Incorrect, you have for years now undeniably (by honest people) been hell bent on exposing all fantasy Democratic fuckery you either made up or believed without evidence… and hell bent on hiding and denying the 99% of anti democratic fuckery that comes from Republicans.

If there are piles, why can’t you find more than one actual case for every 100 I offer you of Republican death destruction and debauchery?

You spend plenty of time and hatred on your silly fact free replies, that’s self evident in your dishonest often racist, allways hateful posts. Pretend you don’t, it only makes you more dishonest. Better, you completely waste your time posting them here where absolutely no one will be fooled, we all know how silly and dishonest you are. I get the benefit of learning a little something every time I debunk some nonsense propaganda you posted.

I have plenty of time, early retirement debt free is nice, but the posts you refer to are simply replies to your hatred and lies. It’s true, I do hate lies and liars, but I don’t spend much time on you. 5 minutes to research and reply while watching TV more often than not. I know the same takes you an hour, usually without the research part. That’s the advantage of actually knowing things. It’s true though, it still takes longer to debunk the fact free stupid lies you spout than it does to spout them….or would if I didn’t think you type at 15 wpm…and I never just disappear when I’m proven wrong (largely because you’ve never proven me wrong about anything salient, but others have and I’m happy to admit it, even thank them).

The economy ALWAYS does better under Democratic control, always worse under Republicans. Laws always become more draconian, more one sided, and more unfairly applied under Republicans. In my lifetime, business always takes precedence over citizen’s rights, health, or even life under Republicans. Your leader actually called for suspending the constitution because he lost the election…and you STILL ridiculously claim Republicans are better. Just absolutely asinine even from a brain dead slug like yourself.

You watch OAN propaganda and believe all of California is skid row, every bit of it, and nothing can convince you differently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP

If you can find someone to explain these statistics to you, you’ll see California adds >$93k per person to the economy, N Carolina < $64k per person, and Cali is over 15% of Americans economy, N Carolina 3%. I guess MAGA doesn’t like success.
I live in a state with the biggest, most robust economy in America, that more people want to move to than any other state if they can afford it, where there are services for the indigent and mentally unstable and a >$30 billion SURPLUS last year…more than your state’s entire budget.

Red states are going the wrong direction. Consistently more gun violence, far worse economy, worse unemployment (hardly bad thanks to Biden though), more welfare, more draconian laws, less freedoms, fewer rights. The right has drug their populations down like a lead balloon. You like to point to “democratic cities” but hide when it’s pointed out that states make gun laws and red states are MUCH worse.

You are NOT an independent, bob. Why would you lie such a stupid blatant lie? You are HARD CORE MAGA.
You would want that for your state because having more money and freedom are GOOD THINGS….unless you’re MAGA I guess. Derp.

I think Farhad is partially right. Siftquistions often suck because they generally bring out the worst in us. They also resemble mob justice. Not good. That is not to say that CP420 didn't deserve what he got. I am saying that we probably could have done it a better way.

I disagree with Farhad on a few counts.

1. Ignoring does not always work. Even if we all used the "ignore" feature CP420 would still write bigoted shit. I don't think the admins here want their site polluted with that crap. It is bad for business, plain and simple.

2. Reporting the problem directly to admins does not always work either. It sometimes takes a show of numbers to make a point. I also don't see greater virtue in privately snitching people out to dag and lucky versus publicly calling someone out. The backbone of a police state isn't the police. It's the snitches. I think we all have a right to know our accuser. If I am not mistaken many justice systems around the world include that feature.

3. Calling what happened to CaptainPlanet a "witch hunt" is indeed a hyperbole, or at least a bad metaphor. Witch hunts were bad for many reasons. The biggest reason: Witches never existed. CaptainPlanet is not a witch. He is a troll. Trolls DO exist.

Some type of overhaul needs to take place to the system of justice around here. Siftquistions are bad, and so is the snitch system, and ignoring is not always an option. Maybe we need Sift Justice? A trial with a jury of your Sift peers? *cueflames. I realize that many of us reflexively shout NO MORE RULES! So what would you suggest? That the current state of affairs is fine? Or that snitching is better? Or that always ignoring is best, even if it turns us into the new YouTube?

I think a new justice system would be the lesser of several evils. Maybe the next time a member crosses a line maybe - just throwing out ideas here - a minimum of three members need to make a formal - not private - complaint to the admins. Then maybe they need to ask several more members if they think the issue needs to be formally addressed. Again it can't be private. If several more members agree then some type of trial needs to be convened, with random members chosen to be on the jury. All out in the open. Transparency must be maintained at all times. How can anyone tell if justice is working if no one can see it happening?

I expect my idea to go over like a lead balloon. People will grumble that it is too complex for a little web community. Maybe they are right. Regardless, the system we have now sucks because it leads to too much acrimony in the community, and snitch justice isn't justice. So decide if you want to try something that might work better, or to just keep gnawing on the same shit sandwich.

I've made bad decisions regarding loans, and now I'm paying dearly for them. But I don't blame anybody but myself. I certainly wouldn't blame the loan officers for preying on white, lower class lazy fucks who should know better but still act on impulse anyway.

It's too bad lead balloons can't fly.

>> ^muddro:
>> ^thinker247:
I had a hard time listening to the audience member talk about how the subprime mortgages were intentionally focused upon the black community.
Yeah, points for Obama on that. He sounded a little flustered when I originally heard the sound bites (on the radio), but seeing the video and the larger context makes it pretty clear that he's contending with his own supporters as he tries to respond.
Given that accusation especially, I would have said something to the effect of "if the ignorant would read their promissory notes before signing for a loan then maybe we wouldn't have a problem, and if 'the ignorant' includes blacks, then so be it." and obviously, that would have flown like a lead balloon, but it's the truth.
Obama manages to avoid calling him out and instead basically just takes his primary argument away from him politely. Nicely done.

>> ^thinker247:
I had a hard time listening to the audience member talk about how the subprime mortgages were intentionally focused upon the black community.

Yeah, points for Obama on that. He sounded a little flustered when I originally heard the sound bites (on the radio), but seeing the video and the larger context makes it pretty clear that he's contending with his own supporters as he tries to respond.

Given that accusation especially, I would have said something to the effect of "if the ignorant would read their promissory notes before signing for a loan then maybe we wouldn't have a problem, and if 'the ignorant' includes blacks, then so be it." and obviously, that would have flown like a lead balloon, but it's the truth.

Obama manages to avoid calling him out and instead basically just takes his primary argument away from him politely. Nicely done.

"My first video went down like a lead balloon and my second just made it out of queue and was promptly downvoted. I'm still learning what other users find sift worthy."

well... who cares? put stuff here that YOU find siftworthy, then others decide whether or not THEY find it siftworthy.

My discard list sometimes looks better to me than my published list, and i like having a place to store these vids even if only 2 other people vote on them.

(by the way, don't post while america sleeps, you'll get 2 votes and then be off the queue page before morning)

(and join incredibly popular collectives, that makes a big difference)

(and make a playlist... i think playlists are the best thing here apart from the punch)

I'm a lurker to Sift Talk. Though I visit videosift frequently and upvote videos and comment occasionally.

My first video went down like a lead balloon and my second just made it out of queue and was promptly downvoted. I'm still learning what other users find sift worthy.

Not as high profile as some others but comedy acting has had a poor year. Mitchell and Webb are good but they worked better on radio or live. Other than that there wasn't any competition. Extras and Lead balloon feel short of the mark compared to the previous work of Gervais and Dee. Not that I rated them highly anyway but some people seem to like them.