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Ocelot II

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18. I expected these remarks. If you post something positive or that you agree with coming from any GOPer,

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 10:48 PM

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current or former, inevitably there will be a barrage of comments about how much that person sucks, irrespective of the validity or truth of the material at issue. Yes, George Will is a bloviating conservative who has always advocated for positions with which I disagree intensely. And also, George Will wrote an opinion today with which I totally agree. It is entirely possible for these two realities to exist at the same time, and the first is completely irrelevant to the second.

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Holy crap, I totally agree with George Will! [View all] Ocelot II Jan 28 OP

I hate it when that happens. ms liberty Jan 28 #1

A stopped watch is correct UpInArms Jan 28 #2

A blind squirrel will find an acorn now and then. TomSlick Jan 28 #5

My favorite expression and so correct in this case chicoescuela Jan 28 #16

George Will was NEVER a MAGGOT---- just an 'old-time conservative' Jack Valentino Jan 28 #22

I agree with you UpInArms Jan 28 #24

Heh, that's a good one---! Jack Valentino Jan 28 #27

As someone at The New Republic once put it... regnaD kciN Jan 28 #28

but when he steps up to put himself on the righteous side of the history of the 21st century, Jack Valentino Jan 28 #31

I'm with you. orangecrush Jan 29 #40

One of the great 18th-century minds of our time. calimary Jan 29 #37

Kick dalton99a Jan 28 #3

He's always done his best to bring about the shitty rule we now have, including the endless lying struggle4progress Jan 28 #4

Bullshit. He left the GOP after the 2016 election. He voted for Joe Biden in 20 and Harris in 2024. thebigidea Jan 28 #6

He kept pissing on Carter til the end. Nixon, Reagan, and GW Bush were the intellectual authors struggle4progress Jan 28 #13

swing ! .... and a MISS .. ! stopdiggin Jan 28 #12

I've been reading George Will's bullshit for fifty years struggle4progress Jan 28 #21

I didn't say that Will had turned 'liberal' stopdiggin Jan 29 #35

Actually he is highlighting that we, general public, are helping to stop it GusBob Jan 28 #15

He's been anti-trump since the fiirst reign of the orange anus. progressoid Jan 28 #7

They do indeed. niyad Jan 28 #9

GOOD one! LOOTocracy! calimary Jan 29 #38

"loutocracy". . I am so stealing that. niyad Jan 28 #8

Fuck George will. He is an unrepentant radical right winger. The fact that he has a few principles left does not change Martin68 Jan 28 #10

This is all true. However, his statements in this opinion piece are also true. Ocelot II Jan 28 #11

I'm not saying he is wrong in this case. In fact, he has occasionally come out with entirely reasonable and non-fascist Martin68 Jan 28 #17

So what? *In this case* he was right, which was my point in the first place. Ocelot II Jan 28 #19

Geezus take what we can get kwolf68 Jan 28 #14

I expected these remarks. If you post something positive or that you agree with coming from any GOPer, Ocelot II Jan 28 #18

When a professed conservative stands up for the ideals which conservatives always USED to claim to support, Jack Valentino Jan 28 #26

He had a few good hits with the Venezuela operations also.... reACTIONary Jan 28 #20

A sage. Nt gulliver Jan 28 #23

The Upsidown - I agreed with Rand Fucking Paul today. I HATE that guy. Maru Kitteh Jan 28 #25

"the inconvenience of a conscience" - I like that one too, I haven't heard it before progree Jan 28 #29

Kakistocracy bmichaelh Jan 28 #30

Nobody has asked if it's AI?1 - happens to me. UTUSN Jan 28 #32

In Call of Duty, you don't beat the shit out of unarmed women and kysrsoze Jan 29 #33

Minnesota Burning Sam I Yam Jan 29 #34

I also agree LetMyPeopleVote Jan 29 #36

It's encouraging to see someone from side arrive Torchlight Jan 29 #39

Hell hath frozen over, again. Good. Joinfortmill Jan 29 #41