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(11-03-2016 11:26 AM)Matsufubu Wrote:  Weird...white people went to war with other white people in WW2 to stop them killing (((non-white people))).

Now we have to hear this stuff on a daily basis.

WW1 was designed to destroy white Christian empires and nation-states like the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia and Germany. They got Russia in one world war, but it took two to destroy Germany.

Gay cakes and trans bathrooms: the most important human rights issues of our times, surely.
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Another feminist calls for the extinction of 49% of the population.

I knew there was a reason we called them feminazis....
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(11-03-2016 10:24 AM)armenia4ever Wrote:  The extinction huh?

These people believe their own bullshit. No wonder they hate the quiverfull movement. Im mixed, but my wife is white so are our kids are 75%.

Ive got one son, and another on the way. We arent going anywhere.

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Looks like Lena Dunham's preparing for Canada after all
Guys, she's launched her new Canadian-based web presence, looks like she's put a lot of thought and preparation into it -- be sure to visit her new Canuck site:

http://lenadunham.ca/
11-10-2016 02:05 PM
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The irony is Canada's immigration laws, the ones liberals think shouldnt exist in the U.S., will keep loons like her out of that country.
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The question is...can we build a northside wall big enough to keep her from coming back?
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Canadians Don’t Want America-Fleeing Liberals (Especially Lena Dunham)

Bad news for anyone looking to relocate to our neighbor to the north after last night’s election results: Canada doesn’t want you.

After Americans—and especially American celebrities—began considering making good on their promises to “move to Canada” in the wake of Donald Trump election victory, Canadians took to Twitter to warn Americans that they’d best stay where they are.

They’re even talking about building their own wall—to keep immigrants from American out of their pristine cities and away from their mounted law enforcement, gravy and cheese covered French fries, superior hockey coverage and French Sesame Street.

Even CBC, Canada’s state-owned broadcasting network, is trying to actively discourage a mass migration. As the Canadian Immigration and Citizenship website crashed last night, the CBC took to its blog to warn people that emigrating to Canada isn’t as easy as jumping a border.

To avoid deportation back to Trump’s America, they’d have to spend years in Canada’s aggressive filter system and spend thousands of dollars. And then, they’d have to find jobs in Canada’s crowded urban metropolises—unless, of course, they like farming.

But if there’s anyone Canada really doesn’t want, among the number of celebrities who “seriously’ pledged to move north, it’s Girls star Lena Dunham (though, it seems, they’d also prefer not to house either Miley Cyrus or Amy Schumer).
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Can't this go in the Lena Dunham thread?

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(11-10-2016 02:05 PM)Snurby Wrote:  Guys, she's launched her new Canadian-based web presence, looks like she's put a lot of thought and preparation into it -- be sure to visit her new Canuck site:

http://lenadunham.ca/

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The arrogance of these celebrities is really fascinating, though.

Canada won't even let you bring an apple across the border.

You really think they want a bunch of Satan-worshiping, STD-infected Hollywood queerfags infecting their culture even more? They have enough of that in Toronto and Montreal already.

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(11-10-2016 02:27 PM)DamienCasanova Wrote:  https://heatst.com/politics/canadians-do...na-dunham/

Canadians Don’t Want America-Fleeing Liberals (Especially Lena Dunham)

Bad news for anyone looking to relocate to our neighbor to the north after last night’s election results: Canada doesn’t want you.

After Americans—and especially American celebrities—began considering making good on their promises to “move to Canada” in the wake of Donald Trump election victory, Canadians took to Twitter to warn Americans that they’d best stay where they are.

They’re even talking about building their own wall—to keep immigrants from American out of their pristine cities and away from their mounted law enforcement, gravy and cheese covered French fries, superior hockey coverage and French Sesame Street.

Even CBC, Canada’s state-owned broadcasting network, is trying to actively discourage a mass migration. As the Canadian Immigration and Citizenship website crashed last night, the CBC took to its blog to warn people that emigrating to Canada isn’t as easy as jumping a border.

To avoid deportation back to Trump’s America, they’d have to spend years in Canada’s aggressive filter system and spend thousands of dollars. And then, they’d have to find jobs in Canada’s crowded urban metropolises—unless, of course, they like farming.

But if there’s anyone Canada really doesn’t want, among the number of celebrities who “seriously’ pledged to move north, it’s Girls star Lena Dunham (though, it seems, they’d also prefer not to house either Miley Cyrus or Amy Schumer).

This is going to seem weird, or like I'm making a joke, but it's a serious question: why do the SJWs always talk about going to Canada? Why not Mexico, or Costa Rica, or Haiti? I mean, isn't that inherently racist? "If Trump wins I will go to the country that's the closest to the US demographically, culturally and racially." They're the ones always praising blacks and defending 'undocumented workers,' so why wouldn't they want to live with them? Or are they sort of racist but just won't admit it?

Personally I love Mexico and would rather go there than freezing cold Canada.
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(11-10-2016 03:03 PM)Gustavus Adolphus Wrote:  The arrogance of these celebrities is really fascinating, though.

Canada won't even let you bring an apple across the border.

You really think they want a bunch of Satan-worshiping, STD-infected Hollywood queerfags infecting their culture even more? They have enough of that in Toronto and Montreal already.

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We got enough Marxist white urban retards as is. We're full, and the few remaining men like myself don't need more of those vermin. Plus there's only so many HR jobs or positions at Buzzfeed.ca to fill. What are they gonna do? Get on our welfare? Check your white privilege, American shitwhites, your northern SJW heroes only hand out checks to foreigners if they're of color. Oh, wait... you'd better start spelling it "colour" if you're moving on up.


(11-10-2016 04:29 PM)Stirfry Wrote:  This is going to seem weird, or like I'm making a joke, but it's a serious question: why do the SJWs always talk about going to Canada? Why not Mexico, or Costa Rica, or Haiti? I mean, isn't that inherently racist? "If Trump wins I will go to the country that's the closest to the US demographically, culturally and racially." They're the ones always praising blacks and defending 'undocumented workers,' so why wouldn't they want to live with them? Or are they sort of racist but just won't admit it?

White leftists never think of going south instead because:

1. They're some combo of lazy and retarded. Learning another language? "Donde esta el Starbucks?" Is about as far as they'll get.

2. The weird combination of simultaneous groveling before the cherished Nonwhite yet still looking down their nose at the natives makes Jorge and Juanita hate themselves a gringo interloper something fierce. And Mikayla and Connor McPale-Left know it.

Quote:Personally I love Mexico and would rather go there than freezing cold Canada.

It's warm in most inhabited parts of the country for 6-8 months of the year, it's not that ba...

Wait, they'll stay home if they think it's harsh, right? Ok, I was just fucking around with what I just said. It's brutal and it snows everyday and it's always a hundred degrees below zero. We live in fucking igloos and polar bears hunt us on the daily. Stay the fuck away, Progressives.
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has she spoken yet? her twitter feed has been silent since nov 8th
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Yes, tell them that they are welcome to come, but they'll need to take polar bear self defense training first. :-P

But I do agree with you- the left is incredibly condescending to the people they supposedly admire and want to help. I don't know why people don't find that more offensive.
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(11-10-2016 06:53 PM)Cosmonaut Wrote:  has she spoken yet? her twitter feed has been silent since nov 8th

I really want to believe that fatty hung herself in despair. But I doubt we're that lucky.
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I believe the Canadians are already beefing up border security to keep out the likes of her. Not good at this but hopefully it embeds. funny.
http://www.usanewspolitics.com/2016/11/0...americans/
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(11-03-2016 11:26 AM)Matsufubu Wrote:  Weird...white people went to war with other white people in WW2 to stop them killing (((non-white people))).

Now we have to hear this stuff on a daily basis.

If you think that's the extent of the reasons for both World Wars you are vastly historically ignorant.
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(11-10-2016 06:59 PM)Stirfry Wrote:  Yes, tell them that they are welcome to come, but they'll need to Kill a Polar Bear with their Bare Hands. :-P

But I do agree with you- the left is incredibly condescending to the people they supposedly admire and want to help. I don't know why people don't find that more offensive.

Fixed that for you.
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(11-10-2016 08:29 PM)deerhunter Wrote:  I believe the Canadians are already beefing up border security to keep out the likes of her. Not good at this but hopefully it embeds. funny.
http://www.usanewspolitics.com/2016/11/0...americans/


Huntington | A Canadian militia seems to have taken Donald Trump’s victory very seriously fearing hundreds of thousands of illegal Americans could try to cross the border.

The Permanent Active Militia (PAM) is a country-wide association which is believed to have approximately 4,500 members across the country with its headquarters in Huntington, Ontario, near the Minnesota border.

“ This ain’t no Mexico border. Illegals will face snow and deadly cold temperatures, not withstanding dangerous predator attacks from bears, cougars and wolves. If you’re an American crossing the border illegally, your chances of survival are pretty slim ”
– John C. McCaullagh, Militia leader

“Killing illegal citizens is a crime in Canada and we don’t openly encourage violence within our organization, but we can’t prevent members from shooting a few rounds at them just to scare them away. If you accidentally get hit in the knee or in the leg, without medical assistance, you’re a dead man within 2 or 3 days” he warns.

“Better alive in the US than dead in Canada. It just ain’t worth the gamble” he adds.

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The idea of building a wall to protect the Canada-United States border is also a popular subject within militia members.

“The United States under Obama has gone weak. Those pussy Democrats, they love those illegals, that’s who votes for them. Weak US-Mexico borders means tons of Mexicans are trying to reach Canada illegally also, that’s why we’re here to protect those borders” explains a high-ranking member of PAM, who wishes to stay anonymous.

“We’d love to have a wall like Israel has with Palestine. Israel is 20 years ahead in the game” he explains. “Steel reinforced walls, those would be the best to keep the rats out” he adds, laughingly.
Rapists, criminals and liberals

Militia members are mostly afraid that rapists, criminals, but also surprisingly, liberals, could cross the Canada-United States borders, endangering their families, jobs and way of life.

“It’s not just the rapists and the criminals, it’s also the liberals” explains Jerry Masborough, a 40-year-old militia veteran. “Those liberals, we don’t want anything to do with them. They will make our people weak, we don’t want none of them sissies corrupting our youth. We already got a wuss for a Prime Minister, we don’t need none of them Islam-loving, queer-embracing commies in our own country” he comments. “They can all burn in Hell for all I care” he adds.

Former Conservative Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Christopher A. Alexander, had also proposed the idea of a Canada-US border wall in 2013 and in 2014, receiving massive Parliament support before the Conservative Party was defeated during the 2015 election.

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(11-10-2016 07:42 PM)Germanicus Wrote:  
(11-10-2016 06:53 PM)Cosmonaut Wrote:  has she spoken yet? her twitter feed has been silent since nov 8th

I really want to believe that fatty hung herself in despair. But I doubt we're that lucky.

Maybe she moved out of the country? I doubt it though.

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The word schadenfreude does not begin to describe what I'm feeling as I'm reading this. Laugh

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Quote:I woke up on Election Day like a bride: rosy, thrilled, a little controlling about just how MY perfect day would be spent. After working on the Clinton campaign for eighteen months, I was ready to celebrate, and sure that by nightfall I'd be knocking back glasses of champagne and creating a story to tell my unborn children. Maybe I'd even get close enough to Hillary Clinton to hug her, to whisper "Thank you." I had dreamed about it every night for the last two weeks.

So on Tuesday — Jesus, it's almost embarrassing to remember — I smugly selected a baby-blue sweater with a not-so-subtle pussy motif and headed to vote with my boyfriend, smiling at the elderly socialists on my block like it was Sesame Street. I packed my HRC 2016 memorabilia into a brown box with my I VOTED sticker smacked on top. I spent the afternoon phone-banking with friends, and it felt more like icing on the cake than urgent business. Because as horrifying as I found Donald Trump's rhetoric, as hideous as I found his racism and xenophobia, as threatening to basic decency as I found his demagogue persona, I never truly believed he could win.

I'd been traveling the country for the last few weeks, in swing states like North Carolina and Colorado. While I'd dealt with a few irritating email questions (those fucking emails, as if they were a worthy corollary to fraud and sexual assault), the resolve and passion of students, many of whom had made their way over from the Bernie Sanders campaign, gave me a sense of hope that got me downright high. I didn't see how with faces this bright, diverse, wise, and passionate anything but the best — the only — result could prevail.

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The three hours I spent at the Javits Center Tuesday night, surrounded by campaign staffers and fellow surrogates for Hillary Clinton, are blurred and spotty. At a certain point it became clear something had gone horribly wrong. Celebrants' faces turned. The modeling had been incorrect. Watching the numbers in Florida, I touched my face and realized I was crying. "Can we please go home?" I said to my boyfriend. I could tell he was having trouble breathing, and I could feel my chin breaking into hives. Another woman showed me her matching hive, hidden by fresh concealer.

I hugged the women I had spent eighteen months with, laughing and plotting and spreading our love for Hillary Clinton and her message. My party dress felt tight and itchy.

By the time we'd made it over the bridge, a friend called. "It's over," she said. "I love you." I was frozen. We stopped at the diner. No one was speaking as they ate, no one in the whole place.

At home I got in the shower and began to cry even harder. My boyfriend, who had already wept, watched me as I mumbled incoherently, clutching myself. "It wasn't supposed to go this way. It was supposed to be her job. She worked her whole life for the job. It's her job."

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Over the year and a half I worked on the campaign, I received threats and abuse at a level I could not have imagined. My Twitter mentions went from rude to downright violent. My phone was hacked, and I was sent images of aborted fetuses, weapons. I was called a fat whore, a retard, told I should be killed in front of everyone who knew me. My experience mimics that of so many women who organized for Hillary Clinton and against Donald Trump, most of them not celebrities. We wanted a female president. We wanted guaranteed control over our own bodies. We wanted equal pay. That made us nasty. That made us targets.

But we kept going, thinking these were the dying moans of the dragon known as the patriarchy being stabbed again and again in the stomach. We believed that on November 9, they'd be licking their wounds while we celebrated. It is painful on a cellular level knowing those men got what they wanted, just as it's painful to know you are hated for daring to ask for what is yours. It's painful to know that white women, so unable to see the unity of female identity, so unable to look past their violent privilege, and so inoculated with hate for themselves, showed up to the polls for him, too. My voice was literally lost when I woke up, squeaky and raw, and I ached in the places that make me a woman, the places where I've been grabbed so carelessly, the places we are struggling to call our own.

It's a privilege to be heartbroken by the system for the first time at age 30. So many people — those in the prison system, those with undocumented American relatives, those who are trans, who are queer, who are people of color, who are Muslim, who are trying to prosecute their abusers — have felt the crushing failure of the system over and over again. This is just another dark week. This isn't surreal like a death or a bad diagnosis. This is their life.

"Don't agonize, organize." —Florynce Kennedy

Millennials overwhelmingly voted against Trump. Our generation says no, as do first-time voters, to what this man and his presidency represent. We reject, wholesale, his brand — any brand — of hatred and bigotry. We are the generation with the strongest and most vast understanding of identity politics yet. We recognize intersections and contradictions and want to make room for them in people and in government. Our hearts are open, but our resolve is strong. We want to create a different kind of America than has ever existed. America will not be great until it fulfills its promise of liberty and justice for all.

"You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun." —Florynce Kennedy
Wednesday was a day of mourning. Thursday, too. Hell, I'm giving us till Sunday. But then we fight. Now, more than ever, our power is in numbers and in our refusal to accept the idea that our leaders intrinsically know what's best for us, better than the people we meet every day. In the last few days I have watched a little girl cry, wondering if her mother would be deported. I have listened to a black man ask how to explain this to his sons. "You tell them, over and over again, not to be a bully or a bigot, to respect women, to be kind, that's how you get ahead. And now a bully is the president. How do you explain that?" I see two teenage girls, one Latina, one white, in belly shirts holding hands as they pretend to go the wrong way on an escalator. They're laughing and smiling and I wonder if they know that together they're a tiny revolution.

"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing." —Audre Lorde

In this new reality, we have all been radicalized. It's no longer a word for those living on the fringes. It's a word for everyone who walks in pain with the results of this election, who feels their identity being crushed under the weight of the half of the country who voted for a man who denounces and denies the basic rights of women, the queer community, immigrants, Muslims, people of color and the differently abled. We've been radicalized and therefore we've been deputized to do our parts. What that means will become clearer over the coming months, and we will all have to use the tools we have to speak for ourselves, but moreover speak for the voiceless, the people who can't demand change for fear of very real and violent losses. Those who are gagged by the system Donald Trump proposes.

"Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing our common humanity." —Hillary Rodham Clinton

A lot of people have been talking about how we need to try to understand how this happened and what's going on in the minds of the people who voted for Donald Trump. Maybe. Maybe. But maybe let's leave that to the strategists, to the men in offices who need to run the numbers. It should not be the job of women, of people of color, of queer and trans Americans, to understand who does not consider them human and why, just as it's not the job of the abused to understand their abuser. It's quite enough work to know about and bear the hatred of so many. It's quite enough work to go on living.

"I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star." —Sojourner Truth
It's hard to feel it this week. It may be hard to feel it next week. But the work of this election, the promise of Bernie Sanders's and Hillary Clinton's campaigns, the dream of changing the face of the White House, is only just beginning.

Thank you, Hillary, for bravely taking every shot and standing tall, for weathering assaults from every direction, for telling us that no, this wasn't politics as we know it, and no, you were not going to let a chronic interrupter with a limited vocabulary of catchphrases stop you from speaking coherently about your dreams for this country. Thank you for 30 years of public service. Thank you for showing our daughters something beautiful to aspire to. Thank you for reminding us what we are capable of when we are focused and ferocious. Thank you for 30 years of that. Thank you for not abandoning us now.

So no, the work isn't done. It is only beginning. We will stun ourselves with what we are capable of. We will laugh with surprise like kids who finally threw a punch back at the schoolyard bully. We will watch our friends in awe as they step forward and demand more, as they recognize and wield their politicized identities. We will not be governed by fear. We will show our children a different way. We will go home like shooting stars.

I'm proud of you,

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RE: The Lena Dunham Thread
People like The Dunham Horror live their entire lives inside of bubbles of delusion. They have no anchor to the real world and steadfastly reject every opportunity - like this election - to interact with and be challenged by anything outside the Happythink Hugbox. Their fragile psyches are completely incapable of it.
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RE: The Lena Dunham Thread

I'm one of the luckiest man alive, nothing in my life has been easy...
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