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Donald Trump is now officially the 47th President of the United States of America

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Even the ones that sent humanity to the moon for the US?
Technically weren't Nazis any more by that point, but yeah I would've been fine executing them on the spot instead of recruiting them too. We would've got there eventually regardless, and several of the people who they tortured/killed could've helped get us there as well.
 
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Even the ones that sent humanity to the moon for the US?
You got to admit, its pretty in conflict with the rule of law to let nazis off just because they're useful. Then again, plenty of Nazi industrialists got off easy too and got to keep their ill gotten gains, their heirs making up most of Germany's industrial elite to this day. So who's keeping track.
 

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Just found out ICE is in my town. Anyone know how far someone can fuck with them? I would like their jobs to be as difficult as possible, and I would also love to hurl insults at them. Going to do some research and report back with findings. Call every ICE worker you see a piece of shit.
While I don't know what you can do while making sure your are safe in the process, if you know of anyone that might be affected by this, I suggest letting them know of what they can do.

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Even the ones that sent humanity to the moon for the US?
This is the wildest attempt at a 'gotcha' moment I think I've ever seen.

Anyway...yeah, he's back. It is what it is now. The thing with Trump is that I think everybody kind of understands what he is, and they set their expectations accordingly. Other world leaders know he's going to act bombastically, drive hard bargains, and generally act in ways that range from embarrassing to, let's say, 'clumsily menacing'.

I think the stuff that's really driven the media wild like the shit about claiming Greenland is going to blow over and be forgotten. Everything else can be undone by whoever comes next, assuming it isn't just somebody who wants to follow in his footsteps.

As for the people directly affected by the stuff he's already signing, I'm sorry. I hope these next four years go quickly for you.
 

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I'm sorry mods, is this a discussion forum where we exchange arguments in a supposed debate as seen in the forum notice, or just a mudfight of right wingers shouting "you're wrong" (baselessly) and even less substantial, "you're mad".

This is like that uncomfortable family reunion with your racist uncle.

Fellow lefties: You don't have to be here. You don't need to set the record straight. They'll just take a dump on the record and then claim the shit smells like flowers. Watch the alt-right playbook if you haven't.

GBATemp Staff: Why does this section exist? There is almost no debate here. It's all reactionaries and people who can't stop themselves from engaging with them. All claims and no substance. No back and forth. Just forth, and forth, and forth. It's toxic to the bone. Nobody actually likes this section.
 

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For me this is the only social media I have so I have no where else to bitch 😮‍💨 But yeah I'm not contributing very well, just yelling into the aether which are probably what the majority of us are doing.
If it makes you feel better (it wouldn't). This is doomscrolling, but with the keyboard on. You'd be better off drifting into a new special interest on YouTube or figuring out the Fediverse or being in any other part of the forum. Take care of yourself. And now that I said it, I'll hold myself to the same standard.

I used to be in a habit of arguing for bystanders, and it has maybe changed the mind of 3 people total in 5 years. It changed mine more than a decade ago. I believe those days are over. People who are open to actually engage with ideas in good faith don't exist anymore - or at least they don't go to GBATemps politics forum.
 

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Fellow lefties: You don't have to be here. You don't need to set the record straight. They'll just take a dump on the record and then claim the shit smells like flowers. Watch the alt-right playbook if you haven't.
That none of this matters is a great comfort to me, but I still feel the need to try. I know it's never gonna convince anyone who has lost touch with reality, but maybe there are people watching who might otherwise believe them if it goes uncontested.

If nothing else, sometimes it's fun to see the lengths people will go to deny what's right in front of them.
 

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GBATemp Staff: Why does this section exist? There is almost no debate here. It's all reactionaries and people who can't stop themselves from engaging with them. All claims and no substance. No back and forth. Just forth, and forth, and forth. It's toxic to the bone. Nobody actually likes this section.
Because if the section exists, all the people in it keep their shit out of everywhere else. Almost everything is political these days, but even back then, political arguments would break out constantly. Just look at the news section for 5% of what it used to be. This section gives the worst kind of people the space to yell at each other.

If you don't want to be here- and I empathize, look at this place- I believe there was a setting to prevent it from showing up on the sidebar. That's a far better solution than removing the section and letting all this loose on the whole forum.
 
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Because if the section exists, all the people in it keep their shit out of everywhere else. Almost everything is political these days, but even back then, political arguments would break out constantly. Just look at the news section for 5% of what it used to be. This section gives the worst kind of people the space to yell at each other.

If you don't want to be here- and I empathize, look at this place- I believe there was a setting to prevent it from showing up on the sidebar. That's a far better solution than removing the section and letting all this loose on the whole forum.
That's like saying "On 4chan, /pol/ makes sure that discussions on /v/ stay apolitical".

The alternative would be stricter moderation. But then again, people put culture war ragebait into their signatures and nobody cares. The AC Shadows delayed thread took 2-3 days to get "trans people are all rapists and scream in tiktok videos" (lol) to be removed. A wojak avatar news section culture war regular even signed up for patron to put ragebait into their title.

Tolerating these people doesn't contain them, it attracts more of them and emboldens them.
 

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I'm sorry mods, is this a discussion forum where we exchange arguments in a supposed debate as seen in the forum notice, or just a mudfight of right wingers shouting "you're wrong" (baselessly) and even less substantial, "you're mad".

This is like that uncomfortable family reunion with your racist uncle.

Fellow lefties: You don't have to be here. You don't need to set the record straight. They'll just take a dump on the record and then claim the shit smells like flowers. Watch the alt-right playbook if you haven't.

GBATemp Staff: Why does this section exist? There is almost no debate here. It's all reactionaries and people who can't stop themselves from engaging with them. All claims and no substance. No back and forth. Just forth, and forth, and forth. It's toxic to the bone. Nobody actually likes this section.

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That's like saying "On 4chan, /pol/ makes sure that discussions on /v/ stay apolitical".

The alternative would be stricter moderation. But then again, people put culture war ragebait into their signatures and nobody cares. The AC Shadows delayed thread took 2-3 days to get "trans people are all rapists and scream in tiktok videos" (lol) to be removed. A wojak avatar news section culture war regular even signed up for patron to put ragebait into their title.

Tolerating these people doesn't contain them, it attracts more of them and emboldens them.
What are you suggesting? That topics and opinions you dont like be censored and swept away? [snip]
 
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