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I believe libertarianism should be about physical constraints to liberty, ie chains and shackles, but also about threats to liberty, ie. coercion. Rel...
October 05, 2019 at 16:09
This is now presidential by definition. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1180245134363025415?s=21 Better yet, he’s doing a better job than a...
October 05, 2019 at 04:32
I believe it is you who makes the fundamental error, to be more precise, the fundamental attribution error, the assumption that what Trump does reflec...
October 04, 2019 at 22:16
To what American values is Trump a detriment to?
October 04, 2019 at 21:57
Why would I provide facts for something I have never argued?
October 04, 2019 at 19:22
Those concerned with the Ukraine scandal should read in full the text messages of the ambassadors of Ukraine, and then observe the spin of the media. ...
October 04, 2019 at 18:47
On the Ukraine matter, Ambassador Kurt Volker’s prepared remarks should be read before the spin-machine poisons the well. https://assets.documentcloud...
October 04, 2019 at 17:56
Why are atheists idiots? Edit to add: nevermind. Took me a moment there. I guess I’m an idiot.
October 04, 2019 at 17:50
The facts aren’t on your side. We won’t know whether Trump’s presidency is a net good until his term(s) are over. History might tell us, as anti-Trump...
October 04, 2019 at 17:32
I think every animal is fuelled by dissatisfaction in one sense or another, but lack the technology to over do it as much as humans have. I believe (b...
October 04, 2019 at 17:11
I am not concerned about my own self-interest as I am about the country. I would argue it is the last beacon of liberty on this planet. The storm is w...
October 04, 2019 at 16:40
I suspect you would welcome the end of the earth so long as it meant Trump’s impeachment. Schadenfreude is strong enough for that.
October 04, 2019 at 16:16
Identity politics (and by close extension, anti-Trumpism) is, in my view, a consolation prize for those who missed the civil rights era.
October 04, 2019 at 16:08
Hey, many of Trump’s opponents still pretend it’s the 60’s, so you’re not completely alone.
October 04, 2019 at 16:04
I have yet to be bitten. In fact that ol’ dog is working night and day to make the reasons I voted for him a reality. That’s all that I ask for in a p...
October 04, 2019 at 15:53
It looks like Adam Schiff received 4 Pinocchios for his false claim that he or his committee didn’t speak to the whistleblower before the complaint wa...
October 04, 2019 at 15:25
I wouldn’t say he’s innocent. Clearly someone is lying, and that person may be Trump.
October 04, 2019 at 15:21
I won’t pretend to know the answer to such a question, but I like to think being just means being fair, giving people what is deserved of them.
October 04, 2019 at 15:12
I’m not a lawyer so I cannot say with certainty, but certainly we do not establish motives by taking his political opponent’s word for it. He made his...
October 04, 2019 at 15:08
I can express my thoughts on these matters all I want, Timmy, like everyone else. The problem is not that I can’t do so, it’s that you don’t want to h...
October 04, 2019 at 14:47
I’m suggesting that opponents are worried what Trump will find.
October 04, 2019 at 14:25
Those who say he is “pressuring countries for dirt to influence the 2020 election” know he is actually asking for help with corruption pre-2016, which...
October 04, 2019 at 14:10
Oh lord, here we go. With arguments like these we’re one step closer to censorship. Free Speech Is Killing Us https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/opini...
October 04, 2019 at 14:01
I suppose it depends on if the meanness is deserved. If it is deserved it is just, and therefor moral. If it is undeserved it is unjust, and therefor ...
October 04, 2019 at 03:18
Whistleblower law? Which law would that be? Hearsay is generally inadmissible for a variety of reasons, and those reasons apply to this hearsay.
October 03, 2019 at 21:11
The complaint is inadequate for investigation is what I meant, and for the reasons I stated.
October 03, 2019 at 20:41
Be my guest.
October 03, 2019 at 19:06
No, it’s not. There is no comparison any more than a vegetarian is like Hitler because he didn’t eat meat.
October 03, 2019 at 19:06
I suppose being mean is like being callous, insensitive, showing a disregard for the feelings and sensitivities of others. I think “being mean” isn’t ...
October 03, 2019 at 18:46
Can’t say I ever tried.
October 03, 2019 at 18:41
In other words, Trump’s psychology reminds you of Hitler’s psychology. That’s poor comparison in my book, especially since one was guilty of genocide,...
October 03, 2019 at 18:40
I was the same way about Obama. But, for me at least, It seems easier to excuse someone’s errors if you believe them to be a good person. That’s dange...
October 03, 2019 at 18:35
The problem is any old snake can act like a good person. Meanwhile, while you were enraptured by his game play, he waged a war on whistleblowers and t...
October 03, 2019 at 18:13
What was it about Trump that reminds you of Hitler? Was it the holocaust or hatred of Jews?
October 03, 2019 at 18:08
Regarding “psychological abuse”, It’s the same kind of question: do words cause stress or is stress caused by the body because of perceived threats an...
October 03, 2019 at 17:07
American as apple pie. Unfortunately he also represents much of what people hate about America: the reality tv, the pro-wrestling, the beauty pageant,...
October 03, 2019 at 16:58
Neither the “whistleblower” or IG Atkinson saw the transcript of the call. It’s all gossip. It’s inadequate.
October 03, 2019 at 16:38
The insults are as soft as Schiff’s chin. It’s no wonder you guys move your mouth like him.
October 03, 2019 at 03:00
I did read it. No pressure on the transcript, no pressure according to Ukrainian president, nothing regarding the 2020 or future elections election, t...
October 03, 2019 at 01:09
The whistleblower complaint alleges Trump “sought to pressure the Ukrainian leader to take actions to help the President's 2020 reelection bid.” Quote...
October 03, 2019 at 00:00
I did raise the possibility, yes. The whistleblower is CIA, according to the NYT. The whistleblower’s complaint is hearsay, appears to be written by l...
October 02, 2019 at 22:00
I never claimed the document exposes the deep state. What I claimed was, "The facts are that a covert counterintelligence investigation by the FBI, th...
October 02, 2019 at 20:31
These are in fact confirmed by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence regarding their probe into Russian Active Measures. The same commi...
October 02, 2019 at 19:26
I no longer use the term "gender" in any other context than grammar. How many genders are there now? I've lost count. But it seems that the use of thi...
October 02, 2019 at 19:04
The spying operation began before he was president. Instead of protecting Americans, they spied on them, and worse, it was the outgoing administration...
October 02, 2019 at 18:53
That's fair. Use whatever euphemism you please. The facts are that a covert counterintelligence investigation by the FBI, the CIA and the NSA targeted...
October 02, 2019 at 18:19
What I mean is, what do you call the spying on his political campaign, the incessant leaks, the Russian collusion narrative, the self-described "resis...
October 02, 2019 at 17:44
But in your point of view it is, what exactly?
October 02, 2019 at 17:13
At some point the biology stops working, for instance the heart, leaving the body unable to maintain it’s structure, descending into the stages of dea...
October 02, 2019 at 17:07
Consider it from Trump’s point of view: the spying on his campaign, the spies embedded in his campaign, the bias of the investigators in the FBI, the ...
October 02, 2019 at 16:56