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  • No, the context is protecting immigrants from certain countries, and Trump asked why we want people from those "shitholes" and that the US should recruit immigrants from countries like Norway instead

    Which is just super bizarre to me... Aren't we a nation founded on accepting people other countries don't want, or at least people who don't want to be where they live?
    Just saw this now. It's hilarious that there's such a backlash against 'those filthy immigrants,' when the reason America has historically been so successful, has been that they offered asylum and eventual citizenship to so many gifted immigrants. By all means, deport criminals and properly investigate anyone who comes to live in your country, but it becomes an inherently racist statement to say an entire country is 'a shithole,' and should never be allowed to send immigrants to you.
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  • Hey, hey, hey, everyone just calm down, Ok? Let's all keep it civil here.

    I fail to see how my post lacked civility. Though admittedly I just wanted to stir up some trouble, I don't feel like I have been impolite in doing so.

    The moment someone thinks "I'm a victim," they set themselves up with a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure and victimisation. They start to think the world owes them something, and would rather complain about how damnably unfair everything is than actually try to achieve success. The same is true for neo-conservatives, radical feminists and militarised minority groups. It's the people who realise the world, and indeed the universe as a whole, doesn't give two shits about their existence, and who are willing to stop complaining and actually work for what they need and want, who have the best chance. Even then there are no guarantees.

    The type of feminist bullshit espoused on the Internet and at university campuses these days, actually serves to empower the groups opposing them. People don't see or care for the ideals anyone fights for. They only look at how people behave, and that's pretty fucking scary, because neo-nazis sometimes have a properly peaceful demonstration.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/the-rise-of-victimhood-culture/404794/

    Also Seroim, first off I'm an American born and bred. I haven't so much as stepped foot outside of the States. You don't have to defend me and my innocent wittle most powewful empire in human histowy.

    I'm defending the people in every Western country who have been taken for granted by this shift of the left and have been attacked and ostracized by the gauche caviar who turned the discourse away from workers' rights and wealth redistribution and to incessant bitching about skin colour and body parts.

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    Too many times to count I've regurgitated the exact same talking points as you have to feminists. I couldn't care less in hearing them shouted back to me.

    Talking points stop being talking points and start being arguments and issues when they're backed up by research and evidence. If you think males have zero problems in this fucked up society that's bad for everyone then you've got another thing coming. If you think we're somehow less deserving of resources to help us with our own issues then I just don't know what to say.

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    90% of the MRAs I've known in my life have outted themselves as crypto-right wingers

    *gasp* Oh no, not crypto right-wingers!

    I have always been of the opinion that if an apology, clarification or, generally, an attempt at de-escalation is being made mocking another person somewhat undermines the point.

    I came in not expecting much, and was not disappointed.

    As much as I like tilting at windmills, I find myself with better things to do now that school has started, so I'll just shrug and go my way.
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  • Well, your name might be Mariam now, but you'll never stop being a firebrand eh?
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    90% of the MRAs I've known in my life have outted themselves as crypto-right wingers

    *gasp* Oh no, not crypto right-wingers!
    On the same post in which you complain that the left is too focused on nonwhites and "body parts", whatever the hell that last thing is supposed to mean. Not really subtle a man, aren't you? I remember when my German friend who I thought was cool laid out the same red flags. Went from making fun of Communism and ranting about gun rights in Germany to rambling about how the German government is attempting a genocide by replacing ethnic Germans with Middle Eastern refugees and destroying refugee boats on the Mediterranean with naval missiles. But there was tons of hints he gave to me that his politics were far more extreme than he made them out to be, and I was a dumb 14 year old at the time who thought out of control leftism was a legitimate threat to the world, so I ignored them all. I'm not a dumb 14 year old now.

    I don't feel like having this argument go on any longer though. Pretend I don't exist form now on, alright? Thanks.
    Well, your name might be Mariam now, but you'll never stop being a firebrand eh?
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  • Geeze...can't we all just get along?

    My philosophy is that everyone who hasn't harmed another is deserving of equality, respect, and civility. I believe that  people have the right to live and let live, and that people ought to use that right more often. What's worrying to me is that people can no longer simply agree to disagree on political issues or be on different sides of a matter without being a monster representing some sort of evil. People can no longer debate an issue without making personal attacks and insinuations or putting down a group of people in the process.

    The moment everything becomes 'us vs them' is the moment that it becomes the reality...and where will that lead us? Isn't there enough hatred in the world?

    Anywho, I didn't come here to get involved with that, I came here to mention that I finished my first full week of working out (in addition to the walking I've been doing for awhile) and I lost two pounds exactly! 313.6 to 311.6. It's only been a little over a week now, but it's exciting seeing progress and feeling like I'm slowly better able to get through my workout without being a half-dead wreck by the end of it.

    I really appreciate everyone's help on Discord in hooking me up with ways to expand my workout, especially AJ and Doc. :D
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  • I'm happy to report my mom is making exceptional progress after her stroke. The doctors feared she would suffer permanent physical and mental disability, since it happened in such an important area of her brain, but my mother is nothing if not relentless. The more people would let on they were fearing she'd never recover, the more she doubled down on her physiotherapy and cognitive exercises.

    Still, it is clear her memory has been severely impaired, and I'm very angry at the doctors who didn't believe there was anything wrong, initially, even as she reported numbness on her left side. There is a possibility that she will have to go on early medical retirement, and if that happens, I won't rest until the sons of bitches pay for their negligence.
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  • Well, I am glad to hear that your mother is making progress. I hope she gets better soon, Lau.
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  • Thank you, North. I appreciate that.
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  • Hopefully your mother is able to recover soon and well Laurentus.  Strokes are always hard to deal with.  Good Luck.
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  • Thanks, Kane. Luckily the worst is behind her.
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  • @taulover, I have finally come back to NH. It's... quiet.
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  • @taulover, I have finally come back to NH. It's... quiet.
    Indeed it is. A post or two a day...

    Edit: Though I would note that except for the early days in fall 2014 and a few bursts of activity here and there, NH has been maintaining that type of activity level for most of its existence. (Or worse than that; when NS++ recruitment failed in summer 2016, things got quite quiet even by those standards...)
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  • Man, think of all the things the electric motor has given us. It's such an amazing invention.. Such an amazing world we live in..
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