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Captain Winky said:

I am ashamed to admit that I have been spending more time over there, and now the forum shows up on my profile based on activity. I voted for Trump, so I am not a "lib" or a "dem", but anything seen as a challenge to Trump and MAGA is shouted down and ridiculed.

I asked a poster to specifically address the tweets from Trump when he said the economy was booming in 2024 because of his poll numbers, and the opposing tweet recently that said the economy was 100% Biden's, and he had nothing to do with it. Those tweets were pretty dumb and contradictory, but no one could admit that maybe it wasn't a great look and made him look foolish. Most responses were some variation of, "oh yeah, well you libs supported a brain-dead president who wanted boys to shower with young girls". What does that have to do with Trump's tweets, and why can't anyone either admit they were a bad look or even somehow defend him
I criticize Trump all the time over there and I don't get "shouted down" and ridiculed. Either that or your definition of being shouted down and ridiculed is weak sauce.
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aTmAg said:

Captain Winky said:

I am ashamed to admit that I have been spending more time over there, and now the forum shows up on my profile based on activity. I voted for Trump, so I am not a "lib" or a "dem", but anything seen as a challenge to Trump and MAGA is shouted down and ridiculed.

I asked a poster to specifically address the tweets from Trump when he said the economy was booming in 2024 because of his poll numbers, and the opposing tweet recently that said the economy was 100% Biden's, and he had nothing to do with it. Those tweets were pretty dumb and contradictory, but no one could admit that maybe it wasn't a great look and made him look foolish. Most responses were some variation of, "oh yeah, well you libs supported a brain-dead president who wanted boys to shower with young girls". What does that have to do with Trump's tweets, and why can't anyone either admit they were a bad look or even somehow defend him
I criticize Trump all the time over there and I don't get "shouted down" and ridiculed. Either that or your definition of being shouted down and ridiculed is weak sauce.
48,000 posts on F16?? Jesus christ, man...
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TCTTS said:

This.

We would instantly fall behind in recruiting in every major sport if the contents of F16 were widely known/distributed, in conjunction with the reveal of the massive number of Aggies who traffic that board.

I've seen multiple posts over the years...

- Gleefully referring to Michelle Obama as a monkey.

- Actively rooting for a second civil war so as to have the opportunity to kill liberals with impunity.

- Saying the gay/trans community is pure evil and should burn in hell.

Never mind all the other daily slop wherein anyone who doesn't share the exact right hardcore conservative values is villainized to the most ridiculous degree and "curb stomped" to oblivion, as they like to brag.

Yes, there are also plenty of smart, insightful conversations by clearly knowledgable people. A number of which I do actually agree with quite often. But to say the reason people like me avoid posting on that board is because we're "scared" is insane. When in truth the board is also a cesspool of some of the worst people I've ever encountered on the internet, who I simply do not want to associate with in any way.

What a bunch of stupid over the top gibberish. You are so full of yourself, it's really comical. You are by far one of the worst posters on the forum. You actually ruin F13 to be honest. You should just go to reddit and stop spamming every damn thread with your poor takes.

btw, our recruiting is just fine. You know why? Because they care about one thing, money.


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boy09 said:

aTmAg said:

Captain Winky said:

I am ashamed to admit that I have been spending more time over there, and now the forum shows up on my profile based on activity. I voted for Trump, so I am not a "lib" or a "dem", but anything seen as a challenge to Trump and MAGA is shouted down and ridiculed.

I asked a poster to specifically address the tweets from Trump when he said the economy was booming in 2024 because of his poll numbers, and the opposing tweet recently that said the economy was 100% Biden's, and he had nothing to do with it. Those tweets were pretty dumb and contradictory, but no one could admit that maybe it wasn't a great look and made him look foolish. Most responses were some variation of, "oh yeah, well you libs supported a brain-dead president who wanted boys to shower with young girls". What does that have to do with Trump's tweets, and why can't anyone either admit they were a bad look or even somehow defend him
I criticize Trump all the time over there and I don't get "shouted down" and ridiculed. Either that or your definition of being shouted down and ridiculed is weak sauce.
48,000 posts on F16?? Jesus christ, man...


That's about 5 posts a day. There are people who easily clear that on this board every day.

This is fake outrage.
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Have you ever contributed anything of value to this forum other than the most reductive hate and negativity? Even in your obsession with calling me out in this thread, there's no there there. There's no substance or point. It's just reactive drivel that amounts to nothing more than neanderthal-like insults and grunting. If you're going to come at me, at least come at me with cogent arguments or address the point at hand. Otherwise, it all just reads as obsessive slop.
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boy09 said:

aTmAg said:

Captain Winky said:

I am ashamed to admit that I have been spending more time over there, and now the forum shows up on my profile based on activity. I voted for Trump, so I am not a "lib" or a "dem", but anything seen as a challenge to Trump and MAGA is shouted down and ridiculed.

I asked a poster to specifically address the tweets from Trump when he said the economy was booming in 2024 because of his poll numbers, and the opposing tweet recently that said the economy was 100% Biden's, and he had nothing to do with it. Those tweets were pretty dumb and contradictory, but no one could admit that maybe it wasn't a great look and made him look foolish. Most responses were some variation of, "oh yeah, well you libs supported a brain-dead president who wanted boys to shower with young girls". What does that have to do with Trump's tweets, and why can't anyone either admit they were a bad look or even somehow defend him
I criticize Trump all the time over there and I don't get "shouted down" and ridiculed. Either that or your definition of being shouted down and ridiculed is weak sauce.
48,000 posts on F16?? Jesus christ, man...
Clearly I'm not scared.
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TCTTS said:

Have you ever contributed anything of value to this forum other than the most reductive hate and negativity? Even in your obsession with calling me out in this thread, there's no there there. There's no substance or point. It's just reactive drivel that amounts to nothing more than neanderthal-like insults and grunting. If you're going to come at me, at least come at me with cogent arguments or address the point at hand. Otherwise, it all just reads as obsessive slop.


Try contributing without making every thread a referendum on how virtuous and evolved you think you are. F13 is basically your personal therapy journal at this point.
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I don't understand Hollywood business enough to know whether tarrifs have a place, but it doesn't seem so as it is not a hard product.

But when every single democrat senator recently supported men in women's sports (among other BSC things), it's just hard for me to qualify Trump as "insane" for this comment.
So.

You admit you *know nothing* on this topic.

But you came in blasting like 10 posts. And your reasoning, in your words is "that democratic Senators voting for men in women's sports", must mean that Trump can make stupid comments about tariffs that don't make sense in the entertainment industry and all the blah blah blahs.

If you're going to come have reasonable discourse about a subject you admittedly have no knowledge about, and people on here do, don't then try to tie it to women's sports out of nowhere. I mean, it's clear "reasonable discourse" isn't a thing for you. But Jesus.
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To say he ruins F13 is a pretty terrible take. There would be a lot fewer topics and discussions in general.

I roll my eyes plenty of times with some of his takes, and he takes the bait a little too easily from some of yall, but he is a net positive to the forum. Can't say the same of some here who just repeat the same talking points regardless of the movie or show that is being discussed.. It would be similar to the Houston board, when some dipsh/ts ran off Ryan The Temp, and there was a definite drop until he came back.
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I can't believe he got sucked into another one of these and it's still going.
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oragator said:

I can't believe he got sucked into another one of these and it's still going.



It's because everyone is obsessed!!!
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RTT leaving also coupled with a certain moderator who ruined the board.
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Or… maybe I find it fun at times in politically allowed threads to clap back at such easy targets, and actively choose to point out/respond to some of their more cliched, ridiculously bias takes. After, of course, in this instance I merely responded to a question asked of me, at which point my honest assessment somehow pissed off a handful of the same, politically obsessed posters who make a constant, over-the-top habit of taking issue with me.
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YouBet said:

boy09 said:

aTmAg said:

Captain Winky said:

I am ashamed to admit that I have been spending more time over there, and now the forum shows up on my profile based on activity. I voted for Trump, so I am not a "lib" or a "dem", but anything seen as a challenge to Trump and MAGA is shouted down and ridiculed.

I asked a poster to specifically address the tweets from Trump when he said the economy was booming in 2024 because of his poll numbers, and the opposing tweet recently that said the economy was 100% Biden's, and he had nothing to do with it. Those tweets were pretty dumb and contradictory, but no one could admit that maybe it wasn't a great look and made him look foolish. Most responses were some variation of, "oh yeah, well you libs supported a brain-dead president who wanted boys to shower with young girls". What does that have to do with Trump's tweets, and why can't anyone either admit they were a bad look or even somehow defend him
I criticize Trump all the time over there and I don't get "shouted down" and ridiculed. Either that or your definition of being shouted down and ridiculed is weak sauce.
48,000 posts on F16?? Jesus christ, man...


That's about 5 posts a day. There are people who easily clear that on this board every day.

This is fake outrage.
That's 5 posts a day if you've been posting on TexAgs daily for over 26 years.

Edit: Apparently he joined in 2001 so the math almost works, though I'd imagine the actual distribution is a bit more concentrated.
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I've voted for Trump 3 times but I hate the idea of foreign film tarrifs

Woke Hollywood has been nothing but dog**** for years & foreign movies are really the only films worth a damn these days


I don't see how blocking solid foreign films to produce more Hollywood dog**** is going to produce a net positive
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It was less about tariffing actual foreign films, and more about somehow tariffing the production of American films from American studios made in other countries. Or something. Like how Marvel has moved their productions from Atlanta to the UK due to UK tax incentives. For instance, The Fantastic Four takes place in New York, but the entire thing was shot on a UK backlot. The point is to get productions back in the states, but tariffs make zero sense and obviously wouldn't do the trick. Hopefully a different/better solution can be reached, though.
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El Gallo Blanco said:

20ag07 said:

And of course, 4 posts, and you don't actually address what was said. You go on a tirade about leftists in Hollywood without admitting what Trump said was dumb. So dumb, his office was walking it back on Monday.

It doesn't make you a leftist to say that Trump does dumbass stuff like this many times and there's no reason for him to. It just makes you an objective human being.
Trump says dumb things...there's good Trump/bad Trump (most F16'ers admit this from my experience)...I don't understand Hollywood business enough to know whether tarrifs have a place, but it doesn't seem so as it is not a hard product.

But when every single democrat senator recently supported men in women's sports (among other BSC things), it's just hard for me to qualify Trump as "insane" for this comment.
I know this is really difficult for you. But someone can be right in some areas and wrong in others. I hope that helps.As a Trump voter, he can be ****ing insane.
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20ag07 said:

And of course, 4 posts, and you don't actually address what was said. You go on a tirade about leftists in Hollywood without admitting what Trump said was dumb. So dumb, his office was walking it back on Monday.

It doesn't make you a leftist to say that Trump does dumbass stuff like this many times and there's no reason for him to. It just makes you an objective human being.

Like many politicians before him, Trump is going to say some dumb things. He thinks out loud and has no filter. I wish he had one, but he is who he is. I like a lot of his policies, and I understand his negotiating style. I don't flip my lid over every single thing he says like some people do. Of course, the mainstream press parses every word and slants everything to be as bad as it could possibly be.

Don't hang on every word, and you'll be a lot happier.

Again, Biden's White House was constantly walking back things that he said. You should be used to it.
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El Gallo Blanco said:

TCTTS said:

If anything, I literally thought, "I'm actually not being negative toward F16ers for once." But nope, even in a thread where everyone agrees what Trump said makes absolutely no sense, a couple people still found ways to start petty *****
I think a lot of it is your track record of calling Trump and/or his supporters "insane". Brah, you're in Hollywood lol. Come on, I'm trying to be friendly, but you always acting like conservative dudes (mostly every day family men) on F16 are psycho? It's just funny. You live in a complete hotbed of psychos...that part of Cali is completely incompatible with the rest of the country. San Diego thinks yall are weird and fruity.

To be fair, you may not have been targeting Trump voters THIS time. But you and many others here have repeatedly over time. It's just rich.


to be fair, its not a normal every day thing to spend significant amounts of time rallying against the 12 trans people trying to run women's track in the country or whatever. maybe we just admit nobody acts like a rational human when it comes to 2025 politics and no matter how much someone claims to always be rational and sane about it, they're 100% lying (maybe to themselves also). i'm not excluding myself either. so maybe it's best to just stop attempting the political team sports on this board because they're never ever ever ever going to be discussed without going south, and instead we keep this board to one or the few places we don't have to be completely depressed that this country is f'ed
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How about we just lay it all out there. Hollywood sucks and if you disagree I'm sure you'll be the first in line to buy a ticket for that mess of Karate Kid 5 coming out. No one cares about their politics, just make a damn movie.
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TCTTS said:

clap back
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dixie whiskey said:

El Gallo Blanco said:

TCTTS said:

If anything, I literally thought, "I'm actually not being negative toward F16ers for once." But nope, even in a thread where everyone agrees what Trump said makes absolutely no sense, a couple people still found ways to start petty *****
I think a lot of it is your track record of calling Trump and/or his supporters "insane". Brah, you're in Hollywood lol. Come on, I'm trying to be friendly, but you always acting like conservative dudes (mostly every day family men) on F16 are psycho? It's just funny. You live in a complete hotbed of psychos...that part of Cali is completely incompatible with the rest of the country. San Diego thinks yall are weird and fruity.

To be fair, you may not have been targeting Trump voters THIS time. But you and many others here have repeatedly over time. It's just rich.


to be fair, its not a normal every day thing to spend significant amounts of time rallying against the 12 trans people trying to run women's track in the country or whatever. maybe we just admit nobody acts like a rational human when it comes to 2025 politics and no matter how much someone claims to always be rational and sane about it, they're 100% lying (maybe to themselves also). i'm not excluding myself either. so maybe it's best to just stop attempting the political team sports on this board because they're never ever ever ever going to be discussed without going south, and instead we keep this board to one or the few places we don't have to be completely depressed that this country is f'ed
Being extremely obtuse to think that is really what we care about. No, we care about our offspring inheriting a future world where that is broadly accepted as normal/ecceptable. EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT SENATOR SUPPORTS IT.

It is a troubling "canary in the coalmine" of a society that could go off the deep end if they do not course correct things. And a LARGE % of modern liberals do support men (mentally ill ones btw) in womens spaces (sports/showers/locker rooms).

Another example is the highly explicit and pornographic "Gender Queer" book that liberals were putting in childrens school libraries. I realize that most libraries probably don't carry this book...the troubling thing to me is the wailing I saw from some of my more moderate friends when it was ordered removed from these libraries.

The vast majority of leftists were AGAINST this. Many comparing Desantis and other leaders to "Hitler".

We are basically two countries at this point...and we acknowledge compeltely separate realities. We have no common goals or visions from the future. And me and most of my "right wing" buddies just want our children to inherit futures/cultures that aren't completely unrecognizable to the ones we were privileged enough to enjoy.
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i gotta say, this thread has been more entertaining than most of the crap ive seen come out of hollyweird lately. although I dont quite understand how some here can make it through life being so naive. they must get taken advantage of every got damn day without ever realizing it.
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Can you share how many school board meetings you have spoken at or what other steps you are taking to fight this?
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Captain Winky said:

Can you share how many school board meetings you have spoken at or what other steps you are taking to fight this?
If this rears its god forsaken ugly head when my daughter is in elementary school starting in two years, you better believe I will be there. We are in the more conservative Houston suburbs, so it's far less likely than in the liberal cesspool known as HISD, but it does happen from time to time in normal suburban areas. Hell, our friends in college station told us about how the HS had to make certain accommodations for a girl who identified as a MF CAT.

If a mentally ill biological male ever lines up against my daughter in ANY sport, I have vowed to my wife that I am coming out of the bleachers. I don't understand how any so-called father can just sit there and watch that take place in front of his eyes without doing something. Many girls have been injured and had their life's dreams shattered after years/decades of hard work and devotion.

The modern left is a carney freakshow.
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Speaking of mentally ill
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So to sum it up, you do nothing but rant on the internet and to your friends.

Including about things like tariffs on entertainment, which you admit you know nothing about. And neither does the president, apparently. But you want to make calling that rant stupid into some argument about men competing in women's sports.

That about sum it up?
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20ag07 said:

So to sum it up, you do nothing but rant on the internet and to your friends.

Including about things like tariffs on entertainment, which you admit you know nothing about. And neither does the president, apparently. But you want to make calling that rant stupid into some argument about men competing in women's sports.

That about sum it up?
Yeah, I mean, unlike leftists, we don't block roads, airports, assault people, bus people to protest on campuses, destroy entire city blocks, identify and target certain brands of cars for destruction, stand on street corners screaming into bullhorns etc. We just try to be decent family people.

I will certainly address this head on if it ever becomes an issue re: my family, but for now, I will engage in free and open discussion with brainwashed liberals and vote. Bout all I can do. I know, you're used to people getting rowdy in the streets for their causes, but we don't do that. You'll never see conservatives screaming jews off campus of sitting like idiots and blocking major thoroughfares.
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El Gallo Blanco said:


Hell, our friends in college station told us about how the HS had to make certain accommodations for a girl who identified as a MF CAT.
Was her name also La-a?
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I know, you're used to people getting rowdy in the streets for their causes, but we don't do that. You'll never see conservatives screaming jews off campus of sitting like idiots and blocking major thoroughfares.
I've seen more conservative protests than I can count (usually with Confederate flags) on overpasses and major events in quite large cities. So don't even pretend the BS you just spewed is the case. You just must not get out much because you're too busy ranting about it on the internet.

Believe whatever you want, just don't be disingenuous about it, and plug up actual conversations on topics at hand.
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El Gallo Blanco said:

20ag07 said:

So to sum it up, you do nothing but rant on the internet and to your friends.

Including about things like tariffs on entertainment, which you admit you know nothing about. And neither does the president, apparently. But you want to make calling that rant stupid into some argument about men competing in women's sports.

That about sum it up?
Yeah, I mean, unlike leftists, we don't block roads, airports, assault people, bus people to protest on campuses, destroy entire city blocks, identify and target certain brands of cars for destruction, stand on street corners screaming into bullhorns etc. We just try to be decent family people.

I will certainly address this head on if it ever becomes an issue re: my family, but for now, I will engage in free and open discussion with brainwashed liberals and vote. Bout all I can do. I know, you're used to people getting rowdy in the streets for their causes, but we don't do that. You'll never see conservatives screaming jews off campus of sitting like idiots and blocking major thoroughfares.
I see you haven't been to an A&M football game recently. There are always 2-3 street preachers we walk by leaving Kyle Field. Unless the the guys screaming repent or burn into a mic are one of those crazy leftists.
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Lol... this thread.

Starts with Trump posting something wild, like he always does, to see what the reaction is. Sure enough, the usual suspects respond in their TDS way. He then walks it back to a more nuanced approach of wanting to talk to Hollywood execs about the issues they face and how the White House can help, but everyone's already on their TDS tirade.

And then we get several pages of the normal ET board political arguments devolving into name calling and claiming everyone is "obsessed" with a poster because they responded to him on an Aggie athletics sub-forum.
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fig96 said:

YouBet said:

boy09 said:

aTmAg said:

Captain Winky said:

I am ashamed to admit that I have been spending more time over there, and now the forum shows up on my profile based on activity. I voted for Trump, so I am not a "lib" or a "dem", but anything seen as a challenge to Trump and MAGA is shouted down and ridiculed.

I asked a poster to specifically address the tweets from Trump when he said the economy was booming in 2024 because of his poll numbers, and the opposing tweet recently that said the economy was 100% Biden's, and he had nothing to do with it. Those tweets were pretty dumb and contradictory, but no one could admit that maybe it wasn't a great look and made him look foolish. Most responses were some variation of, "oh yeah, well you libs supported a brain-dead president who wanted boys to shower with young girls". What does that have to do with Trump's tweets, and why can't anyone either admit they were a bad look or even somehow defend him
I criticize Trump all the time over there and I don't get "shouted down" and ridiculed. Either that or your definition of being shouted down and ridiculed is weak sauce.
48,000 posts on F16?? Jesus christ, man...


That's about 5 posts a day. There are people who easily clear that on this board every day.

This is fake outrage.
That's 5 posts a day if you've been posting on TexAgs daily for over 26 years.

Edit: Apparently he joined in 2001 so the math almost works, though I'd imagine the actual distribution is a bit more concentrated.
I know this is a shocker, but conversations typically have more than 5 inputs from a single party in the back-and-forth. *gasp*

So when you're discussing a topic, especially one that you start, you tend to flesh out the idea and respond to questions and critiques. Mind-blowing aint it?

During election seasons, folks could post dozens of replies a day. Funny how watching the Aggies playing football game, posters can do a hundred replies reacting to the plays/calls/players/coaches/ramifications of the game. This is not abnormal behavior for TA regulars...but if its discussing politics, something wider in scope and thought provoking than pigskin, somehow thats gauche or taboo?
 
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