Posted: 2/6/26 at 2:15pm
Keep going, yes please. More. More. This is so unhinged I love it. I mean it barely resembles reality and such an unfair but wow I must admit you are passionate and that is probably my favourite post I’ve ever read of yours. What else do you think?
Updated On: 2/6/26 at 02:15 PM
Posted: 2/6/26 at 2:40pm
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Posted: 2/6/26 at 4:59pm
Sutton Ross said: "Get a life and be better."
That "be better" thing is way too 'Melania' for my tastes.
Posted: 2/6/26 at 5:08pm
Oh sh*t you're right, her horrible BE BEST campaign.
Edit:
Get a life and donate to charity.
Posted: 2/6/26 at 5:28pm
Also, only because you keep repeating this lie (one of many but I’ll address this as it’s important). I never called anyone a domestic terrorist who disagreed with me. I called people who support political violence supporting terrorism. This is a fact. If you suggest otherwise you’re either intentionally or unintentionally changing the truth because it allows you to lazily smear me. It’s pathetic. I have enough respect for people here that they can see through that, even if they dont always agree with me either.
Updated On: 2/6/26 at 05:28 PM
Posted: 2/6/26 at 8:08pm
binau, it's really rough here in America. I am actually starting to feel legitimately scared for the future. Tensions are incredibly high, people are not well, and the energy is toxic. You are very far removed from this nightmare, so dropping in to play devil's advocate and poke some bears really isn't helpful, especially since you don't even live here. It feels to me like a way for you to stimulate your ego and I just have to ask you if it's worth it.
Posted: 2/7/26 at 4:45am
Mainly out of your politeness I will see if I can avoid it unless I see it as absolutely necessary (as I did think so when watching people here support political violence towards their political opponent, which is terrorism and not ok. I do miss when 'the left*' at least pretended to be peaceful and 'when they go low we go high' whereas now there is so much hatred and violence from everyone directed towards opposing political spheres).
* In this instance I'm referring to the left wing general populous - in this instance practically all US left wing leaders condemned the Charlie Kirk attack it was just the followers that diverged with this opinion.
However, your assumption that I am ‘very far removed’ is not a good one. Why do you and others who continue to make this claim not see the impact the US culture and the US political situation has on the rest of the world? How often do you think I am in the United States? At this point if I could pretend you didn’t exist, never visit again and ignore the toxic right wing and left wing culture you keep exporting elsewhere I would. Sadly, I can’t. Yes it is scary, that is the point. And it’s gone from annoying to dangerous now. If your domestic affairs are domestic why can’t you keep it there and stop infecting us all with it? If you wish to be isolated from the rest of the world then you must first isolate yourself from the rest of the world.
I still of course appreciate that ultimately it is still more serious for you and I won't pretend otherwise. But I am asking to stop pretending that it isn't affecting others - genuinely if you don't know this I think you truly need to understand, empathise and appreciate what it is like to be in the western world where you have one mega dominant super power (the USA) at the top of it all whose people at both government and population levels are making demands of us, influencing us and policing us culturally that we never asked for, voted for or signed up to.
If I am going to be impacted by this I surely am not going to give up without a fight.
Updated On: 2/7/26 at 04:45 AM
Posted: 2/7/26 at 8:11am
binau said: "Mainly out of your politeness I will see if I can avoid it
[...] If I am going to be impacted by this I surely am not going to give up without a fight."
You'll "see if you can"? Please do check your schedule and see if it's "do-able".
No matter what "impact" you've talked yourself into, it does not compare.
Posted: 2/7/26 at 8:12am
Well it’s really my choice not yours, isn’t it? You can block me if you want. Sutton pm’d me that she has done just that so I suggest you can follow the lead.
Updated On: 2/7/26 at 08:12 AM
Posted: 2/7/26 at 8:13am
Sutton Ross said: "Oh sh*t you're right, her horrible BE BEST campaign.
Edit:
Get a life and donate to charity."
"Oh sh*t". I had so hoped you would follow through and block me.
Not only do you talk like Melania, you lie like Donald.
Posted: 2/7/26 at 8:20am
John Adams said: "
No matter what "impact" you've talked yourself into, it does not compare."
In what ways (if any) do you think US political and social culture has influenced smaller western countries over the last 15 years?
Updated On: 2/7/26 at 08:20 AM
Posted: 2/7/26 at 11:19am
You and Binau are both insufferable a*sholes. Enjoy each other 
Updated On: 2/7/26 at 11:19 AM
Posted: 2/7/26 at 11:25am
I’d like to know what contribution you make Sutton. You basically either go after people that don’t share your opinions or you give frivolous comments about theatre. What substance do you provide?
Posted: 2/7/26 at 11:25am
binau said: "Also, only because you keep repeating this lie (one of many but I’ll address this as it’s important). I never called anyone a domestic terrorist who disagreed with me. I called people who support political violence supporting terrorism
However, if you support his murder or otherwise believe that anyone should be killed for expressing freedom of speech - you are a terrorist.
-Down Under MAGAt
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The truth (social) sucks, but like your Dying Mango Pedophile crush, you will deny you ever typed those words. Good thing I have such a fantastic memory you absolute horror of a human being. And now I'm done with your racist, crazy ass.
Updated On: 2/7/26 at 11:25 AM
Posted: 2/7/26 at 11:31am
So you unblocked me?
the quote while in literal terms is clumsy is still aligned to my overall my point. Can you read? I clearly state if you support murder for freedom of expression you’re a terrorist. This is a truthful statement I am talking about people supporting violence not simply using rhetorical language for people who disagree with me. It isn’t subjective it’s what terrorism is. I concede I mean supporting terrorism rather than being a literal terrorist such as the person holding the gun, though.
For you to characterise that as simply saying I am calling you a terrorist because I disagree with you is extremely misleading. For the record, are you also therefore suggesting since you disagree, that Charlie Kirk should have indeed been murdered for his speech?
Updated On: 2/7/26 at 11:31 AM
Posted: 2/7/26 at 7:49pm
Trump is on the brink of destroying NATO. We just had a narrow swerve, who the f k knows what the next three years will bring. I don’t think he is a threat just to Americans, he may well bring down the entire globe. As such, I think binau can comment as he sees fit, along with any other outsiders. He's facilitating Putin, Bibi etc. and wreaking havoc that will impact generations.
Updated On: 2/7/26 at 07:49 PM
Posted: 2/7/26 at 8:12pm
Jay Lerner-Z said: "Trump is on the brink of destroying NATO. We just had a narrow swerve, who the f k knows what the next three years will bring. I don’t think he is a threat just to Americans, he may well bring down the entire globe. As such, I think binau can comment as he sees fit, along with any other outsiders. He's facilitating Putin, Bibi etc. and wreaking havoc that will impact generations."
I see your point. My "sticking point" however, is that unless someone is a registered US voter (now on the table: w/added, required proof of citizenship) there is absolutely nothing they can do to help solve the problem. That scenario has proven to be harmful to some.
Posted: 2/7/26 at 8:22pm
I think there is not much they can do, but that's still no reason to impose silence on them. I think we owe them the right to express their frustrations.
Trump maintains the lie that he restored global respect for the US, when in actual fact he utterly disembowelled it. America is a joke, a dangerous joke. As evidenced by recent booing of Vance at the Olympics, Canadians booing the Star Spangled Banner etc.
Soft power.
Posted: 2/7/26 at 8:46pm
Jay Lerner-Z said: "I think there is not much they can do, but that's still no reason to impose silence on them. I think we owe them the right to express their frustrations."
Speaking only for myself, I don't feel that the hurt or harm mentioned above is ever considered when posting. I wish that it were.
If there is (literally) nothing a person can do to (legally) help fix the problem, then what they write has potential to be: A) something we probably already know, and B) interpreted as being "pouring salt into the wounds". Do non-US citizens believe that US citizens do not bear the shame of what Trump is doing both nationally AND internationally?
The fact remains that there is nothing a non-US citizen can do about making the necessary changes. Only US registered voters can do that. Although legitimately voiced, their opinions can be perceived as a form of brow-beating. Brow-beating from people who's only available course of action is to voice dissent (albeit legitimately felt).
Everyone deserves to speak. I just think, that in this particular circumstance, there's more to be thought about before setting fingertips to keys.
Posted: 2/7/26 at 9:23pm
binau said: "You're right that I suggested Tulsi Gabbard was a good thing - and recently Trump has had too many Foreign policy blunders though it's hard to know what her role is or not (e.g. one of the issues is complaints of sidelining - for example there was a rumour that she wasn't even involved in the Venezuela operation although that has since been denied).
Overall, it didn't work out exactly as I'd hoped and I was wrong about that.
Does anyone here ever think they were wrong and can learn anything?"
I do appreciate your response. I have been very wrong about politics and have indeed learned a lot over the past fifteen years (since I started to really pay attention). As for what Dems should do differently, Democrats definitely misunderstood what the Hispanic demographic felt about immigration, for example.
