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Willfully Horn

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  1. Interesting. I can’t deny there are people who use that group for the purpose you describe, but I don’t label the whole for the actions of the few. So, how do you choose when to throw the baby out with the bath water, and when to not do so? To explain my perspective, I remember active pushback during nutbar-right demonstrations. You know the ones to which I refer, and fascism is a fair description. That has defined my view of the group, generally.
  2. Yeah, I think the norks are run by authoritarians, and their people are fucked over by their government. If you want to pledge fealty to fascists, do so. I’ll assume you get confused by the disconnect between label and fact. Edited to ask if you think antifa is not anti-fascist, and if so, why?
  3. Push on a cop like that, don’t be surprised if assault charges are filed. Greta’s parents are anti-fascist, and some folks think that’s a bad thing?
  4. Better to yak sooner than die later. A buddy swears he has never found a boletus he couldn’t stomach, but he is braver than I. I have the opinion that when the shrooms bloom, en masse, the rainy season is done for the time being.
  5. Radar has underestimated the southward reach of this squall line. Maybe .3” west of Buda. Anyone else gauge the likelihood of near term future rain by the emergence of mushrooms?
  6. Something similar, yes. My quick search does not find me wrong, either, though particular jurisdiction might have some bearing.
  7. I assumed there was an oath of office required of LEO.
  8. Is it your position that LEO have a constitutionally protected right to make unsupported allegations that do the exact opposite of uphilding and defending the Constitution?
  9. Racists have the right to assemble and spout their hate, but too often their protests are not peaceful. And the cops don’t seem as concerned when the no violence rule is broken as they do when the no tent rule is ignored. Go figure.
  10. Objecting to cops killing murderous dogs is as whacky as objecting to paying taces to feed the hungry and housing the homeless.
  11. Assume consent is granted when I straddle her chest.
  12. Since you invoked Godwin, please consider his thoughts, as he expressed in a WAPO editorial, which is found at the link. Here’s an excerpt: ”Godwin’s Law has also functioned, to quash appropriatecomparisons of today’s horrors to the 1930s and 1940s? I continue to insist that Godwin’s Law should never be read as a conversation-ender or as a prohibition on Hitler comparisons. Instead, I still hope it serves to steer conversations into more thoughtful, historically informed places.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/20/godwins-law-trump-hitler-comparisons/
  13. Didn’t I already say the same thing in my post you quote? Each of the second tier outlets has a left-center bias, so I see from where you are coming. News, however, doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and explaining the context of news is, to me, an important part of journalism. Knowing their bias is on me. Which led me to mbfc, which, you will find, says what you say about op-ed.
  14. Reuters and Science.org. Then: AP, BBC, NPR, and the Texas Tribune, which differ from Reuters not on accuracy, but on story selection, and the perspective from which they tell it. There’re other outlets that belong in the discussion, Mediabiasfactcheck is on the level.
  15. Is this true? Because it sounds like rhetoric. No doubt, there are propagandists masquerading as journalists, but, absent proof, I would think there are upstanding souls fighting the good fight. Any reason I should believe you?
  16. YouTube has a number of clips from the Stern interview. I challenge those who think Biden is significantly diminished to do the same. He’s hanging with Stern. Going forward, such disinformation will warrant a fuck you emoji.
  17. Friend of mine was awarded the contract to remove those relics of shame. Win - win.
  18. Thank Lucifer Surly has experts in death, mayhem, and caliber.
  19. Whatever happened with that baasskap?
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