The Joe Biden Presidency I :: Hallelujah!

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  1. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    But wait: there's more:

    Cancel Culture Comes for Will Wilkinson – Reason.com


    Will Wilkinson is a vice president at the left-leaning Niskanen Center, a contributing writer at The New York Times, and someone who has frequently quarreled with me about so-called cancel culture. (I think it's generally bad when people are fired, expelled, or dragged on social media for saying stupid or poorly phrased things they quickly come to regret; Wilkinson has suggested to me that I've made too much of this problem.)

    On Wednesday, Wilkinson tweeted, "If Biden really wanted unity, he'd lynch Mike Pence."

    Lynching humor is virtually never a good idea, and this joke was especially badly executed. (Wilkinson said he was making a joke not at the former vice president's expense, but in reference to the Capitol rioters who had expressed a similar sentiment. The joke being that this time it was the far right calling for violence against a Republican official rather than the left.)

    Nevertheless, widespread outrage—some of it stoked by conservative news sites like The Federalist and The Daily Caller—ensued on social media. Wilkinson apologized, describing his tweet as a lapse in judgment.​

     
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  2. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Tan suit always
     
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  3. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    He's not wrong tho
     
  4. Dr. Wankler

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    For me, the most interestng part of the article is this: "Taylor" is Wilkinson's former boss...


    This affair has produced several hypocrisies. First, if the Niskanen Center "draws the line at statements that are, or can in any way be interpreted as, condoning or promoting violence," then it would have to fire its president. Taylor has arguably used Twitter in a manner that suggests he condones violence. He rooted for antifa to punch out Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who waved their guns at protesters encountered on their private street. "If I were in that march, and these racist lunatics were waiving [sic] guns at me, I'd like to think I'd rush them and beat their brains in," said Taylor. "And I wouldn't apologize for it for one goddam [sic] second."

    Unlike Wilkinson's tweet, there's little reason to assume this was meant in jest.​


    Well, and this, too, since it connects to the first one:


    And unlike Wilkinson, Taylor is the president of the organization and sets the tone for what is permissible. If the boss can tweet an unapologetic call to "beat their brains in," his employees might very well think that edgy humor is okay. Perhaps that's why Taylor deleted his statement regarding Wilkinson's firing—he realized that it impugned him as well. (Neither Taylor nor a spokesperson for the Niskanen Center responded to a request for comment. Wilkinson declined to comment.)

    Another hypocrisy concerns the conservative news outlets that wrote about Wilkinson in the first place. Both The Federalist and The Daily Caller complain constantly about cancel culture, and favorably cover those who criticize it. They are often right to do so. (In fact, I have been quoted in The Federalist, The Daily Caller, and even a Niskanen Center report, about the perils of cancellation.) But when the time came to show the exact sort of mercy they otherwise would have called for had the subject been a victim of left-wing activists or the mainstream media, these elements of the right poured gasoline on this fire without any hesitation.

     
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  5. The Jitty Slitter

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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    I don't want to alarm anyone but a Liberal spent his own tax paid dollars incorrectly

    This is worse than the time Stirling bought himself a sandwich using his own money whilst being black
     
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  6. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
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    Nat'l Team:
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  7. chaski

    chaski Moderator
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    Mar 20, 2000
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    It’s his first week. Give him time.
     
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  8. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

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    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Hunter Biden.
     
  9. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
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    What for?

    IMРЗАсН Нim Иоw!!!
     
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  10. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
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    Well, let's just hope the president didn't buy the exercise bike as a special gift for the First Lady...
     
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  11. chaski

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    Will Harris wear white Chucks before Memorial Day?
     
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  12. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

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    Sep 6, 2001
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    So, now we know.
    You ARE Marjorie Taylor Greene!
    It all makes sense, now.
     
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  13. Ashur

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    May 31, 2015
    Riding off into the sunset
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    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    :thumbsup:
    upload_2021-1-24_20-17-44.png
     
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  14. Ashur

    Ashur Member+

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    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The last meme I can think that came remotely close was the dual photos of the yelling woman vs the cool cat. And as popular that one was, I think the Bernie one easily surpassed it.
    But over $2mil in expected profits from the t-shirt and sweater sale: that's crazy!
     
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  15. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

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    Sep 6, 2001
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    Oh, dear god, it is too late.
    "It" (the most dreadful thing of all for a Democrat) has already happened:
    [​IMG]
    Note, I can not confirm the authenticity of this photograph, as it was posted reddit.

    Authentic or not, it is absolutely damning, though.
     
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  16. superdave

    superdave Member+

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    Team Biden should hire Dominion for everything. Talk about a company that doesn't ******** around. Gangsters are like, dudes, chill. Chill.
     
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  17. Selas66

    Selas66 New Member

    Bayern München
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    Jan 25, 2021
    #TeamBiden
     
  18. Selas66

    Selas66 New Member

    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jan 25, 2021
    Ciao Trump
     
  19. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

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    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
    Club:
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    Hugo Chavez approves!
    Sure, he has been dead for about 8 years, but so what.
     
  20. SamScouse

    SamScouse Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
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    Liverpool FC
    what are you - some kind of anti-ghostist or something?
     
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  21. Paul Berry

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    For spirits see the insurrection thread.
     
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  22. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

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    Jul 30, 2007
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    Eventually you can only be loud enough until someone puts an end to it.
     
  23. raza_rebel

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    Dec 11, 2000
    Club:
    Univ de Chile
    Biden moving forward with placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...rward-placing-harriet-tubman-20-bill-n1255566

    The Obama administration announced in 2016 that it would be placing Tubman on the bill, replacing Andrew Jackson. But the Trump administration said in 2019 that the change would be delayed until at least 2028 because of technical issues. Psaki said the White House is "exploring ways to speed up that effort."
     
  24. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
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    Arsenal FC
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    United States
    Biden is taking questions from the press corps now like a normal president.

    By the way, I am sure I will get bored soon it but I am really enjoying the Jen Psaki's daily show at the WH Press room.
    She is definitely informed and intelligent and informed. She is giving concrete answers with dates, solid facts, names etc and when she does not know she promise to look for answer and circle back.
    By the way, she announced that Harriett Tubman on the $20 bill is back on the table and the Treasury will update.
     
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  25. SamScouse

    SamScouse Member+

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    Pete hasn't been confirmed as Sec of Transportation yet ... is the delay normal?
     

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