, we could have a debate without hating each other, and he was exceedingly well-versed in history... he actually…

Serious question: how, exactly, will a ban on semi-automatic weapons affect farmers? How many farmers own semi-automatic weapons and what threats do NZ farmers face that require said semi-automatic weapons? They aren’t banning rifles and shotguns or even, to my knowledge, pistols.

Yeah, I actually do. I have zero hope that the Senate will ever do anything. And I don’t have any real hope that the Mueller investigation will do anything in and of itself.

1. True, I was sloppy with my language, and that’s a fair point.

I don’t disagree with anything you’ve written here. But... this isn’t the hill I want to die on. Or, well, actually no, that’s not quite right. Restoring the dignity and integrity of the American system would be a perfectly fine hill on which to die... I just don’t want to risk dying on it right at this moment, over…

That’s a good way to put it.

I couldn’t possibly give less of a fuck what Pelosi thinks. I’m not a huge fan of impeachment because strategically, at this point, it’s a horrible idea. The Senate will never vote to actually impeach him, and a failed impeachment will just give him a victory leading up the the elections that’ll rile up his base and…

“I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president I had to approve. I don’t care about this. I didn’t get thank you. That’s ok. We sent him on the way, but I wasn’t a fan of John McCain.”

I’m certainly on board with all of that. I can kind of see the draw of throwing Hitler into his discussions—I’m sure it got the attention of a room full of otherwise daydreaming kids—but yeah, playing with fire requires caution, lest you burn some shit down.

That’s fair enough, but I feel it has to be said that for someone delving rather deeply into someone else’s semantics, you appear to be getting a little sloppy yourself. You’re saying that “you can’t ascribe positive qualities to Hitler without looking like you’re praising him,” but in your lengthier discussions, you…

there is literally no situation wherein a person can ascribe positive qualities (in terms of raw, reptilian effectiveness, rather than any sense of moral positivity/rectitude) to Hitler without looking like they’re praising the man responsible for the fucking Holocaust.

Nope, nope, nope. Sorry, still not buying a fucking word of it. All we’re seeing right here is a bunch of people setting up shoots for the b-roll that’ll be used in the first trailer of Conway & Conway hitting primetime on either Fox News or CNN (depending on the state of the Trump/GOP relationship at the point she’s…

Hey, now, that’s not fair. Republicans have been very consistent about this: they believe in the free market and a laissez-faire approach to economic matters... unless the private company in question is doing something that the Republicans don’t like, or that in some way might help Democrats, or that offends the…