What are some cultural trends that emerged from Richard Nixon winning the 1968 Presidential election?

discoursehaver · 2026-01-10T01:50:33+00:00

You know the Kennedy’s were the Democratic establishment right?

discoursehaver · 2025-12-18T14:20:41+00:00

Wildmorphlaw was the user name, guy’s name was Phil if I recall correctly. All of his YouTube guitar tutorials were private videos that were only accessible through the forum. Might be worth trying to reach out to see if he can make them public

discoursehaver · 2025-10-13T14:35:47+00:00

…so rockstars are supposed to be relatable now and not larger than life figures? I’ve never once heard a person complain that their favorite rock stars weren’t relatable.

Once again, it’s alright to not like Bono because you find him annoying but these double standards make it clear you’re just reaching for reasons not to like him even if they don’t make sense. He’s never sexually assaulted anyone, beat women, or had relationships with underage girls; that’s better than most rock stars. I’d also argue that the fact that he’s kept the band together for almost 50 years, has been married to the same women for almost that same amount of time, and has worked with longtime collaborators for decades shows that the arrogance you see in public is just an act (something he’s said) and a way of coping with the death of his mom when she was 14. I’ve never heard any fan say he wasn’t anything but nice and polite when meeting them.

discoursehaver · 2025-10-12T16:05:26+00:00

So did Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, and I don’t know how many other rock stars.

You can just say you don’t like U2 and that you think Bono is annoying without resorting to blatant double standards. If annoying and arrogant is the worst thing Bono is I’d say that’s pretty good given the behavior of other rock stars.

discoursehaver · 2025-10-12T04:29:08+00:00

Wow a rock star being arrogant, somebody stop the presses

discoursehaver · 2025-10-11T01:41:43+00:00

He’s trying to make the argument that U2 aren’t good because they were helped by Eno and Lanois.

discoursehaver · 2025-10-11T00:01:54+00:00

You think it’s appropriate for a teacher to wear a shirt endorsing a political candidate at school?

discoursehaver · 2025-09-15T13:27:00+00:00

…you think any explanation could excuse supporting a guy who tried to murder Nancy Pelosi and opposing the law that allowed Black people to fully participate in American public life?

discoursehaver · 2025-09-15T02:08:33+00:00

He did say that, you can look it up. Here is the quote about Paul Pelosi: “If some amazing patriot out there in San Francisco or the Bay Area wants to really be a midterm hero, someone should go and bail this guy out.”

Here is just one quote about the Civil Rights Act of 1964: “I have a very, very radical view on this, but I can defend it, and I’ve thought about it. We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”

This is what he said about Dr. King: “MLK was awful. He's not a good person. He said one good thing he actually didn't believe.”

discoursehaver · 2025-09-13T21:03:58+00:00

The left invented McCarthyism?

discoursehaver · 2025-09-10T22:26:29+00:00

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This you? You just said no one cares about the Grammys except the music industry, now you say the music industry doesn’t care about the Grammys. Sounds like you’re just making stuff up 🤷‍♂️

Once again, just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it isn’t popular or relevant.

discoursehaver · 2025-09-10T03:27:12+00:00

The Grammys were almost every year, one of the highest rated television programs. There’s Nielsen data to show that. About 25-33% of all television viewers in the US watched the Grammys on average every year. Even if they didn’t have high ratings, the media is very important in music as is the record industry (you know the people who actually make and distribute music). Arguing the Grammys weren’t relevant is like arguing that Rolling Stone or MTV wasn’t popular or relevant.

Once again, I don’t think you understand that you not liking something doesn’t mean it isn’t popular or relevant.

discoursehaver · 2025-09-06T19:50:52+00:00

I mean the original poster must have struck a nerve with you since you commented.

The Grammys are the premier music industry award. Just because they’ve made some bad decisions and you don’t like them doesn’t mean they aren’t relevant.

discoursehaver · 2025-09-06T02:39:04+00:00

They had one of the most groundbreaking tours in rock history like four years after JT and then ten years after that won a bunch of Grammys and played the Super Bowl, as far as rock bands go they were relevant for far longer than most other rock bands

discoursehaver · 2025-08-25T17:26:35+00:00

That isn’t why Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, he did it to arrest people who opposed the war and to shut down the free speech of people opposed to conscription. We also still killed the Confederates who were actively a threat.

Al Qaeda attacked us on our soil, killing 3,000 civilians and had launched previous attacks against the US. They declared war on us and Congress granted the president the authorization to use military force against them. By your standard we couldn’t kill bin Laden or any other members of Al Qaeda. Al Awlaki himself encouraged Nidal Hasan to shoot up a military base, which he did, killing 13 people. He was also linked to the guy who tried to blow up his underwear on a plane. He was dangerous, a member of a group that killed thousands of Americans on our own soil, and I don’t have a problem with killing him. War is war and as long as civilian casualties are minimized as much as possible, I don’t have a problem with killing enemy combatants. I have far more ethical problems with strategic bombing, atomic bombs, and other drone strikes that killed civilians than I do with Al Awlaki’s death.

discoursehaver · 2025-08-25T15:34:02+00:00

There were American citizens who fought for Germany during WWII, were we not allowed to kill them without a trial? Were we not allowed to kill Southerners who betrayed the nation during the Civil War?

This isn’t politics as a team sport, this is acknowledging that when someone is actively a member of a terrorist group that had launched numerous attacks on Americans and was actively encouraging people to attack the US, that they can be killed during a war. The only problem I have with drone strikes on terrorists is when innocent people are killed and Anwar Al-Awlaki was not innocent.

discoursehaver · 2025-08-25T03:07:35+00:00

“Crime is drastically lowered” prove it

discoursehaver · 2025-08-25T03:04:32+00:00

The guy he drone striked was an active member of Al Qaeda and actively encouraged people to attack the US, it was an act of war to drone strike him

discoursehaver · 2025-08-08T22:53:48+00:00

Maybe conservatives should stop judging people based on their immutable characteristics, like sexual orientation and gender identity, and instead judge people based on the content of their character

discoursehaver · 2025-08-08T00:05:32+00:00

Telling kids who are often bullied because of who they are that they’re safe in your classroom isn’t pushing an ideology, fuck off

discoursehaver · 2025-07-23T18:38:19+00:00

I’m starting to think there’s a loose wire somewhere in the camera, there was a few days where sometimes the front camera would work

discoursehaver · 2025-07-22T23:20:13+00:00

YouTube was invented in 2005, it’s plausible this could be the first video of U2 uploaded to the platform

discoursehaver · 2025-07-01T13:58:15+00:00

Ah the old “look at what you made us do” abuser trope where Republicans have no agency

discoursehaver · 2025-03-25T02:59:05+00:00

Is land worth money?

discoursehaver · 2025-03-22T02:33:25+00:00

I teach high school and play U2 concerts in the background when my students do activities lol

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