So, I have noticed a particularly large amount of anti-Trump hashtags/mentions trending on Twitter ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2020:

At this point, we're legitimately concerned about his well-being. I mean, just look at him. This man is not well, mentally or physically. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1313256232782835719 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313267615083761665

Trump emerges from the hospital feeling better than ever.

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2020:

The man looks unwell, physically and mentally.

I appear more sick from Influenza than Trump appears with Covid19, I'll tell you that much.

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2020:

The man looks unwell, physically and mentally.

Socialism works.

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2020:

Uh huh

FLASH!!! Joe Biden Addresses Empty Parking Lot Actually, it’s probably a good strategy to keep...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2020:

Opposite world.

“The difference between communism and socialism is that under socialism central planning ends with...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 5, 2020:

Capitalism: "Don't forget me!"

Should I Call Myself Objectivist? [youtube.com]

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 3, 2020:

More important question: should you be one.

CHELSEA CLINTON HAS UNHINGED MELTDOWN DURING INTERVIEW WITH NOTED RACE BAITER “.

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 3, 2020:

The most pressing news.

Melania admits she doesn't care! [twitter.

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 2, 2020:

The war on Christmas is over!

Trump and Melania Test Positive My thoughts and prayers go out to Trump and Melania for a speedy...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 2, 2020:

Karma.

"Dude, I can't tell if our teacher is an anti-racist leftie, or if she's a white supremacist ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 1, 2020:

Is anti-racism bad now?

I wish these fools would read history.

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 1, 2020:

Who did it better, communism or capitalism?

Amy Coney Barrett Loves Liberty and America Justin Smith examines Amy Coney Barrett as a nominee...

WilyRickWiles comments on Oct 1, 2020:

Can you say lizard person?

For those of you who watched the first Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, what ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 30, 2020:

Trump was completely victimized in this debate. Like all white men from time immemorial.

This is no debate. It’s a slugfest.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 29, 2020:

Big man own the libs!

Womanhattan.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 28, 2020:

#Enbyhattan.

The Helmut Norpoth model

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 28, 2020:

I remember when Trump claimed he was going to win NY in 2016. Still not going to happen, and one of the dumbest predictions someone can make.

Can’t put it any simpler.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 27, 2020:

Insane!

Dear Liberals, If you are a liberal who can’t stand Trump, and cannot possibly fathom why ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 22, 2020:

Own the libs!

I would love to put Trump flags on this ride and drive it down the main drag in Portland.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 14, 2020:

I bet you'd be proud to do that.

Apparently I'm too old to understand, but it seems paedophilia is now being promoted as a preference...

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Fake news.

SJW & blm academics/teachers suggested K-12 neo-marxist School Curriculum

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 13, 2020:

https://reason.com/2018/10/14/dont-blame-karl-marx-for-cultu/

Back in the day, Mike Royko was one of my favorite journalists.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 13, 2020:

I remember laughing a lot at his satire of Ebonics during middle school. But in retrospect, I think a little more cultural sensitivity is due, especially in a diversifying country. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-01-08-9701080225-story.html

SHOCK STUDY Shows GEN Z 18-Year-Olds Are as CONSERVATIVE as 40-Year-Olds!!! [youtube.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Keep dreaming.

From this group: ------------------------------------- TheMiddleWay So while I speak english,...

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 12, 2020:

Yikes. Sorry you experienced that, but I'm not surprised. That sort of thing is often offered on here as justification for conspiracy theories about leftists, liberals, and Jewish people, and the idea that non-Anglo people are inherently unable to integrate and deserve to be stripped of human rights and deported. Never mind actually studying history (including the immigrant background and treatment of their own family), accounting for moral obligations to people in other countries, and the results of studies on the integration of immigrant families (who are largely integrated by the second generation). They see immigration of people who speak other languages as an invasion--an act of war--and ethnic cleansing, and so they want to ethnically cleanse and purge leftist and liberal allies in return.

Did 9/11 and its aftermath change your view of the world?

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 11, 2020:

On 9/11 I was an open-minded Republican beginning college. I had slept in and felt like I was hit by a bus after I woke and turned on the TV in my dorm room. I remember wondering how it was possible that our air defenses hadn't been able to prevent the planes from crashing into the WTC and Pentagon. Months later, as the tragedy was exploited to wage the GWOT, which had been the goal of many of Bush's advisors prior even to his election, I became a Democrat. The nonstop official lies of the Bush administration, mixed with the rise of a police state, created a national paranoia that probably hadn't been seen since the Cuban missile crisis and wouldn't be seen again until COVID-19 hit and the police state ramped up in response to protests for racial justice. I remember the inevitability of the Iraq War. 60% disapproval flipped into a murderous national unity after a massive cable news propaganda campaign. Who can forget the military porn? I recall tracking the rising tally of civilian casualties in Iraq. I remember how grifters like Alex Jones directed their ire at Republicans back then. I've only moved further left since as I've learned more about the fuckery of neoconservatives, nativists, and neoliberals over the last 50 years. Hard to believe we're still being ruled by the same generation of failed leaders!

May the ideology behind 9/ be destroyed forever. [youtu.be]

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Likewise the ideology behind the GWOT.

I believe this is what Hillary was talking about when she said Joe should not concede to Trump and ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Hmm...

What arguments may help progressives moderate or change their views?

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 10, 2020:

If you want to change someone's ideas, I'd advise the following: 1. Act in good faith 2. Assume good faith on their part 3. Learn more about their ideas 4. Make an argument based on #3

Crickets From The Lamestream..

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 9, 2020:

LAMESTREAM MEDIA! THROWBACK! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wtQpRNqoXc

How are you doing under Covid lockdown?

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 8, 2020:

It was surreal at first, but doing pretty well now. Eating healthier, saving money, refocused on work, drinking less, lost 30 pounds, feel more desire to do things like socialize and go outside (not just an obligation), and am becoming more self-actualized through local political organization and protest. It's not the worst time for introverts. Miss concerts, though.

Normally you’d say “you can’t make this shit up!” But he did, so I guess you can.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 8, 2020:

Yes men.

THE END? New Yorker explains why 'New York City is dead forever,' 'not bouncing back' [youtube.com]

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 6, 2020:

And here I thought it was dying before as Manhattan became a mere money laundering vehicle for the world's oligarchs. Maybe this will be a chance for it to revive as a city where real people live their lives.

Are people more racist now than they were 20 years ago?

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 5, 2020:

With some historical distance, we can now see how: 1. The gains of the Civil Rights Movement were halted by Nixon amid a racist backlash a year after they were secured, 2. Clinton and Bush offered neoliberalism, 3. Neoliberalism, while offering marginally better racial representation, did not meaningfully correct racism or poverty, 4. The Republican Party increasingly exploited latent bigotries, especially those of older white men, to divide and conquer a diversifying country, and 5. Now the Republican Party embraces fascism while the Democratic Party clings to neoliberalism and the marginalized left embraces social democracy.

Thousands of ANTIFA/BLM flood Rochester, threatening and smashing restaurants, customers flee in ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 5, 2020:

https://twitter.com/GinoFanelli/status/1302095272005296134

Mao In Manhattan Among the many “reforms” from Mao’s Cultural Revolution, along with book ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 3, 2020:

Are you OK? You're usually a bit more tethered to reality, if very hyperbolic in style.

Why are rich elites giving millions to the Biden campaign?

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 2, 2020:

You're on to something...

You didn't get mixed up with the natives, Americans; like we did with the Aztecs.

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 2, 2020:

Communism will win.

When does the freedom of speech go too far?

WilyRickWiles comments on Sep 1, 2020:

How the tables have turned.

Do you know how hard it is for a paralyzed person to stand (yes, most can), and how painful it is?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Totally not a political statement!

Should communism be as rejected and repudiated as nazism/fascism is?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 26, 2020:

I would say authoritarianism should be. It has communist, neoliberal, and fascist flavors, all bad enough to outlaw. As for socialism in the absence of authoritarianism, it has a positive moral quality compared to the evil of fascism and the seeming neutrality of liberalism.

Have you guys heard of the boogaloo boys?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 26, 2020:

The shooter was a 17-year old blue lives matter type who answered Alex Jones's LARPing call and joined the boogaloo boys playing cop outside a gas station. He shot a brawler in the head who chased him after they had been arguing all night. Then when bystanders tried to citizens arrest him, he shot them too. The boogaloo boys disavowed him and left town afterwards.

Simply put, people get stereotyped, and sometimes shot and killed because of their shitty behavior.

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 24, 2020:

What do you call that kind of justice?

On the move...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 24, 2020:

Bye Karen!

Darth News Discusses Netflix Pedos and Bad Parents [youtu.be]

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 21, 2020:

So who's behind this month's QAnon/SaveTheChildren/SaveOurChildren campaigns? FreedomWorks? Liberty Counsel?

Portland BLM look like they nearly kill man, viciously kicking him in the head, leaving him ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 18, 2020:

I haven't investigated this fully, but I heard he was trying to run them over.

Are you going to watch this week's Democratic National Convention?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 16, 2020:

Is it that hard to say the name correctly? Democratic National Convention. I won't be watching, FWIW.

Hearing some misguided, if well-intentioned, souls pushing Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, after ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 16, 2020:

It's not a big deal, anyway. Israel, Saudi, and UAE have been partnering on backing Sunni extremists for some time.

woke, what exactly is woke, I remember seeing people hypnotized they where placed in a trance then ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 14, 2020:

Do I appear hypnotized?

Chicago looting leaves residents feeling unsafe, ready to leave city, property manager says ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 13, 2020:

Ah yes, a warning of "flight" if there is not "change." Where have I heard that before? In other news, guy purports to speak for 38,000 residents, immediately gets disavowed by residents on Twitter.

So... what do you think about Kamala Harris?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 12, 2020:

Biden wanted a woman who was "simpatico." That meant that she would have to be somewhat similar in politics and have a personal connection. In politics, they are both centrists. I did not think they had a personal connection, but she did make a connection with Biden's son Beau when they were both AGs. Biden's age is another consideration, and Kamala is young but qualified. Moreover, her age, background, and the fact that she is relatively fresh on the scene make it easier to posture as a progressive. And to her credit, despite her positions, her voting record is progressive. There are other calculi in making a VP pick, of course. Typically, the Democrats have picked a white centrist man from a swing state to appeal to mythical white moderate swing voters. With increasing polarization, the Democrats are waking up to the fact that there are far more voters to gain from left leaning independents. Democratic constituencies such as liberal women and the black middle class already vote very reliably, and their turnout will be boosted in this election by anti-Trump sentiment. Biden could have appealed to less reliable progressives and the black working class by picking a more progressive black candidate (at least not a former prosecutor like Kamala), but his candidacy is so strong with the aforementioned reliable voters and the emergence of diverse millennials, particularly in the suburbs, as a reliable bloc, that he can confidently shut them out. Likewise, there would have been little relative value in picking someone from a swing state. So he made the best "diverse," "simpatico," young, fresh, qualified, centrist pick available to him.

Are private security militias the future of public safety?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 10, 2020:

Seattle: Is 1% of a $400 million budget a drastic cut? Minneapolis: Is 0.6% of a $193 million budget a drastic cut? Also a police department reorganization ballot initiative was stalled until at least after the election. Also, to answer your question regardless of the premise, unlikely.

Hey, I'm not familiar with Spotify.

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 10, 2020:

You can't download. Paying gets rid of ads. You can save to your computer, but that only allows you to play a song when you're offline through the apps, not access the actual files.

Am I the only one bothered by the Weinstein brothers' Madonna-shaming levels of ego?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 9, 2020:

I heard they're moving in on Dave Rubin's turf.

is this how we dumb down a nation!

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 8, 2020:

It feels true, therefore it must be true!

Not sure if any of you saw - but Tomi Lahren uploaded to Facebook a 15 minute discussion/rant about ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 8, 2020:

Canceled!

2008072330 {23 hours ago} “HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED!” I think I quoted that...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 8, 2020:

Canceled!

If you thought Obama was scary as president...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 7, 2020:

Well that's an oldie. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barack-obama-illuminati-photo/

Human Trafficking and Politics NOTE: I was pissed when I wrote this so forgive my rambling.

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 7, 2020:

The TRUE story behind the pedophile rings: https://idw.community/group/culturewar/discussion/119766/the-lords-of-the-pedophile-rings-the-spider-network-true-anon-episode-83-https-soundcloud-com-t

Is the banning of WeChat/TicTok a modern day act of war?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 7, 2020:

It's not great. It's better to have a consistent and principled approach to these things from day one. It was also very bad when Trump had a Huawei executive arrested for circumventing Iran sanctions that were only in place because we pulled out of the Iran Deal. The worst members of both parties appear to be set on a war with China which would only be disastrous for the world. That being said, I think TikTok and Chinese tech should be avoided.

Human Trafficking and Politics NOTE: I was pissed when I wrote this so forgive my rambling.

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 7, 2020:

Why is the Trump campaign spreading stories about human trafficking at this particular moment? Come on, you know why. WWG1WGA!

What have we NOT been paying attention to in 2020 but should?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 6, 2020:

As demonstrated below, it may yet be QAnon. It's the one thing that can unify all remaining Republicans and obscure racism.

How does a person justify such behavior?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 6, 2020:

The original antifa!

Does anybody know of a YouTuber with original ideas and proposals that are not based, or countering ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 6, 2020:

[Sam Seder](https://www.youtube.com/user/SamSeder)

The reason socialism seems to have more than 9 lives Socialism has raised its ugly head wherever ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 5, 2020:

Orwell was a socialist. Socialism keeps being reborn because of the failures of capitalism. It is at its root a criticism of capitalism. And capitalism in its current iteration is a reactionary movement against fights for greater equality. As long as capitalism exists, any serious rival movement is going to combine that criticism with those fights. There are different points of view on the end goal, but our politics have moved so far to the right that there are only a few potential endpoints in the near term: national authoritarianism (Orban, Salvini, Modi, Bannon, Hitler), fascistic neoliberalism (Pinochet), authoritarian neoliberalism (Bloomberg, Singapore), soft neoliberalism (privatization and technocracy--the EU and US status quo), social neoliberalism (most developed countries minus the US), and social democracy (mixed economy--FDR, Scandinavia, Brazil under Lula, Bernie).

don't for get your disgust

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 4, 2020:

...

[youtu.be] who's surprised?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 4, 2020:

They all retired or died!

Does it matter that George Floyd contributed to his tragic death?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 4, 2020:

@Admin, your just-so presentation of this story has me asking more questions about you than George Floyd. This may be off-topic, but have you ever worn blackface before?

Does it matter that George Floyd contributed to his tragic death?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 4, 2020:

What exactly do you think he did that contributed to a death sentence?

Is this really the best they got on "antifa"? [thenation.com]

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 3, 2020:

Lol.

“You have the misfortune of belonging to a group whose lives don’t matter anymore on a planet ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 3, 2020:

Poor victim.

Back in the days when getting Obama elected and then keeping him in power was the sole focus of the ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 3, 2020:

Trevor Loudon. LOL. Imagine being such a creep that you compile dossiers on minor leftists continents away.

I find it kind of odd that there's such a difference in the meaning of the n-word depending on who ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 3, 2020:

Outside of history, nothing!

What will be the next pseudoscientific term commonly used to shame people for conservative views?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 3, 2020:

Deeznutsphobia.

Power Hungry Statist Politicians vs Heroic Big Tech [youtube.com]

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 3, 2020:

Big tech are statists too.

Wait, Wasn't Peter Thiel a Libertarian? [reason.com] Shocker. He's a Schmittian authoritarian.

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 3, 2020:

There were warning signs in his 2009 essay. https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian

Who Controls the Messages to the Public?

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 3, 2020:

You will receive the mark of the beast and you will like it.

If there was an incriminating portrait of President Trump found in the home of the nation’s most ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 2, 2020:

To be fair, the market for Trump portraits is dominated by Trump himself.

Three Presidents

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 2, 2020:

You know that's long gone right?

“Communism is as crude an attempt to explain society and the individual as if a surgeon were to ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Sounds a lot like capitalism, but then he probably had similar criticisms.

Peaceful protests, peaceful protests, peaceful protests, peaceful protests, peaceful protests ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Non-violent*

This seperates them

WilyRickWiles comments on Aug 1, 2020:

And the above is how you separate the bootlickers from the individuals.

Know thine enemy! Study them (communists) and their tactics.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

My enemy or the Falun Gong's enemy?

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

CNN's Don Lemon supports and defends Pedophilia. Thoughts? [m.youtube.com]

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Pizzagate? Why won't you confront pedophilia (or as they like to call it "ephebophilia") in the libertarian community?

U.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Won't anyone think of the BUILDINGS?

Will this uprising succeed?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

You have been drinking the Koch kool-aid for too long!

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Few people are really for small government. BLM wants to abolish carceral systems and provide more funding to social programs. Conservatives want to abolish social programs and provide more funding to carceral systems. Defunding one necessarily requires more funding of the other to maintain order, especially with a growing population.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Few people are really for small government. BLM wants to abolish carceral systems and provide more funding to social programs. Conservatives want to abolish social programs and provide more funding to carceral systems. Defunding one necessarily requires more funding of the other to maintain order, especially with a growing population.

BLM protesters lecture crowd at park that everyone must be an anti-racist Tonight in Seattle, ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Is that supposed to be a bad thing now, like antifascist?

FaceBook's factcheckers are getting outta control. Or they're in the Dem's pockets "bigly".

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Why don't you whine to Peter Thiel or Breitbart?

Cultural Marxism: WTF do we MEAN by the Phrase?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Still the best article I've found on the subject. https://reason.com/2018/10/14/dont-blame-karl-marx-for-cultu/

Cancel Culture is the hypervigilant law enforcement arm of political correctness.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Will you join the left in fighting to defund the police if they agree to defund the "police" of "Cancel Culture?"

I just had a pop up on Gmail asking if I wanted to un-follow Trump's feed because I’m not opening ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Yes, I get these all the time for other people. But you probably don't believe me, do you?

Some of the tweets attached to the following article have videos, be sure to watch them.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Re: Oakland, wonder if it had something to do with Trump saying he would send federal agents there despite crime being down and little protest activity. Regardless, these are detention centers so they make sense as targets given the subject of the current protests.

The NFAC (Not Fucking Around Coalition) that decended yesterday, on Louisville, KY, marched through ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 27, 2020:

For those interested (looks like @saramarylop3z is the only person who paid attention to the speech), here is the corruption in the Mayor's office that he was alluding to. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2020/07/05/lawyers-breonna-taylor-case-connected-gentrification-plan/5381352002/

And the irony is completely lost upon them.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 26, 2020:

Is America people and institutions or is it merely property?

Peaceful protestors😄 Play those games, win those prizes.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 26, 2020:

So you believe he deserved to be murdered?

Why do many Leftists fervently believe Trump is a reincarnation of Hitler?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 26, 2020:

Do you bring this up in the context of his recent legal boundary pushing? Trump is a lazy, self-interested authoritarian. Leftists admit that many of his policies are not new or shocking but a continuation of the bipartisan consensus of recent decades. What alarms them is the boundary pushing with immigrants, with the Census, in Washington, DC, in Portland, and possibly in cities throughout the country, combined with the open desire of at least 30% of the population for a civil war to cleanse the country of leftists, liberals, and minorities.