Apple CEO Tim Cook Shares Memorial Day Tribute

[It’s always something]

It always amazes me how easy it is for those on the left to be dishonest and fear monger. Not only did president Trump honor the fallen service men and women, but VP Vance did also. Shame on you!

As turbineseaplane showed, the President opened Memorial Day with a hate-filled screed. That’s what my post above reflected. It’s to his credit that he changed his tune later in the day, but that doesn’t change the fact of what happened earlier, before I knew about his speech. It would be even better if he deleted the screed. If he has, I’ll edit my post to reflect that he thought better of it.

 

[bondr006]

Cook:sane, Trump:insane

Biden: Demented, covered up advanced cancer, can't even sign his own name

 

[VertPin]

It always amazes me how easy it is for those on the left to be dishonest and fear monger. Not only did president Trump honor the fallen service men and women, but VP Vance did also. Shame on you!

No, shame on you for electing a convicted felon, racist, womanizer, a rapist, and an insane man. Vance isn’t great either.

The people that voted for MAGA are why people and families are torn apart. Guess what people are responsible for their division? The unconstitutional, brain dead conservatives and republicans who bend to anything Trump says or does.

 

[bondr006]

No, shame on you for electing a convicted felon, racist, womanizer, a rapist, and an insane man. Vance isn’t great either.

The people that voted for MAGA are why people and families are torn apart. Guess what people are responsible for their division? The unconstitutional, brain dead conservatives and republicans who bend to anything Trump says or does.

Not going to join in the ad hominem name calling, but will admit you humored me with that little rant...

 

[TruthAboveAllElse]

Biden: Demented, covered up advanced cancer, can't even sign his own name

But what does that have to do with Trump dismantling our democracy? Other than the fact that if Biden hadn't rerun Trump likely would not have won.

Only partyliners supported Biden's reelection, and only until it became far too obvious it was impossible for him to win.

 

[ratspg]

No, shame on you for electing a convicted felon, racist, womanizer, a rapist, and an insane man. Vance isn’t great either.

The people that voted for MAGA are why people and families are torn apart. Guess what people are responsible for their division? The unconstitutional, brain dead conservatives and republicans who bend to anything Trump says or does.

The people that voted are American. That’s their right to vote. Do you consider them American? Or are they not good enough for you?

 

[Naraxus]

WE have to be, our rights are crumbling all around us.

Please tell me what rights those are. Be specific.

 

[Naraxus]

Vietnam was a useless war started by the most racist president in history.

LBJ didn't start the Vietnam War.

 

[CarlJ]

The only side I have ever taken is my side. I don't care for Democrats or Republicans. I don't care who is running the country so long as my daily life isn't disrupted.

This is precisely how you get someone like Trump in power, by a large contingent of the population tuning out unless/until it affects them personally. That stance is incredibly selfish.

 

[It’s always something]

Please tell me what rights those are. Be specific.

• The right to due process.
• Freedom of the press.
• Freedom of speech.

Edit to add: also, the right to enjoy the protection of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, violated every time ICE deposits someone for life in a foreign gulag.

 

[Naraxus]

But what does that have to do with Trump dismantling our democracy? Other than the fact that if Biden hadn't rerun Trump likely would not have won.

Only partyliners supported Biden's reelection, and only until it became far too obvious it was impossible for him to win.

Trump is dismantling our democracy......Hillarious.

One: We're not a democracy.

Two: How about his two immediate predecessors who routinely ignored the Constitution and did end-arounds of the USSC?

 

[Naraxus]

• The right to due process.
• Freedom of the press.
• Freedom of speech.

Ok, how is he taking them away?

 

[CarlJ]

The people that voted are American. That’s their right to vote. Do you consider them American? Or are they not good enough for you?

Setting up a nice strawman there, so you can shame them for something that they didn't say.

 

[It’s always something]

Ok, how is he taking them away?

By denying them to anyone, he takes them away from everyone. It’s only a matter of time until it becomes more widespread. And he has taken them away (or attempted to take them) from people already.

 

[Naraxus]

By denying them to anyone, he takes them away from everyone. It’s only a matter of time until it becomes more widespread. And he has taken them away (or attempted to take them) from people already.

Sigh.......Cite examples.

 

[ratspg]

Setting up a nice strawman there, so you can shame them for something that they didn't say.

I’m not trying to shame anybody. Just saying that if they are American they are allowed to vote for whomever they’d like. Just as they are allowed to not like the president. Or vice president. Or calling people brain dead if that’s what they like.

Again I’ll go back to honoring our soldiers and their families who sacrificed for us.

It’s just sad that people want to point fingers at a president or politician and think it’s a cause rather than an effect.

 

[kagharaht]

Considering what MAGA’s Supreme and Immortal Leader said today in his own Memorial Day greeting, I doubt that Tim was trying to curry favor with MAGA. Or does MAGA not support what the Supreme and Immortal Leader said today (which included nothing about our honored dead)?

Edit to add Dear Leader’s early morning greeting:

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What the hell is this suppose to be? I bet his supporters will defend this garbage.

 

[It’s always something]

Sigh.......Cite examples.

• Due Process: every time ICE ships an alleged “criminal” to El Salvador’s gulag (which is also a violation of the Constitution’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment) without proving in a court of law that the suspect is, in fact, a criminal. There are multiple examples; take your pick.
• Freedom of the press: resorting to threats to take away the broadcast licenses of networks that criticize him, like CBS and ABC. Taking away the AP’s access because they won’t use his stupid, stupid name for the Gulf of Mexico (for which they have good reason; but even if it was just to spite him, it’s still their right). Attempting to shut down PBS and CPB because he doesn’t like what they say. Shutting down Voice of America because he doesn’t like what it says.
• Freedom of speech: launching investigations of people who criticize him. Most recent example: Comey. His attempts to dictate educational content at multiple universities. Targeting Rumeysa Ozturk for deportation for expressing an opinion he doesn’t like. Targeting Christopher Krebs for saying that the 2020 election was legitimate, by directing IRS to audit him and stripping his security clearances.

 

[It’s always something]

What the hell is this suppose to be? I bet his supporters will defend this garbage.

So far all they’ve done is ignore it, as if pretending it didn’t happen means it didn’t happen. ☹️

 

[turbineseaplane]

Some of this conversation reminds me of something I just saw earlier

 

[VertPin]

The people that voted are American. That’s their right to vote. Do you consider them American? Or are they not good enough for you?

Of course I consider them American, and they have the right to vote. I never insinuated that, where did you get that from?

However, voting for a convicted felon rapist who incited the January 6th insurrection is surely a terrible vote choice, and I’ll critique those that got this moron in office. He is ruining the lives of many people. Anyone that voted for him, or decided to sit out on the election, is the reason we have this braindead loser as the President. A liar, cheater, racist, rapist, loathing felon. Spoiler alert to any MAGA people: Trump thinks you’re gullible and hates you.

Hope any Trump voters here don’t have family that get kidnapped by ICE, sorry, the gestapo.

 

[8281]

Biden: Demented, covered up advanced cancer, can't even sign his own name

So Trump knows less about running an economy than a demented person? That’s your argument? Demented Biden knew enough not to start arbitrary trade wars that he immediately had to retreat from because of the markets.

 

[KPOM]

LBJ didn't start the Vietnam War.

He turned it into a full blown war.

 

[KPOM]

Huh? LBJ passed multiple Civil and Voting Rights Acts.

He also passed the Great Society which destroyed the nuclear family. Blacks went from 28% born out of wedlock to 70%. LBJ was explicit that he wanted Blacks to be dependent on government support so that they would have to vote Democratic permanently to keep the benefits.

 

[TruthAboveAllElse]

Trump is dismantling our democracy......Hillarious.

One: We're not a democracy.

Two: How about his two immediate predecessors who routinely ignored the Constitution and did end-arounds of the USSC?

We are, in fact, a democracy. We are not a direct democracy, but obviously that is not what I, or anyone else in this millennium, are referring to.

You may recall many US presidents talking about spreading democracy etc.