Lol you have no understanding of geopolitical positions in the Middle East whatsoever.
Democrats wouldn’t exert political pressure in this situation either, and it’s not hard to imagine this exact situation happening if a democratic president were in power (conservatives crying about Khashoggi and liberals covering it up). Why do you think literally nobody cares about this shit besides american democrats and probably a moron like Trudeau? If you can’t at least acknowledge this overblown controversy being a an attempt to put political pressure on Trump because they know he ain’t gonna do shit, just as nobody else would, then you’re retarded.
It has more to do with a despotic monarchy who’s entire motivations involve enriching itself being more predictable and easily influenced than a despotic religious “government” who’s main political goals are to bring society back to the 12th century. You have Israel and Saudi Arabia working as allies for the first time in history actively diminishing the amount of Iranian influence in the region and you want to cut off Saudi relations to the west over them murdering some Muslim brotherhood apologist? All that would accomplish is push the Saudis to have deeper relationships with the Chinese and Russians and they’d go on like nothing ever happened.
political pressure on Trump because they know he ain’t gonna do shit, just as nobody else would
If only we could have a president who was perhaps a political outsider or something. He could campaign on his ability to make the correct and tough decisions that should be made, rather than be a cuck who does whatever every other politician would do. That'd be something.
Bitch this ain’t about getting votes it’s about protecting strategic positions and assets in the Middle East. Take your pick of Iran or Saudi Arabia on who you think you can reason with more effectively.
Iran:
- Dislikes Saudi Arabia, as most sane people do
- President made some zingers about how stupid Trump is
- Not involved in the deadliest terrorist attack on US soil
- Country is kinda nice and not a desert hellscape
- Attractive women
Saudi Arabia:
- Can't see the women because they are forced to dress like ghosts
- Desert hellscape
- Home of Bin Laden and nearly all of the 9/11 hijackers who killed thousands of Americans
- Funds extremist mosques around the world
- Lead by a psycho who just lured a dude across the planet to butcher him alive
Lol this is probably the dumbest comment on Reddit.
You do know killing journalists, homosexuals, political dissidents and any other person deemed a target by the Islamic republic of Iran is business as usual right? The woman dress up like ghosts and are stoned to death cause “muh Mohammad” and the current leadership is especially fond of regularly murdering, raping and torturing protestors. They also have no electricity or drinking water, but plenty of money to fund foreign wars in Yemen and Syria. Iran also funds domestic terrorism like every other shithole middle eastern country.
Just google “Iran human rights violations.”
They’re all pieces of fucking shit, but I’ll take “trying to predict what a monarchy will do” over “trying to reason with Islamic extremist” anyday.
do you know who iran is aligned with? Only moron's who defend Iran are Russian's and the Chinese.
The Chinese, who own the planet, and Russia, lead by the world's most efficient leader when it comes to starting huge amounts of shit with zero budget? You bring up another great point. Why would anybody side with those dummies when they could be best buds with Dementia Trump, who is such a brilliant strategic leader that he's single-handedly tanking his own record breaking economy.
Person of the Year (called Man of the Year or Woman of the Year until 1999)[1] is an annual issue of the United States news magazine Time that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year".[2]
Radical centrist take: the right is retarded because they think Daddy winning it would be some kind of honor. The left is retarded because it's bordering on objectively true that Donald Trump should have been Person of the Year for the last 2 or maybe 3 years.
This guy died 75% of the way into the year. Unless he is Osama bin Laden-tier, how is it possible he influenced events more than any other person this year?
Well his murder is messing up diplomatic relations between SA and some major western countries, their support or passivity towards their Yemen campaign, and may prove problematic for MBS down the road if the US gets an admin change which takes a hardline stance on this or uses it as leverage against MBS for reforms.
So really he's not man of the year, that should be MBS for being petty and stupid enough to act on it when he literally didn't have to, at least not with bone saws in their Turkish embassy lol.
So really he's not man of the year, that should be MBS for being petty and stupid enough to act on it when he literally didn't have to, at least not with bone saws in their Turkish embassy lol.
Exactly, executed Saudi dissidents are a dime a dozen. This whole situation is the press jizzing over an actual example of oppression of a journalist and the politicians exploiting the fervor for either PR or pressure on the Saudi royal family to replace MBS.
I don't know enough to name names of possible successors, I'm just some American schlub saying what I perceive to be the most likely rationalization of a bunch of third hand reports of seemingly irrational actions.
they'll just use it as political leverage against him on the international stage when the need arises.
This seems like the kind of thing on a fairly hard time limit. The ability to pressure the viability of arms deals only lasts as long as some kind of visible public pressure exists. If you have a different interpretation of events I'm genuinely interested in hearing what you think is going on.
I typically don't focus on Saudi Arabia when reading about IR, but from what little I've gathered in the past, MBS has been the only acceptable successor to arise in the past few years. That being said, I certainly agree with you about the expiration date on this leverage. I think the lack of decent successors possibly explains why there's been a relatively muted response from Western governments. MBS has been on track to take over for at least three years (when I first started noticing his name cropping up) so at this point, I feel that the West is stuck with him. It's not like the Saudi royal family is brimming with competent leaders. Most of them are too busy fucking around in Europe, both figuratively and literally.
The U.S.-Saudi relationship is a truly bizarre and fascinating one. I regard it as one big hostage situation, with the Wahhabists chomping at the bit to storm take over Saudi Arabia and the Saudi royal family acting as the only bulwark against ISIS 2: Electric Boogaloo, except with the world's most valuable oil reserves and massive amounts of U.S. military hardware this time. To make matters worse, if the U.S. lets the Saudi royal family fall, then Iran will eventually steamroll the Wahhabists and thus control a vast amount of the world's most valuable oil supplies. The U.S. really is up shit creek when it comes to Saudi Arabia.
Kinda depends on if it's politically useful as leverage over SA imo. Could go away sure, but it could be something that's held over them for various reasons.
His death might not be significant to Americans or Europeans but it had a significant impact in the Middle East. The concept of freedom of speech was barely talked about in the Gulf before his death, now there is a widespread call for free speech and press freedom in many countries.
Time that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year"
A possible increase in free speech rights in the Middle East that has not yet come to pass ain't worth the prestigious Timey Award
Ed, I'd rather have you be editor-in-chief of a magazine than one who gives the award to Ebola fighters and You (the content creators). At least you'd choose someone interesting.
Doesn't mean what i said was wrong. Sure, you're not leading a campaign and no one implied that you were. I'm simply making fun of your "criticism". Plus, there are plenty of retards who come to r/drama to seriously engage in their autistic political spergouts.
You turning out to be one of them rn won't shock me tbh,lol. But please, don't stop on my account. I would definitely love to see how retarded this discussion gets along the way.
Unironic take: Seth ROGEN should've been TIME's choice this year! He has been forgotten!!!!
i still dont know whether to believe youre an indian or that weird of a white knight tbh but the really obvious low effort bait is low effort even for me
Since i don't care who TIME declares to be their "hero", your pathetic attempt at a "NPC" meme has failed. Yet i won't hesitate to make fun of an autistic r/drama NEET who thinks we should listen to him instead of people who actually get paid.
Huhu ya just toTally pwning sum conservitards I don’t even care, just DONT YOU DARE FUCKING QUESTION BOOMER TIME MAG CUZ THEYRE THE MOST CREDIBLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION OF ALL TIME but I don’t even care at all man huhu COPE BUSSY NEET INCEL huhu
Hey, you're pushing an open door with me. The fact that the right has put their entire mobility scooter's worth of hopes and dreams into Trump and the fact that the left can't eat a Fig Newton without blaming Trump for something is not something I'm a fan of, but it clearly meets the requirements for winning the award.
That's a shame. On the plus side, the newsroom of the paper that got shot up this last year got part of the award. That means aspiring mass shooters are just one step away from sharing in the glory.
Fair enough, I just never got the anger over awards shows or outlets not picking //yourguy// when it's always the most normie-bait shit to appease the peasants i.e. the Oscars, Tonys, Grammys, etc.
tbh I personally find the Time Person of the Year thing to be a grandiose, crowd-pleasing, feel-good shitshow. But this one actually has semi-objective guidelines, so when it chooses kale chips as person of the year, I get a little extra buttmad. Just my bias.
The Kashoggi thing is retarded. Killing him is not good, but its not like the guy wasnt linked to some horrible people in the Terrorism world. And, really, its not like he was a big deal contributor to the WaPo anyways. Like, why is this particular guy relevant at all? There are legit reporters killed at the hands of ISIS) and FARQ and other crazy organizations all over the world, every year. Yet, TIME has to go out of its way to mention this fucking guy. Only because they can sneak in some sort of "Fuck Trump" bullshit into their person of the year award. Its just another nail in the coffin in modern journalism.
Cause Trump is defending the prince, that's pretty much the entire reason. I am glad that the world finally sees the Saudis, who fund genocidal jihadists, caused a famine in Yemen and other shady shit though even though it's only cause of the "fuck Drumpf" circlejerk.
Cause Trump is defending the prince, that's pretty much the entire reason. I am glad that the world finally sees the Saudis, who fund genocidal jihadists, caused a famine in Yemen and other shady shit though even though it's only cause of the "fuck Drumpf" circlejerk.
He's not. What is relevant is that he was an American-resident journalist who was murdered in a consulate because he said unfavorable things about his government (a frighteningly authoritarian dick move the likes of which we generally don't endorse) and the President of the United States is backing him.
There are legit reporters killed at the hands of ISIS
Sure, and if the President of the United States supported them (or at least didn't much care if they murder our journalists) that would be bizarre and gross and people would be upset about it. Of course, we don't support ISIS; we're in fact hostile to them and involved in armed conflict with them. Do you not see the difference?
Remember 2 years ago when Obama vetoed JASTA, an act which allowed US citizens to sue the Saudi government for funding the 9/11 terror attacks because he said it’d hurt their relations? I remember.
Trump doesn’t break all relations with them for murdering their own citizen? SO WEIRD OMG SOMETHINGS GOING ON!
Obama defends them after killing 3000 of our own citizens? “Oh man, you know this stuff is complicated it’s not so black and white ya know”
James Foley died in 2014, and Khashoggi had 3 American kids. You’re thought process makes no sense. The only reason you seem to care is because it makes Trump look bad.
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1 JayBaumanManhole 2018-12-11
It's over for opposition-supression-cels
1 madaramen 2018-12-11
I'll remember 2018 as the year when my government "memed" a dead journalist into Time's person of the year status.
1 boyoyoyoyong 2018-12-11
I didn't know they counted pieces as a person
1 better_bot 2018-12-11
I hope Trump's base let's everyone know, loudly, how much they think Kashoggi deserved what he got. It's a good look for them, lol.
1 cragfar 2018-12-11
The public has been pretty consistent on how much they care about Saudis killing their own citizens.
1 Dramaste 2018-12-11
Ambivalence isn’t cheering a murder
1 cragfar 2018-12-11
Any cheering done is just morons overdoing it because the media tried to make him out to be an All American hero.
1 unrulyfarmhand 2018-12-11
Not a fan of saudi arabia but also not a fan of journalists being alive. Larry David.gif
1 sooth_ 2018-12-11
alright putin
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
Didn't you know? Saudi Arabia DINDU NUFFIN!!
1 THOT-AUDITOR 2018-12-11
THINK OF THE OIL PRICES!!!!
(that we mostly cratered by drilling more locally and not because Trump thinks he's on the Saudi's good side)
1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
Lol you have no understanding of geopolitical positions in the Middle East whatsoever.
Democrats wouldn’t exert political pressure in this situation either, and it’s not hard to imagine this exact situation happening if a democratic president were in power (conservatives crying about Khashoggi and liberals covering it up). Why do you think literally nobody cares about this shit besides american democrats and probably a moron like Trudeau? If you can’t at least acknowledge this overblown controversy being a an attempt to put political pressure on Trump because they know he ain’t gonna do shit, just as nobody else would, then you’re retarded.
It has more to do with a despotic monarchy who’s entire motivations involve enriching itself being more predictable and easily influenced than a despotic religious “government” who’s main political goals are to bring society back to the 12th century. You have Israel and Saudi Arabia working as allies for the first time in history actively diminishing the amount of Iranian influence in the region and you want to cut off Saudi relations to the west over them murdering some Muslim brotherhood apologist? All that would accomplish is push the Saudis to have deeper relationships with the Chinese and Russians and they’d go on like nothing ever happened.
1 LongPostBot 2018-12-11
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1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
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1 Cuckmeister 2018-12-11
If only we could have a president who was perhaps a political outsider or something. He could campaign on his ability to make the correct and tough decisions that should be made, rather than be a cuck who does whatever every other politician would do. That'd be something.
1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
Bitch this ain’t about getting votes it’s about protecting strategic positions and assets in the Middle East. Take your pick of Iran or Saudi Arabia on who you think you can reason with more effectively.
1 Cuckmeister 2018-12-11
Iran: - Dislikes Saudi Arabia, as most sane people do - President made some zingers about how stupid Trump is - Not involved in the deadliest terrorist attack on US soil - Country is kinda nice and not a desert hellscape - Attractive women
Saudi Arabia: - Can't see the women because they are forced to dress like ghosts - Desert hellscape - Home of Bin Laden and nearly all of the 9/11 hijackers who killed thousands of Americans - Funds extremist mosques around the world - Lead by a psycho who just lured a dude across the planet to butcher him alive
Wow that's a real hard decision there.
1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
Lol this is probably the dumbest comment on Reddit.
You do know killing journalists, homosexuals, political dissidents and any other person deemed a target by the Islamic republic of Iran is business as usual right? The woman dress up like ghosts and are stoned to death cause “muh Mohammad” and the current leadership is especially fond of regularly murdering, raping and torturing protestors. They also have no electricity or drinking water, but plenty of money to fund foreign wars in Yemen and Syria. Iran also funds domestic terrorism like every other shithole middle eastern country.
Just google “Iran human rights violations.”
They’re all pieces of fucking shit, but I’ll take “trying to predict what a monarchy will do” over “trying to reason with Islamic extremist” anyday.
1 Cuckmeister 2018-12-11
You're making a great case for continuing to sell quality American weapons to them.
Also Iranian women are only forced to wear hats. Please update your Saudi shill propaganda.
1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
lol literally only defends what iranian women can wear.
do you know who iran is aligned with? Only moron's who defend Iran are Russian's and the Chinese.
1 Cuckmeister 2018-12-11
The Chinese, who own the planet, and Russia, lead by the world's most efficient leader when it comes to starting huge amounts of shit with zero budget? You bring up another great point. Why would anybody side with those dummies when they could be best buds with Dementia Trump, who is such a brilliant strategic leader that he's single-handedly tanking his own record breaking economy.
1 AlveolarPressure 2018-12-11
Just accept that Persians are the best of all the sandpeople
1 preserved_fish 2018-12-11
What exactly do you think the Iran Deal was about?
1 DefectiveDelfin 2018-12-11
Muhammad Bone Sawman did nothing wrong!
What about KILLARY! REEEEEEEEEEEEE!
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
Radical centrist take: the right is retarded because they think Daddy winning it would be some kind of honor. The left is retarded because it's bordering on objectively true that Donald Trump should have been Person of the Year for the last 2 or maybe 3 years.
This guy died 75% of the way into the year. Unless he is Osama bin Laden-tier, how is it possible he influenced events more than any other person this year?
1 duckraul2 2018-12-11
Well his murder is messing up diplomatic relations between SA and some major western countries, their support or passivity towards their Yemen campaign, and may prove problematic for MBS down the road if the US gets an admin change which takes a hardline stance on this or uses it as leverage against MBS for reforms.
So really he's not man of the year, that should be MBS for being petty and stupid enough to act on it when he literally didn't have to, at least not with bone saws in their Turkish embassy lol.
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
Why are you so obsessed with mortgage backed securities? lol weirdo
1 duckraul2 2018-12-11
U aren't? They're the foundation of definitely very stable financial assets the world over!
1 Agenda_Poster 2018-12-11
I for one prefer second mortgages and refinancing at an adjustable rate
1 WyrmSaint 2018-12-11
Exactly, executed Saudi dissidents are a dime a dozen. This whole situation is the press jizzing over an actual example of oppression of a journalist and the politicians exploiting the fervor for either PR or pressure on the Saudi royal family to replace MBS.
1 UpvoteIfYouDare 2018-12-11
With whom? As much as I dislike the guy, it's not like there are better candidates among the royal family.
1 WyrmSaint 2018-12-11
I don't know enough to name names of possible successors, I'm just some American schlub saying what I perceive to be the most likely rationalization of a bunch of third hand reports of seemingly irrational actions.
This seems like the kind of thing on a fairly hard time limit. The ability to pressure the viability of arms deals only lasts as long as some kind of visible public pressure exists. If you have a different interpretation of events I'm genuinely interested in hearing what you think is going on.
1 UpvoteIfYouDare 2018-12-11
I typically don't focus on Saudi Arabia when reading about IR, but from what little I've gathered in the past, MBS has been the only acceptable successor to arise in the past few years. That being said, I certainly agree with you about the expiration date on this leverage. I think the lack of decent successors possibly explains why there's been a relatively muted response from Western governments. MBS has been on track to take over for at least three years (when I first started noticing his name cropping up) so at this point, I feel that the West is stuck with him. It's not like the Saudi royal family is brimming with competent leaders. Most of them are too busy fucking around in Europe, both figuratively and literally.
The U.S.-Saudi relationship is a truly bizarre and fascinating one. I regard it as one big hostage situation, with the Wahhabists chomping at the bit to storm take over Saudi Arabia and the Saudi royal family acting as the only bulwark against ISIS 2: Electric Boogaloo, except with the world's most valuable oil reserves and massive amounts of U.S. military hardware this time. To make matters worse, if the U.S. lets the Saudi royal family fall, then Iran will eventually steamroll the Wahhabists and thus control a vast amount of the world's most valuable oil supplies. The U.S. really is up shit creek when it comes to Saudi Arabia.
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1 UpvoteIfYouDare 2018-12-11
lol, too late, motherfucker
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
lol you mean theyll pretend for a while until the public forgets
1 duckraul2 2018-12-11
Kinda depends on if it's politically useful as leverage over SA imo. Could go away sure, but it could be something that's held over them for various reasons.
1 GoblinThief 2018-12-11
His death might not be significant to Americans or Europeans but it had a significant impact in the Middle East. The concept of freedom of speech was barely talked about in the Gulf before his death, now there is a widespread call for free speech and press freedom in many countries.
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
A possible increase in free speech rights in the Middle East that has not yet come to pass ain't worth the prestigious Timey Award
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
kek
kek
kek <------------ this one
kek
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
Ed, I'd rather have you be editor-in-chief of a magazine than one who gives the award to Ebola fighters and You (the content creators). At least you'd choose someone interesting.
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
Nice meme deflection but your lack of self awareness is fucking hilarious when you're surprised at why people won't just take your "word" for it, lol.
I don't care who TIME picks as their candidate but i do admit that I'm not in a position to credibly criticize their pick either way.
So, have you posted BUSSY yet?
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
lol Ed, I'm on /r/drama. Do you think I'm leading a fucking campaign to convince people to overturn Boomer Magazine's award?
1 ugongitbuttraped 2018-12-11
yes he does
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
Doesn't mean what i said was wrong. Sure, you're not leading a campaign and no one implied that you were. I'm simply making fun of your "criticism". Plus, there are plenty of retards who come to r/drama to seriously engage in their autistic political spergouts.
You turning out to be one of them rn won't shock me tbh,lol. But please, don't stop on my account. I would definitely love to see how retarded this discussion gets along the way.
Unironic take: Seth ROGEN should've been TIME's choice this year! He has been forgotten!!!!
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
3 paragraphs Ed. You gotta be more concise, bud.
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
😴😴😴
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
😴
1 ugongitbuttraped 2018-12-11
nice sperg, retard.
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
dude you gotta control these outbursts better if you want to maintain the character
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
That's a verbose way of saying
Lololol
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
regulars arent exactly fooled nowadays you gotta know that
you project so hard sometimes
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
thank you, captain! Very cool! 👏
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
i still dont know whether to believe youre an indian or that weird of a white knight tbh but the really obvious low effort bait is low effort even for me
take some pride in it
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
kek
kek
kek
kek <----- this one
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
yeah im saying i should know
1 ugongitbuttraped 2018-12-11
dude post bussy lmao
1 UpvoteIfYouDare 2018-12-11
not an argument
1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
That’s a lot of words to basically say “I am incapable of independent thought so I let the media do it for me”
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
Since i don't care who TIME declares to be their "hero", your pathetic attempt at a "NPC" meme has failed. Yet i won't hesitate to make fun of an autistic r/drama NEET who thinks we should listen to him instead of people who actually get paid.
1 icarebot 2018-12-11
I care
1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
Yeah I take the time to defend the credibility of things I totally don’t care about at all because autism and neets and stuff too.
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
I am now subscribed to your blog. Can't wait for those hot political
c o p etakes!1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
Huhu ya just toTally pwning sum conservitards I don’t even care, just DONT YOU DARE FUCKING QUESTION BOOMER TIME MAG CUZ THEYRE THE MOST CREDIBLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION OF ALL TIME but I don’t even care at all man huhu COPE BUSSY NEET INCEL huhu
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
lmao
1 uniqueguy263 2018-12-11
They were just doing that seven years ago. It was coopted by ISIS and became a giant mess, so the calls died down, but now they're back
1 TUMS_FESTIVAL 2018-12-11
It wasn't just Kashoggi who won. Try reading more than the title next time.
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
Oh wow, even more wide-reaching!
Oh shit, influenced the entirety of Planet Earth!
Holy fuck, truly a powerhouse of human influence.
1 YoureRuiningAmerica 2018-12-11
Hot take
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
Hey, you're pushing an open door with me. The fact that the right has put their entire mobility scooter's worth of hopes and dreams into Trump and the fact that the left can't eat a Fig Newton without blaming Trump for something is not something I'm a fan of, but it clearly meets the requirements for winning the award.
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
Why aren't you taking a r/drama poster's
copeopinion over people who are actual journalists/political experts??1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
I believe you mean to write “political activists”.
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
yeah unironically because he makes more people sperg
nobody really cares about some fag journalists lol
1 YoureRuiningAmerica 2018-12-11
He makes more people sperg by himself sperging. 4D shoots and ladders.
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
lol trump doesnt sperg hes just an old man that says stuff
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
imagine c o p i n g this hard to defend a creepy porn president
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
lol lay off the cope thing its so overused now
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
It's over for copecels
1 Tell_them_to_shrug 2018-12-11
Remember that time you shit up this subreddit with bot spam as a way to cope with Reddit randos having opinions you don’t like?
1 Wraith_GraveSpell 2018-12-11
Youre right. Sperg would be an understatement. He goes full om dementia tantrums.
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
he just makes old people facebook posts on twitter though i dont see where the supposed outrage is
1 Tell_them_to_shrug 2018-12-11
It’s not 4d anything. Trump trolls the fuck out of the media and the rest of you because it just feels like the right thing for him to do.
He doesn’t give two shits about how it affects public opinion.
1 YoureRuiningAmerica 2018-12-11
You're a day late and captainautism made the same "acting retarded to own the libs" point so 😴
1 Tell_them_to_shrug 2018-12-11
Not what I said.
I said the 4d chess meme is a lefty coping mechanism.
Trump’s actions are simple and straightforward when you realize that he has no ulterior motive and just wants to troll losers.
1 YoureRuiningAmerica 2018-12-11
Again
Why are you still talking to me?
1 TUMS_FESTIVAL 2018-12-11
Yes...?
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
I'm on /r/drama buddy, it's too late for that.
1 TUMS_FESTIVAL 2018-12-11
lol
1 Penguinproof1 2018-12-11
Literally who? John Chau who's famous for dying has a more wide reaching name than the first two.
It either should have been just Kasshogi or another person.
1 Dramaste 2018-12-11
Trump will never be person of the year after it was found out that he had a fake Time magazine cover in one of his golf courses.
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
That's a shame. On the plus side, the newsroom of the paper that got shot up this last year got part of the award. That means aspiring mass shooters are just one step away from sharing in the glory.
1 RichEvansSextape 2018-12-11
Galaxy centrist take: Who gives a shit what a long irrelevant magazine puts on its cover?
Didn't they put Millennials as a group as "Person of the Year" last year or some shit?
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
Mocking idiots is pretty much the reason this place exists. I realize Boomer magazines are pretty low-hanging fruit, but I'm not super smart.
1 RichEvansSextape 2018-12-11
Fair enough, I just never got the anger over awards shows or outlets not picking //yourguy// when it's always the most normie-bait shit to appease the peasants i.e. the Oscars, Tonys, Grammys, etc.
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
tbh I personally find the Time Person of the Year thing to be a grandiose, crowd-pleasing, feel-good shitshow. But this one actually has semi-objective guidelines, so when it chooses kale chips as person of the year, I get a little extra buttmad. Just my bias.
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
TIME should seriously consider r/drama posters
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
I'm not gonna get any awards for influence. I got locked out of my car a couple weeks ago.
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
Don't worry, they'll make up something about how internet spergs can
make gamers rise upinstigate national revolutions1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
That'd be sweet. They could interview us, you and I could pose as the leaders of the evil /r/drama hate machine.
1 Wraith_GraveSpell 2018-12-11
This is the first accurate comment ive seen from you
1 jaredschaffer27 2018-12-11
I said that a day ago. Today I decided that I'm of slightly above average intelligence
1 o11c 2018-12-11
It's the only thing that's actually making Republicans work against Trump.
Even the whole "put children in cages" thing didn't make any Republicans break away.
1 Krombopulos-Snake 2018-12-11
I'm surprised Time didn't take the side of the Rioters in France this year.
1 Corporal-Hicks 2018-12-11
The Kashoggi thing is retarded. Killing him is not good, but its not like the guy wasnt linked to some horrible people in the Terrorism world. And, really, its not like he was a big deal contributor to the WaPo anyways. Like, why is this particular guy relevant at all? There are legit reporters killed at the hands of ISIS) and FARQ and other crazy organizations all over the world, every year. Yet, TIME has to go out of its way to mention this fucking guy. Only because they can sneak in some sort of "Fuck Trump" bullshit into their person of the year award. Its just another nail in the coffin in modern journalism.
1 Etsuko1 2018-12-11
Because daddy keeps defending the guy who ordered the killing.
1 regionalfire 2018-12-11
Cause Trump is defending the prince, that's pretty much the entire reason. I am glad that the world finally sees the Saudis, who fund genocidal jihadists, caused a famine in Yemen and other shady shit though even though it's only cause of the "fuck Drumpf" circlejerk.
1 Ed_ButteredToast 2018-12-11
It's over for oilcels
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
wow why isnt he immediately destroying international relationships based on the word of the washington post thats been calling him hitler for 2 years
1 Etsuko1 2018-12-11
Immeditaly destroying international relationships is different than personally defending the guy
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
how do you figure
1 Wraith_GraveSpell 2018-12-11
Lmao, Saudis dindu nuffin.
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
no they definitely did and they probably did this too but why start caring now
1 regionalfire 2018-12-11
Cause Trump is defending the prince, that's pretty much the entire reason. I am glad that the world finally sees the Saudis, who fund genocidal jihadists, caused a famine in Yemen and other shady shit though even though it's only cause of the "fuck Drumpf" circlejerk.
1 GandalftheChromatic 2018-12-11
I'd welcome anything that fucks with the House of Saud tbqh
1 TobyTheRobot 2018-12-11
He's not. What is relevant is that he was an American-resident journalist who was murdered in a consulate because he said unfavorable things about his government (a frighteningly authoritarian dick move the likes of which we generally don't endorse) and the President of the United States is backing him.
Sure, and if the President of the United States supported them (or at least didn't much care if they murder our journalists) that would be bizarre and gross and people would be upset about it. Of course, we don't support ISIS; we're in fact hostile to them and involved in armed conflict with them. Do you not see the difference?
1 MiltonFriedmanisbae1 2018-12-11
Remember 2 years ago when Obama vetoed JASTA, an act which allowed US citizens to sue the Saudi government for funding the 9/11 terror attacks because he said it’d hurt their relations? I remember.
Trump doesn’t break all relations with them for murdering their own citizen? SO WEIRD OMG SOMETHINGS GOING ON!
Obama defends them after killing 3000 of our own citizens? “Oh man, you know this stuff is complicated it’s not so black and white ya know”
1 SlackBabo 2018-12-11
James Foley died in 2014, and Khashoggi had 3 American kids. You’re thought process makes no sense. The only reason you seem to care is because it makes Trump look bad.
1 BlacJeesus 2018-12-11
The MSM_DEEP_STATE are desperate to push the rage narrative.
LOOK HERE (......not here.....)
Peak boomer dementia.
1 jailbot2 2018-12-11
"Boomer Brain" should be added to the list of disorders in the DSM-V.
1 Mat_The_49th 2018-12-11
Wait, are Trumpoids officially pro-KSA now? Didn't they have a plane falling Kaaba on their sidebar like 1-2 years ago?
1 RichEvansSextape 2018-12-11
t_d would be pro-Hillary if it came out tomorrow that she enjoys eating small Mexican babies for lunch.
They have no political stance other than "if Daddy does it/likes it, it must be good, logic or previous sentiment be damned".
1 DefectiveDelfin 2018-12-11
MFW.
1 captainpriapism 2018-12-11
lol did this guy seriously get person of the year for being killed?
not much of an achievment i thought it was supposed to be for people who had the most impact on world affairs or whatever
whereas saudis will 100% get away with it and nobody will do anything but cry for a while and then continue buying oil
1 Environmental_Table 2018-12-11
journalists just have to suck themselves off until we're all aware of just how important they are.
1 BumwineBaudelaire 2018-12-11
I mean does anyone take that thing seriously here in 2018, if they ever did
TIME is about as legit a news outlet as WaPo