Actually what makes some of us feel big and important, at least in a manner of speaking, is that the GOP has finally been thrown out of political power at the national level, and it is going to be a very different game moving forward than the vile Trump Years of the waning GOP.
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Apple Threatens to Ban Parler From App Store as Twitter Bans Donald Trump
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How am I delusional and squirming. I denounced racism and said anyone who is racist is bad. But also pointed out the image being shown to be at the Capitol was in fact not at the Capitol and it was from two weeks earlier. All I did was state facts. Just like the Proud Boys founder is a minority. But apparently not minority enough.
I’ll just stick to facts.
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So what's "6 million wasn't enough" referring to? Please, educate me. Go on, I'm waiting. Why do the Proud Boys commonly wear this as a motto? Go on...
Oh, here's a hint: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/proud-boy-6mwe/
And yes, there were many examples of this and similar neo nazi mottos all over Wednesday's duck dynasty revolutionaries. You don't get to party in that crowd and not be of that crowd.
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Me too I’m having a serious issue understanding what’s going on. Thing is I don’t know what “Parler” is... assuming it’s a chat and communication thing (parler is french for to-talk) if someone uses the phone and lines platforms to do misdeeds... should AT&T, Verizon, TMobile be banned and all that copper stripped from the ground?
What am I missing here? Genuinely curious... the things are made “evil” by the people using it not the technology itself. Same with money, bitcoins, etc... people can use dollars to fund drug dealing or to build schools, we don’t “ban” money forever because of it.
It’ll all come back around just like when Obama got into office. It was the same thing.
Well I would assume most presidents would have to provide birth certificates. Did he ever provide one? I feel like that was something people asked to see throughout his presidency.
Of course, I’m not surprised you’d make it a race issue - seems to be a running theme with your posts.
I don't aim to "feel big" when conversing with others. But when I get the impression that the other party isn't speaking in good faith (or equally important - speak factually), then I don't feel obligated to maintain as much civility as I normally do.
That's been a favorite of Trump's behavior. By saying "some people said...", "I hear...", or "they said...", it absolves you of any responsibility for the things that you say - because you can just claim that you're the messenger.
"They said that those voting machines are flipping the votes!"
"Some people said that [these violent rioters] were just there to show their support!"
"A lot of people are saying that you can fight COVID by using bleach!"
There is an experiment that has been repeated many times. In it you take people who oppose each other politically they have to explain their opponents position until the person who disagrees with them agrees they have correctly articulated it. So a democrat and republicans each have to explain each other’s positions to each other’s satisfaction. Haidt has done this and consistently people on the right can do this trivially and people on the left struggle. Your post is an example of one possible reason why - many of the left lack empathy for their opponents because they ascribe malice to all their ideas and so cannot bring themselves to articulate them to the satisfaction of those they disagree with. Try it sometimes. It’s a good exercise because it helps us understand one another.
You don't go full-nazi. You never go full-nazi. There's no coming back from Trump, Jr., Rudy and others egging on neo nazis to attack our Capital and block the democratic election of the President from happening. IT IS OVER.
It’s referring to the 6 million Jews murdered. That’s why I said racism is bad and that guy is an idiot for wearing. Are you that sense you couldn’t understand that from my post. I think you were just too upset the picture wasn’t from the protest to think straight. I seriously can’t believe you think I’m defending some racist punk for wearing a shirt that both of my grandfathers put their life on the line to stop. Unbelievable.
Yes he did, in 2008.
President Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate
Since President Obama believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for the country, he requested the long form version, which has been published here.
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov
Actually, Biden has said he wants to take Trump out behind the building and beat him up. So by your own logic, Biden should be banned from all platforms, right?You're being willfully blind:
Trump Calls the News Media the ‘Enemy of the American People’ (Published 2017)
Even from a president who routinely castigates journalists, the president’s Twitter post was a striking escalation in his attacks on the press.www.nytimes.com
Trump praises a Congress member for body-slamming a reporter
“Any guy who can do a body-slam ... he’s my guy.”www.vox.com
You're suggesting the act of inciting violence is fine because "there will be radicals that will always take it further, but ultimately people are responsible for their own actions". Are you next going to tell the victims that it's their fault because they deserved it?
Trump did not incite violence (he literally said let’s walk to the Capitol “peacefully”) but the MSM are trying to paint it as such because a protest got out of control.
Where were all the banning when the protests got out of control last summer, became riots, and Federal buildings were attacked in Portland, statues were torn down, and cities were burned? Not to mention the countless people injured or worse (David Dorn). So many Democratic politicians were inciting and advocating violence and not one of them was permanently banned.
Unequal application of free speech standards is not justice and it’s un-American. I work in Big Tech and I can tell you, it is indeed biased and run by group think soley to appease a politically liberal workforce.
I’m generally against over regulation, but these companies need to be regulated to protect ALL speech, with the obvious exceptions of DIRECT incitement of violence.
Wasn’t Hitler’s ideal “Aryan” tall, blond and with blue eyes? Yet he wasn’t. Just saying, just because the founder of the ProudBoys is part of a minority doesn’t necessarily mean that he isn’t a white supremacist...
So should I say all the BLM protests this summer were racist as well. Because I will guarantee you there was racist black peoples there. Are their racist republicans? Yes there are. Just like there are racist Democrats. But just because a very small number of people are racists at the capitol it doesn’t mean “they are all Neo Nazi.” I’m sorry, I’m not delusional you are. Anybody with half a brain can see it.
Requiring a birth certificate wasn't actually required. Many states, however, did see lawmakers (primary Republicans) updating their laws around 2010 to require presidential candidates to provide birth certificates:
United States presidential eligibility legislation - Wikipedia
But whether one was provided or not wasn't the point. The fact that it became a public spectacle is. Do you honestly recall birth certificates being a relevant topic in a political campaign before Obama became a candidate? Hell, the issue came up again for Kamala - and by Trump, of course:
Trump stokes 'birther' conspiracy theory about Kamala Harris
The US president fuels a fringe idea, echoing his past baseless claims about Barack Obama's origins.
www.bbc.com
Honestly, we just don't give a crap about trying to understand the racist, seditious crap of the GOP any longer. We're through, and you know what? We're in charge now. The GOP is DONE. Stick a fork in it. None of us care about trying to convert you to our way of thinking, we just want diversity and plurality to be respected so we can go about our lives and generally, respect one another as human beings and have an equal shot at opportunity no matter who we are or where we come from.
This is not what the GOP wants, the GOP wants to preserve white privilege and throw out any scraps of actual representative democracy that are left in this country so the ultra-wealthy billionaire class can privatize everything. The game the USA has pulled on many other countries over the years has come home to roost, sadly. The GOP demands that only white protestant Christianity be preserved, everything else be second class. No more Muslims can come into the country -- your President's policy. Etc. etc. ad infinitum.
See, it's all out in the open now. You guys went full racist. See, you never go full racist, because there's noooo coming back. Trump, Trump Jr., and Rudy live, on TV, directed a crowd of white power hicks to attack our Capital and block the certification of his opponent for President, by intimidating our elected officials through violence and mob rule.
Garbage. Nobody at BLM gets attacked for being white. It is a totally racially diverse movement. It's actually about just being freaking tolerant of people's race and background. Very different than the 99% all-white crowd that tried to subvert democracy this week. Thankfully, they are being rounded up and dealt with as we speak.
But he was born in the US, but the lie that he wasn't is pushed to this day by many in the right.
Yeah you know -- I just actually haven't met a Democrat who really is a very racist person. Certainly not compared with the many, many deeply, wantonly, and openly racist Republicans I've had the joy of knowing over the years. While not all Republican's are racist, it is, in fact, a party of racism.
Requiring a birth certificate wasn't actually required. Many states, however, did see lawmakers (primary Republicans) updating their laws around 2010 to require presidential candidates to provide birth certificates:
United States presidential eligibility legislation - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
But whether one was provided or not wasn't the point. The fact that it became a public spectacle is. Do you honestly recall birth certificates being a relevant topic in a political campaign before Obama became a candidate? Hell, the issue came up again for Kamala - and by Trump, of course:
Trump stokes 'birther' conspiracy theory about Kamala Harris
The US president fuels a fringe idea, echoing his past baseless claims about Barack Obama's origins.
Didn’t Obama’s own brother state that he wasn’t born in the US though? There was question over legitimacy.
And hasn’t Kamala been dishonest about her heritage? I mean she’s pretty blatantly calling herself African American, but she is actually a very small percentage.
How about people just stop pretending to be something they aren’t just to get ahead.
Because Twitter removes the posts and polices their site. Parler does not.
And the lie was started by one Donald J Trump, who like all lily white snowflakes whines whines whines when he is being treated "very unfairly." The racists sure are a lame bunch.
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