Why the Republicans shouldn't use new media

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  1. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
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    She's spending all her cash on the rural props to drive around in front of
     
  2. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Five police shot in St. Louis? Wow, I had not realized. That is ... not good.
     
  3. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    I know Twitter is not a very good medium for clearly explaining a situation. But did the Whitelandian IT guy get canned because of his Obama post?
     
  4. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    Don't be too quick to assume that it was from the left/streets.

    This is exactly how right wing takeovers are done... there seems to be continuing doubt as to who actually killed Horst Wessel...
     
  5. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Don't be too quick to assume that is what I meant. I worded my post that way for a reason. ;)
     
  6. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
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    1267797639334166529 is not a valid tweet id


    Jawja
     
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  7. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    C'mon - she didn't even blast a black jogger. What kinda Jorja Wimin is that? Where's VFish?
     
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  8. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    That shit might work in places like NW Georgia, but it's not going work where 80%+ of the people live.
     
  9. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
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  10. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
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  11. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
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    https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/poli...ris-county-texas-gop-chair-resigns/index.html

    The chairman-elect of the Republican party in Harris County (not some podunk big empty space in West Texas, but Houston's county) is stepping down after a controversy in which he posted a quote by Martin Luther King, along with a banana.
     
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  12. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    I know there are Republicans who claim that they personally are not racist, and that Democrats tend to overstate how much racism forms a part of the GOP, but ... come on. Incidents like this occur far too often with local GOP officials. The denials just aren't credible.
     
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  13. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
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    Ah, the Intelligentsia..!
    Next you’ll tell us he was voted in, truly amazing
     
  14. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    Thar's just weird-- dogwhistle?

    Is there any possible association of King and banana which even an utterly tone-deaf unwoke admirer could post benignly/mistakenly? Have you any clue how the image was situated?
     
  15. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Well between him and the crazy Texas GOP lady who said the Floyd murder was staged the whole state must be bananas.

    I’ve quoted this anecdote before, a couple of years back when it was like 110 degrees in Texas my wife’s relatives came up to stay on the Oregon coast with us, by invitation.
    He a successful retired banker her a neighbour of the Bushes and went to the prom with Dubya. Delightful people, even went to the local church on Sunday. But now and then they could shock When we found the N word was just a common part of their vocabulary. Just normal usage!

    my wife had to have a word with them about it. They did apologize but only for offending us. Gentle folk!

    oh, they told us they went out and bought handguns for the family when Obama was going to put a stop to ownership. Texas...!
     
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  16. SetPeace

    SetPeace Member+

    Jun 22, 2004
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    Unfortunately, Republican stupidity isn't limited to just one state.
     
  17. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
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    Sometimes they're insanely paranoid racists. This is from the Facebook page of the Hillsborough (FL) Country GOP Chair.

    [​IMG]
     
  18. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Hillsborough Country, that sounds about right.

    To me, that post is the epitome of anti-establishment thinking. I hear sneers constantly against "the establishment," but the alternatives always seem to sound like a version of this guy.
     
  19. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
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    That guy's last paragraph seems to be a projection of his own political fantasies.
     
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  20. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
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    Plus, twice that dumb ********er wrote loose instead of lose. And I won't mention the missing verb in the last sentence. (Whoops, I just did.)
     
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  21. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
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    If every single American was dragged from their burning home and murdered, who would kill the very last person? IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY LOGICAL SENSE!!!

    It's like a Bertrand Russell paradox.
     
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  22. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Well that's easy. Hillary.
     
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  23. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
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    He actually made less mistakes than I would of expected.
     
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  24. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
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    You, sir, are a bastard.
     
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  25. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    BRAKING-- sumone get Grandpa uway from the Fox Newz
     
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