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Person of the Year

Robert Mueller

1 votes

Donald Trump

0 votes

Parkland Activists

1 votes

Maria Buttina

0 votes

Prince MBS

0 votes

Jamaal Khashogi (sp.?)

1 votes

Brexit

0 votes

Brandon Nimmo

3 votes

Other (please specify)

0 votes

Edgy MD Dec 11 2018 07:10 AM

TIME announces their PotY later this morning. Here’s your chance to get the drop.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 11 2018 07:18 AM Re: Person of the Year

It's already been announced. It's "Journalists", headed by Jamal Khashoggi.

Edgy MD Dec 11 2018 07:30 AM Re: Person of the Year

Well, we can still go forward. An entire profession feels like something of a cop out, particularly when it’s, you know, THEIR profession, but hats off to all journalists, and congratulations to the journalists who post here.

Centerfield Dec 11 2018 08:14 AM Re: Person of the Year

Edgy MD wrote: An entire profession feels like something of a cop out Agreed. Pick someone. I mean, I guess it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. But you know, come on.

Mets Willets Point Dec 11 2018 08:34 AM Re: Person of the Year

Not all journalists. Killed and imprisoned journalists. Specifically: * Jamal Khashoggi * The Capital Gazette massacre victims: John McNamera, Rebecca Smith, Rob Hiaasen, Gerald Fischman and Wendi Winters * Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo * Maria Ressa So, 9 people in total.

Vic Sage Dec 11 2018 08:52 AM Re: Person of the Year

9 that we know of.

Edgy MD Dec 11 2018 08:53 AM Re: Person of the Year

I'll take that. It seems like there was almost no choice they could have made that wouldn't have been a repudiation of the president. Even Nimmo, somehow, I bet.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 11 2018 08:59 AM Re: Person of the Year

Write-in for Christine Blasey Ford (Brandon Nimmo a close second).

Centerfield Dec 11 2018 09:04 AM Re: Person of the Year

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Write-in for Christine Blasey Ford (Brandon Nimmo a close second). I second this.

Edgy MD Dec 11 2018 09:31 AM Re: Person of the Year

It's amazing what a tumultuous news year it's been that a group like the at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teenagers can garner an "oh yeah ..." at this point in the year, when the instantaneous movement they begot and the poise they showed as the movement's leaders was a jaw-dropping marvel at the time. Turkish President Recep ErdoÄŸan was looking like a good bet for autocrat of the year back in January, and then Prince MBS goes and makes ErdoÄŸan look like the good guy. Sergei Skripal (the poisoned Russian spy) and his daughter Yulia looked like hinges of history back in Spring. Now it's all, "right ... them ... ." The last known male northern white rhino died. That's a rhino of the year right there. Kim Jong Un. Come on! How did we forget THAT guy?! The new year opened with the president screaming the weird (and strangely Freudian) "My button is bigger!" at him. You want an entire class of people? How about "The Refugee"? Pot! It's legal all over!

MFS62 Dec 11 2018 06:53 PM Re: Person of the Year

Another group it could have been included the victims who sparked the start of the "Me Too" movement. Later

Edgy MD Dec 11 2018 07:17 PM Re: Person of the Year

That was last year's winner: "The Silence Breakers."

MFS62 Dec 11 2018 07:20 PM Re: Person of the Year

Edgy MD wrote: That was last year's winner: "The Silence Breakers." Didn't realize it was that long ago. Thanks. Later