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30th October 2017, 03:23 PM | #361 |
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Well, back then, they meant it.
Toupee Fiasco means to, as well. But many would rather talk what they say as "free speech", and just paper over the overtly violent incidents - or, would worse cases, would prefer to stereotypes ton the black person involved. And given that Putin is, himself, a white nationalist who openly persecutes LGBT Russians, I do not trust his word for an instant. And since he's linked to Toupee Fiasco, who only cares about erasing Obama's achievements (this won't work, Fiasco will go down as one of the worst residents in US history). Well...yes, I can easily see a clown like Spencer going from "peaceful ethnic cleansing" to "Het, they won't leave like we so kindly asked, let's do it by force." That's years away, but don't think that, for example ISIS, isn't enforcing the idea. I don't agree with every antifa group, that should be obvious by nows. However, I object far snottily against the BS who thinks that hate-peddlers lie Spence are simply presenting ideas. It'd be far better to teach kids how to react, and how to argue against that sort of stereotype thinking. |
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In a move that will confuse everyone:
Tonight, Carter Page will joint me live, on-set to react today's indictments and guilty plea. |
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Yes, looks like it.
That Trump, personally, knowingly, willingly, maliciously, conspired with the enemy against America and against Democracy. (That should not have been difficult to get, for I wrote it verbally in the post you pretend not to understand) |
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Yeah, I think this was a bad tactic. I personally think a lot more would have been gleaned by taking a softer, less sensationalist approach to this matter. Then the facts would carry more weight. As it stands, if they can't make "collusion" or something similar stick... it's going to end up looking like a failure in the eyes of most media-viewers.
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I think that a lot of people on the right, it's not that they don't get it... it's that they don't believe it of those on the left. I think they feel they've observed a willingness to overlook and forgive crimes on the left. I think many on the right believe that if someone on the left is guilty of a crime, the left will make excuses about why it was actually okay...
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You know, I'd love to have a TARDIS-like machine but that also allowed me to go into alternate timelines and realities, because I'd check out the one where Hillary is president and Mueller is investigating her, and all else is the same. I'd bet some money that people like you would be assuring the members here that Mueller is some sort of justice paragon and avatar/incarnation of the law.
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I've never read so much hypocrisy in one statement up to this point.
You mean, like this entire thread of righties touting ad nauseum that this is a witch hunt, and that there's nothing here? Or how about the discussion of Trump grabbing women (and admitted to walking in on underage girls at a Miss Teen USA event), where the majority of the right dismissed it as "locker room talk" among guys? Or how about the other thousand times that Trump, or his family, has been involved in paying off State Attorney's, or threatening people, or broken ethics, and the right has completely justified it? Wow. Outstanding. |
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This is a type of behaviour that has always fascinated me. Say something, and then refuse to explain it only when people don't understand. The idiotic part is that, if said people did understand it, there'd be no need to explain it. In other words, there is no intention for the utterance to make sense, otherwise explaining would be the choice to make.
So my conclusion is that you don't know what you meant, either. You posted it because you thought I wouldn't call you on it, and there's actually no meaning behind it. |
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Of course this is all ridiculous based on what the corporate media (on the top) broadcasts to the masses (on the bottom) who should understand that these "left" and "right" terms are completely meaningless in current year society, not least because the US is a post-industrial society. There is no working class anymore. "Left" and "Right" are defined, if by anything, by opinions on matters of social life, what is a family, is it ok to be gay, what shall we do about it. And the answer is of course to realize that this can be resolved by basic tolerance. If you tolerate my hobbies, I'll tolerate yours. The Guns and Dope Party imagined by Robert Anton Wilson (pbuh) a long time ago. And what we shouldn't tolerate is a "political'" class - that is enriching an oligarchy that pays them - investigating itself. Because the outcome is clear and only in their interest. |
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In what reality would Hillary fire the FBI director necessitating the appointment of a special counsel? Republican appointees run the DoJ right now. Hillary isn’t being prosecuted because there’s no case. Its always been political theater designed to hurt her poll numbers. There'd just be endless house select committees knowingly investigating nothing.
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That's a bit of a non-sequitur, but misplaced I believe. Our system of fees, daily taxes, fines and bail is horribly biased against the poor. Being out $500 or $1000 to a bondsman for a charge (assuming not a career crim) is quite the hardship. For the wealthy white-collar accused... bail is likely not. He may not have the cash, but depending on his real property for collateral he may not be out a penny (I don't expect he's going tor run). Hardly extortion. Hell... I've put up staggering amounts of cash (for others) just to avoid the 10% bond fee. A year and change later... I got it all back (I guess it cost me the availability of that money for the period). You should look at Scandinavian DUI fines, where they've flipped it around. I think it's a percentage of wealth... a rich drunk can lose the value of a Ferrari, or more. /derail |
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