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Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

@Dynamo Frokane

I have to beg the question as to why, if you would explain?

As for the topic itself, I believe there is probably some validity to it, which I add only for the sake of not throwing the entire thing out. What I mean by this is while sapiosexuality is not at all prevalent to the degree that it is almost "commonplace", or at least this measurable, there probably are instances of it that could be traced back and read from documentation. I am not quite that invested in looking into it, however. It is neither impactful nor meaningful enough to be of concern beyond how it outwardly portrays itself, that being it usually comes off as an attempt to stand out. From my own experiences, I am biased against things that are not more traditional forms of sexuality, not because they are different, but because I seldom hold similar views to those who conscribe to them; it is better for both to just not conflict and thus far, in those cases where I investigated deeper, I have not yet been wrong to assess the mindsets and personas were incompatible.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

My main argument is that it seems to be fairly pointless term, damn near everyone finds some sort of intelligence attractive in one way or another, and damn near nobody would only take intelligence into account while completely disregarding physicality/attitude/status etc.

@Dynamo Frokane

This is the point entirely. Not only is it incorrectly used as it is, it is difficult to nail down outside a clinical setting. Even in that, I have to wonder to myself if it is even a valid term in usage outside of being a vein of paraphilia. Someone who is attracted to intelligence irrationally might be a valid subject of study, but I strongly doubt there's much interest or usage of this in the actual field. If anything it reads and portrays itself as another attempt to distinguish one's self from the rest of the herd. Again, I am not a psychologist, but I am none too ignorant of the field and some of its details.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

@ArenaSnow

The Uranium deal, Fusion GPS and its involvement in the Magnitsky Act, Natalia Veselnitskaya that met with Donald Trump Jr., Loretta Lynch, John Podesta's Joules Unlimited, Obama's "hot mic" incident, attempted cover-up of classified and improperly destroyed servers and emails, and so on. There is plenty more evidence to suggest the opposition are the real source of smoke.

There are a few "guns" laying around as well, but who fired them and just who knew is where the lines become blurry. To date, the best Trump administration and Russian collusion tie was the meeting that was had then quickly cancelled. There is a reason the narrative has died and it is clear that stems from the fact no one is buying it anymore.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

The United States government is in dire need at all tiers of moving more toward a business model because of its egregious bureaucracy and inefficiency. There is nothing they do well by patting each other on the back and congratulating themselves for what they tend to. Anyone who has ever dealt with Veteran's Affairs, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Transportation, et cetera, et cetera can tell you what an absolute and without comparison disaster these organizations are. They are slow, barely functional, and often led by exceedingly unqualified candidates who suffer little to no penalty for failure. There is no reason this mentality should be present at any tier, especially from the top down. If that means cutting a warpath through people who are not meeting the expectations, so be it. As example, I would rather the Trump administration hire and fire four heads of education until they get it right than keep someone who is squeaking by with barely any measurable "success" in the mission and vision statement. They have four years, assuming they do not win a reelection bid, to iron out what they want done; time is of the essence and critical.

There's no shortage of information that suggests the Obama administration and the Hillary campaign have had ties to Russian operations. You have everything from the infamous instance of the then sitting President of the United States saying, "... after my election I have more flexibility." on a hot mic to the fact that Russians the Trump administration did meet with were specifically there by their competition's doing. Some are indeed what amounts to "smoking guns" and others are extremely unusual circumstances that might normally not have been possible; this is ignoring other historic instances such as the Uranium deal.

And all of these investigations have turned up... what? Nothing of note thus far and to date? The left-wing has a strong motive to collaborate with their policy and the media. There's no shortage of knowledge that this is true. The media is pushing the agenda and backing these instances, even to points of hysteria. Thus far, I've still not seen any evidence of "incompetence" or "corruption" on behalf of the Trump faction; I am not even going to argue the comparisons because at the moment, people still do not like to hear how far they have gone to discredit and tarnish the current administration.

There's little more here than disinformation, propaganda pushing, and repeated efforts to discredit someone. None of this is about the validity of the president or his agenda. It is entirely a petty effort to eliminate opposition using every tool, both legal and illegal, they have access to and have the mainstream media elaborate and embellish on all of it to further their broadcast.

Most Americans now are disinterested in these "investigations" because they are turning up with nothing.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

I am certainly no expert on the topic @Dynamo Frokane, but it seems to be a form of sexual paraphilia that focuses on the other individual's intellect and intelligence from what I recall in psychology. It tends to dwell on the fantasy of someone with exceptional or remarkable knowledge, wisdom, articulation, insight and persona - the "passion" of what makes "smart" sexually attractive over other more traditional, often physical, traits. There's some focus on the aspect of being outwitted as well.

As to how the term is employed now or those who abide by it? I admittedly do not know much there.

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There is no real issue with the hiring or firing of persons to perform roles in an administration. The Trump presidency might have hired and shuffled more around in short notice, but the practice is not exactly new. I can almost assure you that a number of those involved are still useful somewhere, even the controversial ones like Scaramucci and that even if you cannot see them, they are not completely gone from the picture being painted. If anything this ongoing hiring and firing process reminds me of a corporation undergoing restructure, which is exactly what it is. The government is in its own a way a business, with its executive redefining its operations in contrast to the previous one's; if you are not getting the work done the way it is wanted, you can expect to be removed. Family members getting favorable treatment or special roles is not a surprise either there.

The allegations of collusion are significantly more fiction than they are truth. There has yet to be any solid, incriminating or certain evidence of the Trump presidency's collaboration with Russia to win the election; everything is pointing in the exact opposite to suggest that not only the Hillary campaign was involved in actual collusion, but the previous Obama administration was as well. It is nothing but a narrative constructed by the media and its leftist investors, allies, operators and the ilk to spin a story that was exclusively fake. There's plenty of admission of that.

The sole reason the Trump administration looks to be chaos is because there are active efforts to paint and portray it that way. Over the span of seven months they have still made significant progress despite the immense amount of constant, unfiltered negative press and bombardment by their competition which hasn't enough common sense to run, hide and lick its wounds. They are swinging at anything and everything to try and sway people's opinion and are constantly failing to make their mark. Trump is an easy target in terms of political media to skew a narrative, but they are attacking the wrong things, just as they have been since he started his run for presidency.

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