OT...basketball

[GreenNGold_81]

Lol at the thought of Donald Trump being a fascist. Imo, no US president has ever been further from being a fascist than Donald Trump. He has so much disrespect for government and it attempting to run and control businesses and that is the essence of fascism. Authoritarian government control of business and people.

Actually, the essence of fascism is ultranationalism (political science 101 grad here, yay school!). Though many political scientists would agree that Donald Trump is not a fascist per se, they would likely agree that he demonstrates fascist tendencies and that's concerning enough. Trump is unique, he's in it for himself, family and friends who are on his good side. Glad he's losing in the polls and the percentage of whites without a degree (his base) has gone down.

I'm sure you'll retort with some silly questions, so I've preemptively posted some links for your reference. Just a little light reading for ya!
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/03/9074...-without-a-college-degree-continue-to-decline
https://www.businessinsider.com/is-trump-fascist-jason-stanley-says-it-is-wrong-question-2020-7

 

[Sunshinepacker]

Nothing wrong with education. But too many universities these days engage in active indoctrination. That's different.

I hear people say this and yet i haven't ever heard a specific example at a major, accredited university.

 

[thequick12]

I started this topic merely to say that I thought the basketball games looked pretty good w/o fans and so I was looking forward to watching The Pack. Still am. Then it got moral and political and finally we are arguing like a court of law. I only wanted to say that I am actually very concerned this time around. Never have been before. But I think Trump is a fascist. All the lying and blaming. Not caring about the environment. I am just amazed there are so many people that will vote for him. All I've got.

George Carlin said, the average person is really dumb and just remember 49% of people are even dumber than that...

 

[rmontro]

I started this topic merely to say that I thought the basketball games looked pretty good w/o fans and so I was looking forward to watching The Pack. Still am. Then it got moral and political and finally we are arguing like a court of law.

It's kind of pointless to argue about politics beyond a certain point because it's unlikely that you're going to change anybody's mind. But it's the basketball players who made it political.

George Carlin said, the average person is really dumb and just remember 49% of people are even dumber than that...

If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that. Funny thing is, most of us are probably thinking that, but for completely different reasons.

 

[thequick12]

If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that. Funny thing is, most of us are probably thinking that, but for completely different reasons.

Don't think it took 2020 to teach anyone that. But that's the problem, some things are just common sense logic. And if people can't even agree on those things then idk...

Like this statement , any person who brings a gun to a peaceful protest just doesn't get it

 

[GreenNGold_81]

It's kind of pointless to argue about politics beyond a certain point because it's unlikely that you're going to change anybody's mind. But it's the basketball players who made it political.


If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that. Funny thing is, most of us are probably thinking that, but for completely different reasons.

I think there's just a lot of inertia. You can lead a horse to water. At the end of the day, I think what people want is quality of life. For their work to matter and to make a difference. Somehow greed has gotten into this equation and it's never going to get out.

 

[weeds]

I hear people say this and yet i haven't ever heard a specific example at a major, accredited university.

That's because it's usually uttered by the same type of person... Sweeping generalizations aren't always wrong.

 

[PikeBadger]

Actually, the essence of fascism is ultranationalism (political science 101 grad here, yay school!). Though many political scientists would agree that Donald Trump is not a fascist per se, they would likely agree that he demonstrates fascist tendencies and that's concerning enough. Trump is unique, he's in it for himself, family and friends who are on his good side. Glad he's losing in the polls and the percentage of whites without a degree (his base) has gone down.

I'm sure you'll retort with some silly questions, so I've preemptively posted some links for your reference. Just a little light reading for ya!
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/03/9074...-without-a-college-degree-continue-to-decline
https://www.businessinsider.com/is-trump-fascist-jason-stanley-says-it-is-wrong-question-2020-7

That’s funny that you used the name Trump in the section I bolted. The names Biden, Obama, both Bushes, both Clinton’s, Sanders could have been used accurately in that sentence. All career politicians.

Also, quoting anything from NPR is just like a conservative quoting only from Fox News.
They are a leader in the 93% ultra liberal media gang.

Stanley showed his cards by referring to Biden as a centrist and using the term “boring centrists” which encompasses a pretty substantial size of the American populace. Biden’s senate voting record from 2006-2008 put him in the very most liberal block with Obama, Clinton and Sanders. A centrist he most certainly is not. No matter what the illustrious Stanley states. By the way, Stanley has spent his entire life in academia. We’ve already probably addressed their political agenda ad nauseum so I won’t bother other than to say that academia and the mainstream news media is the mouthpiece of the 21st century democrat/socialist party.