Posting this here because it's political. I am taking a media break from election 2016. Clinton may be up by almost 10 points in various polls, but it is evident to me that no matter what happens Trump's floor is going to be this 35% and over the month goes on the 10% that disavowed him will come back because it's 'socially acceptable' to their circle of friends. I already see this happening as I was asked at work "do you think it's OK for the media to be focusing on this locker room talk?" Of course it's OK. "But Bill Clinton did so much worse!" Like that at all defends what Trump had said. Similarly, a small cohort of the electorate are going to be persuaded by the hacked email leaks from Wikileaks that Hillary is should not be elected. The media does not benefit from a blowout, they benefit from a neck-and-neck race. I expect just as Trump has had his worst week ever, Hillary will have an awful week, and by the end of November the race will be very close. I truly do not expect there to be another Trump leak like this weekend's "Grab them by the p***y". Every time I read a news article from conservative blogs (Drudge) or The_Donald on Reddit, I get angry at what I read because of how far out it is (Clinton has a black son!), or how it is not compatible with my core values. It bothers me deeply that this movement has a legitimate chance and may fundamentally alter the future of the United States. My biggest fear, even if it's unfounded, is that Trump wins and like other authoritarian nationalists in recent history he and his supporters won't give up their power. But instead of stressing about these fears and getting angry at people who have different political values, I just need a break from this circus of the 2016 election. That means a media blackout, stop visiting the spectrum of sub-reddits, and even trying to avoid this here D&D. Come November 8th we all go out to vote and the chips will fall where they fall.
Hillary will always be protected by mainstream media so you got that going for you. Also, we have legitimate reasons to fear Hillary's presidency. You have to realize the double standard created by the left can't be ignored. If they want to hit Trump's past it's only fair to bring up Clinton's .
Good call. You know all you need to know at this point. I'm thinking of taking a break too. I put a huge emphasis on studying this election from start to finish but at this point there's nothing left to learn. The whole thing is so beautifully rigged, it's truly magnificent. A feat that no psychologist could dream of achieving. Not for a particular person, but for a particular type of outcome. And there are no gimmicky conspirators or evil actors. Just a series of ripple effects brought about by incidental social misery, which is perfectly reflected in every new American art form. Once you see it for the circus it is, you want to just sit back and watch people play along. Anyways, have a good break!
The media normally wants a contested horserace. However, the one thing more entertaining than a tight race is a candidate and a party completely falling apart. That is the story and rightfully so. By the way, no candidate has ever come back from a 4% deficit in October, much less 10%.
Well "entertaining" is fine, what I don't like is that this presidential race has been "embarrassing" and "horrifying" given that one of the two awful candidates put forth by the 2 major parties will win.
Enjoy, just don't forget to vote in November. You may be losing interest, but I guarantee you the people supporting that asshat are whipped up into such a lather now that they won't go down without a fight. My biggest worry now is voter apathy and complacency.
I get it...but that's what politics is now. Has been going that way for quite a while. Not sure it ever wasn't a big part of it. The only thing that could change it is if a candidate is so full of great ideas, that that itself becomes entertaining. We...don't have that problem this year.
There's a google extension called "Good News". I use it to filler out ******* headlines with GoT and Walking Dead spoilers on Google News, so I decided to filter out Trump this week and I don't feel as angry...
I'm enjoying the comedy which is this years' elections. I am also entertained by the campaigners blindly defending their candidates esp the Trump supporters. It's gold watching Trump campaigner/supporter one after the other get obliterated by Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon on a nightly basis. These moronic supporters look so clueless trying to defend the indefensible and always end up with eggs splattered all over their faces.
You came to early. Should have thought of baseball. Or alternatively, blow early and rest then finish hard again late.
The worst thing is all the bad precedents being set: talking about dick size in a national debate, threatening to jail your opponent, making "p***y" an integral part of a presidential election. . . . These things are getting normalized, thanks to the Orange Welfare King. Oscar Wilde wrote "The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass." In Trump America sees its own ugly face in the glass, and we are raging. But we must acknowledge: Trump is a hideous lump of gore, but he is just one man, merely the hemorrhoid on our fat sedentary complacent ass.
How is it that reading politics has now become an exercise of whether its SFW? I'm going to rub one off in the office restroom instead.
What's a "Reddit?" A relative of a rabbit? Try not to stay gone too long. The collective intelligence here will go down a bit with your departure. Sirbaihu? Major kudos for quoting Mr. Wilde!
