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Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

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Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

#51
post #29

He's nice and all, but can we go back to electing Presidents who have had lots of executive and political experience ?

I think the assumption is that any such candidate has been bought long ago by "special interests". So you're looking for a candidate with executive and political experience who will work on behalf of the people. I think that ship sailed with the likes of Winston Churchill and Eisenhower.

Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

#52
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Andrew Yang knows about it, check him out https://www.yang2020.com

Isn't this the guy that just said that within a generation white people will be shooting up Asians? I'm not sure how writing off a demographic of people not even born yet is going to go for his campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQNiiC0AzA

Is he wrong? Most terrorists in the US are white. Hell, the terrorists in NZ were white.

For everybody downvoting me: https://www.vox.com/world/2017/10/2/16396612/las-vegas-mass-...

I'm not sure what's so controversial here. Most attacks since 9/11 on American ground were perpetrated by white supremacists or similar. But it's nice to see how quick Americans are to defend their precious country.

Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

#57

I hope nobody uncovers the naruto fan fiction I wrote in my teens when I run for political office.

If you run for office, everything you've ever posted on social media or that can be traced to you will be raked through. Right the way back to your birth certificate. That's simply how it's done now.

Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

#58
post #45

I don’t believe this. The GOP is desperate to discredit him because he puts Texas into play a couple years early. This smells like a weak hit job. I’m not sold as Beto as the candidate but this is a weak meme. 2/10 be best.

If Beto had an R after his name instead of a D, you’d hear he was boarding-school-attending judge’s son who dodged serious charges for the DUI & burglary, used eminent domain to gentrify poor Latino neighborhoods & married into a billionaire’s family.

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/brace-yourse...

Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

#59
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Andrew Yang knows about it, check him out https://www.yang2020.com

Isn't this the guy that just said that within a generation white people will be shooting up Asians? I'm not sure how writing off a demographic of people not even born yet is going to go for his campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQNiiC0AzA

What's your point?

I'm not certain of my inferences from your comment, but you seem to be missing the context of what he's saying.

He's leading into that with the underlying (and very valid IMO) assumptions that economic trends can yield predictive power for cultural outcomes, and that China (and thus Chinese people to the more homogeneous populations of the US) will be heavily demonized due to the ongoing economic show down between China and the US.

Re: Beto O'Rourke's membership in America's oldest hacking group

#60
post #13

I hope nobody uncovers the naruto fan fiction I wrote in my teens when I run for political office.

You joke about it, but it is kind of scary that some obscure tweet or facebook post one did in their teens might be used against them when running for (whatever) public office...

Its a double edge sword. Given a right narrative you can turn almost anything to your advantage. In the privacy less society, this an important skill to have.
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