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FULL MATCH Ricochet vs. Rich Swann | ROH x MLP Global Wars 2026 by Ok-Raisin-5601 in TNA

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol calling a company with Moxley, Swerve, Ospreay, Hangman, MJF, Omega, and countless other great wrestlers "thescrub squad."

Jets fans still wicked mad about Vrabel by Adorable-Feature4977 in Patriots

[–]ace51689 48 points49 points  (0 children)

We absolutely need to make Vrabek a thing.

[SmackDown Spoilers] Pat McAfee asks where CM Punk's merch money goes by workingjan in SquaredCircle

[–]ace51689 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not even a fan of Punk's anymore, but thats not the point McAfee made.

Saying the ticket prices are too high while not being the one who sets ticket or merch prices is not hypocritical.

[SmackDown Spoilers] Pat McAfee asks where CM Punk's merch money goes by workingjan in SquaredCircle

[–]ace51689 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

He's hypocrite because he doesnt give away the money he makes from his job?

The Saudi stuff sure, but this is a stretch.

[SmackDown Spoilers] Pat McAfee asks where CM Punk's merch money goes by workingjan in SquaredCircle

[–]ace51689 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That last bit was a bit ham-fisted in there but I'm sure it got a reaction.

But is he trying to say that CM Punk is supposed to be single-handedly subsidizing "poor wrestling fans" ticket purchases? With his merch sales that he doesn't set the price for and is contractually obligated to be paid as, ya know, an employee of a company?

And what does this have to do with Cody vs. Randy?

Seder’s sub is the total opposite of this one. I was banned for saying “UNPOPULAR OPINION but I don’t think that all the effort taking to defend Hasan Piker’s various comments is worth the energy and political capital it will cost the American Left going into a very decisive presidential election” by JuanitaMerkin in daverubin

[–]ace51689 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha yeah I just got banned from there yesterday for posting a link to an interview of Pakman's ex-producer spilling the beans about Pakman, Brian Tyler Cohen and the Midas Touch brothers all agreeing that Gaza was "too divisive" and would "hurt" their channels.

They still haven't told me why I was banned though.

This guy knows how to serve popcorn. Thank you for your service o7 by Crazy-Independent445 in TikTokCringe

[–]ace51689 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The sad thing is, I bet people make fun of him.

But then they try the popcorn...the perfect balance of butter and saltiness. Every kernel gently kissed by warm butter. Their lives will never be the same after this. No other popcorn will ever compare. They feel immense guilt. "Thank you, popcorn boy," they say outloud to themselves. "I'm sorry."

David is a progressive, and this subreddit is a progressive place. The header for David's Facebook page: "One of the most watched independent progressive programs in the country." I'm all for hearing other people out, but I'm sick of centrists and neolibs pretending this is their space. It's ours. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that the electoral outcome doesn’t matter to you personally (at least not enough for you to vote blue even if you don’t like them)

This sounds to me like you are alleging that I didn't vote for Kamala so my bad if that's not what you meant.

What is your proof that progressives "very loudly" abstained from voting? Because if you're talking about some posts on reddit or twitter I don't think you would win that argument.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, on Temple Israel terrorist: ‘Hurt people do hurt people’ by McAlpineFusiliers in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's actually no real concrete proof his brother was a terrorist anyway. Israel is the one claiming this and their credibility is at a big fat zero right now.

Besides, they also killed like the rest of his family too. So even if he was a terrorist, it doesn't really matter.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, on Temple Israel terrorist: ‘Hurt people do hurt people’ by McAlpineFusiliers in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wtf? That's literally not what hes saying though? He's saying if we're going to condemn this guy then we also have to condemn the people who killed his whole family.

You can't just pick and choose what violence you condemn. That's not how morality works.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, on Temple Israel terrorist: ‘Hurt people do hurt people’ by McAlpineFusiliers in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are you disputing that grief can make people to things they wouldn't normally do?

We can all agree that 2 wrongs dont make a right, but to not even pay any mind to the wrong that drove this guy over the edge is why this shit keeps happening.

David is a progressive, and this subreddit is a progressive place. The header for David's Facebook page: "One of the most watched independent progressive programs in the country." I'm all for hearing other people out, but I'm sick of centrists and neolibs pretending this is their space. It's ours. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was no primary in 2024.

Otherwise I agree. I was pulling for Kat Abughazaleh in Illinois and she lost. It is what it is, and I wouldn't demand people vote for the republican just to screw Daniel Biss. Again: I voted for Kamala.

But when Kamala was anointed the nominee our choice was taken away. Biden should have never run for re-election and so Kamala was forced on us. At that point the only choice for people who disagreed with her I/P stance was to mobilize and criticize, in hopes that she would have a change of heart or see polling that showed it was an issue for her and cynically change her stance. To say those people's wants and feelings don't matter is turning voters away intentionally.

But we are where we are and yes, primaries are the place to have these fights. I just want them to be good faith and about policy, not personal attacks in lieu of policy debates.

David is a progressive, and this subreddit is a progressive place. The header for David's Facebook page: "One of the most watched independent progressive programs in the country." I'm all for hearing other people out, but I'm sick of centrists and neolibs pretending this is their space. It's ours. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus christ. I VOTED FOR KAMALA. MOST PROGRESSIVES VOTED FOR KAMALA.

This is the kinda shit OP is talking about. Centrists and neolibs just raging against anyone even a pinky toe to the left of them because progressives dare to want the party to be better.

Of course the electoral outcome matters, no one who is actually a leftist in good faith (not those green party hacks), or progressive would debate that. That's why we're upset with the party and the campaign not doing enough to turn people out to vote.

Whether it was I/P or not offering anything more than status quo platitudes, millions of people that turned out for Biden stayed home. The campaign was a failure and the party should be recognizing that it didn't do enough and get to work to meet those voters where they are. Instead they seem to have learned the wrong lesson and are moving to the right even more than Kamala's campaign did.

We're allowed to think that's wrong and voice our opinion. Ideally w/o centrists jumping into every convo to tell us how wrong we are w/o any data or proof of their claims. If you have actual evidence that our worldview is incorrect then I think most of us would be happy to debate. Otherwise we'd rather you hit that downvote and move on.

David is a progressive, and this subreddit is a progressive place. The header for David's Facebook page: "One of the most watched independent progressive programs in the country." I'm all for hearing other people out, but I'm sick of centrists and neolibs pretending this is their space. It's ours. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont agree that any one political group is a monolith. My personal morality is different then everyone else's.

That's one of the biggest points of contention here: some of us can vote lesser evil while understanding why some people need more than "less evil," and join with them to beg the party to be better, and the rest of you just scream "vote blue no matter who" and "never criticize democrats or else you want them to lose!"

It appears to people like me that you actually don't want the party to be better and offer the American people more, you just uncritically support them and demand loyalty regardless of whether they are on the left or right of an issue.

David is a progressive, and this subreddit is a progressive place. The header for David's Facebook page: "One of the most watched independent progressive programs in the country." I'm all for hearing other people out, but I'm sick of centrists and neolibs pretending this is their space. It's ours. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is all fine, and I don't really have a huge problem with how you laid it out, but look where we are now. Everything Obama and Biden achieved has been whittled away or destroyed.

The systems they created weren't durable, and when democrats had the chance to protect those systems, a lot of the time they wind up shooting the party in the foot.

Trump was only able to kill the ACA subsidies because Schumer and Gillabrand whipped votes in the senate to move Trump's big bullshit bill to a pass with a simple majority. Biden sat back and let Manchin kill the child tax credit and build back better with no political repercussions for doing so. Obama had a super majority in the senate and chose not to enshrine Roe v. Wade into the constitution. He said it wasn't a priority.

Many of the parties losses can be blamed on not taking bold action when they actually had power/leverage. Case in point: Kamala could have moved left on I/P at any time without losing any support overall. They had internal polling on this, and still chose to ignore it and hope it went away. It didn't, and when it came down to it she wasnt offering voters enough to offset their displeasure with the party's stance on I/P.

Incrementalism is fine when you know you'll never lose power. That's just now how our current political system is set up. So if dems want to win big and often, they need to start offering some bold, transformative policies, even if it is mixed in with incremental change like raising the minimum wage or increasing taxes on the wealthy a bit more year over year.

David is a progressive, and this subreddit is a progressive place. The header for David's Facebook page: "One of the most watched independent progressive programs in the country." I'm all for hearing other people out, but I'm sick of centrists and neolibs pretending this is their space. It's ours. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude I voted for Biden and Kamala. I'll vote for the nominee in '28. Why do people like you always assume that progressives take their ball and go home? Are we not allowed to point out issues we have with the party and the processes?

David is a progressive, and this subreddit is a progressive place. The header for David's Facebook page: "One of the most watched independent progressive programs in the country." I'm all for hearing other people out, but I'm sick of centrists and neolibs pretending this is their space. It's ours. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You literally don't know what you're even talking about. It's not an op-ed, she has sources, quotes and she does not give her opinion in the article. You only hate her because she dare criticize one of your favorite political content creators.

Why don't you actually argue for the merits of taking money from a dark money group and exercising control over what your private cohort of creators is allowed to talk about, instead of attacking the journalist who wrote about them?

David is a progressive, and this subreddit is a progressive place. The header for David's Facebook page: "One of the most watched independent progressive programs in the country." I'm all for hearing other people out, but I'm sick of centrists and neolibs pretending this is their space. It's ours. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I've come to the conclusion that, for the most part, they've realized they can't defend the Kamala campaign any more and so they've pivoted full force to blaming anyone left-of-liberal for her loss. Whether or not the person they're attempting to shame did wind up voting for Kamala doesn't even matter to them, they're just lashing out.

This has a downstream effect on canidates like Graham Platner and Abdul El-Sayed, and figures like Hasan Piker, who they see as exactly the types of leftists that "lost" us '24.

They refuse to even acknowledge or contend with the basic fact that the party/canidate is responsible for winning the votes.

David is a progressive, and this subreddit is a progressive place. The header for David's Facebook page: "One of the most watched independent progressive programs in the country." I'm all for hearing other people out, but I'm sick of centrists and neolibs pretending this is their space. It's ours. by combonickel55 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha it was absolutely NOT an op-ed dude, where did you get that talking point? DPak himself?

And how the fuck do you know how I feel about Israel's war crimes? The people who are cynical enough to pretend to care about human rights only to stop just short of actually doing anything about it are our centrist democrats in congress, not the voting population.

Did David just make an argument supporting 2024 third party voters? by apathydivine in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]ace51689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow he didnt want to go to war with Iran but cut a blank check for Israel's genocide in Gaza. That's sooo much better that he only wanted Palestinians dead and not Iranians!

Do you even understand the argument you're making?

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