Ah, yes, the old “PCP turns you into an invulnerable hulk” canard... As opposed to, well, the truth: if you’re on enough to make you feel no pain from a gunshot, you probably can’t see clearly, let alone walk in a straight line.

THE PENIS IS EVIL!

Which makes it all the more bitterly ironic when they accuse left-leaning folk of being indoctrinated sheep and such. Every single heavily authoritarian president - starting with Nixon, at least - have been republicans. “Law and Order”, “Blue Lives Matter”, flag-humping, troops and cops loving, beat-down the people…

“Ted Cruz is a waste of resources” -Dinesh D’Sousa

Agreed. Splinter was the place you could count on to at least have one article on recent uproars that weren’t necessarily top news. The kind of stuff I’ll notice on leftist-twitter, but not elsewhere. Sometimes Jez or Giz hits those, but mostly not.

“As one does...” *waves dismissively* 

That’s perfect. I figured that would be the first excuse. Glad to see someone sniffed that one out.

THISSSS. Nixon, Kissinger and the rest were pure fucking evil, and not only got away with it, but are celebrated. The modern GOP is just an extension of that.

One thing fascists are good at is weaponizing language. It never matters if they prove themselves to be hypocrites in the process, because they just deflect that right back onto the left and point out every bit of hypocrisy (whether real or imagined). There’s no winning that game, so why not just call them what they…

Lindsey would cease to be useful once the left was gone. Trump would never shield him from his rabid base because he doesn’t care at all about anyone besides himself. It’d be like “Whatever happened to that guy?” “Oh, we put him down. Can’t have any queers in our white ethnostate.” “Oh, right, right.”

Sure, but they’re not going to kill them as long as they love jeebus and the god-emperor.

Evil never really dies. It just changes form.

What is it with americans loving political dynasties? 

The thing is, if the fascists won (and trumpers are fascists, make no mistake) they would put Lindsey up against the wall even for seeming to maybe be gay. At least after they were done executing everyone on the left, and then any person of color on the right.

Yuuup... how dare we?

It’s like falling into a black hole. Spaggettified despair.

Fair enough. I just have trouble believing a drug suddenly makes you act in a way that is contrary to your nature. I say this as someone who has studied psychopharmacology at the graduate level, and who has experienced a number of different states of consciousness, both pharmacologically induced and “naturally…

Think of it as the substance of his reaction, as opposed to the form. The form of the outburst isn’t the problem. The substance - the things he’s saying, and what it reveals about his thought processes - that’s the problem.

Wait, we’re not supposed to critique liberal academics because that gives ammunition to conservatives? Hard disagree.

Related: I’ve come across this phenomenon dealing with doctors when it comes to fibromyalgia, which I suffer from. The accepted “wisdom” nowadays is that “opioids are not the accepted treatment” (despite the fact that they are the only treatment that works for me). Instead, the treatments are SSRIs [namely Cymbalta…