Social The left was right about almost everything in the 2000s

[HereticBD]

Excellent

LOL, sure. Stand tall, bud.

 

[Koro_11]

Excellent

Trying to take the power back, that's adorbs

Imagine someone who uses the word "adorbs" calling another man gay.

 

[deviake]

Imagine someone who uses the word "adorbs" calling another man gay.

Don't have to imagine

 

[HereticBD]

Can you imagine someone that laughably pathetic?

Yeah, you. The guy who needs to write fan fiction in an attempt to make a point, because he has no facts on his side.

Ah' well. Enjoy crying like a bitch for the foreseeable future.

 

[J_C]

1) agree
2) agree
3) no to homo culture
4) agree

 

[Koro_11]

Don't have to imagine

What you're pretending to be like right now.




What you're actually like right now.

 

[deviake]

What you're pretending to be like right now.




What you're actually like right now.

More projection

 

[Koro_11]

More projection

 

[J_C]

Seems underdiscussed. As an Old, I was a liberal in the 2000s. Here's what we were right about:

• We said the war in Iraq & Afghanistan was a mistake. Crazy how almost everyone agrees with this now, including Trump & all the populists on the right. Who's still pro-Iraq war? Dick Cheney? David French?
• We said free trade (we called it 'globalization' then) was a mistake. The left was against NAFTA and China entering the WTO, those were always big Republican positions. Does anyone disagree these days?
• We said gay people should be able to marry each other. This was a super-controversial view in the 2000s. What's the approval rating on gay marriage now? Like 70%?
• We said weed should be legalized. This was always a big leftwing position. Today it's legal in 40 states medicinally- including super-red ones- and straight up legal in 24 states

The 'right' wing today is just the left from 20 years ago. Change my mind

heard other ppl say that (right is left from 20 years ago) kinda true, tho republicans will say 1 thing and do the opposite just to pander

 

[jimmas99]

Obama called himself a liberal, sure but if that’s considered 'left-wing' in the U.S., it just shows how different the political spectrum is compared to other countries.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

can you two non homos come over here and not make out with me please?

 

[joy2day]

Seems underdiscussed. As an Old, I was a liberal in the 2000s. Here's what we were right about:

• We said the war in Iraq & Afghanistan was a mistake. Crazy how almost everyone agrees with this now, including Trump & all the populists on the right. Who's still pro-Iraq war? Dick Cheney? David French?
• We said free trade (we called it 'globalization' then) was a mistake. The left was against NAFTA and China entering the WTO, those were always big Republican positions. Does anyone disagree these days?
• We said gay people should be able to marry each other. This was a super-controversial view in the 2000s. What's the approval rating on gay marriage now? Like 70%?
• We said weed should be legalized. This was always a big leftwing position. Today it's legal in 40 states medicinally- including super-red ones- and straight up legal in 24 states

The 'right' wing today is just the left from 20 years ago. Change my mind

You must be giving separation between liberal and Democrat.

All but one Dem voted to authorize force against Afghanistan, and the majority of Dems in congress voted to authorize war against Iraq.

NAFTA was driven by Bill Clinton and the Dems.

 

[jeremyemilio]

• We said free trade (we called it 'globalization' then) was a mistake. The left was against NAFTA and China entering the WTO, those were always big Republican positions. Does anyone disagree these days?

But... the left now disagrees with this, no?

All I've seen over the past four or five months are left leaning people spewing Milton Friedman talking points.

A while ago there were even some left leaning posters here who were posting Chinese propaganda videos originally aired on Russia's propaganda news network ridiculing the idea of Americans making textiles and shoes. Which, I guess, checks out as far as siding with the communists goes... but runs very counter to the former position that leftists used to hold (see Michael Moore's doc, The Big One), that American companies should be employing American factory workers in America.

 

[scoopj]

You've been homophobic just in this convo, that's why I don't take you cereally.



I see nothing wrong with it because there's nothing wrong with it, unless you disagree Mr. Totally fine with gay people.

And yes you are very emotional, as you just showed. You even posted dick pics when you had a psychotic break. Hilarious. And that atop you being a hateful moron is why I bully you.

My conservative coworker who is gay was very homophobic btw

Can we get a card for this annoying derailing poster?

ETA Or another card since he’s already on one to nobody’s surprise?

Double Edit… that was last Thursday. Carry on.

 

[deviake]

Can we get a card for this annoying derailing poster?

ETA Or another card since he’s already on one to nobody’s surprise?

Holy shit this is funny



Derailing a thread to complain about an alleged thread derailment instead of just reporting me. What a baby. I'm sure you cry equally about all the racist shit (among other things) that people post.

My initial post was thread relevant too, as were subsequent posts.

 

[scoopj]

Holy shit this is funny



Derailing a thread to complain about an alleged thread derailment instead of just reporting me. What a baby. I'm sure you cry equally about all the racist shit (among other things) that people post.

My initial post was thread relevant too, as were subsequent posts.

I just noticed it was last Thursday. Oops.
But my god your derailing is next level. You need to learn to stay on topic and not to act so childish.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

And yes you are very emotional, as you just showed. You even posted dick pics when you had a psychotic break. Hilarious. And that atop you being a hateful moron is why I bully you.

LMAO @ your dork ass bullying anybody.

 

[deviake]

I just noticed it was last Thursday. Oops.
But my god your derailing is next level. You need to learn to stay on topic and not to act so childish.

Okay dad. I'm sure you keep that same energy with everyone. This website is serious business and all the people I have negative interactions with are really mature, reasonable and well behaved

LMAO @ your dork ass bullying anybody.

You're a 4chan dork who's worried about Putin, no one takes you seriously

 

[Fox by the Sea]

no one takes you seriously

projection.

 

[jeremyemilio]

You picked a few interesting issues.

One more. How about it is generally recognized now that in normal economic circumstances you don’t increase revenue by cutting taxes. Trickle down doesn’t trickle. The laugher curve is laugh-able. These were the foundations of the entire Republican ideology.

Weed is a good issue here. I worked for a pro weed candidate in the late 90’s who, predictably, got destroyed that November. At that time, even being pro medical cannabis was considered a RIDICULOUS position to have in mainstream society.

Maybe it’s both a blessing and a curse. Large swaths of public opinion can be moved relatively quickly.

I mean... the Laffer Curve is just an acknowledgement that there's a sweet spot somewhere between 0% and 100% for collecting taxes that will maximize government revenue. Unless you believe that government could maximize revenues by either reducing tax rates to 0% or increasing them to 100% it isn't really debatable. What is debatable, is where that sweet spot is.