This perhaps tells me a little.I must have missed that. I can tell you exactly what I think Trumpism is, but I’m going to need a hall pass before I tell you what it is, if you want me to tell you exactly what I think it is.
This perhaps tells me a little.I must have missed that. I can tell you exactly what I think Trumpism is, but I’m going to need a hall pass before I tell you what it is, if you want me to tell you exactly what I think it is.
Thanks phylo for putting this into words, as I don't have suffient patience for typing the wordy responses that are sometimes neccessay to accurately convey an ideas on the forum using my phone. This is a fantastic summary of why we had a Trump presidency and why those with power and influence are so desperately working to ensure it never happens again. Purely and simply, it's about control of the ruling class over the ruled class.Some are still focusing on Trump eh? You gotta hand it to the media, they've advanced their craft to the point they are near a bigger political enemy than the democrats themselves.
Trump, Trump, Trump, all about Trump. Trump didn't "turn" the Republican party into anything, the Republican party never welcomed him, he was resisted at every turn. I could see why some people might think that an indication that something was wrong with Trump as a candidate but that would require the belief that the Republican party was still something worth listening to, something willing to fight for Americans, something which puts America first. Yeah, that hasn't happened in a couple of decades. They were all ___________ their pants because Trump wasn't beholden to the system. He didn't have to listen to what the party leaders said or wanted. He garnered more support for a political candidate than anyone I can recall in my 48 years on this planet.
I wholeheartedly agree that the prospect of Trump draining the swamp, getting rid of as many of the long established as corrupt politicians would leave a lot of uncertainty as to what to expect for the future. I'd have taken that uncertainty over four more years of guaranteed selling out of the American people for personal gain and in furtherance of worldwide equity.
Both parties were terrified of Trump because he was not willing to go along with the corrupt way things had been for years. I'm not ok with DC as it currently exists. DC is about as interested in looking out for my welfare as they are in cutting their own salaries and subjecting themselves to the same rules the rest of the country has to live by.
Is/was Trump perfect? Not by a long shot but I'm not one to put a higher priority on how someone makes me feel over what they'll actually do in office. I'm not happy about the bump stock BS. I'd like to think it was allowed to happen due to ignorance and Trump being too worried about more important things than products people create to work around the existing laws but maybe not.
I've seen a nice list of the things Trump accomplished while in office. Can anyone produce anything similar concerning what the hair sniffer has accomplished in his near 5 decades of leeching off the taxpayers? Anyone want to place bets as to anything the scumbag will accomplish if he survives long enough?
A vote for anyone other than Trump was a vote for the corrupt political machine in this country to continue ****ing the American people at every opportunity. I'll be thanking people for that probably for the remainder of my days. The likelihood of another human being outpacing the political machine like he did and getting in to office is now zero. The Republicans don't want it, the democrats damned sure don't want it and the media will be doing everything in their power to ensure the American people come in last.
Which narrative has been proven factual? Not being able to prove something happened is not the same thing as proving it didn’t happen.I don’t see how, following a storming of a nation’s Capitol with some the attendees threatening to kill lawmakers over a narrative that has been proven factual, that sending in troops a few days later to ensure safety, is an overreaction.
How many bullets do you need to stop a threat?
Yes. My side...???Stop the dance and come clean? You think I’m being dishonest about something?
I think the olympic ********ing competition came before all the rioty, shooty stuff.Kut's Kid John Sullivan released conditionally without bail by Utah federal judge.
The former Olympic hopeful has a 2nd case pending that involved a shooting in Utah
https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-utah-conditional-release-john-sullivan-bail
Staying busy as a BLM/ANTIFA front man he found time to become an Olympic Hopeful as well.
Can't we all be Olympic hopefuls?Kut's Kid John Sullivan released conditionally without bail by Utah federal judge.
The former Olympic hopeful has a 2nd case pending that involved a shooting in Utah
https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-utah-conditional-release-john-sullivan-bail
Staying busy as a BLM/ANTIFA front man he found time to become an Olympic Hopeful as well.
Since we’re just discussing here and not intending or taking any offense, why not tell me what you think I’m being dishonest about. I think I’m being as up front and forward about my thoughts as I can be.Yes. My side...???
Other things you say. I read a lot my friend. A lot. Comes with the chair. You do have your own dance and thats fine as it sometimes opens up conversations.
Hell we all do but as of this thread I am seeing holes in a few of you guys armor.
I am exactly the same guy in person as I am in here. I do not dance. I do not take you astray to make a point that is vague at best or no real point at all.
But my opinion and $1.25 might get you a small cup of black coffee at the corner joint.
Take this as it is. Not me being a Mod just me being the mouse. I am nowhere near perfect but I have seen so much in my time on this rock and I am betting my life has been far more diverse than the majority in here. Been there and done that. In many many different rolls. Its what has formed my position in all of this. I am open about it. Not hard to figure it out.
Yours....?????????
And no offense is intended.
So your solution to reducing big government is to vote for someone who will make an even bigger government. An administration of which, most of its leaders publicly state they will implement what most Americans would consider to be overreaching tyrannical government. They are proudly boasting of it as of recent. Voting for that is how you plan on reducing or eliminating big government? Please explain to me how this is not the textbook definition of Cognitive Dissonance.Yes, I am well aware of what Biden hopes to accomplish.
Trump has turned the [R]s away from defending our rights and turned them into just the other big-government party.
Apparently you are under the assumption that the new administration is not a cancer itself. When, based on their own words, it will be a magnitude worse than the one it is replacing. We have gone from a simple skin cancer that can be far more easily treated to a stage 4 cancer in the colon, liver, lungs, spine and brain. I watched my sister-in-law die a gruesome death this way in 2019. It was horrific. I don't want to see my country suffer the same fate.I think he's a cancer. And sometimes the way to remove a cancer sucks. But you're better off with it gone than trying to pretend it's not really a problem.
Since we’re nust discussing here and not intending or taking any offense, why not tell me what you think I’m being dishonest about. I think I’m being as up front and forward about my thoughts as I can be.
So I’m open to hearing what you think I’m saying that is so dishonest.
I say what I think is right or wrong about a given issue. I take a side of an issue. I don't join a team. I think when people see me making points that they agree with, they assume I'm on that team. And then when I say things that they disagree with, they're like WTF?I don't see dishonest, nor do I see open.
With all the pontification on what is wrong with any "side" that comes up and a spectrum of claims on what you are not, you have not left yourself much room to actually be for anything.
I'm not hearing them say an AWB is better. What I'm hearing is that they don't believe Biden can get the AWB done. I think that's delusional. We're a lot closer to that with Biden than we would have been with Trump.Question to Biden supporters: so when Biden/Harris push an AWB through, it'll be punishment/revenge for four years of Trump and the bumpstock ban?
Explain how an AWB is somehow better than a bumpstock ban. DON'T HEAR ME WRONG, bumpstock ban sucked, never had one but it's still an infringement. I couldn't imagine voting for an extremely rabid anti-2A candidate because the other one did something "minor" compared to the alternative. That's bad to worse, no other way around it.
I think this is the long term liberty focused solution. Empower local governments and remove power from the federal government. If people don't like what the local government does, change it or move.Looks like more of the same.... folks arguing over which boot they want on their neck.
545 people trying to rule 330,000,000 individuals across a vast land from a little city in a far away place is a recipe for disaster in matters of individual liberty.
See, this is one of the reasons I started thinking that real ass libertarianism is kinda kooky. You guys tend to say absolutist things that don't really make any sense.Looks like more of the same.... folks arguing over which boot they want on their neck.
See? Like this ^^^^Want to make federal political matters less dividing?
Chain the damned central state down in its cage where it belongs or, better yet in my opinion, dissolve it and throw it on the ash pile of history.
545 people trying to rule 330,000,000 individuals across a vast land from a little city in a far away place is a recipe for disaster in matters of individual liberty.
It's very delusional. Harris said she plans to "honor" Sandy Hook victims with gun control. They've been very clear on what their plans are. Some on here refuse to recognize that.I'm not hearing them say an AWB is better. What I'm hearing is that they don't believe Biden can get the AWB done. I think that's delusional. We're a lot closer to that with Biden than we would have been with Trump.