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Cancel culture strikes again

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  • L LuFins Dad
    23 Jun 2020, 19:22

    @Catseye3 said in Cancel culture strikes again:

    His authorization for the arrest isn't needed; it's already in the law.

    Correct, but as the executive, the agencies generally follow his guidance regarding enforcement. To this point they have refrained from enforcing the law. Now he is instructing them to actively enforce and prosecute.

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    Catseye3
    wrote on 23 Jun 2020, 19:25 last edited by
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    @LuFins-Dad How do we know they've refrained from enforcing the law? Why would they? Can it be that they don't know who to arrest because they don't know who the perps are?

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      Larry
      wrote on 23 Jun 2020, 21:44 last edited by
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      Who gives a flying fuck whether he needed to authorize it or not. The issue is there are people destroying our historical monuments, and so far nothing is being done to stop it. If it will help put a stop to this I don't give a rat's ass WHAT the man says.

      Jesus.

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      • C Catseye3
        23 Jun 2020, 19:25

        @LuFins-Dad How do we know they've refrained from enforcing the law? Why would they? Can it be that they don't know who to arrest because they don't know who the perps are?

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        89th
        wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 01:48 last edited by
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        @Catseye3 said in Cancel culture strikes again:

        @LuFins-Dad How do we know they've refrained from enforcing the law? Why would they? Can it be that they don't know who to arrest because they don't know who the perps are?

        Have you seen any of the hundreds of videos? Heck, just the other night a line of cops stood a block away watching them tear down the Albert Pike statue in DC. Trump's tweet/whatever provides clearer instructions, as @LuFins-Dad said.

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        • C Catseye3
          23 Jun 2020, 19:08

          His authorization for the arrest isn't needed; it's already in the law.

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          Jolly
          wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 01:57 last edited by
          #43

          @Catseye3 said in Cancel culture strikes again:

          His authorization for the arrest isn't needed; it's already in the law.

          It's simple enough. POTUS is prodding elements of the government to follow the law, not ignore it.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 12:56 last edited by
            #44

            Yeah, “authorized” is the wrong word. But good on him all the same.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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              Catseye3
              wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 12:59 last edited by Catseye3
              #45

              Okay, y'all win. 🙂

              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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              • J jon-nyc
                24 Jun 2020, 12:56

                Yeah, “authorized” is the wrong word. But good on him all the same.

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                George K
                wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 13:18 last edited by
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                @jon-nyc said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                Yeah, “authorized” is the wrong word. But good on him all the same.

                Twitter flagged for being "threatening."

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Catseye3
                  wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 13:43 last edited by
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                  Spoken like a true prez of the people!

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                    89th
                    wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 18:05 last edited by
                    #48

                    I have a (quite liberal) friend who was freaking out about how bad that tweet was. I'm sorry, what am I missing? Even as someone who often finds alignment with the libertarian side of things...I 100% support the president preventing an "autonomous" zone being established in DC.

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                      Larry
                      wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 18:09 last edited by
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                      It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome. They can't see the obvious because they're nuts.

                      Of course, some of them were nuts already, so...

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                      • 8 89th
                        24 Jun 2020, 18:05

                        I have a (quite liberal) friend who was freaking out about how bad that tweet was. I'm sorry, what am I missing? Even as someone who often finds alignment with the libertarian side of things...I 100% support the president preventing an "autonomous" zone being established in DC.

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                        Catseye3
                        wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 18:41 last edited by Catseye3
                        #50

                        @89th said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                        I'm sorry, what am I missing?

                        It's not the frowny face at the autonomous zone; it's the threat of "serious force".

                        But I'm letting it go. I was doing so well of late staying out of the good-Trump/bad-Trump brouhaha, until I foolishly re-entered. This has to be the dumbest waste of time evah. I think it must be a guy thing, to endlessly argue over politics toward no practical destination.

                        No one's mind has ever been changed, or will be. Not the smallest point will be conceded. If anything, the exchanges become ever more furious and nasty -- for some participants, anyway. Brangling endlessly over Left vs Right is like being stuck in hell's hamster wheel. As far as I can see, maintaining the righteousness of one side over the evil of the other might do something for the arguers, but if it's extreme enough it is assinine no matter which side is evangelizing, and does damn-all for humanity.

                        I can't promise to stay out of it, but I'm gonna try. Cuz this shit is depressing. 😕

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                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                        • C Catseye3
                          24 Jun 2020, 13:43

                          Spoken like a true prez of the people!

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                          Jolly
                          wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 19:20 last edited by Jolly
                          #51

                          @Catseye3 said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                          Spoken like a true prez of the people!

                          You are familiar with the veteran's shanty town and protests of 1932? And how Hoover cleared them out?

                          When George C. Patton rolls a tank over your tent, you move. When Douglas MacArthur tell his soldiers to fix bayonets and advance, people move.

                          Some didn't move or didn't move fast enough. Between the police and the army, they killed three protesters and 1000 of them had to be cared for at the hospital.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          • C Catseye3
                            24 Jun 2020, 18:41

                            @89th said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                            I'm sorry, what am I missing?

                            It's not the frowny face at the autonomous zone; it's the threat of "serious force".

                            But I'm letting it go. I was doing so well of late staying out of the good-Trump/bad-Trump brouhaha, until I foolishly re-entered. This has to be the dumbest waste of time evah. I think it must be a guy thing, to endlessly argue over politics toward no practical destination.

                            No one's mind has ever been changed, or will be. Not the smallest point will be conceded. If anything, the exchanges become ever more furious and nasty -- for some participants, anyway. Brangling endlessly over Left vs Right is like being stuck in hell's hamster wheel. As far as I can see, maintaining the righteousness of one side over the evil of the other might do something for the arguers, but if it's extreme enough it is assinine no matter which side is evangelizing, and does damn-all for humanity.

                            I can't promise to stay out of it, but I'm gonna try. Cuz this shit is depressing. 😕

                            I

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                            Horace
                            wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 20:11 last edited by
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                            @Catseye3 said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                            @89th said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                            I'm sorry, what am I missing?

                            It's not the frowny face at the autonomous zone; it's the threat of "serious force".

                            But I'm letting it go. I was doing so well of late staying out of the good-Trump/bad-Trump brouhaha, until I foolishly re-entered. This has to be the dumbest waste of time evah. I think it must be a guy thing, to endlessly argue over politics toward no practical destination.

                            No one's mind has ever been changed, or will be. Not the smallest point will be conceded. If anything, the exchanges become ever more furious and nasty -- for some participants, anyway. Brangling endlessly over Left vs Right is like being stuck in hell's hamster wheel. As far as I can see, maintaining the righteousness of one side over the evil of the other might do something for the arguers, but if it's extreme enough it is assinine no matter which side is evangelizing, and does damn-all for humanity.

                            I can't promise to stay out of it, but I'm gonna try. Cuz this shit is depressing. 😕

                            Reading and posting here can be very hard work. That’s why they call it work. It’s not supposed to be fun. If it was, they would call it work but the fun kind! Which they don’t. Can you even imagine anybody going around saying that posting to TNCR is work but the fun kind? lol that would be ridickulous

                            Education is extremely important.

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                            • C Catseye3
                              24 Jun 2020, 18:41

                              @89th said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                              I'm sorry, what am I missing?

                              It's not the frowny face at the autonomous zone; it's the threat of "serious force".

                              But I'm letting it go. I was doing so well of late staying out of the good-Trump/bad-Trump brouhaha, until I foolishly re-entered. This has to be the dumbest waste of time evah. I think it must be a guy thing, to endlessly argue over politics toward no practical destination.

                              No one's mind has ever been changed, or will be. Not the smallest point will be conceded. If anything, the exchanges become ever more furious and nasty -- for some participants, anyway. Brangling endlessly over Left vs Right is like being stuck in hell's hamster wheel. As far as I can see, maintaining the righteousness of one side over the evil of the other might do something for the arguers, but if it's extreme enough it is assinine no matter which side is evangelizing, and does damn-all for humanity.

                              I can't promise to stay out of it, but I'm gonna try. Cuz this shit is depressing. 😕

                              I

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                              89th
                              wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 20:16 last edited by
                              #53

                              @Catseye3 said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                              @89th said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                              I'm sorry, what am I missing?

                              It's not the frowny face at the autonomous zone; it's the threat of "serious force".

                              I get it...just not sure what the issue is. Are we really at a place in society where one think's it's OK to create a government-free zone, let alone inside the boundaries of the nation's capital? If, for example, a group of people tried to take over a city block, I would fully HOPE the police/military would clear them out, with serious force.

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                                Horace
                                wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 20:23 last edited by
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                                We have never been at a place where blithering fools have felt more at ease letting everybody in on their cultural insights that are at a level of dumb only attainable by socially enforced group think.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                • HoraceH Horace
                                  24 Jun 2020, 20:23

                                  We have never been at a place where blithering fools have felt more at ease letting everybody in on their cultural insights that are at a level of dumb only attainable by socially enforced group think.

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                                  Rainman
                                  wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 20:50 last edited by
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                                  @Horace said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                                  We have never been at a place where blithering fools have felt more at ease letting everybody in on their cultural insights that are at a level of dumb only attainable by socially enforced group think.

                                  See? Now, that's a great Horace post.
                                  Great, because I could understand it, not over my head.

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                                    Horace
                                    wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 21:10 last edited by
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                                    Sometimes I lose track of whether I’m trying to be sarcastic so in fairness I am not making any basic attempt at making sense. That post happened to be sarcasm free.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                    • J Jolly
                                      24 Jun 2020, 19:20

                                      @Catseye3 said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                                      Spoken like a true prez of the people!

                                      You are familiar with the veteran's shanty town and protests of 1932? And how Hoover cleared them out?

                                      When George C. Patton rolls a tank over your tent, you move. When Douglas MacArthur tell his soldiers to fix bayonets and advance, people move.

                                      Some didn't move or didn't move fast enough. Between the police and the army, they killed three protesters and 1000 of them had to be cared for at the hospital.

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                                      Larry
                                      wrote on 24 Jun 2020, 21:50 last edited by
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                                      @Jolly said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                                      @Catseye3 said in Cancel culture strikes again:

                                      Spoken like a true prez of the people!

                                      You are familiar with the veteran's shanty town and protests of 1932? And how Hoover cleared them out?

                                      When George C. Patton rolls a tank over your tent, you move. When Douglas MacArthur tell his soldiers to fix bayonets and advance, people move.

                                      Some didn't move or didn't move fast enough. Between the police and the army, they killed three protesters and 1000 of them had to be cared for at the hospital.

                                      That's one of the problems we face today. Too many pussified males, not enough real men.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 28 Nov 2020, 15:08 last edited by
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                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on 28 Nov 2020, 16:47 last edited by
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                                          WTF?

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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