Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!border-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!dca.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=Qigl^_QNej>mD@5LN^eMY2HWonT5<]0T=@GOK[m5A6W23[L8B6BE9j=bX[23;bU8b2^mf8;J?==:91U6XXjO4IR=G\UeahNG:Z>MTGRm?EV8g7 X-Complaints-To: support@blocknews.net From: Brock McNuggets Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Thinkest Thou Of LO Donate Banner? Organization: Southern Nevada Institute of Technology References: <1864d8e7ae136b94$115$2498948$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10h7mil$fq1s$1@pothead.dont-email.me> <10hcd85$1m977$1@pothead.dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Usenapp for MacOS X-Usenapp: v1.28/l - Full License Date: 10 Dec 2025 20:06:16 GMT Lines: 31 Message-ID: <6939d2b8$1$19$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1765397176 reader.netnews.com 19 127.0.0.1:54863 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:702514 comp.os.linux.misc:78719 On Dec 10, 2025 at 11:13:25 AM MST, "pothead" wrote <10hcd85$1m977$1@pothead.dont-email.me>: > Give a Democrat a fish and he'll eat all day. > Teach a Democrat to fish and...... > He'll steal your rod > Take your wallet > Assault the fish & > Blame Trump. Your sig isn’t an argument; it’s a slogan that falls apart against basic facts. Blue states contribute more in federal taxes than they receive, Trump’s record includes verified court rulings and fiscal mismanagement, and violent crime rates are generally higher per capita in Republican-led states. The joke relies on caricature and repetition rather than evidence, substituting sneering for substance. Typical of White Nationalists. While it contains no explicit racial language, it overlaps with common white supremacist rhetorical patterns. It frames an out-group as inherently criminal and parasitic, uses mockery and “just a joke” humor to deflect scrutiny, flattens millions of people into a single corrupt mass, and recasts grievances as moral righteousness. That’s the same toolbox extremist movements use to spread ideas indirectly – not by arguing facts, but by normalizing contempt. You keep denying you tie yourself to such groups, but then you show you DO tie yourself to them. Over and over and over. -- It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.