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supreme bean

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nitro harley said:
Interesting article.

Glenn Reynolds: Donald Trump is the response to a bullying culture
Glenn Harlan Reynolds12:13 p.m. EDT May 31, 2016
Abusive political correctness drives voters into the impolitic billionaire's loud embrace
wrote: “Political correctness. Trump hasn't made it a campaign theme exactly, but he mentions it often with angry disgust. Reporters, pundits, and the other candidates treat it as a sideshow, a handy way for Trump (King Kong Jr.) to smack down the pitiful airplanes that attack him as he bestrides his mighty tower, roaring. But the analysts have it exactly backward. Political correctness is the biggest issue facing America today. Even Trump has just barely faced up to it. The ironic name disguises the real nature of this force, which ought to be called invasive leftism or thought-police liberalism or metastasized progressivism. The old-time American mainstream, working- and middle-class white males and their families, is mad as hell about political correctness and the havoc it has wreaked for 40 years — havoc made worse by the flat refusal of most serious Republicans to confront it.”

I thought Gelernter was onto something at the time, and I thought about this passage again when reading the thoughts of a 22-year-old Trump supporter quoted by Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic. Fridersdorf’s correspondent (whose name is redacted) is a prosperous post-collegian in the San Francisco Bay area — someone who should be backing Bernie, or Hillary, or maybe Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. But instead he’s backing Trump, and so is his Asian fiancée. And the reason he gives is political correctness. “For me personally, it's resistance against what San Francisco has been, and what I see the country becoming, in the form of ultra-PC culture. That’s where it's almost impossible to have polite or constructive political discussion. Disagreement gets you labeled fascist, racist, bigoted, etc. It can provoke a reaction so intense that you’re suddenly an unperson to an acquaintance or friend. ... This is a war over how dialogue in America will be shaped. If Hillary wins, we're going to see a further tightening of PC culture. But if Trump wins? If Trump wins, we will have a president that overwhelmingly rejects PC rhetoric. Even better, we will show that more than half the country rejects this insane PC regime.”

It’s not a coincidence that when leftist protesters showed up at a conservative event at Rutgers University, students responded to the leftists’ chants with ”Trump! Trump!Trump!”

Political correctness is not, as some might claim, just an effort to encourage niceness. As Gelernter notes, it’s an effort to control people. Like the Newspeak in George Orwell’s 1984, the goal is to make it impossible for people to speak, or even think, unapproved thoughts.

Of course, by limiting what people can think and say, political correctness has hollowed out America’s universities, cheapened and distorted its politics, and served (and this last is entirely intentional) to make those who favor traditional American values like free speech feel marginalized and at risk. (I saw someone on Twitter talking about “America-shaming” last week, and that term fits pretty well.) But as leftists like to say, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
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Trump said women who have Abortions should be Punished.
The words of a Bully.You love to spin shit into candy floss.
 
SoOLED

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Las Vegas has trump as favorite to win, you know: bookies come correct when setting odds

trump is the guy who comes up to the craps table: does not have a clue, makes all the wrong bets, and wins.
 
nitro harley

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supreme bean said:
Trump said women who have Abortions should be Punished.
The words of a Bully.You love to spin shit into candy floss.
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Hey S, bean, I believe some women punish there selves over killing their young. I don't have a problem with it as long as they pony up and pay their bill. nitro
 
supreme bean

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Sounds like they have been through enough.A bully is someone who targets the vulnerable.
What bill are you talking about?NH.
 
nitro harley

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supreme bean said:
Sounds like they have been through enough.A bully is someone who targets the vulnerable.
What bill are you talking about?NH.
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S bean, Excellent question. Most people usually don't want to talk about the cost and who pays. It should be like when you bring your car into the garage and pay the bill. If it was like that it would be a none issue. imo nitro
 
londonfog

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nitro harley said:
London, settle down and watch your spelling. The last part of your sentence had some poor grammar and a bitter flavor. just so you know. nitro
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My foolish old highschool drop out, there is no bitterness on my end, Remember we talking nice.
Why do you dislike the idea of Mexicans living in your small town ? when you were counting the Hispanic babies, what number did you get to when the anger seeped in ?
 
Flaming Pie

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ff420 said:
A wall isn't going to do anything, I never said it would. I don't necessarily have a problem with illegal immigration, as long as those immigrants have zero access to any entitlements granted to US citizens. And I break the law, I know there may be repercussions for my actions, the same should apply to those that come here illegally.

Also, if you want to make a point and try to sway peoples views on an issue stop with the tiny dick/retard comments.
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Its just a free-for-all slap fest.

Except we slap with news and they slap with insults.
 
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