CPAC - the Coup Continues

[Jimmy Higgins]

Oh goodness no. That'd be way too kind a description for Cruz.

The word is 'sociopath', as previously mentioned.

Sociopath: a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.

Sorry. Nothing there about being idiots or academic ability.

Exactly. Sociopaths can have intelligence. Cruz, again, is not an idiot. Though I'm coming up with a word for Cruz... and you probably are answering, more directly, Elixir's question.

 

[Elixir]

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Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s it.

 

[Elixir]

Guess we should wait and see how it works out for Hawley an Cruz before deciding if they’re idiots.

 

[Treedbear]

Sorry. Nothing there about being idiots or academic ability.

Exactly. Sociopaths can have intelligence. Cruz, again, is not an idiot. Though I'm coming up with a word for Cruz... and you probably are answering, more directly, Elixir's question.

I'm not saying they are underqualified as sociopaths.

 

[ZiprHead]

Sorry to have to subject you to this...

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/Vga0M4ia5Mc[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Most people really are nuts, it isn't very hard to see. They're just not nuts enough to end up in a psych ward.

If our species wasn't actually nuts we wouldn't create so many problems.

I long ago accepted the peace and freedom that comes with this realization, though the reality of the situation often gives pause and concern.

"Nuts" is not a binary state. Everybody has some degree of mental problem, mental health issues are diagnosed when the problem reaches a point of interfering too much with life.

 

[Elixir]

Most people really are nuts, it isn't very hard to see. They're just not nuts enough to end up in a psych ward.

Psych wards are a finite resource so we have to draw the line somewhere. That a person is outside of a psych ward doesn't mean they don't belong in one.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/541032-bidens-approval-tops-60-percent-in-new-poll

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President Biden is starting his tenure in White House with the approval of 61 percent of voters, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill on Monday.

Biden’s initial approval numbers are markedly higher than those of former President Trump when he first took office. The first Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey of Trump’s presidency, conducted in February 2017, showed his approval rating at 48 percent.
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https://news.gallup.com/poll/328637/last-trump-job-approval-average-record-low.aspx

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As President Donald Trump prepares to leave the White House, 34% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president, the worst evaluation of his presidency. His 41% average approval rating throughout his presidency is four points lower than for any of his predecessors in Gallup's polling era.
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2024? Bring it on!

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

Most people really are nuts, it isn't very hard to see. They're just not nuts enough to end up in a psych ward.

Psych wards are a finite resource so we have to draw the line somewhere. That a person is outside of a psych ward doesn't mean they don't belong in one.

Now you're beginning to understand. Loren isn't there, not yet.

"Nuts" is not a binary state. Everybody has some degree of mental problem, mental health issues are diagnosed when the problem reaches a point of interfering too much with life.

Of course it isn't a binary state. I think I made that quite clear.

Is your definition of mental illness such that it isn't illness unless it is diagnosed? Lots of maladies happen and are never diagnosed. That doesn't mean they didn't happen. Thinking a pathology or condition didn't happen unless it has been diagnosed and documented is itself probably a sign of a mental shortcoming.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

Sorry to have to subject you to this...

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/Vga0M4ia5Mc[/YOUTUBE]

You should be sorry. That is some of the saddest singing ever. Is she impaired in some way of which I am unaware? If so I apologize.

As conservative circle-jerks go this one certainly did not disappoint.

 

[Patooka]

Australia has a running gag where they inform tourists/foreigners the dangers of drop bears. When I first saw clips of this...whatever the fuck you want to call it, I honestly thought America was taking the piss out of the rest of the world. I don't know if it is better or worse that CPAC was done with a total lack of awareness or dignity from its participants.

Also, if I had to sing at something like CPAC, I'd be depressed too, so I don't blame that woman.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Sorry to have to subject you to this...

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/Vga0M4ia5Mc[/YOUTUBE]

Are we getting a bit petty? Yes, it isn't great, she doesn't handle the hard part particularly well and she definitely can't hold on the Free note, this isn't much of any consequence compared to so much else that was said, just as poorly, by our Government at that event.

 

[ZiprHead]

I invoke my right to be petty.

 

[KeepTalking]

Sorry to have to subject you to this...

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/Vga0M4ia5Mc[/YOUTUBE]

Are we getting a bit petty? Yes, it isn't great, she doesn't handle the hard part particularly well and she definitely can't hold on the Free note, this isn't much of any consequence compared to so much else that was said, just as poorly, by our Government at that event.

I will give credit where credit is due, she changed key every time she hit a bad note, so she obviously is not tone deaf. That's all I got.

 

[James Brown]

"All keys matter."


(Shamelessly stolen from the Youtube comments)

 

[Treedbear]

Sorry to have to subject you to this...

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/Vga0M4ia5Mc[/YOUTUBE]

Are we getting a bit petty? Yes, it isn't great, she doesn't handle the hard part particularly well and she definitely can't hold on the Free note, this isn't much of any consequence compared to so much else that was said, just as poorly, by our Government at that event.

It did set the tone for what was to follow. So she was up there with Lady Gaga in that regard. I think we should all take a knee as a show of respect.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Sorry to have to subject you to this...

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/Vga0M4ia5Mc[/YOUTUBE]

Are we getting a bit petty? Yes, it isn't great, she doesn't handle the hard part particularly well and she definitely can't hold on the Free note, this isn't much of any consequence compared to so much else that was said, just as poorly, by our Government at that event.

Petty, sure. Do I care about being petty towards conservative nutjobs? Not really.

 

[TomC]

Petty, sure. Do I care about being petty towards conservative nutjobs? Not really.

Nothing personal, but you kinda hit a pet peeve of mine here.

I do not see those people as conservatives. They are progressives. They want sweeping changes, based far more on ideology than what's best for the country. They don't seem to care about the effects on the American people as a whole. They're not even reactionary, they're progressive in the worst possible way. Stupid progressives, with no understanding of how this crap has played out in the quite recent past.

I consider myself leaning conservative. I'd rather not have huge sweeping changes to a society as large and diverse as the USA, without regard to the actual effects. I want incremental changes, with a goal of improving the country for everyone and a process that allows for tweaking and adjusting to reach the goal.

Those people don't want that. They want big changes right now, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" no matter how much damage that causes.
Tom

 

[GenesisNemesis]

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I do not see those people as conservatives. They are progressives. They want sweeping changes, based far more on ideology than what's best for the country.

I don't consider that to be the definition of "progressive". I think you're stretching the definitition. According to this argument anyone is a "progressive", and thus it makes the term meaningless. I think possibly you're conflating progressivism with idealism. Secondly I don't agree at all that leftist progressives don't want "what's best for the country" . There's far more evidence they do care than the conservatives who worship Trump. It seems pretty clear they care more about their personality cult than "what's best for the country". And thirdly, a large portion of Trump supporters are evangelical Christians who want to bring about the Apocalypse. So, there's that. Country comes second to them.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Petty, sure. Do I care about being petty towards conservative nutjobs? Not really.

Nothing personal, but you kinda hit a pet peeve of mine here.

I do not see those people as conservatives. They are progressives. They want sweeping changes, based far more on ideology than what's best for the country.

That makes them exteemists, not progressives.

They want specifically regressive changes. The big jumps are backwards, to a mythical golden age of privilege and not having yo worry their heads about shit.
Anything beyond missionary position back in the closet. Off the TV, out of schools, out of parades.
Whites back to fully in power/Minorities back out of the picture.
Abortion in back alleys, with the drugs and druggies and such.
PC pulled back and away.