NotThePars Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Could ye show me where I support Trump? Hopefully I'm supporting the fact that a guy (we'll call him Mr X) won a recent Presidential election in the US. He was then inaugurated as POTUS and is still POTUS. Whether you or anybody else agrees with that is irrelevant. Because there is eff-all any of us can do about it. I'll have you know I've just delivered a devastating quote tweet of Donald Trump's latest tweet and am fully expecting him to tender his resignation any minute now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chlamydia Kid Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 At least wee willie has a mind of his own and posts his own opinions instead of just regurgitation the party line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: If only they were. All this social media goes over my head, quite frankly, I don't have twitter or facebook or anything like that, and I have a bog standard mobile - sends calls, receives calls, sends messages, receives messages, end of story. I'm not on them either but you see links to daft quotes on them all the time on here to try to prove that only loons are against Trump. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 10 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: If only they were. All this social media goes over my head, quite frankly, I don't have twitter or facebook or anything like that, and I have a bog standard mobile - sends calls, receives calls, sends messages, receives messages, end of story. snap 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 1 minute ago, Wee Willie said: snap You are an auld c**t ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 30 minutes ago, kilbowie2002 said: Im not sure if you were trolling at that point but you do know Duke bought his doctorate yes? Yes, that was exactly part of my point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, The Chlamydia Kid said: At least wee willie has a mind of his own and posts his own opinions instead of just regurgitation the party line. Am I allowed tae take a compliment from you Thanks anyway but I suspect most on here do speak their mind. If they do regurgitate the party line (whatever party I hasten tae add) it's probably because they agree with the line taken. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: You are an auld c**t ... I've been called worse 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 It's not exactly a surprise that the majority of (mostly) younger Scots in here disagree with the worldview of a 70 year old American conservative billionaire, but I'm very much in the 'wait and see' camp when it comes to what he will actually implement and achieve in office. His inauguration speech was surprisingly close to his anti-establishment campaign rhetoric, which I thought he'd scaled back since the election. If a Bernie Sanders or Jeremy Corbyn type had been proclaiming such an anti-globalist agenda on such a stage I wonder if the reaction would have been different. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 51 minutes ago, Zetterlund said: It's not exactly a surprise that the majority of (mostly) younger Scots in here disagree with the worldview of a 70 year old American conservative billionaire, but I'm very much in the 'wait and see' camp when it comes to what he will actually implement and achieve in office. His inauguration speech was surprisingly close to his anti-establishment campaign rhetoric, which I thought he'd scaled back since the election. If a Bernie Sanders or Jeremy Corbyn type had been proclaiming such an anti-globalist agenda on such a stage I wonder if the reaction would have been different. An excellent post. The watchword is 'wait and see' Perhaps the world will be correct in its appraisal of President Trump but then again wha kens 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 54 minutes ago, Zetterlund said: His inauguration speech was surprisingly close to his anti-establishment campaign rhetoric, which I thought he'd scaled back since the election. If a Bernie Sanders or Jeremy Corbyn type had been proclaiming such an anti-globalist agenda on such a stage I wonder if the reaction would have been different. My overriding thought during the speech was "he's really not backing down". He's up there on the stage ripping into politics while surrounded by politicians he's just been shaking hands with, no quarter given. Much of his speech is the kind of classic populist rhetoric that as you say you could hear someone like Sanders and Corbyn saying, and some of it personality cult leader Obama. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38663043 Interesting little summary of some key issues. A record 75 months of jobs growth up to last month under Obama. http://conexus.cberdata.org/files/MfgReality.pdf Table 4 on page 6 showing the main reason for job losses in manufacturing. Maybe we will see Trump introducing neo-Luddism to accompany his protectionism. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 Our good friend Mrs Ohio on inauguration day representing the strong, confident, independent women of America. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I went to the protest on Regent Street in Edinburgh. Not because I want to undermine democracy or somehow change the result, but to make a statement that I don't accept the world view that Trump espouses and to show solidarity with women. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 ...and to show solidarity with women. Only women? Bigot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Our good friend Mr Ohio 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 Incredibly accurate error, tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 9 hours ago, Randy Giles said: I don't get quite why there was so much protest in this country given we have our own mess, caused by our own shite government. I seen a list of protests in Scotland alone and I was baffled by it. If only there was something closer to home to focus their energy on. So they'll look good on Facebook. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkyblue2 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 52 minutes ago, jmothecat said: I went to the protest on Regent Street in Edinburgh. Not because I want to undermine democracy or somehow change the result, but to make a statement that I don't accept the world view that Trump espouses and to show solidarity with women. At least you were allowed to protest. If Clinton had got in you would be too busy studying your call up papers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 ^^^fallacy bingo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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