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

Post by NelsonMinar » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

burfog wrote: post #186

js2 wrote: post #46

He named his BBS "TacoLand". He should definitely play up this angle...maybe campaign on a taco cart on every corner. I know people who will vote for him for that alone. This piece is a disaster. It's an excerpt from a soon to be released book, it's light on facts about O'Rourke and is at least equally about Cult of the Dead Cow, it's trying to make things sound more nefarious than they were, and it's playing the gui…

I think "TacoLand" has a meaning that could be awkward. The food can be a metaphor for genitalia or for the attached humans. For example a tacofest, much like a sausagefest, is a gathering in which one sex is greatly overrepresented compared to the other. Meat goes in a taco. So, one can guess what was featured on his BBS.

Post by dragonwriter » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 5:54 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #215

eli wrote: post #140

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We are in a world where the exact same video of Beto skateboarding was posted by both opponents and supporters and each saw what they wanted in it. I would challenge the idea that being a “hacker” polls well for a presidential candidate. Recall that “hacking” was a bit of a problem in 2016.

> I would challenge the idea that being a “hacker” polls well for a presidential candidate He’s a candidate in a primary. Big difference in the audiences.

Post by dvtrn » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 5:54 PM UTC

burfog wrote: post #190

edaemon wrote: post #131

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That will certainly be brought up in the campaign, but it was brought up in his House races and the Senate race and didn't seem to have much of an impact.

It was a close race, and he lost. That seems like an impact.

Post by throwaway031519 » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 5:55 PM UTC

busterarm wrote: post #79

Having been involved in the community for most of my life, my very first thought was "oh that's cool he's one of us" and then I remembered that historically hackers have been phenomenally bad people to give any kind of real power to.

Post by ceejayoz » Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 5:55 PM UTC

burfog wrote: post #190

edaemon wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That will certainly be brought up in the campaign, but it was brought up in his House races and the Senate race and didn't seem to have much of an impact.

It was a close race, and he lost. That seems like an impact.