Trumpocalypse: No hanky/lanky

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  1. LetItSoak

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    Atlanta wouldn't give them a 9 figure subsidy for the stadium and to "be closer to the fans" which really meant move farther from where black people live
     
  2. Truman

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  3. Fran Tarkenton

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    Come up with every reason for white flight, and apply it to Liberty Media. You will not find a bigger hater of the current Braves ownership than me, and a bigger fan of the franchise prior to then, so it cuts deep..

    Some surface level stuff
    • Got a $500m welfare handout from citizens of Cobb County
    • Cheap as fuck ownership refused to invest in 10 yr old existing ballpark. Same reason they penny pinch roster payroll and end up in the situation they have been post AOL-TimeWarner.
    • Current Ownership was given a fairly good park that was bought and paid for by Ted Turner. Any modicum of construction in/around park would have cured legitimate issues around Turner Field. Those very investments are currently happening. 2 of best new restaurants in Atlanta are built within walking distance of old stadium
    • Bad faith negotiation with City, they got thirsty that City extended 30 yr old tax to finance the $250m the MLS/NFL stadium got. Gross lack of community stewardship. Negotiation lasted like 10 days until the actual Cobb plan was revealed.
    • But really the issue were the bad actors involved. All the worst forms of Republicans imaginable.
    • The veneer of "moving to where the fanbase is located", the open disdain for public transport, and just open signaling of Atlanta's long rivalry (now actual dissipating rivalry) with Cobb County were racist bullhorns.
     
  4. electronic

    electronic It’s satire!
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  5. Sub-Zero

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    a Cobb politician (can't remember name or title) made it his goal to move the team and succeeded and then was immediately voted out at the first opportunity.

    It still baffles me to hell why Marta wasn't ever even extended to the OLD stadium back in the 90s when it was originally built FOR THE DAMN OLYMPICS.
     
  6. Sub-Zero

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  7. wes tegg

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    Without traffic, like 25 minutes. But, it's Atlanta and there's always traffic, so closer to an hour under normal circumstances.
     
  8. chuckmasterflex

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    They like sex crimes. It is good to them.
     
  9. London Humphreys

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    You forgot the part about that drive being worse than slamming your dick in the door
     
  10. slogan119

    slogan119 Her?
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    No
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    Shit
    Sherlock
     
  11. steamengine

    steamengine I don’t want to press one for English!
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    I’m sure it couldve been anything, really.
     
  12. BellottiBold

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  13. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    Sex crimes skyrocket you into GOP frontrunner status
     
  14. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    How the fuck do I get this easy as shit job?
     
  15. Redav

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    Like a lot of kids who grew up in the south in the 90s I was a huge Braves fan. Haven't really followed MLB in 10-15 years. If I did I would prob actively root against the Braves because of the moving the team bullshit.
     
  16. AptosDuck

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    Liked Dale Murphy, for some reason absolutely hated Bob Horner

    Neutral about Glenn Hubbard until he became an A, then I liked him

    Always enjoyed watching Hrabosky take the mound
     
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  17. chuckmasterflex

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    I would like one get out of jail card please
     
  18. fsugrad99

    fsugrad99 I'm the victim here
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    Trump didn’t even know his name
     
  19. Guns

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    not gonna lie Helium Eric is fuckin funny
     
  20. Can I Spliff it

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    Its not a bit though lmao

     
  21. Can I Spliff it

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    Which means its even funnier
     
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  22. HoosDaMan

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    I wonder if that’s a sign of something. Dude might have a health issue. I don’t remember his voice being so high
     
  23. —

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    Cant wait to see the ratings.
     
  24. SD_Irish

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    Conservatives are terribly unfunny. They aren't creative, belabor awful punchlines and generally take themselves way too seriously - a horrible combo for making humor work.

    I cringe watching this garbage.
     
  25. Duck70

    Duck70 Let's just do it and be legends, man
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    Wait, that Eric Trump voice is for sure fake right? I cant tell whats real anymore
     
  26. BrentTray

    BrentTray I’m thinking Dorsia.
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  27. chuckmasterflex

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  28. CaneKnight

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    Patrick Bateman level shit
     
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  29. 40wwttamgib

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    good. fuck him.
     
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  30. Beeds07

    Beeds07 Bitch, it's Saturday
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    ...Is she pro murdering the homeless?
     
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  31. 40wwttamgib

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    surely this is rhetorical ... she's a republican
     
  32. ned's head

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    Lmao. Florida is a two party state, and they want to break it for...that? We truly have the dumbest people running our governments
     
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  33. clemsontyger04

    clemsontyger04 Two offensive coordinators are better than one
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    Read this piece this morning and found it extremely troubling and has me rethinking where I live even more

     
  34. chuckmasterflex

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  35. steamengine

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    All that Texas flair on the wall I’d assume to compensate for the fact he’s from Massachusetts and went to Notre Dame.
     
  36. Redav

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    I'd like to know how the "fewer but better" argument doesn't turn racist really quickly
     
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  37. Bo Pelinis

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    "Hur dur people should have to take a test to vote."

    "Shit like that was historically used to disenfranchise minorities."

    "Well that was THEN."
     
  38. Bo Pelinis

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    And it's usually as much about poors voting as it is about minorities voting because poors vote for handouts and they don't deserve to have a say in my money. But that also overlaps with racism to a good extent.
     
  39. Truman

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    I love when conservatives cite "tyranny of the majority" as it was used in the Federalist papers (Madison, I think). It was used to justify voting rights should only be given to the wealthy elites
     
  40. Redav

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    That pisses me off because National Review at least touts itself as this high minded conservative outlet. I realize conservatism is basically devoid of intellectualism at this point but that's straight up a racist argument.
     
  41. Beeds07

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    I once had a guy try to convince me that there should be a test you take to be able to vote. I thought it was absurd, but looking at conspiracy theories by the right, I might be on board.
     
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  42. Bo Pelinis

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    The problem is the people who want the test would be writing the test and we're living in different worlds than those loons.
     
  43. HowdyHorns

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    Can you turn something when said something is the starting point?
     
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