Presidential Elections Discussion 2016

[Zloff]

What lie did it take to convince him and his family?

the one where Bernie said his policies would work ;)

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[SeventhSandwich]

the one where Bernie said his policies would work ;)

Which policy in particular? I'm interested.

[otto-san]

the one where Bernie said his policies would work ;)

Dude that was a Sick Bern

[Couatl]

the one where Bernie said his policies would work ;)

i felt that bern all the way over here

[Zloff]

Which policy in particular? I'm interested.

I went over a lot of things, didn't know I successfully convinced them until my friend told me a week later when we hung out again and I didn't ask but I'm p sure the most pressing thing for them was the potential economic impact

[IkeTheGeneric]

the most pressing thing for them was the potential economic impact

I don't want to support x candidate here's a list of vague details why

[Bear_Tracks]

I went over a lot of things, didn't know I successfully convinced them until my friend told me a week later when we hung out again and I didn't ask but I'm p sure the most pressing thing for them was the potential economic impact

What did you go over with him? What is this potential economic impact?

[Oasis]

Bernie did well, proud of him. 15 more days till Iowa.

[Zloff]

I don't want to support x candidate here's a list of vague details why

yes that's exactly how it went in real life
no
 he's trying to get me to elaborate in detail so he can refute whatever I said, and implying he's right, effectively render whatever arguments I used to convince the family invalid and thus their cutoff of support unnecessary

but I'm in bed typing from my phone and I don't want to debate about politics

[Bear_Tracks]

yes that's exactly how it went in real life
no
 he's trying to get me to elaborate in detail so he can refute whatever I said, and implying he's right, effectively render whatever arguments I used to convince the family invalid and thus their cutoff of support unnecessary

but I'm in bed typing from my phone and I don't want to debate about politics

"He's trying to get me to elaborate in detail so he can refute whatever I said, and implying he's right, effectively render whatever arguments I used to convince the family invalid and thus their cutoff of support unnecessary."

First of all: what? Also wow, I hope that your employer doesn't make you do any brown townysis. If you don't want to discuss, why would you make that post?!

[otto-san]

yes that's exactly how it went in real life
no
 he's trying to get me to elaborate in detail so he can refute whatever I said, and implying he's right, effectively render whatever arguments I used to convince the family invalid and thus their cutoff of support unnecessary

but I'm in bed typing from my phone and I don't want to debate about politics

yeah saying that you convinced someone to stop supporting a candidate is basically expressing "i have been a successful debater on this topic" and kinda implies that you're willing to do it again

maybe it was just a passing comment, but when an active discussion is going on it just sounds a lot like a leading statement into a more specific topic

[Lockebox]

So how did the "tax the rich" conference go?

[Bear_Tracks]

Oh, here's a great image:

[SeventhSandwich]

I don't know if I can completely blame Hillary Clinton. It's well known that she was a conservative in her younger years and became more liberal as time passed. People give her a lot of stuff for flipping her views on gay marriage, but is that really justified? Should we be berating people who have changed their perspective and adopted better views? I don't know. It might be relevant for presidential elections, but it feels a bit scummy to me.

[shitlord]

Oh, here's a great image:

let me make a metaphor to defuse this image

just because you acted like an idiot before and still do a lot does it mean that literally everything you say is bullstuff, or that every thought you have is bullstuff and that no one should support it?

also, people change:

I don't know if I can completely blame Hillary Clinton. It's well known that she was a conservative in her younger years and became more liberal as time passed. People give her a lot of stuff for flipping her views on gay marriage, but is that really justified? Should we be berating people who have changed their perspective and adopted better views? I don't know. It might be relevant for presidential elections, but it feels a bit scummy to me.