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The OP mentioned that liberals should own AR-15s. Didn't think you were in that camp.Seems pretty straightforward to me. Maybe the request for an explanation can be explained?
The OP mentioned that liberals should own AR-15s. Didn't think you were in that camp.
Also the OP is way loonier than most of the stuff I usually see you "like".
Something about Fascism coming wearing a cross and wrapped in the flag, seems pretty accurate.Read It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis.
Read It.
I see it as the opposite. Kids need to be kids and not get involved with stuff like that because invariably they are not doing it based on critical thought and typically they are just following what they think is popular or are being manipulated (most by the left) with appeals to emotion devoid of content and context.Goddamn, I don't know that I agree with their message (because...is there really one?). But it really is impressive that kids are getting involved at that age now.
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Why should liberals own more guns? Surprised to see you say that.I didn't really care about the throw-away line at the end. Liberals probably should own more guns anyway.
What did you think was loony?
I think it is fair to say that Trump's rule has shown that voters will put aside the historical and typical rule of law concerns in favour of partisan support for their leader.No, he isn't. Your "proof" is prejudicial notion s about the half of the country that you disagree with.
Why should liberals own more guns? Surprised to see you say that.
The entire premise is loony. I think the anti-Trump crowd is dramatically overestimating the percentage of Trump supporters who are thinking as cult members.
I think it is fair to say that Trump's rule has shown that voters will put aside the historical and typical rule of law concerns in favour of partisan support for their leader.
For the voters, why wouldn't they? Trump is delivering what they want on almost every issue.Trump is still disturbingly popular among self-identified Republicans, and few in Congress have shown a willingness to put the country before their short-term career interests.
I think three years ago, a lot of what we've seen would be pretty hard to imagine, and most liberals would have expected more honor in the face of it than we've actually seen (it's still kind of shocking to see people overlook massive corruption). Rather than reversing, the disconnection from reality on the right is accelerating.
I am not so much speaking of Trump but rather what we see in the partisan support base.I don't think that is fair at all to say. Trump has not been much of a threat to rule of law at all. He's been willing to be bounded by Congress and the courts to a much greater extent than his most recent predecessors.
He has used executive orders to undo many of Obama's executive orders, but he hasn't used them to undermine Congress or to enter into international agreements without Congressional consent. And we've seen some of his national policies thwarted by low level judges in remote jurisdictions. Perhaps if Democrats gain control of one or both Houses this fall we will see how Trump acts when facing a more powerful opposition, but as of now, there is scant reason to call Trump a threat to rule of law.
For the voters, why wouldn't they? Trump is delivering what they want on almost every issue.
I disagree. Also, what massive corruption?
I only agree on game theoretical terms.Liberals probably should own more guns anyway.
Nothing?No. Trump is evidence that Americans will eat up empty rhetoric and is far more divided than they were willing to admit previously. But nothing about Trump is tyrannical.
I am not so much speaking of Trump but rather what we see in the partisan support base.
I have very little doubt that regardless of outcome of the Russia investigation that if Trump declares is fake news (and maybe he won't even have to be the one to say it) his base will line up in partisan support and be ready to justify any defiance.
I think we have crossed that rubicon and truly the base does not care one iota about the accusations or whatever merit may behind it. They have taken a side and that is all that matters.
That type of following may not be dangerous with Trump but it certainly could be in the future with the wrong leader.