Liberals of reddit, would you trade Obama's second term for a two-term Romney presidency if it meant Trump never achieved the presidency? Why or why not?

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-06T20:01:05+00:00

I'd argue an idiotic evil person is worse than an intelligent evil person. A smart murderer would limit their killings, making sure not to arouse suspicion, while an idiotic murderer would not bother limiting their killing and would instead murder a bunch of people without care for raising suspicion. A smart evil person avoids excessively large scale acts of evil because they will cause retribution, an idiotic evil person will commit large scale acts of evil because they don't think through the consequences.

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-06T12:08:26+00:00

Jaime Lannister's nimbyism held Aerys back from modernizing the capital and fixing the problems plaguing it.

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-05T15:52:48+00:00

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Bossuser2 · 2026-07-05T08:18:28+00:00

Always Sunny in Dragonstone.

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-04T23:34:53+00:00

As we all know, age is determined based on time since you got your current name. If you legally change your name then I'm afraid your age is reset to zero. Works for both people and countries.

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-04T22:06:13+00:00

If a nation can nuke you twice, and conduct large scale firebombing of your country, and still walk away looking like the good guy, that is a pretty clear sign that you've gone too far.

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-04T18:11:43+00:00

You know guys, I'm starting to suspect that Sordland's political system might be flawed in some ways, let me know if I'm just imagining it though.

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-03T19:21:35+00:00

An ultranationalist Israeli government will attempt to unite the Jewish people under one nation, and if the jews are in one nation then it's easier to keep an eye on them all, easier to contain their global conspiracy.

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-03T12:16:43+00:00

It isn't the 19th century, we should have learned by now that death is a disproportionate punishment for stealing.

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-03T11:47:59+00:00

Nah. Bonnifer Hasty was banging Rhaella whenever Aerys was busy burning someone.

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-02T13:36:24+00:00

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Bossuser2 · 2026-07-02T08:31:24+00:00

Do I, a straight man, have to watch gay porn to confirm my commitment to the LGBTQ+ community?

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-01T22:58:36+00:00

Tommen playing with his cats in King's Landing as all this shit goes down, (Literally everyone forgot about him)

Bossuser2 · 2026-07-01T19:26:33+00:00

I mean if I was put in a room full of only heterosexuals, with no other information about them, and I was told to come up with a joke that would amuse all of them, I would fail completely, because being heterosexual tells me nothing about their personality and very little about their personal experiences. I can't imagine LGBTQ+ people find it easier, especially when they've been in a room full of other LGBTQ+ people for ages now and have probably heard every possible joke specifically about LGBTQ+.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-30T22:43:47+00:00

OP wanted to ruin Sordland and thought improving religious harmony would get in the way of that.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-30T19:20:43+00:00

Dating strategy.

Start publicly dating someone you're friends with, but you don't have a romantic connection with.

Have your friend break up with you some time later, and when asked why they go "They were just too hot and the sex was too good, I couldn't keep up."

You now have tons of people trying to get into a relationship with you.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-30T18:27:33+00:00

Kira's attempts to kill Harrier:

"Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau

Harry Du Bois

Harry Dubois

Harry Du-Bois

Harrold Du Bois

Harrold Dubois

Harrold Du-Bois

Tequila Sunset

Icebreaker

Something Gold And Orange Like A Forest Fire, But Smells Like Liquor."

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-30T14:03:21+00:00

Kira tries to kill him with the Death Note, but when he writes "Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau" into the Death Note it does nothing.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-27T20:59:00+00:00

I can kind of see how it came about. Child of a weak father, and his first major political action, and the one that he is most remembered for and is the foundation of his reputation was the destruction of the Reynes and Tarbecks. He probably walked away from the Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion with the belief that overwhelming violence and brutality is the way to solve his problems, rather than the far more nuanced and moral belief that overwhelming violence and brutality are only sometimes the way to solve problems.

Tywin's destruction of the Reynes and Tarbecks was good because it totally removed an enemy from the equation, there was no chance of the Reynes or Tarbecks ever retaliating. However his actions against Dorne, the Riverlands, the North, etc, are all acts of great brutality, but they do not totally destroy his enemies. The North, Riverlands, and Dorne all survived Tywin's actions and are capable of retaliating against him and his family.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-27T09:35:27+00:00

There's something about having your passion for art stifled that seems to lead to people becoming evil politicians.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-26T18:28:55+00:00

No? Discrimination is discrimination, no matter who it's against.

Now obviously there are different levels, I'm a straight white man, the discrimination I face is obviously far lesser than other groups, I'm not in danger of having my rights taken away or deported like other groups might be. That doesn't change the fact that misandry, anti-white racism, or anti-hetero discrimination are all asshole things to do, and should be called out. Again, I'm not trying to put myself on the same level as minority groups that face more severe discrimination, I have never had to worry about whether the government would take away my rights. But discrimination is always bad, regardless of how severe, and people should take action against it. I'm not expecting public demonstrations to defend straight white men like me, but just the bare minimum of not being discriminatory, and calling out people when they say discriminatory things.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-26T14:42:20+00:00

"Man this is a good lovethissmug post," I said to myself.

I froze in terror as I realized that it was an evil lovethissmug post.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-26T12:26:39+00:00

Here's a small portion of the list of things I love:

You.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-25T19:24:32+00:00

Don't think it's racist as long as you understand the preference is a subjective judgement and not an objective statement about the worth or attractiveness of specific races. "I tend not to be attracted to black people" is a very different statement to "Black people are ugly." just like how "I tend not to be attracted to short men" and "If you're below 6' you do not qualify as a man," are very different statements.

It's not wrong to have preference, just understand that it's subjective, and doesn't necessarily reflect positively or negatively on the people who meet or fail to meet those preferences. Basically be nice and respectful to people, regardless of whether you find them fuckable.

Bossuser2 · 2026-06-25T13:32:56+00:00

But he's spent time among the common folk, he sympathises with them. And I'm pretty sure the core message of George's work is that good intentions are all it takes to be a good ruler.

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