GOPoll: your favorite republican myth

i'm assuming i'm missing some. sorry

laffer curve all the way, its a the root of 90% of the other shit.

i should probably have added that socialism has never worked anywhere ever (besides germany, finland, etc.)

everyone in america has equal opportunity to succeed

lol

Reagan ended the cold war!

FDR was a socialist.

Social Security is a "ponzi scheme."

i don't know that it's my favorite, but i guess the potentially most destructive(?) is "mainstream media has a liberal bias" (which essentially means everything EXCEPT the right-wing blogosphere, talk radio & FOX has a liberal bias) because then actual empirical facts about everything else on this list don't matter.

also, umm please do point me to this 'mainstream liberal' media.

(not that the "mainstream media" has any claim on empiricism or rationalism for that matter. just this idea that everything outside of the idiotic conservative echo chamber is either suspect or an outright lie)

welfare is bad for poor people
poor people are only poor because they're lazy
the civil war had nothing to do with slavery and confederates were brave freedom fighters standing up for 'states rights'

what exactly does "favorite" mean in this context

most entertainingly or catastrophically stupid, your call

so tough to choose

an embarrassment of riches

Yeah, "mainstream media has a liberal bias" is just such an all-encompassing favorite. It really enables them to simply write off anything about Obama, taxes, war, environment, race, religion, by just disavowing all the reputable sources and creating their own Conservapedia world.

http://blindfoldedmonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/monkey1.jpg

I haven't heard anyone talk about Bush v. Gore in a while, it would make me nostalgic if I didn't forget what a stupid Hell the past 11 years have been.

laffer over lib media

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Some omissions:
Death tax? That's double taxation!
If evolution is true, then I'm your monkey's uncle! Teach the controversy!
The sanctity of life is measured in unborn fetuses; everyone who's alive outside the womb (and not a rich white male) -- meh.

So much goodness out there.

are we supposed to vote for the one we find most vexing or the one we think is closest to correct?

the thing about the laffer curve is, the laffer curve is completely correct! it's just that we, along with as far as I know every country in the world, are on one side of the curve, and laffer / reagan / reaganomists insisted we were on the other.

Will OTM.

"the civil war had nothing to do with slavery and confederates were brave freedom fighters standing up for 'states rights'"

I don't think most republicans would actually say this, or believe this, unlike all the other shit at the top of the page. that is simply believed by crazy southerners.

right, after all, a republican president fought to free the slaves

Nazis? National Socialists, do you see NOW?

You guys need to study up half as much on Democratic myths

My favorite for lols is the world was created 6000 years ago...I mean, it pisses me off that this is even a thing but I find the stories that go along with it to be kind of amusing at arms length

xpost oh Democratic myths are pretty good too...

"Globalism spreads freedom and democracy"
"You don't have any better choices for your vote"
"Change must come from within the system"
"A single-payer healthcare system is not politically feasible"
"America is still a land of opportunity"

etc...

also "The president will really kick ass in his second term"

haha yes! "Obama is playing the long game"

can't get past the climate change thing - a pet *issue* of mine.

voted and even if it is, it's no big deal/

echoes of the Insane Clown Posse: And I don't wanna talk to a scientist. Y'all motherfuckers lying, and makin me pissed

"Obama is playing the long game"

A Clinton klassik revived

death panels!

Two words, but it covers so much in implication, as opposed to "at least leaving it to God means people die if they don't have any money for their required healthcare"

"You don't have any better choices for your vote"
"Change must come from within the system"
"A single-payer healthcare system is not politically feasible"

Why are these myths in the present-day US?

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666

coincidence?

“Adaptation to shifts in temperatures is not that difficult,” declared Rep. Barton at yesterday’s hearing on climate change adaptation before the House Energy & Commerce Committee. “Adapting is a common, natural way for people to… to adapt to their environment,” Barton continued, briefly channeling Austin Powers.

“When it rains, we find shelter. When it’s hot, we get in the shade. When it’s cold, we find a warm place to stay.”

"Obama is playing the long game"

A Clinton klassik revived

― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:56 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark

otm x1000

see it'd work just fine if each term lasted 30 years

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/24/631870467/ryan-trump-threat-to-revoke-security-clearances-is-trolling-people

"I think he's trolling people, honestly," Ryan told reporters. "This is something that is in the purview of the executive branch."

Since time immemorial, iirc.

This is fine. This is all very fine indeed.

'I think it's clear that he hosed down that crowd of disabled veterans with his urine as a goof. This is what presidents do. I don't even understand why we're talking about this.'