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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from FrostyWinnipeg in Game of Thrones: Final Season Discussion: ==> MAJOR SPOILERS<==   
    I do want to mention that the scene with Tyrion and Jamie was awesome.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from kelownabomberfan in Game of Thrones: Final Season Discussion: ==> MAJOR SPOILERS<==   
    I think there were traps set all over King's landing - the puffs of green wild fire occasionally went off - i think those were there for when the forces went in on foot. I think she was undone when Drogon just torched EVERYTHING... not much you can do against that once the scorpions were taken out. I thought it was great to see that Cersi was unable to do ANYTHING... it lent to the narrative of Danny's brutality. 
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from The Unknown Poster in US Politics   
    case in point, the recent banning in facebook and instagram: 4 of the 6 banned were loudmouthed white males, one Black man and a white woman. 
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from kelownabomberfan in US Politics   
    case in point, the recent banning in facebook and instagram: 4 of the 6 banned were loudmouthed white males, one Black man and a white woman. 
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from Wideleft in The Environment Thread   
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to Wideleft in The Environment Thread   
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to Wideleft in US Politics   
    This is hopefully my last comment on this.  People say this like it is something we already have and they're afraid of losing it.  We don't - we can't utter threats, we can't libel people and we can't yell fire in a theatre among a whole lot of other things we can't say or do.
    It's really a disingenuous talking point;  the goal of which is to let people with power retain their power through whatever speech necessary.  If you pay attention to the loudest whiners about this, it's usually white men who are so incapable of articulating messages humanely that they need the protection of so called "free speech" that has never existed in the way they thought it did.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to Wideleft in US Politics   
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to 17to85 in US Politics   
    What a waste of 2 pages... seriously guys.
    So here is the problem with politics in the states right now: Republicans are gaming the system in their favour. Gerrymandering everything for their benefit, suppressing votes often in illegal ways, stacking judges favourable to their policies while obstructing any Democrat they can. 
    They are a horribly unpopular party who is trying to manipulate the system to stay in power rather than trying to broaden their appeal.
    Trump isn't really the problem, it's the Republican party that allowed a tool like him to ever get power and get away with the **** he does. Hillary gets dragged in front of committee after committee to testify hoping they can catch her at something, but Trump runs wild and we can't get him to testify, no that's just political grandstanding.
    Shame that people are too stupid to look at things without their own biases.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from kelownabomberfan in US Politics   
    There is always the ignore function. If these people are offending you, you should exercise your right to ignore them.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to Wideleft in US Politics   
    Words.  Matter.  I don't blame others for what I write.
    Also, there is no First Amendment in Canada.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to Wideleft in US Politics   
    I would think a reasonable person would be too horrified by the amount of Neo-nazi organizations in North America than to respond by posting a list of historic communist and socialist organizations (some with the sole purpose of countering nazism).
    Some people would find that telling.  
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from Wideleft in US Politics   
    When someone use a toothache simile for the N-word... it shouldn't be an even playing field... it shouldn't be a matter of "very fine people on both sides"
     
     
    Anyways... before this thread gets locked, let's all get back on track.
     
    Will the Dems impeach trump?
    Should they?
    How do you guys think the electorate is going to go if the begin impeachment?
     
     
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to Wideleft in US Politics   
    I have yet to read of any politician running on a platform to ban the First Amendment, so I suspect this is hyperbole.  
    I believe free speech has limits and acknowledge that determining these limits is problematic.  Some Democratic countries have already managed to determine some pretty reasonable limits that don't result in "throwing away free speech".
    Equating the most violent, disgusting and demeaning word in the history of America to a toothache is something you may want to reconsider.
    https://aaregistry.org/story/******-the-word-a-brief-history/
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to Wideleft in US Politics   
    White person using the N word.
    Not an extreme position when you are advocating for total free speech.  Unless you are suggesting that there should be limits to free speech.
    Anyway, go ahead and answer rather than filibustering (you knew what the question asked).
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to The Unknown Poster in US Politics   
    Do you ever stop?  Like really, enough is enough...the petty insults and trolling/baiting is beyond acceptable.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to Fatty Liver in US Politics   
    That may be one of the reasons for the electoral college system but not the main reason.  The founding fathers who created the US constitution were men of privilege and power, they created the electoral college system to protect their position and ensure that a mass uprising such as the French Revolution could never  gain control of the USA.  Blathering on endlessly about democracy is bollocks, the system is set up for the wealthy to protect the privilege of the wealthy, as we see today, as has it always been.
    https://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/the-reason-for-the-electoral-college/
    Here is the comical irony of their intent that missed the mark with Trump..
    "As Alexander Hamilton writes in “The Federalist Papers,” the Constitution is designed to ensure “that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.” The point of the Electoral College is to preserve “the sense of the people,” while at the same time ensuring that a president is chosen “by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under circumstances favorable to deliberation, and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements which were proper to govern their choice.”
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from kelownabomberfan in US Politics   
    In an American politics thread?
    While everyone is talking about the 2016 American election... Hilary... trump... You quoting someone referencing the 2016 American Election...
    Yeah it makes sense that you were talking about the 2015 Canadian Election... 
    Please forgive me for being so obtuse... 
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from The Unknown Poster in US Politics   
    In an American politics thread?
    While everyone is talking about the 2016 American election... Hilary... trump... You quoting someone referencing the 2016 American Election...
    Yeah it makes sense that you were talking about the 2015 Canadian Election... 
    Please forgive me for being so obtuse... 
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from kelownabomberfan in US Politics   
    I just can't like this post enough.... We need more vote buttons!
    Thanks for posting this.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to Wideleft in US Politics   
    Or it's the 10,001st reason not to as he's just trying to distract people from the real issues.
    I do appreciate your attempt to lighten things up around here, though.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to The Unknown Poster in Game of Thrones: Final Season Discussion: ==> MAJOR SPOILERS<==   
    I said to my gf if Jamie died at Euron's hands and didnt get to Cersei, I wouldnt watch next week! haha
    I always found Dany a weak character so I like her change if she pays the price for it.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy got a reaction from kelownabomberfan in Game of Thrones: Final Season Discussion: ==> MAJOR SPOILERS<==   
    I do want to mention that the scene with Tyrion and Jamie was awesome.
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    Wanna-B-Fanboy reacted to The Unknown Poster in US Politics   
    I wonder how mad he is that it wasnt the White Sox.
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