ideologyhunter
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I can't compare apples and traitors.
Okay. The last few posts have been in response to the Cheney quotation which, despite its origin, is true. "In our nation's 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump."Not all Republican populists are Donald Trump. There are at least one or two other individuals.
At the moment he is the only that really matters. The RNC gave him the keys to the fortress. He is a alt-right populist whose self-interest has got to be near record levels for a President in this country.Not all Republican populists are Donald Trump. There are at least one or two other individuals.
For a person in this country!At the moment he is the only that really matters. The RNC gave him the keys to the fortress. He is an alt-right populist whose self-interest has got to be near record levels for a President in this country.Not all Republican populists are Donald Trump. There are at least one or two other individuals.
Why do many posters here want libertarians to support Trump?
Okay. The last few posts have been in response to the Cheney quotation which, despite its origin, is true. "In our nation's 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump."Not all Republican populists are Donald Trump. There are at least one or two other individuals.
So is the Neocon wing preferable to the Trump populism wing?
The killing of Floyd wasn't some Evers or King event. The killing of Floyd was the graphic depiction of generalized police mistreatment of blacks in America (actual mistreatment and disregard). The officer that killed Floyd had a long list of complaints against him regarding mistreatment and nothing was done about it. Nothing usually gets done when blacks complain about something. Floyd was a melting point of accumulated incidents that was in part inflamed by the social anxiety being created from the pandemic. Floyd was the last domino, not the first.I'll expand on that.I've read the link, which was an incredibly biased blog post ending in an ad for the blogger's new book. I'm confused as to what your point is trying to be. Are you going to ask me my thoughts on every single killing that has occurred in the US and provide suspect context with each and every one of them? If so, I'm not really interested and I suspect the heat death of the universe will happen before we're through.I guessed you hadn't heard about it, which is why I provided a link.
So what exactly is your point? What's the common link *you* perceive to be between Riley, Floyd and Lemp?
While I see government action and incation in all three cases, I'd say Lemp is the most tragic of the three and Riley's perhaps the least. That makes a spectrum. Unlike Floyd, everyone involved in the Lemp case is being very well protected by the government.
I do believe that most political outrage is both selective and feigned. Lots of Democrats are of course upset about George Floyd, and lost of Republicans are of course upset about Laken Riley.
Why do many posters here want libertarians to support Trump?
The killing of Floyd wasn't some Evers or King event. The killing of Floyd was the graphic depiction of generalized police mistreatment of blacks in America (actual mistreatment and disregard). The officer that killed Floyd had a long list of complaints against him regarding mistreatment and nothing was done about it. Nothing usually gets done when blacks complain about something. Floyd was a melting point of accumulated incidents that was in part inflamed by the social anxiety being created from the pandemic. Floyd was the last domino, not the first.I'll expand on that.I've read the link, which was an incredibly biased blog post ending in an ad for the blogger's new book. I'm confused as to what your point is trying to be. Are you going to ask me my thoughts on every single killing that has occurred in the US and provide suspect context with each and every one of them? If so, I'm not really interested and I suspect the heat death of the universe will happen before we're through.I guessed you hadn't heard about it, which is why I provided a link.
So what exactly is your point? What's the common link *you* perceive to be between Riley, Floyd and Lemp?
While I see government action and incation in all three cases, I'd say Lemp is the most tragic of the three and Riley's perhaps the least. That makes a spectrum. Unlike Floyd, everyone involved in the Lemp case is being very well protected by the government.
I do believe that most political outrage is both selective and feigned. Lots of Democrats are of course upset about George Floyd, and lost of Republicans are of course upset about Laken Riley.
Laken Riley's case, is a bunch of right wing assholes using her tragic death as some sort of pole vault to sell a bullshit narrative that the illegals are dangerous to Americans. Riley's murder would be the first domino.
Moore-Coulter and all.
The most tragic of all cases are Duncan Lemp and Don Scott, and those arouse no anger from either side of the same party. Only Libertarians take any time to notice those two cases, and they are much more severe.
It is akin to how the one thing that would be the best weapon that Republicans can use to attack Democrats is also the same thing that would be the best weapon that Democrats can use to attack Republicans. The same crime in both cases, neither will use it because they both want to commit it, our foreign policy.
Someone actually responded to my questions. Jimmy isn't going to pass out from holding is breath. Elixir can use you as an example and role model, although he won't.
I disagree that "people here would prefer that NOBODY support Trump". I've seen many times where people have expressed clearly that they want to count libertarians among Trump's supporters, and not just on the fallacious "you don't like our guy you must like the other guy" canard.
If you read my post, you wouldn't have said that. My complaint about your statements was the inaccurate depiction of the two cases being relatable.You know, if you had finished my quote you wouldn't be saying "Moore-Coulter". Here's the part you left out.The killing of Floyd wasn't some Evers or King event. The killing of Floyd was the graphic depiction of generalized police mistreatment of blacks in America (actual mistreatment and disregard). The officer that killed Floyd had a long list of complaints against him regarding mistreatment and nothing was done about it. Nothing usually gets done when blacks complain about something. Floyd was a melting point of accumulated incidents that was in part inflamed by the social anxiety being created from the pandemic. Floyd was the last domino, not the first.I'll expand on that.I've read the link, which was an incredibly biased blog post ending in an ad for the blogger's new book. I'm confused as to what your point is trying to be. Are you going to ask me my thoughts on every single killing that has occurred in the US and provide suspect context with each and every one of them? If so, I'm not really interested and I suspect the heat death of the universe will happen before we're through.I guessed you hadn't heard about it, which is why I provided a link.
So what exactly is your point? What's the common link *you* perceive to be between Riley, Floyd and Lemp?
While I see government action and incation in all three cases, I'd say Lemp is the most tragic of the three and Riley's perhaps the least. That makes a spectrum. Unlike Floyd, everyone involved in the Lemp case is being very well protected by the government.
I do believe that most political outrage is both selective and feigned. Lots of Democrats are of course upset about George Floyd, and lost of Republicans are of course upset about Laken Riley.
Laken Riley's case, is a bunch of right wing assholes using her tragic death as some sort of pole vault to sell a bullshit narrative that the illegals are dangerous to Americans. Riley's murder would be the first domino.
Moore-Coulter and all.
As I noted, the anger post Floyd wasn't remotely just about Floyd but the generalized mistreatment / violent mistreatment of blacks by police. This isn't some sort of dick measuring contest to see which dead black guy was the most aggrieved. The reaction to Floyd was an accumulation of ignored injustices suffered by countless blacks.I still say you aren't nearly as upset about the killing your side likes to talk about - whichever one that is - as you pretend you are.The most tragic of all cases are Duncan Lemp and Don Scott, and those arouse no anger from either side of the same party. Only Libertarians take any time to notice those two cases, and they are much more severe.
It is akin to how the one thing that would be the best weapon that Republicans can use to attack Democrats is also the same thing that would be the best weapon that Democrats can use to attack Republicans. The same crime in both cases, neither will use it because they both want to commit it, our foreign policy.
I assure you, I'm quite aware that there are countless people I am terribly unaware of who suffered needlessly. It isn't a competition. That is why I support positions that I do, and that I don't vote for people that haven't a shot in the world of ever having a chance of enacting changes to increase justice locally, state wise, and nationally.Those two names didn't stir anything in you.
For what it's worth,Contrast to Bush, who does nothing to stop Trump, resulting in actions that indicate he would rather watch Trump win than act to avoid that.
Well at least you didn't quote the text you didn't bother to read.And that, Jimmy, is why I say you only care about whichever case your party cares about, and wouldn't care if your party didn't. That's how deep your concern for ... whichever case ... actually is.