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Willfully Horn

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  1. And folks wonder why we can’t have nice, legal, flower. Cartel, meet Dunn. Y’all have much in common.
  2. Accepting that these are the facts, those who agree with the actions of the government, listen up: you are no patriot, you are no Christian, you are a “wiping” skidmark in humanity’s boxers.
  3. Good points. Nevertheless, those protests did change public opinion, meaning it affected groups who were neither liberal nor black. Today, though, the narrative changed. Public focus will not be on the message of the protest, but on the action by the government. I guess Kent State might well be a more appropriate historical analogy. Certainly, if the first hand reports I am privy to are correct, students were peacefully exercising their rights, and then the thugs thugged. Imagine Kent State viewed through the social media lens we have today. These students are very savvy in the use of social media. There will be consequences. Still, apartheid protests were way more successful than Vietnam protests:
  4. Was thinking about the protests against apartheid, back in the day. I don’t remember police intervention, and those protests were pretty damn influential. Investments were redirected because public awareness became focused on not enabling the racists. Effectively protesting requires awareness of how to control the narrative. Once the cops start to thug, the narrative shifts.
  5. Your understanding of fascism is skewed.
  6. The path to decreasing sexualization of children is more light, more discussion, not less. Predators hide in the shadows. Victimized children need an environment/society comfortable with airing sexual matters, not one that shames such topics.
  7. The most fascinating country on the planet. Of those I know who’ve visited, they either loved it, or wanted to take the very next flight out of there. I love novels set in India, with Salman Rushdie’s “the Moor’s Last Sigh” topping the lot, and Gregory David Roberts’ “Shantaram” right up there. ”Don’t you know how high the river rises in your country, Lin?”
  8. Just foreshadowing the narrative for the end of the Republic. Rs were forced to do this. The excuse Putin’s lap dog uses here on this boatd.
  9. If that is really her son, then he seems the more despicable of the two. She makes me think she has mental issues.
  10. Repetition. Don’t let it bother you, though. Do what you do; I’m here for it. OP, put me down for no meaningful verdict before the election, and the election comes with shenanigans. I want to have faith, but everything about that guy has confounded my understanding of this country.
  11. I don’t agree the Justice system wasn’t designed to protect this Republic, which is based on law. Defending the law is a responsibility of the DoJ, and, thus, defends the Republic. Because of delays in starting an investigation into whether tfg engaged n insurrection, not to mention the delay, by SCOTUS, in clarifying immunity (especially compared with the CO ballot decree’s timeline,) whatever protection the 14th Amendment offers the Republic apparently will not be brought to bear. State removal of liberty is absolutely big AF. The ability to run for office, is limited, however, and I don’t equate losing that ability to incarceration.
  12. This statement is why folks are questioning the justice system’s ability to defend our Republic from a known and, perhaps existential, threat.
  13. Attacks are the only defense he understands, in keeping with his narcissism.
  14. Very good stuff, Francisco. Thanks for your posts.
  15. No one like to feel excluded, but reality is what it is. While I look forward to the day when folks of different races see no meaningful distinction standing between one another, (as was so eloquently stated by the visionary Marley) today is not that day. White folks who chafe at the reality of the n word, forbidden to them, but not forbidden to black folks, can fuck off. Equality between races will not be achieved by denying that there are different races. I am willing to wager the Venn diagram of those who so chafe and those who denigrate the value of diversity describes a complete circle.
  16. I liked most all of your post, but still support aid to Ukraine. Fuck authoritarianism, at home and abroad. Also, goat burger deliciousness needs more press.
  17. @Gatorubet, Condolences for your friend and colleague. But, I didn’t read that post as wishing cancer on anyone. I read it as a comparison between the way doctors treat cancers and the almost two year delay of the DOJ to recognize the cancer in our republic, and then to treat the cancer as just another tumor.
  18. That infected carbuncle just implied Democrats aren’t Americans.
  19. I’m not hunting down the exchange. You wanted me to know I am not “that guy,” a reference I didn’t understand. Another poster clued me in, posting a video of an aggressive dude in another guys face, repeating the phrase, “you’re not that guy.” The essence was physical intimidation. Something that I don’t receive well; stupidly, I lean into it. I speak my mind, but I’m not a bully. Nor do I tolerate them. Edit: That aggression, your suggestion that I would wilt if confronted, combined with your lack of empathy, and your lack of loyalty, shown by your refusal to acknowledge an obligation to society, and a separation from your neighbors, your place, which you say are all means to an end, as well as your delight in manufacturing negative reactions and your tendency to state outright falsehoods (labeling folks deadbeats, despite those same people abiding by the terms of their deal,) and the gaslighting that a negative reaction to your posts means there is something wrong with those who have a negative reaction. These are the reasons I view you as a psychopath.
  20. Citizens empowered the government to tax themselves to fund the entitlements at which you chafe. IMO, they did so because of Judeo-Christian morality. I can accept legal efforts to rescind those decisions. I will not accept, for example, SCOTUS disregarding the ninth Amendment to shitcan abortion rights. It is the definition of patriot. Want to outlaw abortion? Pass an amendment. FTR, both of my daughters have and will earn their UT degrees, the balance of which my wife and I earned and set aside to meet. To their credit, we were saved full price. I vote in favor of social responsibility for the education of the following generations. In a perfect world, those costs would not be burdened by interest. Unfortunately, there are too many voters who are sanguine about profiting from education loans.
  21. My interaction with @fattyflattie leads me to another conclusion. Which informs my judgement about his personality. (Not saying he is a murderer, but he is someone who implied violence would curb my comments).
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