Diaries
i'd just like to state my freelings
Submitted by tourniquet on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 2:39pmi don't like me some clintons. that's been borne out by my four posts here on the internet about how i completely don't like me some clintons over the last four days.
but seriously, if we expect to hop over to the adult table, we'll pretty much have to vote for clinton
clinton is the smartestest, bestest smelling, most female candidate we have. and i say that as an utter misogynist.
The propaganda machine is apparently out in force.
Submitted by SnappleBC on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 2:36pmI visit a site called "newsmap" regularly because it gives me a high level heatmap of what MSM is talking about. Here's what today looked like:
The Evening Blues - 7-28-16
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 2:33pm
I will not be swayed
Submitted by Thaumlord-Exelbirth on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 2:30pmNo amount of fear mongering can make me vote for evil. Voting for evil is voting for evil, no matter how great or small.
No person who proudly proclaims that they will sacrifice their values for "the good of the country" will ever convince me to sacrifice mine. They are my values because they are things that truly matter to me. If a person is able to cast aside their values so easily, then I feel those values had little meaning to that person.
A National Voice
Submitted by Robyn on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 1:28pmAt some point today, Sarah McBride will speak for five minutes on the stage of the DNC and become the first transgender person to speak to a major party convention.
Preparatory to that event, Sarah spoke yesterday to Katie Couric of Yahoo news and Katy Steinmetz of Time magazine.
I am moved and inspired that there will be a chance for someone on a stage at a national convention to say that they are a transgender person. And my hope is that for anyone who is watching, who worries that their dreams and their identity are mutually exclusive, who worry about whether they can be accepted and succeed as who they are, that they can find some comfort and some hope in the fact that a person will be standing on that stage saying those words.
--McBride
How to Protest Hillary's Coronation on Social Media
Submitted by Steven D on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 1:12pmWe cannot all be in Philadelphia, either inside the convention hall as brave Bernie delegates making their voices heard on our behalf, or outside protesting in the streets. But we can do something else, especially those of us on social media, particularly Twitter and Facebook.
Here is what I am asking all of you with social media accounts to do.
ON TWITTER
This is Hillary Clinton's official twitter handle (i.e., her username): @HillaryClinton
Guess tonight is the Apocalypse?
Submitted by EdMass on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 12:47pmThere is this:
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – City officials are urging residents and Democratic National Convention demonstrators to take caution because of potential strong storms and the possibility of flash floods throughout the region today.
The flash flood watch begins at 2 p.m. and continues through Friday at 7 p.m.
Officials warn some of the storms may contain torrential rainfall and result in a localized flash flood threat.
Democrats : Words vs. Actions (Update - Hillary Clarifies "Right")
Submitted by Phoebe Loosinhouse on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 12:05pm(Today's update appears at the bottom of this essay)
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In the last couple of days I have heard both Elijah Cummings and President Obama at the Democratic Convention say that as part of the next great pragmatic jump forward, Democrats have evolved to the point where they can aver officially and unequivocally that "healthcare is a right" in their 2016 platform.
Troll Diary Outline and Format (DO NOT DISTRIBUTE)
Submitted by detroitmechworks on Thu, 07/28/2016 - 11:14amOpening Statement: Use appeals to decency, and state something along the lines of knowing that your opinion is unpopular but all you're asking for is somebody to listen. Liberals eat that shit up.
Statement of Support for Liberal Position: If you're going for the shame angle, this is a very good point to obviously insert the minority status of your sock puppet. Bonus points for multiples, but don't go overboard, otherwise it becomes far too obvious.
