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In response to "Burying your head in the sand has certainly worked well so far, keep it up! -- nm" by ty97

Both of you need to stop being so damn negative. You make the bad outcome more likely by accepting defeat now when work and attitude are important. -- nm

Posted by TWuG Jun 24 '22, 07:37

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Voting doesn't work. Direct action does. It's time for direct action. You can't vote your way out of this shit. - colin Jun 24, 07:44
This is utterly false. -- nm - MDH Jun 24, 07:39
That's false and ridiculous -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 07:38 13
- It's called self-fulfilling prophecy and and the baking-in of negative expectations in life. Even the Fed Chairman talked about it a couple weeks ago -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 07:40 8
  - If I have a national TV show with millions of viewers, then talk to me about that. I don't though. - ty97 Jun 24, 07:42 7
    - More importantly, see my post above to pmb, I don't even consider it a foregone conclusion! I think it's a tough environment for the Dems.... - ty97 Jun 24, 07:44 6
      - Respectfully, the problem here is... - David Jun 24, 08:13 2
        
        Are you all high today? That's not at all what happened. -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 08:30
        
        okay that last sentence made me chuckle for the pure visualization of it -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 08:15
      - I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, you appear to be talking past me and not know what I meant to say. -- nm - con_carne Jun 24, 07:48 2
        
        Not at all, I'm speaking directly to you. - ty97 Jun 24, 07:49 1
        
        When you have bad expectations in life, it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy because no one wants to learn they have made bad choices in life. - con_carne Jun 24, 07:54
- "Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election because ty97 posted on ST that Trump might win" - NYT -- nm - ty97 Jun 24, 07:39 3
  - You words have an audience. I'm assuming that audience is broader than ST. If you're only negative here, your impact is negligible - TWuG Jun 24, 08:01 1
    - I don't really discuss politics outside of here since this is (WAS) a place you could openly voice opinions. Not anymore I guess. - ty97 Jun 24, 08:14
  - whoa -- nm - mud Jun 24, 07:41

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