university PR flack: are you sure you want to use the phrase famously associated with segregationists resisting the Civil Rights movement
university admin: yes
flack: but...
admin: say "outside agitators" or you're fired ...
Does the job interview process for being a salaried op-ed columnist consist of anything other than a brief conversation about who your parents are followed by an icepick lobotomy, or ...
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Trump seems to be trying very hard to get jailed for contempt to start “the uprising“ and while nothing can truly fix this country’s deeply broken politics, I think it could be useful to demonstrate that in fact nothing would happen.
He's been openly begging people to rally to his cause for weeks now and it's having zero impact. This is the "finding out" era for the consequences of building a base out of everyone in America who gets back into their car and drives if they have to go from one side of a parking lot to another. ...
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I wonder if it's worth reevaluating the common belief among our political and media elites that this guy is some kind of demagogic force of nature that can't be challenged or punished in light of the fact that he's openly soliciting people to come to his defense and nobody showed up.
"No, we can't make them angry, there'll be bloodshed in the streets!" Buddy what if they don't actually care enough to get off their ass and all they're going to do is bitch online. ...
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As uncommon as it is for incarcerated people to make endorsements, Sirhan Sirhan has the chance to do the funniest goddamn thing in the history of politics right now ...
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Templar says:
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."
Pres. Eisenhower, if you only knew…
My question: how do the fringe ideas of one state party, even one as influential as the Texas branch, get translated into Tea Party – and later Republican – dogma. Is this this through the actions of big donors and their control of the conservative think-tanks or directly through conservative media? Is there someone acting as a mediator and filter?
buckyblue says:
Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. And feel free to take your friends, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi with you.
Elle says:
This type of thing really makes me reconsider my vague desire to live in Austin at some point in my life.
J.D. says:
Much like the Bible, this is a confusing, self-contradictory document full of ideas that conservatives hold sacred to a ridiculous extent.
Sarah says:
Can't make this shit up.
Jared says:
> The pro-choice plank:
> We strongly support a woman’s right to choose to devote her life to her family and children.
Any reproductive status you want, so long as it's pregnant.
Csicopper says:
Texans are always threatening to secede.
After this, I'm there.
c u n d gulag says:
Please secede.
Sounds like they want a Christian version of Somalia north of the Rio Grande!
I hope they get it.
Be careful what you wish for, you rabid sociopaths!
But only if the remaining sensible liberals in that state, have time to get the fuck out of there!
Xynzee says:
I propose building a wall around the state, and turning it into a special protectorate territory. They can self govern at will, just not have a military and limited foreign policy provisions. I sure as crap do not want these nut cases having an arsenal.
There would be a short amnesty to leave, but you had to prove your "liberal" bone fides, and anyone who sympathises would be forcibly relocated—there's already precedent for this policy "trail of tears", so it's cool.
Denialist Duck says:
Or give them what they want. Put all the open-carry nuts and the end-timers together and let them go all Mad Max on each other. Just make sure they have a severe fuel shortage so they can't invade Mexico or surrounding states.
Aimee says:
The lack of awareness it took for someone to write that they supported a woman's right to choose THE SINGLE SPECIFIC CHOICE THEY'VE LAID OUT FOR HER is actually dazzling. I'm seeing stars – or maybe that's just my human rights gaily sublimating before my eyes.
democommie says:
You read shit like the Texas GOP's platform and you think, "Poe?" because the alternative is to start stocking up on .308 and canned goods. Nah, I don't even own a gun if the shit hits the fan I'll kill a few of the gunzloonz with my car when they're coming out of the gunz store and take THEIR shit. /s
sluggo says:
So good to see the staff writers of The Onion have found work with Texas Tea Party.
Sarah says:
I'm going to blow your mind even further and tell you that there is a trope among anti-feminists to say that one of the evils wrought by women's rights activists is denying women who want to be homemakers who pop out a kid every year or two the opportunity to do so. See this.
E* says:
"our final goal of total constitutional rights for the unborn child"
This includes, of course, the right to bear arms. So woman of Texas, be fully prepared to shove firearms into your uterus so your little unborn tyke can enjoy all of his or her constitutional rights! I'm sure no harm can come of this. Sure.
ConcernedCitizen says:
Holy fuck.