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	<title>Comments on: So you voted for Trump so America would be more respected internationally?</title>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2017/06/15/so-you-voted-for-trump-so-america-would-be-more-respected-internationally/#comment-39481</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 05:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is all that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is all that.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2017/06/15/so-you-voted-for-trump-so-america-would-be-more-respected-internationally/#comment-39480</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 05:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One way to explain my evolving ideas about what makes this place &quot;habitable&quot; is to note that most political rhetoric these days is deliberately designed to infuriate the target; to choke off discussion and increase polarization. This kind of toxic rhetoric is based either on falsehood or false arguments or both, and I think that by learning to filter out falsehoods and false arguments, there&#039;ll be space carved out to once again sheath our swords and discuss things like rational people.

That&#039;s what &quot;trifecta&quot;, below, was about, practicing what I&#039;m preaching (mostly still inside my head, which is why I find myself explaining posts like &quot;trifecta&quot;).

We&#039;re both still here, so there&#039;s hope.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One way to explain my evolving ideas about what makes this place &#8220;habitable&#8221; is to note that most political rhetoric these days is deliberately designed to infuriate the target; to choke off discussion and increase polarization. This kind of toxic rhetoric is based either on falsehood or false arguments or both, and I think that by learning to filter out falsehoods and false arguments, there&#8217;ll be space carved out to once again sheath our swords and discuss things like rational people.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what &#8220;trifecta&#8221;, below, was about, practicing what I&#8217;m preaching (mostly still inside my head, which is why I find myself explaining posts like &#8220;trifecta&#8221;).</p>
<p>We&#8217;re both still here, so there&#8217;s hope.</p>
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		<title>By: podrock</title>
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		<dc:creator>podrock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 00:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sanctions? That&#039;s in Act V.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sanctions? That&#8217;s in Act V.</p>
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		<title>By: RL</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2017/06/15/so-you-voted-for-trump-so-america-would-be-more-respected-internationally/#comment-39476</link>
		<dc:creator>RL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 03:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/iYZKrn7Bbl8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Naaah, just kidding...&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;iframe width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/iYZKrn7Bbl8&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://youtu.be/iYZKrn7Bbl8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Naaah, just kidding&#8230;</a><br />
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iYZKrn7Bbl8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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		<title>By: RL</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2017/06/15/so-you-voted-for-trump-so-america-would-be-more-respected-internationally/#comment-39475</link>
		<dc:creator>RL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 03:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or maybe he is starting to realize he whored himself for a con-man...

You can&#039;t be too hard on Rob, tho- how could he possibly have known that a reality TV star wasn&#039;t the best choice for leader of the free world?

How could he know that a man that brags about sexual assault may not have the most integrity?

And who could have forseen that a man that said racist things and hung out with neo-nazis would bring neo-nazis into the white house?

And NO ONE would expect a man that had publicly asked Putin for help in the election might actually be collaborating with the Russians!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or maybe he is starting to realize he whored himself for a con-man&#8230;</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t be too hard on Rob, tho- how could he possibly have known that a reality TV star wasn&#8217;t the best choice for leader of the free world?</p>
<p>How could he know that a man that brags about sexual assault may not have the most integrity?</p>
<p>And who could have forseen that a man that said racist things and hung out with neo-nazis would bring neo-nazis into the white house?</p>
<p>And NO ONE would expect a man that had publicly asked Putin for help in the election might actually be collaborating with the Russians!</p>
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		<title>By: RobVG</title>
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		<dc:creator>RobVG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 03:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really wish we could put our swords down once in awhile. We used to.

Vampires cast no reflection.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really wish we could put our swords down once in awhile. We used to.</p>
<p>Vampires cast no reflection.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 02:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don&#039;t I wish I had the power to sanction Trump! I&#039;d sanction his pallid-yet-orange ass to immediate retirement in a condo in Moscow.

But that&#039;s just me. We should ask podrock. He&#039;s a lot more level-headed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t I wish I had the power to sanction Trump! I&#8217;d sanction his pallid-yet-orange ass to immediate retirement in a condo in Moscow.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s just me. We should ask podrock. He&#8217;s a lot more level-headed.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2017/06/15/so-you-voted-for-trump-so-america-would-be-more-respected-internationally/#comment-39472</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 02:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But that&#039;s cause cause I&#039;m a programmer, not a vampire. And I&#039;m afraid that while the mirror doesn&#039;t show that young guy in a sailboat that RL keeps dredging up, it does show a wrinkled grey guy who is still recognizably me.

Interesting choice of monsters. Ever watch &quot;Being Human&quot;? I always thought I&#039;d prefer to be a vampire over a werewolf or zombie et al, partly on grounds of style alone. Vampire are always so elegant and charming. And if I had to be killed by a monster, there are worse ways to go (all of them, Katie) than being hypnotized and bitten on the neck. And sometimes you gain immortality.

And come to think of it, you can classify monsters by their breath. Vampires are the only ones who don&#039;t exhale rotten meat. Yep, I guess if you had to call me a monster, that was the least offensive one. Thanks Rob!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But that&#8217;s cause cause I&#8217;m a programmer, not a vampire. And I&#8217;m afraid that while the mirror doesn&#8217;t show that young guy in a sailboat that RL keeps dredging up, it does show a wrinkled grey guy who is still recognizably me.</p>
<p>Interesting choice of monsters. Ever watch &#8220;Being Human&#8221;? I always thought I&#8217;d prefer to be a vampire over a werewolf or zombie et al, partly on grounds of style alone. Vampire are always so elegant and charming. And if I had to be killed by a monster, there are worse ways to go (all of them, Katie) than being hypnotized and bitten on the neck. And sometimes you gain immortality.</p>
<p>And come to think of it, you can classify monsters by their breath. Vampires are the only ones who don&#8217;t exhale rotten meat. Yep, I guess if you had to call me a monster, that was the least offensive one. Thanks Rob!</p>
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		<title>By: RobVG</title>
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		<dc:creator>RobVG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 01:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s in play here is the mirror principle. It&#039;s quite clear y&#039;all are vampires.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s in play here is the mirror principle. It&#8217;s quite clear y&#8217;all are vampires.</p>
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		<title>By: mcfly</title>
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		<dc:creator>mcfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 22:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...that is, if by &quot;sanction this guy&quot; he meant Trump. After all, the presidunce *did* suggest he could shoot someone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;that is, if by &#8220;sanction this guy&#8221; he meant Trump. After all, the presidunce *did* suggest he could shoot someone.</p>
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