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Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by American Brummie, Sep 5, 2011.

  1. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
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    Atlanta
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    --other--
    And she's the worst kind of obese- it's all above her waist. I thought that was a neck brace at first glance. I'm not kidding.
     
  2. American Brummie

    Jun 19, 2009
    There Be Dragons Here
    Club:
    Birmingham City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    World's gone mad, John.
     
  3. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    No, not the world... just the USA.
     
  4. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    Hey, you asked who they were and I gave you my best guess; I didn't say anything about truth values...
     
  5. American Brummie

    Jun 19, 2009
    There Be Dragons Here
    Club:
    Birmingham City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ask me again at the end of March 2019 if the Brits here are doing fine.
     
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  6. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Here on BigSoccer, or here in the USA? If the latter, my post would not be wrong.
     
  7. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Some crazy ideas are bipartisan, the reasoning may be different, lefties may think it is a big pharma conspiracy to make their children sick, rightist may think it is a big government conspiracy to make their kids sick.


    https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/childhood-vaccination-programs-should-be-exempt-political-bias


    Or how about this one, this one is not political (they say they tend to be 52% religious, so this would imply more Republicans, but probably also some religious liberals.

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    https://today.yougov.com/topics/phi...t-flat-earthers-consider-themselves-religious
     
  8. American Brummie

    Jun 19, 2009
    There Be Dragons Here
    Club:
    Birmingham City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The world is NOT round.

    It is an oblate spheroid.

    Fight me.
     
  9. American Brummie

    Jun 19, 2009
    There Be Dragons Here
    Club:
    Birmingham City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Either? They're all freaking out over here because they done goofed.
     
  10. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Well, + Brits aren't just the USA (my post), but neither are the Brits and the USA the world...
     
  11. American Brummie

    Jun 19, 2009
    There Be Dragons Here
    Club:
    Birmingham City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Egypt held a revolution where they replaced a corrupt army-backed dictator with...and army-backed dictator.

    South Korea voted in a corrupt President who they promptly removed after only a few years in office for corruption.

    Poland and Hungary are destroying their democracies and replacing them with kleptocracy.


    I mean, obviously you're not reading about the news outside the US, but you really should.
     
  12. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
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    United States
    Who is more likely to remember being 4 years old and thinking the world is flat, an 18 year old, or a 68 year old? Who is more likely to want to ******** with a stupid ass question in a survey, an 18 year old or a 68 year old?
    I think I solved this mystery.
     
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  13. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    You did indeed.
     
  14. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
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    United States
    They did ask round or flat, I guess no good option so you are a I don't know.

    You underestimate the stupidity of the people.


    https://www.livescience.com/61655-flat-earth-conspiracy-theory.html

    https://qz.com/1268605/what-its-like-to-attend-a-flat-earth-convention/


    https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...h-is-the-ultimate-conspiracy-youtube-facebook
     
  15. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Not as often as I should- there are only so many hours in the day, and most of them I spend avoiding the winning brigades.
     
  16. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    What better place to avoid them than among the facts?
     
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  17. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Getting back to this notion of "millions of illegal voters," here are the voter turnout percentages for the past 5 Presidential elections. The percentage reflects the number of votes cast divided by the estimated number of legal American voters.

    2000 50.3%
    2004 55.7%
    2008 58.2% (the Barack factor!)
    2012 54.9%
    2016 55.5%

    I detest conspiracy theories. 99% of them are like this, they can immediately be demolished (or at least badly weakened) by the first line of attack.
     
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  18. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire

    That's what THEY want you to think...
     
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  19. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Off topic -- well not quite, as I think about it -- I watched the film "Eighth Grade" yesterday. My wife and I were talking about it afterwards: As with every film about school days, it was massively overstated in its portrayal. Nobody was as alone as the film's protagonist; the cool kids were nowhere near so organized and nonstop douchey, nobody in 8th grade was beating off in the classroom or offering blowjobs. The portrayal was faux realism -- pretending to be gritty and how things really were, but they weren't how things really were. The parts were overwritten.

    My point being, if somebody thinks that film is "real" (and to judge from the reviews, many people do), they're pretty easy to fool. I can see why they would bite on conspiracy theories.
     
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  20. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    I hadn't heard of that movie, but a trip to IMDB suggests this is a pretty good analogy.
     
  21. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    It's for those who think Mean Girls was a documentary.
     
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  22. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    *cough* Turkey! *cough*
     
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  23. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  24. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    If Republicans attacked oncologists the way that they attack climate scientists and evolutionary biologists, then half the public wouldn't believe oncologists, either. We have only as much truth in this society as the GOP permits.
     
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  25. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Well, my friend recommended some vitamins to combat my sister’s brain cancer, so there you go...
     

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