Debates
17 Jan 21
18 Jan 21
@sh76 saidHe also made posts saying that wearing masks was worthless in preventing the spread of COVID.
There's no way to prove this since his posts are no longer visible, but this I followed this Twitter account for months.
https://twitter.com/boriquagato (not an American, incidentally)
He didn't incite insurrections or engage in far right fantasy rhetoric. He simply argued against lockdowns. That was his whole Twitter purpose and persona. And they banned him.
You can st ...[text shortened]... aces.
https://threadreaders.com/author/@boriquagato
Does he look like a right wing subversive?
Maybe Twitter prefers not giving a forum to advice that will literally cause people to die.
18 Jan 21
@shavixmir saidBut after Biden shoves $15 up McDonalds' buns, there wont be 'enough' workers. I think I'm right about that. Automation may overtake electric cars!!!!
Sometimes the baby is thrown out with the bathwater.
We’ve got enough McDonalds workers anyway. It’s not like we’re losing a future cure for a disease or something.
18 Jan 21
@handyandy saidI dont cuss you Handy, and I thought Shav is that committee
I think you have your empty head up your ass. (Not really, Joe, just another analogy.)
19 Jan 21
@sh76 saidConservatives (i am being kind and not using the n-word) have been whining (on social media) they are being censored on social media since even before trump. To the annoyance of the normal people online who wished that was true. Somehow the hateful vitriol only kept increasing. Hateful pricks online left alone for the simple and obvious truth: Zuckerberg and Dorsey like money.
You're wrong.
Twitter has engaged in a massing penalizing of people who did not toe the Orthodox line on things like COVID lockdowns. Some accounts were banned, while others were merely suspended or stripped of most of their followers.
This is not just about Trump or the far right.
Twitter is actively creating for itself a left wing echo chamber.
Now they are finally moving against MAGA ashats who literally advocated for the killing 9f elected government officials and you waste no time clutching your pearls.
Spare me your poorly reasoned outrage. Most people with a brain blame Twitter and Facebook for playing a major part in the rise of Trump and you idiots call them "leftist echo chambers" for at long last doing some minor cleanup.
19 Jan 21
@kevcvs57 saidPff i wish. No, what's more likely to happen is spinelessly bow to at least half of republican's whims in the name of unity (as if the republicans ever did anything for unity when they had the power) He will waste 2 years of majority doing little and then dems will lose midterms
He is quite rightly going to use his executive powers to tear down the last four years of Trumptardium. If that’s what you mean. Anything that is enacted by executive order can be revoked by executive order.
‘Elections Have Consequences’
@zahlanzi saidBut,.... You like money, Zhalanzi. Don;t you? Or you can lie?? So you are a hypocrite. Or you can write on about how you do NOT like money, so we can level the discussion field. What a joke you libs are, as you will now watch the world crumble around you...............and your kids. You do have kids, don't you? That is the normal way of life. YOu are normal, aren't you? Oh. You Don't like money. Hey, everybody, Zahalanzi, who will not answer a question I asked him on another thread, and now, does not like money. I do all this for fun, I have not even started, and I think Zahlanzie may be one of my best future foils, or proganatists, or whatever. How about your man Biden telling the poor decrepit Hondurans that they 'need to wait a while ' for his promises of free everything, citizenship, etc. What is he going to ask the ones 'en route' to do while he is working things out? Holy Jesus. And this is is just the Invader crisis!!!! Parties aside, can you IMAGINE being the 'Juggler Biden' right now. He does NOT Know What DAY it is!! !!!! What a (short-term) laugh.
Conservatives (i am being kind and not using the n-word) have been whining (on social media) they are being censored on social media since even before trump. To the annoyance of the normal people online who wished that was true. Somehow the hateful vitriol only kept increasing. Hateful pricks online left alone for the simple and obvious truth: Zuckerberg and Dorsey like mone ...[text shortened]... of Trump and you idiots call them "leftist echo chambers" for at long last doing some minor cleanup.
But, ahhhhhh, you win, because Kamala will surface soon enough.
I hate to write that name Kamala,, I have never heard that name before)
19 Jan 21
@averagejoe1 saidare you having a stroke?
But,.... You like money, Zhalanzi. Don;t you? Or you can lie?? So you are a hypocrite. Or you can write on about how you do NOT like money, so we can level the discussion field. What a joke you libs are, as you will now watch the world crumble around you...............and your kids. You do have kids, don't you? That is the normal way of life. YOu are normal, aren' ...[text shortened]... ill surface soon enough.
I hate to write that name Kamala,, I have never heard that name before)
@zahlanzi saidSorry, last night, still drowning my sorrows. Didn't mean to be ugly. I am very distressed. Sound like Sonhouse!! So many things on the horizon. Here's one for you. If you were Putin or Xi, would you rather attack the USA with Biden as President, or with Trump as President. With which would they likely be more successful, or Think they would be successful? When Biden finds it too much for him, Kamala steps in, what do you think?
are you having a stroke?
19 Jan 21
@averagejoe1 said"Didn't mean to be ugly."
Sorry, last night, still drowning my sorrows. Didn't mean to be ugly. I am very distressed. Sound like Sonhouse!! So many things on the horizon. Here's one for you. If you were Putin or Xi, would you rather attack the USA with Biden as President, or with Trump as President. With which would they likely be more successful, or Think they would be successful? When Biden finds it too much for him, Kamala steps in, what do you think?
I have no idea if you were ugly, it was too unhinged so i didn't bother trying to figure out what the hell you're trying to communicate.
"If you were Putin or Xi, would you rather attack the USA with Biden as President, or with Trump as President."
Nobody is attacking the US, you loon. If I were Putin or Xi I would however be less worried Biden would start a potential global war on a dumb whim than Trump.
"With which would they likely be more successful, or Think they would be successful?"
In your far fetched and idiotic scenario where WW3 has started both Putin and Xi would want an unhinged and irrational maniac like Trump in charge of the US forces. Like a orange Hitler, convinced he is a genius when in fact he is a buffoon hurting his country's interests.
"When Biden finds it too much for him, Kamala steps in, what do you think"
Good, she is more capable by far than Trump was. Which is being unfair to Kamala Harris (say her full name or her last name, you inconsiderate cretin, she is not your coworker at McDonalds or your neighbour you barbecue with, she is you damn vice president). Anyone can appear competent when compared to Trump
19 Jan 21
@averagejoe1 saidMcD's workers in Denmark make $22 / hour, 6 weeks paid vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, pension and health care. Their Big Macs cost 22 cents more, and none of their workers have to rely on the federal dole of welfare and food stamps to pay the bills. Why should taxpayers have to foot the bill when companies refuse to pay living wages?
But after Biden shoves $15 up McDonalds' buns, there wont be 'enough' workers. I think I'm right about that. Automation may overtake electric cars!!!!
Also funny how no one voices concerns about how the McD's CEO makes north of $18 million per year is driving up the cost of a chicken nugget.
19 Jan 21
@zahlanzi saidSo,, I get that you think Biden is as strong, or stronger, with adversaries than Trump was? Hmmmmm. I'll try to convince myself of that. Do you think they will respect Biden's strength more than they respected Trump's strength? Hmmmmm
"Didn't mean to be ugly."
I have no idea if you were ugly, it was too unhinged so i didn't bother trying to figure out what the hell you're trying to communicate.
"If you were Putin or Xi, would you rather attack the USA with Biden as President, or with Trump as President."
Nobody is attacking the US, you loon. If I were Putin or Xi I would however be less worried Bide ...[text shortened]... u barbecue with, she is you damn vice president). Anyone can appear competent when compared to Trump
You say no one is attacking USA now. I agree, but that is not what I said. Then you say that they would rather have a maniac(?) with the button than the nice Joe Biden. Naaa, I dont think so.
We disagree!!!
19 Jan 21
@averagejoe1 said"So,, I get that you think Biden is as strong, or stronger, with adversaries than Trump was?"
So,, I get that you think Biden is as strong, or stronger, with adversaries than Trump was? Hmmmmm. I'll try to convince myself of that. Do you think they will respect Biden's strength more than they respected Trump's strength? Hmmmmm
You say no one is attacking USA now. I agree, but that is not what I said. Then you say that they would rather have a maniac(?) with the button than the nice Joe Biden. Naaa, I dont think so.
We disagree!!!
I didn't stutter. Biden is more intelligent, more reasonable than Trump ever was. Biden would listen to input. Biden would deliberate on choices. Biden would at least try to do what is best for the country instead of what is best for himself. Biden will be a better president, period. And in your dumb WW3 scenario (that was far fetched even in the days of Trump) he would make for a way better commander in chief.
Who the fuk put the idea in your maga skulls that a narcissist fat silver spoon dough boy who dodged a draft is a strong leader.
"Do you think they will respect Biden's strength more than they respected Trump's strength? "
What Trump strength? He was the laughing stock of the entire world leaders. Not a single one respected him. Even his "friends" mocked him and just humored him to use him and the might of the US.
19 Jan 21
@wildgrass saidThjis has already been hashed out. Of course, the USA would be ALL OVER such a wonderful program, even I would pay more in taxes. Yes sir, a perfect plan for our THREE HUNDRED THIRTY MILLION PEOPLE. Many many good programs, all kinds of stuff, in Denmark....................which is FIVE MILLION PEOPLE.
McD's workers in Denmark make $22 / hour, 6 weeks paid vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, pension and health care. Their Big Macs cost 22 cents more, and none of their workers have to rely on the federal dole of welfare and food stamps to pay the bills. Why should taxpayers have to foot the bill when companies refuse to pay living wages?
Also funny how no one voices ...[text shortened]... ut how the McD's CEO makes north of $18 million per year is driving up the cost of a chicken nugget.
Could you work up a way that the programs in Denmark, tantamount maybe to a small town in Missouri, could be mirrored by 330,000,000 people,... and enlighten us. If you take a stab and make sense, we won't have to type back and forth, and we will just get together and march up to the US capitol and show it to them. I'll pay all costs and transpiration.
I'm not being funny, I would like for you to give me a realistic response, though. There's not one.
As to McD CEO, his board members think he is worth that, and I guess he is, seeing as how successful the country is and how you and I can have a hamburger within 3 blocks of where we are standing. And, It is the money of the corporation,, how do you think that concerns you?
I love a lib saying "Why should taxpayers have to foot the bill..." Funny indeed, how you folks pick and choose what bills the taxpayer pays. I think the taxpayer should not foot MOST bills, we agree on that.
19 Jan 21
@averagejoe1 saidPrograms? My post was not about tax increases at all. The cost increase of the big mac is paid for by the consumer, not the taxpayer. Companies should pay workers enough so they don't have to rely on the federal government for handouts. Pay workers a living wage and the federal contribution to their well-being decreases. Let's not have a capitalist society in which corporations use federal dollars to subsidize the living expenses of their employees. Is that too much to ask?
Thjis has already been hashed out. Of course, the USA would be ALL OVER such a wonderful program, even I would pay more in taxes. Yes sir, a perfect plan for our THREE HUNDRED THIRTY MILLION PEOPLE. Many many good programs, all kinds of stuff, in Denmark....................which is FIVE MILLION PEOPLE.
Could you work up a way that the programs in Denmark, tant ...[text shortened]... e what bills the taxpayer pays. I think the taxpayer should not foot MOST bills, we agree on that.
Picking and choosing is funny coming from a lib but not a conservative? It's kinda the whole point of governance.