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1. Jake Harban says

   December 3, 2016 at 4:46 pm

   Because back here in my universe, it’s the Democrats who support and strengthen both, not the fucking Republicans.

   Whereas in the real universe, the Democrats have no concern for either and are happy to let the Republicans destroy both in the name of “compromise.”

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   I went against many things I believe in

   I WENT AGAINST MANY THINGS I BELIEVE IN

   Because you thought Hillary “five countries bombed in colonial wars of aggression” Clinton would stop the mass genocide?

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   @realDonaldTrump I voted for you because I was in fear for the freedom of speech. Don’t make me regret it.

   Right. Because Hillary “Snowden, Manning, and Kiriakou are traitors” Clinton is totes in favor of freedom of speech.

   Nope, that can’t be it. Hillary Clinton is a Democrat and therefore perfect by definition, therefore anyone who opposes her must be motivated by a moral defect such as racism.

   It would be nice if the Trumpkins could have figured out they were wrong before it was too late to be any good, but since the Clintoners still haven’t figured out they were wrong I’ll give them a micropoint for their effort.

   Meaning that, just like their candidate, the Trumpkins shot themselves in both feet but won anyway simply because the Clintoners shot themselves in both feet and kneecapped themselves.

2. StevoR says

   December 3, 2016 at 9:45 pm

   @Jake Harban : Sod your false equivalency and Hillary-bashing based on Republican lies about her over decades that have been repeatedly conclusively debunked.

   You know there’s a world of difference between the policies and competence and reasonable-ness of Hillary Rodham Clinton vs FakeTan Franco.

   A feminist experienced candidate who btw won the popular vote who was by megaparsecs the better of the two versus a narcissistic con-artist bully with zero qualification, zero aptitude for the actual job who hangs with actual Neo-flippin’-Nazis and was endorsed by the KuKlux Klan.

   You are still slamming the former and shrugging off the latter which you with your undermining and parrroting of media hateful lies helped to elect.

   One of those who got this election most wrong is you and yet still you don’t seem to opened your flipping blinkers to that reality and seen how badly you Jake-Hillary-Hating-Harban have fouled up. Still in denial about your own wilful, hateful destructive

   Have you no shame or decency at all, Jake Harban, you deplorable excuse for a human being?

3. StevoR says

   December 3, 2016 at 10:39 pm

   @ ^ Correction & expansion -- sorry, sentence ends :

   (Jake Harban clearly is -- ed.) Still in denial about your own wilful, hateful destructive corrosive effect on thiselection and consequently this pale blue dot we all live on.

   As you can see; not sure if I can swear on this blog or not or what the comment policy here is -- did look but couldn’t see it so apologies, Nathan Hevenstone, if breached in what I’ve said here and feel free to edit accordingly but ye-non-existent-gods this clueless wilfully hatefully blind dropkick angers me.

   Also on the choice that was made this :

   http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/11/07/hillary_clinton_will_make_a_fine_president_donald_trump_will_be_a_disaster.html

   By Phil Plait of the Bad Astronomy blog pre-election sums it up so well and is seconded by me for whatever little use it is now.

4. secondtofirstworld says

   December 4, 2016 at 10:11 am

   This is nothing new, and if Americans had more experience with populists, it wouldn’t be surprising to them either.

   It’s like a magic show for kids, where the basic tricks have already been revealed, but the audience still doesn’t pay attention to the fact, that the illusionist refuses to reveal who the inside people are, they’d be out of a job. Conservatives have rejected Jeb, because pundits have underestimated just how much Dubya has tarnished the image that Reagan left behind, and as a result wanted someone who doesn’t represent the Bush administration, and got duped.

   Any rational thinking person had foreseen, that the only crowd he has to please is the one accepting his appointments by the power which they hold over both houses. The bunny came out of the hat, the audience clapped, and spent no thought on just how many bunnies the illusionist has, and how much it does cost to feed them, as they are not part of the troupe. Several leaders, who are like minded now project Canaan, but one needs to not go further, than the UK to see, what economic uncertainty can cause. To nobody’s surprise, suddenly no one wants to leave the union only to be left broke ass afterward.

   I do commend, that a Wall Street guy will handle finance, as they can stop his stupid idea of going into a trade war the US can’t win, and finally start to think about the fact, that most menial jobs are lost to industrial robots, not foreigners, ergo they won’t come back.

5. Caine says

   December 4, 2016 at 10:47 am

   I know how you feel, Nathan, I felt the same way myself. Is it good that a few people have stopped lying to themselves? Yes. Unfortunately, there aren’t very many of them, and most of those who are upset are those who have realized that their most vicious fantasies might not be carried out. It’s a damn sad and infuriating indictment on our society.

6. Nathan says

   December 5, 2016 at 7:41 pm

   @SteveOr

   I haven’t exactly fleshed out a major commenting policy yet, other than this being a space where bigotry of any kind is not tolerated. I am fleshing one out slowly, and should probably turn first-time moderation back on, too. But no, you didn’t violate anything from what I can see. You didn’t punch down in your comment; it wasn’t bigoted. So your fine.

   As for cussing… the only cuss words I want avoided here are misogynistic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, and ableist slurs. Otherwise, cuss to your heart’s content. I certainly do.

   As for Jake Harban…

   I’m not going to put you on auto-mod for your willful ignorance about Hillary Clinton, but I suggest you watch yourself. You are commenting on the blog of someone who very much regrets not doing more to support her. That you want to blame her (and her supporters) for Trump’s election is utter bullshit. SteveOr is absolutely right that Clinton was light-years better than Trump. That is a simple fact..