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Re: Dude, you need some better thought-leaders. by Vested Id 09/06/2020, 2:43pm PDT
Mischief Maker wrote:

Oh hey, look what I found after less than 15 seconds of googling.


Thanks for the Snopes link kid

Bush jr's campaign manager was "Turd Blossom" himself, Karl Rove. One of the main pillars of Rove's brand-identity as a campaign staffer was his signature move of taking your opponent's biggest strengths and crafting a smear that turned it into a weakness. So Republican primary opponent John McCain did something laudable like adopting a Bangladeshi orphan into his home? Rove twisted it into a smear campaign in the south that his youngest daughter was the illegitimate product of an affair McCain had with a black woman. Was John Kerry a decorated war hero while Bush jr. was a silver spoon rich kid who dodged the draft in the national guard, then still managed to go AWOL? Rove crafted a smear campaign that there was something "fishy" about those medals Kerry earned.

So when your thought leader says that Rove's campaign smear transformed his worldview, he's not Neo taking the red pill, he's Cypher eating the steak and saying, "ignorance is bliss!"


Swift vets began as a grassroots thing, which makes sense because (and this is the much stronger counterargument) Kerry was hated by his fellow soldiers for a long time because of his Winter Soldier testimony. Moldbug is a lot more protective of his brand - yes, right-wing thought leader - these days than in the past; if he's saying the claim is merited he's probably telling the truth.

Also speaking of your thought leaders and their "red pill" terminology, the long-running fan theory that The Matrix was a big allegory for coming out as trans was recently confirmed:


Recently asserted, in a political environment where that has major advantages, in the twilight of their careers.

The Wachowski brothers saga is the all-time warning tale against pornography. If you look at a lot of lesbian porn, you might go to sex clubs. If you go to sex clubs, you might decide you're a woman. If you decide you're a woman, your brother might decide he's a woman.
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Trump and vets. by The "Oops, Donny" Guy 09/03/2020, 2:44pm PDT NEW
    Trump: US troops KIA are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ by The Atlantic 09/03/2020, 3:55pm PDT NEW
    Nobody gives a shit about your pages-length vertical image by Vested Id 09/03/2020, 5:08pm PDT NEW
        Re: Nobody gives a shit about your pages-length vertical image by laudablepuss 09/03/2020, 7:17pm PDT NEW
            Note: by laudablepuss 09/03/2020, 7:41pm PDT NEW
                He doesn't know by The "Oops, Donny" Guy 09/03/2020, 8:09pm PDT NEW
    The reports of his comments in France are confirmed btw by laudablepuss 09/05/2020, 2:46pm PDT NEW
        "Confirmed by anonymous source" = "confirmed" by the same source by Vested Id 09/05/2020, 3:47pm PDT NEW
            Has anyone mentioned you're an idiot? by laudablepuss 09/05/2020, 3:57pm PDT NEW
                Feeling insecure about your own intelligence? by Vested Id 09/05/2020, 4:17pm PDT NEW
                    I remember the 2004 RNC where they passed out purple heart band-aids. NT by Republicans respect nothing/nobody. 09/05/2020, 8:13pm PDT NEW
                        Didn't know that, great idea! by Vested Id 09/05/2020, 10:19pm PDT NEW
                            Dude, you need some better thought-leaders. by Mischief Maker 09/06/2020, 7:33am PDT NEW
                                Re: Dude, you need some better thought-leaders. by Vested Id 09/06/2020, 2:43pm PDT NEW
                                    THAT's what lesbian porn evokes from you? I just get a boner. "Bound" is great. NT by Mischief Maker 09/06/2020, 4:31pm PDT NEW
                                        Bound is really bad, just like The Matrix is really overrated by Vested Id 09/06/2020, 4:43pm PDT NEW
                                            Porn is destroying humanity. Check. And your thoughts on violent videogames? by Footloose Maker 09/06/2020, 6:27pm PDT NEW
                                                U.S. Fertility rate hits record lows, MM continues jacking off with glee NT by Mysterio 09/06/2020, 9:24pm PDT NEW
                                                    I didn't realize Lizard King still posted here v_v by Jerry Whorebach 09/06/2020, 9:58pm PDT NEW
                                    The order of transition certainly shows who the more original of the two is NT by IPB 09/06/2020, 7:40pm PDT NEW
                                Imagine after 10 years of JK Rowlings Twitter account still buying ex post facto by authorial intent at face value 09/06/2020, 8:20pm PDT NEW
                                    Never read the HP books. Is this another fan theory nerd rage freakout, jsoh? NT by Values Maker 09/06/2020, 8:43pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Feeling insecure about your own intelligence? by laudablepuss 09/06/2020, 11:19am PDT NEW
                    Re: Feeling insecure about your own intelligence? by laudablepuss 09/06/2020, 1:07pm PDT NEW
                        Both answered here by Vested Id 09/06/2020, 3:26pm PDT NEW
                            Swift boat smear: totally grassroots. Trump sharing veterans? by Hmmm no this can't be it's differen 09/07/2020, 5:00am PDT NEW
                                I screwed up my post. Ignore NT by Mysterio 09/07/2020, 7:31am PDT NEW
                            It's interesting having to explain what you used to claim to believe by laudablepuss 09/07/2020, 5:53pm PDT NEW
                                Redneck Rampage by Vested Id 09/09/2020, 12:24am PDT NEW
                                    200,000 dead and Vested I'd still excusing Trump by What a fucking loser. 09/09/2020, 7:24am PDT NEW
                                        Stay on topic NT by And invoke "NT"! 09/09/2020, 9:10am PDT NEW
                                        Also, by And invoke "NT"! 09/09/2020, 9:36am PDT NEW
                                            Wait... do you think MSNBC is the only place to get the current death toll? NT by Porn-Apocalypse Maker 09/09/2020, 10:32am PDT NEW
                                                Using it as a pivot from an unrelated topic NT by Vested Id 09/09/2020, 10:40am PDT NEW
                                                    Huh? by Mysterio 09/09/2020, 11:18am PDT NEW
    Gotta add the Obama stand in article. by Mysterio 09/07/2020, 5:29am PDT NEW
        Most pathetic thing I have ever seen in my life. What a FAT BITCH by Ulrachi 09/07/2020, 6:25am PDT NEW
            Re: Most pathetic thing I have ever seen in my life. What a FAT BITCH by Mischief Maker 09/07/2020, 6:52am PDT NEW
        Anyone want to guess why this video has been online since 2012 NT by Vested Id 09/07/2020, 2:36pm PDT NEW
            Re: Anyone want to guess why this video has been online since 2012 by Mysterio 09/07/2020, 6:48pm PDT NEW
                He made it for the 2012 Republican National Convention NT by Vested Id 09/07/2020, 8:15pm PDT NEW
                    Nope. He made it so he could jerk off to it. What a fat loser Trump is hahahah NT by Mysterio 09/08/2020, 7:25am PDT NEW
                        lol NT by Vested Id 09/08/2020, 9:04am PDT NEW
                            He is laughable yes ;) NT by Mysterio 09/08/2020, 2:47pm PDT NEW
    Fake art theft by Mysterio 09/07/2020, 10:59am PDT NEW
        worse yet: he twirled his moustache as he did it by Art Theft Schoolgirl 09/07/2020, 7:06pm PDT NEW
            Re: worse yet: he twirled his moustache as he did it by Mysterio 09/07/2020, 7:41pm PDT NEW
    Re: Trump and downplaying the virus by Mysterio 09/09/2020, 1:42pm PDT NEW
    He's just so stupid. by The "Oops, Donny" Guy 09/15/2020, 6:26am PDT NEW
 
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