Is it time to replace Electoral College with popular vote? (Page 8/13)
Patrick SEP 07, 03:34 AM

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Originally posted by Valkrie9:

Here in America...



Are you visiting?
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 07, 07:51 AM

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Originally posted by fredtoast:

That is kind of a strange take.

I alwasy thought that making some peoples votes count more than other peoples votes would be "anti-American", and
anti-Republic".

I was always taught that the most pro-republic, pro-democracy, pro-American way was "one person = one vote".




There we go... here goes the nonsense-circle-jerk where you strawman like a madman. Thinking you're ever-so-clever, but really just being totally obnoxious. The problem with being only slightly intelligent (as you are) is that you think everyone else is less intelligent, and that puts you in a situation where you perceive everyone as beneath you intellectually, when really, the opposite is happening.
fredtoast SEP 07, 08:07 AM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
There we go... here goes the nonsense-circle-jerk where you strawman like a madman. Thinking you're ever-so-clever, but really just being totally obnoxious. The problem with being only slightly intelligent (as you are) is that you think everyone else is less intelligent, and that puts you in a situation where you perceive everyone as beneath you intellectually, when really, the opposite is happening.




I know I have won when you don't even try to address my argument and instead just go into "squeal mode" with personal insults.
fredtoast SEP 07, 08:13 AM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:


Unless you live in the sticks, I guess you wouldn't know.




1. Thanks for proving my point. There is absolutely no logical reason to claim that the votes of the people who live in the sticks should count more. The ONLY reason is selfishness. "Waa. Waa. I deserve it just because I want it. It is not fair when i don't get what i want. I deserve to always get what I want no matter what. Waa. Waa."


2. I do live in the sticks, but I still believe in "one person = one vote". That is just the way I was raised. I don't think I deserve special benefits just because I want them.
olejoedad SEP 07, 08:29 AM
I don't have any 'special rights' because I live in a rural area.

My vote doesn't count any more, or any less than any other person's vote.

My voting block is the State that I live in, not the Nation as a whole.

My State runs my election, not my Federal government.

Please try to keep up.
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 07, 10:33 AM

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Originally posted by fredtoast:

I know I have won when you don't even try to address my argument and instead just go into "squeal mode" with personal insults.




What exactly do you think you've "won" Fred? I've concluded that you're not worth my time debating semantics. It doesn't mean you're right, it means I know that you're so biased that you can never be reasoned with... and I recognize that.
Raydar SEP 07, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by fredtoast:

Why are people in the sticks superior to people who live in the city?
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The real question is why should people in the city be superior to people in the sticks? Just because they are more concentrated?

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” -- George Carlin

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williegoat SEP 07, 11:40 AM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:

What exactly do you think you've "won" Fred?


Toast is trying to convince himself that he is not wrong, that he is “smart enough”. He has imagined a navigable, though circuitous path to that end. He has won a pyrrhic victory in his personal, internal struggle. He has awarded himself another trophy.
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 07, 11:59 AM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

Toast is trying to convince himself that he is not wrong, that he is “smart enough”. He has imagined a navigable, though circuitous path to that end. He has won a pyrrhic victory in his personal, internal struggle. He has awarded himself another trophy.





Haha... well, I mean, I'll say his opinion is "not wrong," but it just doesn't matter. What he wants and thinks we should have, is very different than what we actually have. And short of a Constitutional convention or passage of a new amendment... his opinion means nothing.
williegoat SEP 07, 12:06 PM
Leftists live in an imaginary world.

They imagine that Trump is a criminal, then set out to find a crime.

They imagine that our republic is a democracy, then set out to concoct an explanation.

Some psychologists would call that rationalization or compensation.