"Are you kidding me?" / Facepalm Thread.

[rob63]

Somebody writes "Trump 2016" in chalk at Emory University and the SJWs get the vapors. Need their safe space enforced against chalk. BTW, tuition for Emory is $63,000/year.

GPAI7R could not be reached for comment.

As sad and pathetic as all of that is, I couldn't help but laugh at the photo because one of them is wearing a Captain America t-shirt. Hard to picture him carrying a sign at a chalking protest, maybe it will be in the next movie.

 

[eldirector]

As sad and pathetic as all of that is, I couldn't help but laugh at the photo because one of them is wearing a Captain America t-shirt. Hard to picture him carrying a sign at a chalking protest, maybe it will be in the next movie.

Always thought it comically hypocritical that so many folks simply EAT UP movies/shows/books that portray good winning over evil (Captain America) and individual freedom triumphing over the Oppressive State (the whole Hunger Games thing), but then in real life, they turn a blind eye to evil and actively support an oppressive State.

 

[trucker777]

Apparently there's a dude in Seattle up in an 80 ft tree.

Just hangin' out.

Is this one of those "save the tree" deals, or some weird Bernie support thing?

Don't do drugs kids!

 

[trucker777]

Always thought it comically hypocritical that so many folks simply EAT UP movies/shows/books that portray good winning over evil (Captain America) and individual freedom triumphing over the Oppressive State (the whole Hunger Games thing), but then in real life, they turn a blind eye to evil and actively support an oppressive State.

It's because they are selfish and have no love for the truth. The stories, books, and movies you mentioned are merely entertainment for them- no lessons or concepts to grasp, no wisdom to learn... just entertainment. No more, no less.

 

[rob63]

Always thought it comically hypocritical that so many folks simply EAT UP movies/shows/books that portray good winning over evil (Captain America) and individual freedom triumphing over the Oppressive State (the whole Hunger Games thing), but then in real life, they turn a blind eye to evil and actively support an oppressive State.

I have a nephew that is a college student. We have polite political discussions online as I am trying to figure out why he is such an ardent Bernie fan. He sees absolutely no contradiction whatsoever in proclaiming himself a lover of individual freedom and democratic socialism. There isn't any point in arguing with him either; you could quote everything ever written about the dangers of large government and he would agree with it all, and then declare that Bernie is the only answer.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Pretty sure white shooters are generally referred to as white shooters.

No, not typically, unless their whiteness is believed to have played a role in the shooting. Hence why it totally acceptable to call an Islamic shooter "Islamic".... their version of Islam is their prime motivation.

 

[trucker777]

I have a nephew that is a college student. We have polite political discussions online as I am trying to figure out why he is such an ardent Bernie fan. He sees absolutely no contradiction whatsoever in proclaiming himself a lover of individual freedom and democratic socialism. There isn't any point in arguing with him either; you could quote everything ever written about the dangers of large government and he would agree with it all, and then declare that Bernie is the only answer.

No offense to you or your nephew, but that sounds like herd mentality to me. Maybe he is just supporting Bernie because all of his peers are. Especially the professors, because I'm sure he wants a good grade! Ofcourse then to be able to get some puddin' from the females he prolly has to compete with other males to see who can be the most hardcore in support of Bernie...

 

[jamil]

Always thought it comically hypocritical that so many folks simply EAT UP movies/shows/books that portray good winning over evil (Captain America) and individual freedom triumphing over the Oppressive State (the whole Hunger Games thing), but then in real life, they turn a blind eye to evil and actively support an oppressive State.

It's because they are selfish and have no love for the truth. The stories, books, and movies you mentioned are merely entertainment for them- no lessons or concepts to grasp, no wisdom to learn... just entertainment. No more, no less.

Selfish, absolutely. Merely entertainment, maybe. If we try to interpret why their behavior seems antithetical to their ideology, without trying to interpret it within their own world view, we end up saying they're saying something they're not saying. They must hate freedom. They must hate truth. Well, ask them if they hate those things.

If you asked, they'd likely say what they believe IS truth. So it's not that they don't love truth, they just don't agree on what is truth. I imagine the brainwashing they receive in their social justice classes has that effect.

No lessons or concepts to grasp? No wisdom? I would submit that they think they're the wise ones, that the concepts support what they believe. The glasses they view things with tint realities to their thinking.

I'd wager they think the protagonists in those movies are on their side, and support their causes. Ask any of these kids if they support an oppressive government. Do you think they'd say yes? Ask any of them if they support individual freedom. Do you think they'd say no? They interpret things within their understanding of the world.

Who gave them their understanding of the world?

 

[jamil]

I have a nephew that is a college student. We have polite political discussions online as I am trying to figure out why he is such an ardent Bernie fan. He sees absolutely no contradiction whatsoever in proclaiming himself a lover of individual freedom and democratic socialism. There isn't any point in arguing with him either; you could quote everything ever written about the dangers of large government and he would agree with it all, and then declare that Bernie is the only answer.

I think what I said above explains that.

 

[trucker777]

I think what I said above explains that.

Well said.

 

[Cameramonkey]

When that annoying guy with the Che shirt becomes President.

Dont like the man but this is a non-issue. This type of photo is nothing new.

 

[HoughMade]

I Obama's case, it's symbolic, in the case of the others, it's a location.

Does anyone think that Reagan admired Lenin, Nixon- Mao, GW Bush- Ho Chi Minh or GHW Bush- Mao? No. it's ridiculous because we knew what these men stoof for, vis-a-vis, communism.

Sure, Obama stands in a location chosen by the host, like the others....the difference? We're not so sure just how anti-communist or anti-totalitarian Obama is (and that's me being generous) and we are quite certain many Obama supporters openly endorse Che, even though they may not really know what he stood for.

In other words, for the other presidents, it was just a location, for Obama, it gives us pause because he gives us pause when we try to discern what he really​ thinks about Che.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Why the Obama-Che Photo Was Even Worse Than It Looked | The Weekly Standard

Building behind Obama is the Cuban ministry responsible for harassing, arresting dissidents

 

[rob63]

They interpret things within their understanding of the world.

I think what I said above explains that.

Very true. His view of individual liberty involves things like gay marriage, but not keeping your paycheck, that is selfishness. Socialism is the way to freedom from the corporations that endanger the democratic process. It makes perfect sense within that world view. Unfortunately, the recession of 2008 has infected an entire generation with that view and there doesn't seem to a way to convince them otherwise. I have kind of accepted that if they want to pay higher taxes in order to give me free health care in my retirement I should probably just go with it.

 

[jamil]

Very true. His view of individual liberty involves things like gay marriage, but not keeping your paycheck, that is selfishness. Socialism is the way to freedom from the corporations that endanger the democratic process. It makes perfect sense within that world view. Unfortunately, the recession of 2008 has infected an entire generation with that view and there doesn't seem to a way to convince them otherwise. I have kind of accepted that if they want to pay higher taxes in order to give me free health care in my retirement I should probably just go with it.

The People's Temple will one day ask them to drink the koolaid. And they'll drink it believing they'll have a better outcome. It's difficult to talk people out of delusion.

 

[pudly]

60 American Law Profs Condemn Anonymous Student For Posting 'All Lives Matter' On Prof's Door

Tuition for American University’s Washington College of Law: $76,000/year. Why are some parents willing to pay so much to have their children indoctrinated like this?

 

[HoughMade]

60 American Law Profs Condemn Anonymous Student For Posting 'All Lives Matter' On Prof's Door

Tuition for American University’s Washington College of Law: $76,000/year. Why are some parents willing to pay so much to have their children indoctrinated like this?

Come to Valpo Law, closer to $40,000 with less indoctrination (c'mon, there can't be NONE) and you might get HoughMade for a prof if you care about medical ethics and bio-ethics.

Of course, Valpo grads have a tendency to make decent livings rather than extravagant livings and drive 3 and 5 series BMWs instead of S class Mercedes (and then only after 10+ years of practice), but it seems like a small sacrifice.

 

[pudly]

Can we drop the indoctrination entirely for $20,000?

 

[historian]

Can we drop the indoctrination entirely for $20,000?

Cooley Law closed a few years ago. 2014 I think...

 

[HoughMade]

Can we drop the indoctrination entirely for $20,000?

$20,000 (HoughMade doubles over in side-splitting laughter as he's going to pay a fair amount more than that for his son to attend a small, Indiana Christian college as an undergrad in the fall)

In law school (these days), the indoctrination is required to maintain accreditation. When HoughMade, himself, went to Valpo, he experienced little to none.