The outrage junkies and the anoint Hillary crowd are working overtime.

[Jokerman]

It's the 2008 election cycle all over again.

"Hillary WILL be the nominee so if ANYONE says ANYTHING negative about her the Democratic Party is DOOMED!" (paraphrasing only slightly)

Don't so much as wince when Hillary wears her religion on her sleeve or the two groups will join to form the perfect storm.

"OMG - Tom Tomorrow is being CONTROVERSIAL!?!?!"

"OMG - The Rude Pundit is being RUDE!?!?!"

I've served on 4 juries in the last 24 hours and everyone of the alerts was a bullshit attempt to silence discussion about the rude one.

I served as a real juror once in an attempted murder trial and came home exhausted and completely disillusioned with the jury system so I guess I shouldn't be surprised when the DU jury system lets me down.

[JNelson6563]

1. That's why our AA group is so valuable!

All that shit stays out there. Some of my beloved fellow AA participants hold very different views than I on some things political but none of that matters in here. Thank god!

Julie

[Jokerman]

3. I thank god every day for the A&A group...

but the dirty old bastard has never said "your welcome", not once.

[JNelson6563]

4. lol

[mr blur]

16. You'll be in my prayers, buddy.

We've got your back.

[onager]

9. We're incredibly well-behaved, for a bunch of godless nihilist assholes.

Maybe most of us get enough drama at other places on the internet. I sure do.

Every once in a while in here I'll start to say something contrary and stop myself. That can probably be seen as "cowardly self-censorship." But it's often a poster otherwise I like and respect. I tend to shrug and say "Nobody's ever going to agree with me on everything and they shouldn't." So it's a form of cowardly self-censorship I can live with.

Totally off-topic: I'm sitting here watching Al-Jazeera America, which is showing the 2012 documentary "Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve." Fascinating. Mostly an analysis of the 2008 crash and the historical Fed policies that led to it.

Well, maybe not totally off-topic: Alan Greenspan is often described as a "disciple" of Ayn Rand.

[JNelson6563]

10. I hear you on that!

I do a bit of self-censorship too. But I still know I'm always right, I just don't always have time to make all aware of it.

Julie

[RussBLib]

20. too bad Al Jazeera America is going off the air soon

And I cannot get Free Speech TV on my cable system.

[skepticscott]

2. This is just getting started

The election is still more than two years away, and the primaries more than a year and a half. Better hunker down, because it's going to be a shitstorm out there in GD as things get closer.

[trotsky]

5. Yep, you are right.

It's gonna get nasty.

[Ron Obvious]

6. Yeah, I've noticed

There's a nasty authoritarian streak running through GD that I don't like to associate with Democrats. Polls show its just a very vocal minority, though.

See also the Snowden threads to expose how its all about party label for a lot of people. There's a no doubt in my mind that a lot of people would have diametrically opposed opinions had Snowden/Greenwald happened with a Republican in the White House.

[Jokerman]

7. So true.

I'd like to think that the other side attracts the authoritarians while we get the independent, free-thinkers but that vocal minority makes hanging on to those thoughts a real challenge.

Unfortunately they are just as vocal in the local democratic party. They quickly shout down anyone who doesn't toe the party line.

[onager]

14. Nah, we have plenty of authoritarians

At least according to my scientific research method of bumbling around the Internet and stumbling across stuff.

Some "liberal, free-thinking" websites are a mirror image of those on the Right, as far as the authoritarianism. The underlying message is depressingly similar - "Free speech allowed, as long as you agree with us 100%."

Somebody once posted a description of these places that made me LOL. I think it was: "This is like watching a bad play about the Bolshevik Revolution, as performed by The Muppets."

[Exultant Democracy]

8. Spot on mate, spot on.

[AtheistCrusader]

11. I think it's a little early in the election cycle to be assuming it will be Hillary.

I can live with it if that happens, but uh.. The process hasn't even started yet.

[Shampoobra]

12. I'm sure you remember they tried the same shit in 2008

and now, for some inane reason, despite abject and humiliating failure, they believe it will work this time.

Reminds me of the Santayana quote about people who are incapable of remembering the past.

[uriel1972]

13. Gah!

All the goddy stuff will be on display by all those who want a chance at the top job. Makes me want to vomit. But, as they say "The view's nice from under the bus."

[Jokerman]

15. Shameless kick of my own thread from 2014.

Hard to believe that this was before Bernie even joined the race.

[beam me up scottie]

17. This is amazing.

I read this and thought it was new.

I feel your pain, trust me.

[Lordquinton]

18. Dude...

Dude!

[Gore1FL]

19. What beam me up scottie and Lordquinton said!

I didn't realize it was 2014 thread until I read skepticscott's post about the election being two years away!

[progressoid]

21. Everything old is new again!

Have a great weekend!

[mountain grammy]

22. Since we're thanking god and all on this resurrected thread

all I can say is AMEN!

This could have been posted yesterday.. the more things change! The rude pundit is still rude!

[JonLeibowitz]

23. Incredible foresight, here. bravo!