I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.
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wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 12:51 last edited by
Walking, breathing clickbait. A renaissance man for the Tik-Tok era.
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wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 13:03 last edited by
There is some irony in the fact that the two highest profile Kennedys to make it to old age are this guy and Teddy.
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wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 13:07 last edited by
@Mik said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
Walking, breathing clickbait. A renaissance man for the Tik-Tok era.
Exactly right, and just think of the possibilities. Can you imagine an RFK/Trump debate?
I'm gonna start implying that he's who I'm voting for to steer a shitty conversation over to something far more interesting. I'd have to find a way to support anti-vaxxer nuttery and conspiracies involving ancient astronauts, just for a start. It'd be dodging lazer beams.
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@Mik said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
Walking, breathing clickbait. A renaissance man for the Tik-Tok era.
Exactly right, and just think of the possibilities. Can you imagine an RFK/Trump debate?
I'm gonna start implying that he's who I'm voting for to steer a shitty conversation over to something far more interesting. I'd have to find a way to support anti-vaxxer nuttery and conspiracies involving ancient astronauts, just for a start. It'd be dodging lazer beams.
wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 13:17 last edited byAncient astronaut theorists say yes…..
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wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 13:20 last edited by
Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.
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Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.
wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 13:47 last edited by Aqua Letifer 6 Jul 2023, 13:50@Jolly said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.
I mean I dunno, he’s against affirmative action, against forcing businesses to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs, against “gender identity” anti-discrimination laws, against children receiving gender-transitioning treatments and surgeries, against a tiered evaluation system for women in the military, against special treatment for minority-owned businesses…
I hope he talks that stuff up rather than the nuttery but I'm not holding my breath.
His campaign messaging platform strategy is interesting, too. He'll be in places people who vote will listen, but not the "media" as we define it.
C'mon you crazy bastard don't fuck this up!
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wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 14:07 last edited by Jon 6 Jul 2023, 14:07
How fucking awesome would it be if someone took him out on live TV on the eve of the California primary?
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How fucking awesome would it be if someone took him out on live TV on the eve of the California primary?
wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 14:13 last edited by@Jon said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
How fucking awesome would it be if someone took him out on live TV on the eve of the California primary?
Not entirely impossible, either.
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wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 14:22 last edited by
He’s actually polling at 17%… What does he need to accomplish to force a debate?
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He was on Peterson's podcast last week. His voice is nails on a chalkboard but he's more or less sensible. Too bad about the handful of wacky ideas.
wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 14:27 last edited by@Horace said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
His voice is nails on a chalkboard
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/11/08/robert-kennedy-jr-voice/
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How fucking awesome would it be if someone took him out on live TV on the eve of the California primary?
wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 14:46 last edited by@Jon said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
How fucking awesome would it be if someone took him out on live TV on the eve of the California primary?
It used to be Carnivore. What's the current program called?
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He’s actually polling at 17%… What does he need to accomplish to force a debate?
wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 14:47 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
He’s actually polling at 17%… What does he need to accomplish to force a debate?
Probably nothing he could do. To my knowledge no sitting president has participated in primary debates.
Even Carter didn’t when Teddy challenged him.
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@Jolly said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.
I mean I dunno, he’s against affirmative action, against forcing businesses to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs, against “gender identity” anti-discrimination laws, against children receiving gender-transitioning treatments and surgeries, against a tiered evaluation system for women in the military, against special treatment for minority-owned businesses…
I hope he talks that stuff up rather than the nuttery but I'm not holding my breath.
His campaign messaging platform strategy is interesting, too. He'll be in places people who vote will listen, but not the "media" as we define it.
C'mon you crazy bastard don't fuck this up!
wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 15:15 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
@Jolly said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.
I mean I dunno, he’s against affirmative action, against forcing businesses to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs, against “gender identity” anti-discrimination laws, against children receiving gender-transitioning treatments and surgeries, against a tiered evaluation system for women in the military, against special treatment for minority-owned businesses…
I hope he talks that stuff up rather than the nuttery but I'm not holding my breath.
That kind of reminds me of the old joke with the punchline "It was just one sheep!"
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@Aqua-Letifer said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
@Jolly said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.
I mean I dunno, he’s against affirmative action, against forcing businesses to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs, against “gender identity” anti-discrimination laws, against children receiving gender-transitioning treatments and surgeries, against a tiered evaluation system for women in the military, against special treatment for minority-owned businesses…
I hope he talks that stuff up rather than the nuttery but I'm not holding my breath.
That kind of reminds me of the old joke with the punchline "It was just one sheep!"
wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 15:22 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
@Aqua-Letifer said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
@Jolly said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.
I mean I dunno, he’s against affirmative action, against forcing businesses to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs, against “gender identity” anti-discrimination laws, against children receiving gender-transitioning treatments and surgeries, against a tiered evaluation system for women in the military, against special treatment for minority-owned businesses…
I hope he talks that stuff up rather than the nuttery but I'm not holding my breath.
That kind of reminds me of the old joke with the punchline "It was just one sheep!"
In Australia, it goes more along the lines of, "It was just one Maccas!"
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@Doctor-Phibes said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
@Aqua-Letifer said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
@Jolly said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.
I mean I dunno, he’s against affirmative action, against forcing businesses to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs, against “gender identity” anti-discrimination laws, against children receiving gender-transitioning treatments and surgeries, against a tiered evaluation system for women in the military, against special treatment for minority-owned businesses…
I hope he talks that stuff up rather than the nuttery but I'm not holding my breath.
That kind of reminds me of the old joke with the punchline "It was just one sheep!"
In Australia, it goes more along the lines of, "It was just one Maccas!"
wrote on 7 Jun 2023, 17:00 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
In Australia, it goes more along the lines of, "It was just one Maccas!"
That's presumably because in Australia it's never just one sheep.
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wrote on 21 Jun 2023, 20:21 last edited by xenon
I listened to him on Rogan and Barry Weiss’ podcasts. I knew next to nothing about him before this - except that he’s supposed to be a loony toon.
He is not an Alex Jones like figure - which I completely expected going in. He’s a reasoned person with very thought through positions.
I don’t know nearly enough on immunology and biology to check his claims on vaccines. But he makes very specific claims based on specific studies. If his claims are garbage they should not be difficult to debunk.
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I listened to him on Rogan and Barry Weiss’ podcasts. I knew next to nothing about him before this - except that he’s supposed to be a loony toon.
He is not an Alex Jones like figure - which I completely expected going in. He’s a reasoned person with very thought through positions.
I don’t know nearly enough on immunology and biology to check his claims on vaccines. But he makes very specific claims based on specific studies. If his claims are garbage they should not be difficult to debunk.
wrote on 21 Jun 2023, 20:38 last edited by@xenon said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:
he’s supposed to be a loony toon.
Stuff in the water is making people trans-gender.
Thimerosol causes autism.
There are bioweapons that only target certain races.
The 2004 presidential election was stolen
CIA killed his uncle
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wrote on 21 Jun 2023, 20:45 last edited by
I'll give him 2/5.
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wrote on 21 Jun 2023, 20:51 last edited by xenon
I haven’t heard him talk about most of those. My point was not that I think he’s right - but he spoke with enough detail about his claims that if they’re obviously wrong, someone sufficiently diligent should be able to debunk them.
Normally I wouldn’t recommend debunking internet kooks - but if he’s polling as the #2 democrat, there’s lots of incentive for journalists to do it.
