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27th February 2020, 12:45 PM | #201 |
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Why would they start caring about that now? They have been holding it in contempt for years why should I expect any kind of change? He has broken plenty of laws and it doesn't matter. Why would mere law suddenly matter? The Impeachment clearly showed this rule of law crap is dead.
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27th February 2020, 12:52 PM | #202 |
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27th February 2020, 12:58 PM | #205 |
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That doesn't actually answer the question I asked. I'm asking about concern over potential future attacks, not actual past attacks. Are you concerned that there's a significant potential from Bernie Bros, or only from Trumpsters? One can be concerned over "any terrorist attacks" but still think that a group poses no real risk of such attacks.
For example, I'm not in the least bit concerned about possible terrorist attacks from Shriners. You have stated that you think Trumpsters pose a risk significant enough to worry about. Do you think Bernie Bros pose a risk significant enough to worry about? |
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27th February 2020, 01:00 PM | #206 |
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I wasn't contesting it's part of the conversation. You're saying it's conversation we shouldn't have because it just won't come to be. I don't understand why you're here then.
Another thinly veiled insult aside, you haven't given a factual anything. You've made a repeated claim that is nothing more than "nuh uh". That's it. You've provided nothing other than your own speculation. |
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27th February 2020, 01:03 PM | #207 |
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27th February 2020, 01:04 PM | #208 |
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We were talking about the potential of Trump not leaving office and ya'll said it couldn't happen. Why the change of heart?
Of those two groups, which has a history of physical violence and terrorist style shootings? Which one of those groups has quoted their person of choice before murdering people? I don't know about him, but I don't. Then again, I haven't heard Bernie encourage his supporters to riot if he doesn't win like Trump did in 2016. |
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27th February 2020, 01:05 PM | #209 |
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27th February 2020, 01:08 PM | #210 |
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At Trump's WH conference (the first use of the briefing room in very nearly a year!!), his response to a question about his gutting of the CDC was to the effect of not liking having thousands of people on the payroll when not needed. And then following that with knowing all the good people that could be hired when needed.
So he approaches national preparedness as an element of the gig economy? He expects experts to remain current in their fields while sitting at home, awaiting the Leader's call to action at a moment's notice? Then to be sent back into cold storage when the crisis is over? |
27th February 2020, 01:16 PM | #211 |
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That is what he sees everyone as. Just tools for his own use/amusement to be set aside when not needed.
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27th February 2020, 01:30 PM | #212 |
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27th February 2020, 01:39 PM | #213 |
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27th February 2020, 01:56 PM | #216 |
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And Bernie Bros haven't offered to blow up sanctuary cities with nuclear weapon suicide bombs if their leader tells them to. |
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27th February 2020, 02:03 PM | #220 |
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27th February 2020, 02:07 PM | #223 |
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I see that James Hodgkinson has been successfully memory holed.
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27th February 2020, 02:17 PM | #224 |
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Nonexistent? No. But smaller than the risk of Bernie Bros.
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27th February 2020, 02:24 PM | #227 |
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Thank you for at least finally responding.
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How convenient of you to forget violence done in Trump's name. You're a living, breathing manifestation of confirmation bias.
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27th February 2020, 02:26 PM | #230 |
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27th February 2020, 02:50 PM | #232 |
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27th February 2020, 02:53 PM | #233 |
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The fact that you have to link to 1 guy in the face of every attack or threat of attack by the weakling's fanbois says a lot. Especially in the light of the fact that Sanders has never encouraged violent attacks or used language that can be interpreted as doing so. He has directly disavowed any violent acts or harassment campaigns done in his name.
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27th February 2020, 02:58 PM | #235 |
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Like this:
The OP speculated that Trump might try to use the threat of a pandemic to his benefit in the upcoming election. His defenders promptly alerted us that this was silly. The response was to point out the ways that it wasn't silly, most notably in the threat of Trump's supporters committing acts of violence with his encouragement. Pretty standard thread drift. |
27th February 2020, 03:02 PM | #236 |
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Lets try to get it back on track:
For the people who believe it is reasonable to suspect he will try to use the corona virus outbreak to his advantage: 1) In what way? 2) what do you base this on: For the people who believe it is unreasonable: what do you base this on? |
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27th February 2020, 03:14 PM | #237 |
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27th February 2020, 03:17 PM | #238 |
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Well, an actual crisis needing an actual show of shrewd leadership - so, yep, totally, sounds like an opportunity for our dear Donald.
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27th February 2020, 03:24 PM | #239 |
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