10-25-2018, 07:00 PM | #361 |
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Is it trivial though? Where one's from forms what's of importance to them. If someone thinks race is what sets us apart I'd have to disagree with them but I wouldn't call it trivial.
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10-25-2018, 07:07 PM | #362 |
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America is the best country on Earth. Even when it sucks, it sucks less than everywhere else.
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10-25-2018, 07:09 PM | #363 |
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My favorite thing is when someone tells me their sociology professor told them all cultures are equal. I wonder how many people who think this also have a problem with WWE going to Saudi Arabia. I bet it's a high number.
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10-25-2018, 07:09 PM | #364 |
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10-25-2018, 07:11 PM | #365 |
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10-25-2018, 07:14 PM | #366 |
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I don't do Facebook.
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10-25-2018, 07:30 PM | #367 |
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10-25-2018, 07:31 PM | #368 |
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Gutted to know that, as a Canadian, Simple Fan doesn't care about me or my well being..... I thought we were cool.....
I think Simple Fan's character here would make a good rassling heel.... give him the JBL/Kenzo Suzuki "I love America" gear and give him a mic, brother |
10-25-2018, 07:35 PM | #369 |
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I don't want to hear about anything bad happening to you Lock Jaw. Canadians are cool, I've met a few. Let's be honest, you're basically Americans though.
Plus weeds legal up there, USA needs to take a hint. |
10-25-2018, 07:45 PM | #370 |
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It used to be cool to check a report's sources and be critical of the media. But it's now be degraded to putting your fingers in your ears and hummng hymns while things literally explode in front of your eyes. There's a difference between being critical of your sources and checking to see how valid they are and just writing things off as "fake news" because they question the fucking President. Quote:
I've never gotten nationalism at all. You don't get a choice of where you're born. You're lucky. You can appreciate the benefits of your country, like the right to security, education and healthcare, but you don't do anything to achieve those. It's not something to thump your chest over and high-five your friends about. There's also no good reason to ignore the suffering of people who live in places that don't have even parodies of those things, just because they weren't as lucky as you. Of course you can't worry about all the things in the world all the time. Humans are really good at cognitive dissonance, and that's not even a bad thing, otherwise our heads would explode. But it doesn't mean you can't focus on an issue and say "that's fucking awful." Just like I can look at North Korea and say "that's fucking awful." Why is that even a point being brought up? Quote:
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It's a useful tool for not placing different cultures on a scale of "bad" to "good" based on inherent bias towards your own culture. It's nowhere near the same thing as criticizing a dictator dealing with US money to abuse human rights and oppress a culture. There's a difference between watching your drink beer and thinking my scotch is better and smashing you over the head with my glass and waterboarding you with scotch. |
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10-25-2018, 08:14 PM | #375 |
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Oh no @ DTTS making a lot of posts in this thread
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10-25-2018, 08:16 PM | #376 |
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Journalism doesn't need to be unbiased, and it never is. That doesn't mean it's fake. You can get the news from that and leave the political opinion at the door. It's critical reading. "5 dead in explosion" is not fake news. "Women sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia" is not fake news. They don't...make shit up. They can get duped and have political biases, but that doesn't change core facts of many stories. "Trump sells weapons to horrific regime" is not fake news just because it has a tinge of sting to it. What *is* fake is saying that the country is getting better when it is not. You're actually being worked more by this fake news/pro-WWE stuff than you would be if you were just a "mark." Hell, "fake news" is a Trump buzzword he created so people would disregard any negative story that comes out about him. You fell for it. |
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I like the idea of a bunch of people being confused by the media getting together and just saying "it's all bullshit!" and then getting their news from WWE and Leonard at the bar. He seems like a smart guy. He thinks they put logos in the foam of his beer, but he's been right before.
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Because of dummies, yeah, dummies, yeah it's an awful thing WWE are going to go and do this thing, because it's not just disgusting on the face; but when it comes to certain types of people it actually works. And make no mistake about it, Fan, they could have gotten him in the United States too. Turkey is not a fan of this regime. They got him in a Saudi embassy. There are cars and saws in the US too. |
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10-25-2018, 08:29 PM | #382 |
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Leonard at the bar creates the dankest memes too.
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10-25-2018, 08:46 PM | #384 |
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Well they sure did there Simple Fan. They also will still execute a woman for driving. So basically they now let women apply for a license to get themselves executed. How progressive!
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How do the Spice Girls playing in China help put food into the mouths of people from Tibet? Especially when they talk about how good things are in China?
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Sorry, fake newsflash*
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"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan has come to your defense, Fan. He has also released a statement saying that he thinks WWE shouldn't pull out. It's too big an opportunity to miss, terrible stuff happens all over the world so why bother caring, and he also didn't know that it didn't happen in Saudi Arabia, because he said "a horrible incident that happened over there."
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10-25-2018, 09:21 PM | #393 |
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Seems WWE wussed out on talking about their Saudi deal with their investors today outside of a brief statement made in their fiscal report.
Didn't bother to mention if it will be one of the main topics for their next meeting unlike the last time few times. For some reference, the last time investors asked about details of the multi-year deal, WWE shot them down saying they couldn't due to confidentially clauses. Being rumored the contract doesn't include an opt-out clause which would be ridiculous if that is actually true. |
10-25-2018, 09:23 PM | #394 |
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The WWE had women perform in the UAE, obviously Saudi Arabia isn't to that point yet but they could get there. They allow women to attend the shows which from the bit I understand they don't always get to go to public events. Yeah they're going to use it as propaganda but that doesn't mean they're not taking those steps, even if they take two steps back later.
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So is it making steps if they just regress back to where they started if not further back? How is that progressive?
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How is giving people the right to do something, only to kill then when they attempt to exercise that right, progressive in any way though? That doesn't make sense.
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