The Goat Pen

Shocking

oh good lord

Americas democracy is in danger of half educated people who pass for journalists nowadays as well as people who comment about it on twitter.

As kids we cheered images like this of the Boston Tea Party

I guess you missed the part about what the Boston Tea Party was about. What happened the other day at the Capitol was conducted under the sway of entirely different emotions and... well, I was about to say "ideals," but those yahoos wouldn't know an ideal if it bit them in the ass...

I'm not going to listen to a word anyone called The Buttercream Dream has to say

hedge wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:09 pm I guess you missed the part about what the Boston Tea Party was about. What happened the other day at the Capitol was conducted under the sway of entirely different emotions and... well, I was about to say "ideals," but those yahoos wouldn't know an ideal if it bit them in the ass...

what was the tea party about? about not having representation?

yea, I'd say it was pretty similar.

If you're referring to the guy you wanted to win not winning as "not having representation," then half the people don't have representation after every election. In some cases, as in 2016, way more than half. But that's not even close to the "not having representation" the Boston tea party was about. This is about a bunch of sore losers pretending that something happened that actually didn't happen, and I'm pretty sure you know that. Or at least I hope you do....

eCat wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:11 pm I'm not going to listen to a word anyone called The Buttercream Dream has to say

Of course not. Truth hurts.

Also didn't know you were a kid when the Tea Party happened.

Doesn't matter. Fuckface will pardon all these dickheads.

Can he pardon people who haven't been identified yet?

He's still got 12 days

hedge wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:26 pm If you're referring to the guy you wanted to win not winning as "not having representation," then half the people don't have representation after every election. In some cases, as in 2016, way more than half. But that's not even close to the "not having representation" the Boston tea party was about. This is about a bunch of sore losers pretending that something happened that actually didn't happen, and I'm pretty sure you know that. Or at least I hope you do....

52m sore losers

this isn't going to go away with Biden taking office.

it was a mistake to marginalize them.

The bigger mistake was ever taking them seriously. They will fade like a fart in the wind, and, as everyone universally thinks in that situation: Good riddance...

Dominion ain't playing. I wonder if the next Trumpiot nutbag will think twice before spewing lies? Maybe not, but at least they'll be reduced to penury for the rest of their miserable existences...

Dominion Voting Sues Former Trump Lawyer, Seeking More Than $1.3 Billion In Damages

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/08/95483697 ... in-damages

hedge wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 7:33 pm The bigger mistake was ever taking them seriously. They will fade like a fart in the wind, and, as everyone universally thinks in that situation: Good riddance...

yea, Jan 6 showed they were big on fading in the wind

Apple deciding that its users aren't entitled to use social media apps that don't meet their standards


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ry ... ban-parler

Remember when Apple's ad was about the threat of Orwell's 1984?

I'm no expert, but this action seems like its waaaaay more likely to get the people of land, common clay of the new west, etc stirred up about the state of things than one more Trump tweet about "STOLEN ELECTION!"

"yea, Jan 6 showed they were big on fading in the wind"

That was the last pop of Trump's 4 year fart. Once their god and idol is gone in 10 days, they'll be gone too. He'll be sitting in Mar-a-Lago, not giving a fuck about them (not that he ever did) and they go back to their trailers and find something else on TV to devote their lives to...

Oh for fucks sake...it's just Twitter. A private - and somewhat frivolous - enterprise.

It's not like he got banned from Chuck E Cheese.

"I'm no expert, but this action seems like its waaaaay more likely to get the people of land, common clay of the new west, etc stirred up about the state of things than one more Trump tweet about "STOLEN ELECTION!""

Not really sassing you hear, but I kinda bet that Apple is about 20 steps ahead of you in "what might be the possible results of this decision and how can we profit from it?" Not saying they're going to be right, but I think it's safe to say that any idea that pops into your head regarding an action like this by Apple already popped into their head months if not year ago...