Apple Withholds Republican Convention Donations Over Trump Politics

[American Hero]

I'm NOT a Hilary supporter, though you almost make me one just out of spite. I mean seriously... "with how females think"? Are you one of those people who think the 19th Amendment should be repealed cause it lets women have an opinion on the election?

There's equality.

And then there's "equality," which women have. Personally I don't appreciate a woman being able to say whatever she wants to me, yet, I have to "respect women" by just sitting there with my thumb up my butt while she goes on a rampage, or else I'm looked down upon as a loser. Of course, there's other examples that have to do with my point too, but I'll just start with that for now.

More of this will continue to happen, and probably become worse if a woman is elected president. We already have a president that lacks balls, we don't need another.

 

[Bobby Corwen]

Ha! Look at all those vaginas pretend they're people! Am I rite, Bobby? Am I rite am I rite am I rite?

Yes they are all decidedly quite unattractive which leads me to suspect their moral agendas and motivations.

All human beings are quite simple creatures if you understand the basics of psychology, biology and sociology.

Why shouldn't I suspect the obvious. Patterns in society are real. All homo-sapien a are motivated by the same things.

 

[Renzatic]

There definitely appears to be a smear-Trump campaign underway within the media. Unflattering poses of Trump seem to pop up everywhere and everything he does or says is spun negatively, while Hillary largely is projected as 'the voice of reason' and seems to get a free pass.

Let's not fall victim to confirmation bias here, huh? Yee Olde Main Stream Media is about as critical of Hillary as they are of Trump.

The problem is, Trump's been putting his foot in his mouth quite a bit over the last month. I mean the things he says don't even have to be spun to look negative. They're straight up embarrassing, to the point that his own party wants to take a step away from him. If the media's guilty of anything, it's too easily going for low hanging fruit.

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All human beings are quite simple creatures if you understand the basics of psychology, biology and sociology.

Chicks be all like cray-cray cuz PMS, yo.

 

[MadeTheSwitch]

We have a severe illegal immigrant problem here and it's only getting worse.

Source? To listen to claims like this you'd think you couldn't throw a rock without hitting one outside your front door. Ridiculous. There actually has been a net reversal in migration.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/mexican-immigration-to-u-s-reverses-1447954334
But let's pretend that hasn't happened and make claims that it's worse instead!

 

[Bobby Corwen]

Chicks be all like cray-cray cuz PMS, yo.

*cringe

 

[MadeTheSwitch]

Yeah I tried to get that Reznatic guy to watch a documentary on Trump to see why he would be effective at helping this country but he wouldnt watch it.

Instead playing to the cliche, "the greater of two evils" logic that is popular right now.

I consider those people future Trump supporters who are in "transition" -They will come around there is nothing stoping this presidency, this movement. Its bigger than politics.

By the time Trump massacres hillary in the debates (with body language alone, not topic points) they will eventually follow the snowball and allow themselves to board the Trump bandwagon.

Many voters who think like that are swayed by momentum more than logic.

Yeah..you know what happens where there are no breaks on a train? It jumps the track and crashes.

Very appropriate comparison. LOL

 

[iapplelove]

Source? To listen to claims like this you'd think you couldn't throw a rock without hitting one outside your front door. Ridiculous. There actually has been a net reversal in migration.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/mexican-immigration-to-u-s-reverses-1447954334
But let's pretend that hasn't happened and make claims that it's worse instead!

I'm just going by plenty of folks who actually live near or on our borders,just do the homework. Compared to other countries our borders are wide open. It's much harder being an illegal in Mexico than it is here in the USA. I get what you mean about the rock comment lol but you don't even know me.

 

[Bobby Corwen]

Yeah..you know what happens where there are no breaks on a train? It jumps the track and crashes.

Very appropriate comparison. LOL

You seem brittle and emotional.

What exactly is your thesis in all this?

 

[Deacon-Blues]

Since the death of Steve Jobs Apple has become decidedly more political. As a conservative it was never a problem for me knowing Jobs was a lib because the company was never overtly political . The new leadership is almost constantly reminding me now that they hate me, they want nothing to do with me or my money. They would rather not have the business of half the population because their politics aren't the right kind of politics.

Do I keep spending money with a company that thinks so little of me?

 

[KPOM]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racist-examples_us_56d47177e4b03260bf777e83

Many of those examples are painfully clear. He is anti-women, anti-muslim, anti-mexican, anti-lgbt and anti-minority.

No he isn't. He's the only GOP candidate who spoke out against the laws in NC and IN. He promoted women executives at his organization, and he is all for legal immigration. I don't like a lot of his campaign policies, but the left is too quick to dismiss anyone they disagree with as racist/sexist. He strikes me a lot like Ross Perot, but a bit less filtered (if that's possible). I.e. an economic nationalist.

 

[Renzatic]

I'm just going by plenty of folks who actually live near or on our borders,just do the homework.

I'm pretty sure that people who live in southern California think there are Mexicans everywhere.

 

[thasan]

Your numbers are grossly inaccurate.

According to the latest polls Trump will win by a landslide.

VS Hillary:

April - down 13%
May - down 5%
June - up 3%
July - up ???
August - up ?????
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On a deeper level, his ego and Americas "success" are tied together hand in hand.

So if you say he was a narcissist ego-maniac (the most powerful motivator)

Well imagine that his legendary status is now dependent on his performance as president. So he is hyper driven by his ego, and his ego relies on the success of all of us.

So that is a good thing.

Trump already won long ago, when he was looking down on NY from his private Jet in the late 80s having just hit 1 BILLION and setting NY on a resurgence with his real estate maneuvers, he conquered the earth.

From then on it was a game, and the Fortune 500 was his competition. That was his only motivator, not money, but fame, success.

Now that same drive will become the benefit of the USA.

Thats a GOOD thing.

Lol. I didn't know trump could write full sentences )
Very well done!

 

[MadeTheSwitch]

Not only that but those things are bogus, fallacies like comparing everything to Hitler etc.

Even the disabled thing is more examples of bogus criticisms. Trump had no idea what that reporter looked like.

Riiiiiight. He just happened to contort himself into the exact same position. What a coincidence. You are so easily conned.

Like I said yesterday, you just didn't drink the kool-aid, you've jumped into the vat and are swimming in it (and sinking fast).

Yet here people are, intellectually dishonest, bringing it up like its a valid criticism against Trump when its already been explained and debunked. The story of this election and the reason Trump will win in a landslide.

Trump attempting to weasel out of something is not a "debunk". It's just more of Trump lying, same as always. It will be fun coming back here in November asking you what happened to that landslide, because with a 70% disapproval rating, and even Republicans looking for a different candidate and trying to figure out how they could sabotage him, I don't see him winning by a landslide.

 

[Renzatic]

He strikes me a lot like Ross Perot, but a bit less filtered (if that's possible). I.e. an economic nationalist.

Ross Perot was probably a little more grounded in reality.

Let's take Trump's claim that he's going to force our corporations to bring jobs back homes to the states. It sounds nice. I certainly don't disagree with it. But he's never once explained how he intends to do this.

That's the problem with Trump. He's all sound and fury overlaid on top of...nothing.

 

[thasan]

Did he say that? Is Trump considered a stand-in for all white people now?

He's orange. Not white leader of a new and "better" race.

 

[MadeTheSwitch]

How is it trumps fault he doesn't know what every random reporter on earth looks like.

And yet, remarkably he looks a lot like him and has failed his body around like that, contorted his face, and changed his voice to sound a bit brain damaged for any other reporter. Only this one. Now why would that be? What a remarkable coincidence.

Yeah, not buying it. At all. It's quite obvious.

Also your claims that Trump didn't know what this reporter looked like are FALSE. He was quite aware of who he was.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/27/media/donald-trump-serge-kovaleski-disability/

 

[KPOM]

Ross Perot was probably a little more grounded in reality.

Let's take Trump's claim that he's going to force our corporations to bring jobs back homes to the states. It sounds nice. I certainly don't disagree with it. But he's never once explained how he intends to do this.

That's the problem with Trump. He's all sound and fury overlaid on top of...nothing.

He and Bernie Sanders have a lot more in common than either would care to admit.

What Trump has proposed is changing the provision in the tax code that enables multinational companies to avoid taxation by leaving profits overseas. That is actually further to the left than Hillary Clinton's position. Granted, Trump would also reduce the corporate tax rate in return, but no other GOP candidate has proposed anything like that.

What gets lost in all the "sound and fury" is that Trump's actual politics over the years have generally been centrist. He's played up the positions that appeal to the white working class voter.

 

[Oppenheim]

So basically being an Apple employee who supports the Republican party is like being a homosexual in Saudi Arabia?

Or maybe there are no Trump supporters in Apple. If you ask the Saudi embassy press office they'll tell you gays don't exist inside their borders.

 

[copykris]

Really? I thought most conservatives had businesses and were ambitious self starters who work for a living and liberals just leech off them and government benefits...

Im pretty sure its Republicans who are traditionally portrayed as the intelligent business men.

I never see liberals as garbage men or construction workers but they sure do flock to media related jobs.

let me reply real quick before i go back to leeching off of my local conservative and government benefits, cause i feel like i need to help you along with this a little bit:

the tech world is an inherently innovative industry

now since i don't think you found it earlier, here's the definition of the word 'conservative':

conservative
kənˈsəːvətɪv/
adjective

1. 1.
   averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.
   "they were very conservative in their outlook"
   synonyms: traditionalist, traditional, conventional, orthodox, stable, old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool, unchanging, hidebound; More
   
   noun

1. 1.
   a person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.
   "he remains a conservative in constitutional matters"
   synonyms: right-winger, reactionary, rightist, diehard; More

 

[MadeTheSwitch]

You seem brittle and emotional.

What exactly is your thesis in all this?

LMAO...yeah when you don't like the message, claim the messenger is "emotional". Classic.

 

[villicodelirant]

Riiiiiight. He just happened to contort himself into the exact same position. What a coincidence. You are so easily conned.

Like I said yesterday, you just didn't drink the kool-aid, you've jumped into the vat and are swimming in it (and sinking fast).

Trump attempting to weasel out of something is not a "debunk". It's just more of Trump lying, same as always. It will be fun coming back here in November asking you what happened to that landslide, because with a 70% disapproval rating, and even Republicans looking for a different candidate and trying to figure out how they could sabotage him, I don't see him winning by a landslide.

Hi. I'm a dude from Italy.

We essentially invented and patented the Trump formula - a successful, right-wing enterpreneur who runs for presidency without having ever held any office before nor political experience, funding his campaign as much as possible out of his own pocket and polarizing media attention with off-color remarks and behaviour.

We called it Berlusconi, but it's the same product, just rebranded.

I'm gonna tell you what's next:

1. Trump is going to win. No doubt about that.
2. His opponents will call him a joke until the day he actually wins - but they will be secretly crapping their pants.
3. In 2018 you will be able to buy Pizza Trump in Finland.
4. You'll eventually join his supporters and you are gonna vote for him in 2021.

 

[Oppenheim]

let me reply real quick before i go back to leeching off of my local conservative and government benefits, cause i feel like i need to help you along with this a little bit:

the tech world is an inherently innovative industry

now since i don't think you found it earlier, here's the definition of the word 'conservative':

conservative
kənˈsəːvətɪv/
adjective

1. 1.
   averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.
   "they were very conservative in their outlook"
   synonyms: traditionalist, traditional, conventional, orthodox, stable, old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool, unchanging, hidebound; More
   
   noun

1. 1.
   a person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.
   "he remains a conservative in constitutional matters"
   synonyms: right-winger, reactionary, rightist, diehard; More

What's your point?

"Conservative" (in the American sense) means economically liberal and socially conservative.

You seem to be attempting to portray mainstream American conservatism as Bourbonism that is anti -change anti fears innovation.

I will argue that restraints to raw economic liberalism and the free market is a huge retardant to technological innovation and progress.

 

[skinned66]

Yeah..you know what happens where there are no breaks on a train?

People go without lunches?

 

[MadeTheSwitch]

I'm pretty sure that people who live in southern California think there are Mexicans everywhere.

I live in Southern California and even I do not think that. It was an over the top statement for Iapplelove to make no matter where they live. And an inaccurate one!

 

[Oppenheim]

Hi. I'm a dude from Italy.

We essentially invented and patented the Trump formula - a successful, right-wing enterpreneur who runs for presidency without having ever held any office before nor political experience, funding his campaign as much as possible out of his own pocket and polarizing media attention with off-color remarks and behaviour.

We called it Berlusconi, but it's the same product, just rebranded.

I'm gonna tell you what's next:

1. Trump is going to win. No doubt about that.
2. His opponents will call him a joke until the day he actually wins - but they will be secretly crapping their pants.
3. In 2018 you will be able to buy Pizza Trump in Finland.
4. You'll eventually join his supporters and you are gonna vote for him in 2021.

A career politician is a good thing???

Trump has a track record of success and good decision making.

Hilary doesn't. She got where she is on a disgraced person's coat tails. She has also made a string of very bad decisions (including bad decisions that have cost lives).