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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by Lord Dave on June 22, 2025, 07:27:56 AM »

It's funny how he just ignores his own intelligence director then forces her to match him.

If Trump supporters don't see that his people are doing whatever he says, not what they should, they're brainwashed.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by honk on June 22, 2025, 01:14:41 AM »

The "no new wars" president has now begun a war with Iran. On the one hand, this is an enormously unpopular move among Americans, thousands of innocent people will be killed, getting involved in wars in the Middle East never ends well for us, and Netanyahu is a liar and a war criminal who's almost certainly just looking to expand his ongoing genocide to another country, so nothing he says can be trusted. On the other hand, Trump really likes and admires Netanyahu, as he does all strongmen, and he really, really wants to impress him. So who's to say if this really is a good or bad move?

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Flat Earth Theory / Interviewing a Flat Earth supporter

« Last post by Schooler on June 21, 2025, 04:44:59 PM »

Hey guys,
For a physics project in school, we were told to research about the flat earth theory. And because I don't want to just hear all the criticism about it, I wanted to hear the other side and talk to a real flat earth supporter (in the best case, I would like a voice talk, otherwise a live chat would be fine too). It would be good if you have some kind of history on this forum so I can check that you aren't a troll and be real about it.

The questions would be about the following topics:
- How  did you get into the movement?
- What convinced you?
- What are your arguments?
- Your number one argument to convince new people?
- and anything you would like to add

thanks, Richard

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Terrible Political Memes

« Last post by Dr Van Nostrand on June 21, 2025, 12:23:39 PM »

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by AATW on June 20, 2025, 04:06:06 PM »

So your criticism isn't criticism.  You just wanted more Trump.  Markjo's point stands: you have no criticism.  No questioning thoughts.  No disliked action.

I knew what his answer would be.
It’s like one of those answers to the “what would you say is your biggest weakness!” Interview questions.
“I think I’m too much of a workaholic and too committed to my employer”
 

As for Trump’s approval rating…

https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by markjo on June 20, 2025, 12:57:55 PM »

Tom, when it comes to polls, remember that there are 3 kinds of lies in this world: lies, damned lies, and statistics.   Polls definitely fall into the third category.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by DuncanDoenitz on June 20, 2025, 08:12:18 AM »

It's a natural progression. 

1st Term; Trump.
2nd Term; Trumper.
Constitutional Amendment; Trumpest.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by honk on June 20, 2025, 05:18:35 AM »

Not that it even really matters how popular Trump is - we're still stuck with him for the next three and a half years whether we like it or not - but as I noted three years ago, Rasmussen are a bunch of Trump-humpers whose job is to tell MAGA types what they want to hear. MAGA does not tolerate the bearers of bad news, and Trump always, always lashes out at and tries to punish those who tell him what he doesn't want to hear. Here he is doing just that with Fox News. Rasmussen have a very strong motive to deliver bullshit polls that soothe Trump's ego. And needless to say, their results are a pretty major outlier.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by Lord Dave on June 20, 2025, 04:09:32 AM »

I do have criticisms about Trump...

You do?  Would you care to share some of them?

I've criticized that in Trump's first term his policies were too weak and he held back too much, giving leftists too many chances and too much leeway. Now that the gloves have come off in his second term Trump is doing what should have been done years ago, and the people love him for it.

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1935774344732361207

So your criticism isn't criticism.  You just wanted more Trump.  Markjo's point stands: you have no criticism.  No questioning thoughts.  No disliked action.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Terrible Political Memes

« Last post by markjo on June 20, 2025, 12:27:04 AM »