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You’re shown so-called dog-whistles while his talk of peaceful protest is omitted, then you carry on in faith.
January 09, 2021 at 18:25
Besides the identity politics I had no problem with the anti-police protests, many of which were justified, many of which were not. My problem was wit...
January 09, 2021 at 18:13
It’s a nice mix, I think. Besides, everyone is conservative about what they think they know.
January 09, 2021 at 08:44
I spent the evening glued to the news and was disappointed with the reactionary response to the protest, which not only condemned the violence, but al...
January 08, 2021 at 19:51
Likewise. But thanks for sparing me the hostility.
January 08, 2021 at 01:45
I suppose you could always ask. But thanks for the advice.
January 08, 2021 at 01:40
Like you said, lowest hanging fruit.
January 08, 2021 at 01:39
Fair enough. But remember, you fell for a Borat stunt.
January 08, 2021 at 01:31
I was wrong for posting that article. I heard of it from the congressional floor. The search for information is a perilous one. I apologize.
January 08, 2021 at 01:21
Thereby ends the greatest presidency ever. I hope he gets some well deserved repose. History will do the rest of the work. And now on to total Democra...
January 08, 2021 at 01:20
They were not attacking anyone, as far as I’m aware. They were certainly breaching the barricade. They were certainly pushing past police and destroyi...
January 07, 2021 at 22:20
Had she been attacking him, perhaps. But she wasn’t. The shooter was under no threat.
January 07, 2021 at 21:29
Yeah, it seemed too suspicious. Fake news.
January 07, 2021 at 20:54
If they have no weapons it means they are unarmed, not armed, which is my only point. I'm not going to say the mob wasn't menacing and loud, but even ...
January 07, 2021 at 20:52
https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1347269272477659136?s=21 This reminds me of the Hong Kong protesters waving American flags and photos of “swole Tru...
January 07, 2021 at 20:06
I am not aware if the protesters were armed. DC has very strict gun laws, and in the livestreams I saw, no one was brandishing weapons, save for perha...
January 07, 2021 at 19:40
Chomsky made this point quite brilliantly in regards to Holocaust denial and anti-fascism. You shouldn’t try to suppress the fascist’s speech, you sho...
January 07, 2021 at 18:35
That doesn’t seem much worse than people literally calling for the removal of the president while occupying the senate building. The thing is there is...
January 07, 2021 at 17:31
I’m not aware of anyone intent on seizing power, and find no rhetoric to that effect. Perhaps you can enlighten me. I was under the impression it was ...
January 07, 2021 at 17:19
President Donald Trump is now banned from Facebook. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/07/trump-twitter-ban/ Big Tech is censoring the ...
January 07, 2021 at 16:48
Gender is a category of noun. That’s the only definition that matters nowadays given the heated debate over the topic of gender identity. I don’t even...
January 07, 2021 at 16:42
It certainly is a crime. When protesters “stormed” the senate building a couple years ago, 600 protesters and a Dem Congress-woman were arrested occup...
January 07, 2021 at 16:20
So violent. The doublespeak has begun.
January 07, 2021 at 07:14
Facial recognition firm claims antifa infiltrated Trump protesters who stormed Capitol I wouldn’t doubt it. The police let them in, they got their pho...
January 07, 2021 at 04:08
Observe the “Twitter-verse”. The same people who abused the euphemism “mostly-peaceful protest” as mobs burned down and seized entire blocks of cities...
January 07, 2021 at 03:11
No, you cannot discern an inherent threat from a man’s skin-color.
January 07, 2021 at 01:12
That’s me.
January 07, 2021 at 01:09
She was veteran storming the capitol building only to be gunned down by police. It’s tragic. https://twitter.com/kusinews/status/1346978856255647744?s...
January 07, 2021 at 01:08
I think it was a mix of good fencing and police force. But you’re right. I don’t know why these people were allowed to get in the capitol building, or...
January 07, 2021 at 00:53
They probably don’t work right now, what with our trial run of socialism. Either way, I think we have a different conception of patriotism. But I agre...
January 06, 2021 at 23:50
Also, not too long ago there were riots immediately outside of the Whitehouse, in May I think. It turned quite violent and destructive, with the presi...
January 06, 2021 at 23:32
Well, something like 80 people were arrested. But I’m not comparing the two.
January 06, 2021 at 23:13
Far better than the state, corporate and media-funded conspiracies we’ve all had to listen too for years now. It was only a few days ago former pentag...
January 06, 2021 at 23:12
Probably the Kavanaugh hearing. I believe the new Vice President even spoke there.
January 06, 2021 at 23:02
I excused myself from work just to watch the livestreams. What a day. This was grassroots civil disobedience at its finest, not that corporate-funded,...
January 06, 2021 at 22:56
You’ve shown adequately why one shouldn’t appeal to the dictionary. At best dictionaries record current usage of a term, not what it should or should ...
January 05, 2021 at 18:32
I have seen what you described. A lot of these people are god-fearing people, and the language of good and evil suffices to describe what they’re up a...
January 05, 2021 at 17:53
No, I said I understand Trump’s paranoia. He’s their folk devil, and they exhibit the religious fervor of a moral panic. He cannot trust anyone.
January 05, 2021 at 06:08
I don't see much evidence for "widespread voter fraud", a phrase commonly uttered in the gutter-press. But I understand Trump's paranoia. Entire insti...
January 05, 2021 at 01:19
A far more adept politician would buckle under the public pressure, but instead Trump is doing right by his constituents, most of whom believe Biden i...
January 04, 2021 at 22:58
I never said I love “illegal activity”. This is why we get strange conclusions from false premises, or in this case, lies.
January 04, 2021 at 20:54
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Is Assange really in jail and solitary confinement because he failed to appear in court in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct that have ...
January 04, 2021 at 20:47
It holds more weight than starting vast investigations premised on rumors, such as crossfire hurricane and the Mueller report. They should investigate...
January 04, 2021 at 20:37
Your name-calling is about as suspect as your stoicism. "Apparently engaging in illegal activity". For what, exactly?
January 04, 2021 at 20:23
The president is clearly talking about winning Georgia. Aren't you from the UK? What have you won?
January 04, 2021 at 19:50
Like I said, an independent and transparent investigation would be required. Instead we get the opposite, and we are left taking the word of the same ...
January 04, 2021 at 19:27
In America, there used to be a right to go to rallies and protests without outside interference from the government or violent mobs. Given that they r...
January 04, 2021 at 19:07
Yes I think the fact that it was a close race, a difference of around 12000 votes out of 5 or so million, warrants a closer look at the results, espec...
January 04, 2021 at 18:59
I don’t think it’s the case that one is “on the side of bad faith actors” when defending their right to speak, though guilt by association is almost i...
January 04, 2021 at 18:42
So far, at the most charitable, you are a slanderer and defamer, because all you can do is accuse. I need a little more than the accusation, Tim.
January 04, 2021 at 18:29