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Lifer
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Can we have a member of Congress tweet out that someone need to keep track of everyone supporting Oreo cookies? Then that list can be used one day in the future we can remember who they were so they can face the consequences.

How about a President demanding his political enemies be arrested?
 

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Lifer
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Your comment even contradicts itself - it clearly _is_ different to McCarthyism, because those businesses do indeed survive.

That fact emphasises that there's a difference between boycotting as a consumer with very little economic power, and blacklisting as an owner-of-capital who can determine employment or access to the media.
I said blacklisting people is McCarthyism and the tribalistic boycotting of businesses is often ineffective. Two different things. Regardless, what AOC tweeted is simply wrong.
 
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How about a President demanding his political enemies be arrested?
That is wrong as well, Democrats made the case for why that behavior is unacceptable and beneath the Presidency, and voters like me punished Trump for it by voting for Biden. We should hold accountable any elected official who uses their power as a bully pulpit against their political enemies.
 

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I learnt some things today.

Keeping lists is the sign of a fascist.
Fascists also like the 'Save As' function.

Based on these assertions, I would have thought that a sufficient familiarity with the cut, copy and paste functions should also be considered a clear sign of fascist tendencies.
 

kage69

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Progressives have acted like complete asshats under Trump, and now they think they have control *snipped for brevity*

Your motivation to prove yourself every bit the sockpuppet we think you are never ceases to amaze me. Haha

You think it was your dreaded progs who were asshats during dipshit's admin, and surprise surprise are acting like an election won fair and square is some kind of illegal take over. Cry some more traitor.
 
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It's funny to see people who have gotten used to acting like complete assholes, suddenly become petrified at the thought of people avoiding them like they've been complete assholes. And yes, I think putting party before country, putting the pride of a politician before the lives of your family and neighbors, to be the mark of a complete asshole.

I'm uncomfortable with lists, but am fine with personal conduct and social media revealing who to remove from your hiring prospects. Just let the stupidity see to itself. Why would I want to hire an absolute moron with no spine, who votes against things like equality, voting rights, fucking science...?!

Can't blame anyone for wanting nothing to do with morons and cults. There's shit to do, and indulging brainwashed people is time I'll spend elsewhere thanks.
i enjoyed this fine gentleman's point of view on this subject

 

Vic

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Which political enemies again?
So you don't follow the President's twitter feed or listen to his unhinged rhetoric at his political rallies, is that it? Because according to Trump, every single American who doesn't support him is a political enemy and a traitor who should be locked up. He also loves Kim Jung Un. Which sounds pretty Progresshevik authoritarian, don't you think?
 
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Now, that's going to hurt some feelings, careful. Democracy in action is traumatic for people who sold out to authoritarian fake populism. We're supposed to ignore the deafening silence on Trump not conceding, embrace the traitors putting our national security at risk for the ten thousandth time. Fuck your feelings - but treat mine like the delicate snowflakes they are. I'm weary of this coddling of republican feels. You guys lost, now gtfo out of the way. If you want a country where elections don't count I suggest Russia.

I see Trump isn't allowing Biden to have the security briefings president elects are supposed to get. Now I really want to see the SS drag this traitor out of the White House by his ankles while he rage shits himself.
 

brandonbull

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Now, that's going to hurt some feelings, careful. Democracy in action is traumatic for people who sold out to authoritarian fake populism. We're supposed to ignore the deafening silence on Trump not conceding, embrace the traitors putting our national security at risk for the ten thousandth time. Fuck your feelings - but treat mine like the delicate snowflakes they are. I'm weary of this coddling of republican feels. You guys lost, now gtfo out of the way. If you want a country where elections don't count I suggest Russia.

I see Trump isn't allowing Biden to have the security briefings president elects are supposed to get. Now I really want to see the SS drag this traitor out of the White House by his ankles while he rage shits himself.
Interesting that you would mention Russia and elections. Why don't you tell us again how Trump colluded with Russia in 2016 even now we know that the exact opposite happened. Stupid Democrats tried to interfere with the 2016 election by using the knowingly false dossier and other faked evidence. More people have been punished over the investigation than were for "Russia collusion". The Democrats used this as their 2018 election platform strategy and rolled other false accusation into 2020. Democrats lost ground in the House, and have an outside slim chance to get control of the Senate. If you turds fail in that, midterms are going to be another glorious "blue wave" of failure. The Presidential election isn't certified yet and Liberal losers are going around vowing revenge and keeping lists. You can shove your fake offer of "unity" and forgiveness. You will see that Americans don't want your authoritarian ideas and voters will be keeping lists.
 
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Oh gee. I guess freedom of association, private property rights and economic freedom only count of they work in your favor, right?

It's a boycott. Should have started years ago against anyone who enabled him or financed him.

It is not an official government blocklist. It is a PRIVATE boycott. You cannot stop a private boycott without limiting FREEDOM.
We have to make lists of those that arent pure.

We shall publicly shame them until they conform to the mob ruling.
 

Vic

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We have to make lists of those that arent pure.

We shall publicly shame them until they conform to the mob ruling.
Yeah, because conservatives never do boycotts or try to publicly shame people... that's only bad when liberals do it, then it's a threat to freedom!! Because #bothsides, amirite?

Your troll game is weak.
 

Vic

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Repent you heathen. The Church of Progressheviks demands it.
Yes, because the conservative evangelicals aren't trying to outlaw anyone who doesn't conform to their faith. And the conservative 'patriots' aren't constantly demanding that liberalism should be outlawed as treason or a mental illness.
If you only knew how unbelievably hypocrotical you are, constantly accusing 'Progressheviks' of what you're actually saying and doing, and somehow completely oblivious of it. I bet you'll still be ranting about 'Progresshevik' authoritarianism even after you've seen all that speech you disagree with outlawed.
 
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Yeah, because conservatives never do boycotts or try to publicly shame people... that's only bad when liberals do it, then it's a threat to freedom!! Because #bothsides, amirite?

Your troll game is weak.
A boycott of a BUSINESS is not anywhere remotely close to a purity list of individuals that should be outcasted.

One is a business right of anyone to vote with their wallet - the other is a purity test of public shaming of INDIVIDUALS. There is only a HUGE fuckin difference there.
 

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nickqt

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Interesting that you would mention Russia and elections. Why don't you tell us again how Trump colluded with Russia in 2016 even now we know that the exact opposite happened. Stupid Democrats tried to interfere with the 2016 election by using the knowingly false dossier and other faked evidence. More people have been punished over the investigation than were for "Russia collusion". The Democrats used this as their 2018 election platform strategy and rolled other false accusation into 2020. Democrats lost ground in the House, and have an outside slim chance to get control of the Senate. If you turds fail in that, midterms are going to be another glorious "blue wave" of failure. The Presidential election isn't certified yet and Liberal losers are going around vowing revenge and keeping lists. You can shove your fake offer of "unity" and forgiveness. You will see that Americans don't want your authoritarian ideas and voters will be keeping lists.
Interesting that you still believe in your own delusions.

Go read the REPUBLICAN SENATE final report on the 2016 Election, lunatic.

Here, I'll link the actual report so you can read it and not your fellow lunatics' delusions about it.


Get a fucking grip, lunatic.
 

Jhhnn

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They tend to go a bit further


They're not ashamed to harass innocent people, either-

Barron told reporters that the worker was staying with friends because he no longer felt safe at home after social media users harassed him and released his personal information.
“He was one of the workers that we had who trained everyone how to use those cutting machines because he was very good at it, and he was the fastest one,” Barron told reporters.
“I expressed my sorrow that all of this has happened to him for wanting to be an election worker and doing nothing but a good job during that.”

 

Vic

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A boycott of a BUSINESS is not anywhere remotely close to a purity list of individuals that should be outcasted.

One is a business right of anyone to vote with their wallet - the other is a purity test of public shaming of INDIVIDUALS. There is only a HUGE fuckin difference there.

Because private individuals, or groups of private individuals, aren't allowed to express their opinions of others? Because free speech, amirite?
There's no purity test here, dipshit. You just hate free speech.
 
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