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SmokeyTheBear

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  1. It's still mind blowing that the only thing they think they pay taxes for is for the salarys of those in congress. If only they realized they are advocating for defunding the police.
  2. Cool. Then view me as a type of troll and put me on ignore. Maybe you'll stop engaging with me just like you want me to stop engaging with others.......on a message board. Yours and my prerogative.
  3. You have your way of dealing with them, I have mine. Feel free to put me on ignore as well if it is such a problem for you.
  4. Rented a house on the side of a mountain in Colorado for 6 weeks to take the fam. Covid or not, we're socially distancing out into the (semi)wild.
  5. I just don't view everyone with an opposing view as a troll. I see these people in my family and out in the wild regularly and they just live in a different world. Do you leave them be or engage? I tend to want to engage. You may not. Good for you. But here we are on a message board, a place to engage, so I will. I don't think GR is a troll in the context of what message he is trying to sell, but maybe in the way he is trying to sell it.
  6. Fair, at a level. I'm not looking to reach those, I'm looking to challenge them for those that are lurking and trying to understand issues. There are those who would buy into the troll narrative if the troll narative goes unchecked.
  7. The objective truth is that one party has been working to suppress the vote for decades because they know their base is too small to win elections. Also, stacking the courts by breaking precedent they themselves set. All things to control the government outside of winning elections.
  8. Here's the thing, I don't think he is a troll. They really do just believe these crazy things. They bought into the Fox News narrative years ago and that set millions of people to go down a certain path where "both sides", "whataboutism", "identity politics", "fake news", racism only against whites, etc are the prisms they view every issue thru. I've seen this same behavior in family members who are otherwise very intelligent and capable. But once you really challenge them, their arguments fall apart because they are solely propped up on feelings and paranoia they've been taught to embrace; not some objective truth.
  9. So if Dems did it in the last election, are you saying Russia could have done it in the previous in favor of Trump?
  10. Oh you see it regularly on here. Did you think Russia had some involvement in our politics in the past few years? Oh, well then whatever you say is completely invalid. (although Russia was involved and there is evidence of some sort of pee tape, but who really gives a shit? It was a funny side story)
  11. Yeah, that's not appropriate
  12. You've obviously not seen the pattern of responses by those posters highlighted. They get shit on because, by that point, most are tired of their disingenuous or completely fallacious point of view. So they get called out. No one owes anyone a pat on the back for bringing complete bullshit opinions/statements to the table. We have misinformation overload right now and it's important to call it out. I'd argue it's a duty of all citizens of our country right now.
  13. Uhhhh no. That was in response to the common assertion that Trump had an investigation that showed China was clearly to blame and then Biden shut down a completely above board investigation to make some political win.
  14. I don't think that happened like you are framing it
  15. Its in response to all the ones who are so afraid to engage in that thread out of some weird fear of being crowdsourced (which really only happens to those who earn it, which is rare). You have stuck in there no matter what. Kudos to you, seriously. Personally, I don't like posting to DT because I don't want to worry about discussing a point of view that might involve some political angle. Id far prefer to discuss topics freely with the understanding there will be some assholes that might respond. So be it, ignore them. I want to have my views and opinions challenged. All. The. Time. Cause that allows me to find truth. You can't do that in some gated capacity for fear of feelings.
  16. It's pretty hard to trust what the Trump administration says when they were in pure reaction to whatever dumb shit he said. Forced to make things up to make what he said reality, instead of reality dictating what he said. So yes, everyone has a feeling that China fucked up and inadvertently let loose this virus, but that doesn't mean we blindly take the word of Trump without some sort of independent investigation to prove out the cause.
  17. Man, some of yall seem to forget the site you are on and it's roots in crass discourse. I didn't realize so many of you all were so sensitive and fragile to the point of needing your own space to not feel challenged in your views. Fucking welcome to life. There are those who will respond in ways that don't feel right, but I'm sure you get that in the real world too. In some ways I get it, the old CR was a cesspool of self righteous conservatives with minimal liberals able to get their points across. But now with Trump, the whole thing has been flipped because the right doesn't have a position to hold onto anymore, and that's tough to justify when challenged. In summation, you snowflakes can go fuck your feelings in your safe space or pull yourself up by your bootstraps and try to strengthen your position thru open, unfiltered discourse.
  18. You no doubt served my family once or twice then. I grew up in Oak Hill.
  19. It's really quite simple. One is a personal choice that impacts that immediate family only. The other has the potential to impact anyone you come across in your day to day. If you didn't go out in society, then who cares if you don't want to vaccinate because you are not a risk to everyone around you.
  20. Ohhhhh, chocolate chocolate chip. Must be some CRT dog whistle.
  21. In an exchange first reported by the Washington Post, McCarthy said: “There’s …there’s two people, I think, Putin pays: [California Representative Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump … [laughter] … swear to God.” According to the transcript, speaker Paul Ryan immediately responded: “This is an off-the-record … [laughter] … NO LEAKS … [laughter] … alright?!”
  22. This may be skirting some line, but can we identify these folks? If only to highlight to them their bad behavior?
  23. Nevermind the fact that whatever "sane" Republican that is an option would still be part of the former establishment that lead to the issues we see today, including Trump. There is no real ideology to govern in the Republican party in the past couple decades other than to consolidate power in a winner takes all ethos.
  24. An actual reasonable response. Thanks GR for the constant reminders of the competency of this administration. Especially compared to the last.
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