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Quote:I am guessing that you have never been in charge of a big project with lofty goals that you failed to meet on time. Publicly, if you are the boss or the politician trying make a difficult project work as intended, you will hypocritically praise everyone involved for what they accomplished. The bullshitter will do much the same, but with one big difference -- he fakes it. While the hypocrite has to continue working to actually achieve the goal, not just 90% of the way, the bullshitter claims total victory, even if he failed to reach 50%, and he will walk away from failure without acknowledging his failure, continuing to claim it is a huge success and he won the election. Meanwhile the hypocrite will keep working on the project to make his promises as real as possible.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Cute quote, but I disagree with the sentiment.
Nothing is worse than a hypocrite. A hypocrite has no cornerstone in their life and changes their mind and the reality around them at the drop of the hat to suit their current argument.
While some bullshitters are certainly hypocrites too, not all bullshitters are hypocrites.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Oh. Okay.
You don't know what a hypocrite is either.
Gotcha.
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America's most important political battle
Trump claims that instead of the deadly violence by his supporters on January 6 (the day Congress was certifying Biden's winning vote count) the rioters were "hugging and kissing" the cops in what was nothing but a peaceful protest. Unless it was violent, in which case it was the work of leftist agitators.
It's easy to become accustomed and blasé about this new reality. But we should stop to think about what it means: One of the two governing parties in the United States is controlled by people promoting the delegitimization of America's duly elected president, people who are endorsing or refusing to rectify dangerous lies.
The phenomenon risks making political violence more acceptable. Although most Americans blame the former president for the deadly events at the Capitol, according to an ABC poll, a majority of Republicans think Trump did nothing wrong.
It wasn't very long ago that the country had two reality-based, generally centrist parties. Democrats and Republicans, with different philosophies, debated the merits of their ideas, in search of a workable compromise.
But then, bit by bit, the GOP started veering in a different direction. By the time Trump became president, the maximalist, nativist, conspiracy-driven, scandal-manufacturing, hate-stoking wing was already ascendant, propelled by the engines of Fox News and other far-right provocateurs. Trump's victory was the coup that toppled the old GOP and turned it into the extremist MAGA machine.
Many of Trump's former critics, people like Senators Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz, who had all lambasted him in the past, now praise him with unselfconscious abandon.
And yet, the fight is not over. More than a few Republicans are still willing to speak out. This is not about Republicans deciding if they are conservative or moderate, it's about deciding if the party will respect the truth, democracy, and some manner of principle other than what is good for Trump and those seeking favor with him.
We've seen flashes of courage from conservative Republicans, like Rep. Liz Cheney and moderate ones like Sen. Mitt Romney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger. And at the state level, we saw Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other Republican election officials hold firm despite Trump's verbal slings and arrows.
Other political battles may seem more interesting, more urgent, maybe more entertaining. But when it comes to America's future, this one matters most. American democracy will struggle to survive if one of its two parties turns its back on reality and stops believing in democracy.
More at https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/opinions/americas-political-battle-ghit
is/index.html
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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What is QAnon? Everything You Need to Know About the Conspiracy in 2021
Intro
QAnon, you might have heard about it. But even if you haven’t, you’ve probably heard some of its claims.
And you probably have a lot of questions.
Do QAnon followers really believe that child-eating satanic cults control our lives? And Donald Trump is the savior of humankind? Where did it come from? How did it become so popular?
What the hell is going on?
Like most people, before writing this guide, I mostly considered QAnon a joke. But learning about its origins and watching events unfold in real-time as I was writing, it all started to make a lot more sense.
QAnon’s rise from internet obscurity to a global phenomenon is a complicated, surreal, and troubling tale of a world plagued by anger, division, lies, and loneliness.
Hopefully, by the time you finish reading, you’ll understand QAnon (and its appeal) a little better. And in doing so, you’ll be prepared for the next chapter in this wild, crazy story.
What is QAnon?
In a nutshell, QAnon is a conspiracy cult that started on 4chan (an anonymous imageboard) and quickly spread into mainstream politics and culture.
QAnon followers believe:
A secret global cabal of Satan-worshipping politicians, celebrities, billionaires, and Catholic church leaders control the world. They traffick children to engage in ritualistic pedophilia and eat the children to harvest a life-extending chemical, adrenochrome, from their blood.
According to QAnon, Donald Trump is aware of all this and has been secretly waging a complex battle against the cabal and their collaborators in the US government – known as the ‘Deep State.’
When he’s successful, thousands of cabal members will be rounded up and imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. Mass unrest will break out across the US, which the National Guard will brutally suppress. Eventually peace will prevail.
Over the years, QAnon has grown more complex, weaving in threads from older conspiracy theories and co-opting current events (i.e., Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest, Coronavirus, 5G conspiracies). An increasing number of public figures have been exposed as villains and cabal leaders, from George Soros and Bill Gates to model Chrissy Teigen and Pope Francis.
It’s also grown more Biblical and apocalyptic. Many in QAnon now believe that God chose Donald Trump to lead the struggle, along with his ‘digital soldiers’ (a term for QAnon followers).
After Trump overthrows the evil cabal, God will deliver salvation to the human race, and there will be utopia on Earth for all eternity.
More at https://www.mysticmag.com/psychic-reading/what-is-qanon/
Skipping to the last chapter: Final Thoughts
In early 2021, QAnon was a little over 3 years old – and facing a major crisis.
Donald Trump was kicked out of office, failing to fulfill Q’s prophecies; the attempted insurrection failed to overthrow the US government; and after months of silence, it appeared Q had abandoned his followers altogether.
So, what happens next?
Nobody knows for sure, but one thing is guaranteed: the grievances, anger, and conspiracies that inspired QAnon’s meteoric rise from fringe internet forums to global cultural force are stronger than ever.
While the QAnon brand may fade back into internet obscurity, the lies and false beliefs it created will continue to spread unless drastic action is taken.
QAnon – and all its craziness – has laid bare the divisions and social ills that have been plaguing society for years. We can continue to ignore them and wait for the next QAnon to emerge, more violent and better organized – or we can start to address these complex but urgent issues.
Our futures may very well depend on which course of action we choose.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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LOL
Second's afraid of bogey men.
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Quote:OMG, 6ix! QAnon has written extensively about imaginary bogey men. See conspiracy claims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon#Conspiracy_claims
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
LOL
Second's afraid of bogey men.
The bogey men don't exist, but crazy Republicans, armed with automatic rifles, believe in the bogey men. Those weaponized crazies are a problem.
Since you won't click the link, I will copy over a description of the beliefs of crazy armed Republicans: "... there is a worldwide cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles who rule the world, essentially, and they control everything. They control politicians, and they control the media. They control Hollywood, and they cover up their existence, essentially. And they would have continued ruling the world, were it not for the election of President Donald Trump. Now, Donald Trump in this conspiracy theory knows all about this evil cabal's wrongdoing. But one of the reasons that Donald Trump was elected was to put an end to them, basically. And now we would be ignorant of this behind-the-scenes battle of Donald Trump and the U.S. military – that everyone backs him and the evil cabal – were it not for "Q." And what "Q" is is basically a poster on 4chan, who later moved to 8chan, who reveals details about this secret behind-the-scenes battle, and also secrets about what the cabal is doing and also the mass sort of upcoming arrest events through these posts."
The above description is more coherent than the ramblings of a typical Texas Trumptard, but it gives you a faint idea of what is wrong in their heads. It also hints at why millions of Texas Trumptards have trouble functioning at work, at home, and at holding on to the lower economic ladder rungs of the middle class.
https://www.google.com/search?q=QAnon
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Quote:How is crying for a Coke boycott while drinking Coke not hypocrisy?
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
You'll have to forgive Marcos.
He still hasn't figured out how words work yet.
You're still really, really stupid. There's no cure.
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Quote:How is crying for a Coke boycott while drinking Coke not hypocrisy?
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
You'll have to forgive Marcos.
He still hasn't figured out how words work yet.
You're still really, really stupid. There's no cure.
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Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:Quote:How is crying for a Coke boycott while drinking Coke not hypocrisy?
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
You'll have to forgive Marcos.
He still hasn't figured out how words work yet.
You're still really, really stupid. There's no cure.
Why don't you ask Second, fuckwit.
He was the one who disagreed with you.
I just never pass up any opportunity to talk about how dumb you are.
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Well, my search is over!
I think I found Q's representative HERE, and it must be SECONDRATE!
I mean, look HOW MUCH! SECONDRATE posts about Q, and how much SECONDRATE seems to know! Clearly, only a representative of Q would bring all this info to the board!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
THUGR posts about Putin so much, he must be in love.
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