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Horace

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Now imagine if, right before this occurred, Biden had called Hawley an "enemy of the people".

That would be terrifying. Truly a slippery slope. A constitutional crisis.

jon-nyc

You accidentally hit on the truth in your attempt at sarcasm. It wouldn't be a constitutional crisis but a slippery slope indeed.

Horace

Slippery slopes are all the rage. They allow people to pretend their irrational fears are really happening, and to convince others to respond accordingly.

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BTW, the last protest at Pelosi's home, complete with severed pig head, was done by Leftists.

I was just looking at that thread the George-K started: https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/6451/careful-graffit ... I haven‘t see you or Mik make a peap there yet.

I'm sorry, but if you haven't figured out personal positions after years of posts on a particular subject, you are either a fool or blindly partisan.

I don't think you are a fool.

Blindly partisan runs rampant on this forum. The trenches were dug long ago. I'm glad to be on the side of decency and honesty. The other side throws that out the door in pursuit of power. Fuck your side.

Horace

@nobodyssock said in How long?:

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@axtremus said in How long?:

@jolly said in How long?:

BTW, the last protest at Pelosi's home, complete with severed pig head, was done by Leftists.

I was just looking at that thread the George-K started: https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/6451/careful-graffit ... I haven‘t see you or Mik make a peap there yet.

I'm sorry, but if you haven't figured out personal positions after years of posts on a particular subject, you are either a fool or blindly partisan.

I don't think you are a fool.

Blindly partisan runs rampant on this forum. The trenches were dug long ago. I'm glad to be on the side of decency and honesty. The other side throws that out the door in pursuit of power. Fuck your side.

Right on, brother!

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@jon-nyc said in How long?:

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We can all count on the left to admonish these terrorists that are on their side.

How many right leaning folks on this thread spoke up when the Trump mob protested outside of GA Sec State Raffensperger's house a month ago and sent death threats to his wife?

None, because in their hearts, they believe he deserves this wrath. How dare he refuse Trump!

I believe Hawley deserves the wrath as well. He's just another Republican tool looking to advance to higher office and preserve the Trump base for votes.

I don't believe protests should encroach one's private property though. That's crossing the line.

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@horace said in How long?:

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@jolly said in How long?:

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@jolly said in How long?:

BTW, the last protest at Pelosi's home, complete with severed pig head, was done by Leftists.

I was just looking at that thread the George-K started: https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/6451/careful-graffit ... I haven‘t see you or Mik make a peap there yet.

I'm sorry, but if you haven't figured out personal positions after years of posts on a particular subject, you are either a fool or blindly partisan.

I don't think you are a fool.

Blindly partisan runs rampant on this forum. The trenches were dug long ago. I'm glad to be on the side of decency and honesty. The other side throws that out the door in pursuit of power. Fuck your side.

Right on, brother!

I love you and this forum man!

Mik

@jon-nyc said in How long?:

@horace said in How long?:

We can all count on the left to admonish these terrorists that are on their side.

How many right leaning folks on this thread spoke up when the Trump mob protested outside of GA Sec State Raffensperger's house a month ago and sent death threats to his wife?

I didn't hear anything about it, but I feel the same way about it.

jon-nyc

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Slippery slopes are all the rage. They allow people to pretend their irrational fears are really happening, and to convince others to respond accordingly.

When a mob descends on a politician's house a few days after the president tweets that said politician is an "enemy of the people" then something I (quite rationally) fear is already happening.

Horace

@jon-nyc said in How long?:

@horace said in How long?:

Slippery slopes are all the rage. They allow people to pretend their irrational fears are really happening, and to convince others to respond accordingly.

When a mob descends on a politician's house a few days after the president tweets that said politician is an "enemy of the people" then something I (quite rationally) fear is already happening.

Sure. A bit similar to how Trump supporters couldn't express themselves out loud for the past four years.

jon-nyc

Someone forgot to tell the guys in trucks with Trump flags.

Horace

Ain't none of those around here.

But I know, it's a free country, I should just be expected to move, if I don't like the cultural harassment.

jon-nyc

We had them in Westchester. They’ve been laying lower since election.

Horace

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We had them in Westchester. They’ve been laying lower since election.

Laying low rather than conceding. Interesting interpretation.

jon-nyc

I mean they’re no longer visible. The flags aren’t on the trucks any more. I suppose some have conceded and some are in Larry’s camp.

Horace

Probably half and half.

Doctor Phibes

We had plenty of them here, too. There's a few people with Trump flags still up. One particularly aggravating woman who was heavily involved with the school and appeared to have a very strong opinion on every conceivable thing you could think of has a number of Trump flags up. Then again, her husband's truck still has Bush stickers on it.

Horace

I believe the reports that there are, in fact, people who voted for Trump. Statistically, they define normal, sadly for some.

Jolly

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Your right to peacefully protest ends where my property line begins. None of the videos show demonstrators crossing onto private property, and several of them show a rather large police presence.

At Hawley's, the demonstrators were on his property (front porch) and there were, I believe 3 cops keeping that from happening again. When the demonstrators are at your front door, either knocking or pouring (you can believe whom you wish about this), that's threatening.

Good, at least you acknolwedge that some forms of protests at private residences are acceptable, unlike Mik who seem to have taken the position that no protest outside private residence is acceptable and want to mow the protesters down with a “Ma Deuce”, whatever that means.

As for whom to believe on knocking vs. pounding, I believe the video more than I believe the tweet. Afterall, Jolly kept telling us that all politicians lie all the time, but Jolly hasn‘t say that all protesters lie all the time.

I consider people like this untermenchen.

Be careful that you do not defend such behavior vigorously, lest you rate lower than they do.

Jolly

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Peaceful protest outside, OK.

You are a grown man advocating a mob intimidating a woman and her young children in their home.

That is just plain wrong.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Damn right.

There is nothing that excuses trying to intimidate a woman and her baby alone at home.

If that had been my home and my wife, there would have been yellow tape and chalk outlines.

Shame on you, Jon. I thought better of you...

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