"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Guno צְבִי (05-11-2021), no worries (05-11-2021)
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Doc Dutch (05-10-2021), Guno צְבִי (05-11-2021), no worries (05-11-2021)
Guno צְבִי (05-11-2021), no worries (05-11-2021), PoliTalker (05-10-2021)
There's plenty of evidence. Part of it is open examples, but mainly it's examples of Trump giving his pedo friends a free pass.....as if they have video evidence of Trump whore-dogging with underage prostitutes and sex slaves because Trump doesn't give anyone anything for free.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Guno צְבִי (05-11-2021), no worries (05-11-2021)
This is interesting.
May 10
A US Capitol riot defendant whose lawyer says he was hooked on Fox News and developed "Foxitis" said Monday evening that he had "believed that America was being robbed of a President" when he participated in the insurrection.
Anthony Antonio, who is charged with five federal crimes related to the riot, told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "Prime Time" that he "got wrapped up in what was being told to me, and what was on TV" and as a result "truly believed that (former President Donald Trump) won the election."
Doc Dutch (05-11-2021), PoliTalker (05-11-2021)
Jack (05-11-2021)
I have mixed views on the "Foxitis" defense. Sure, if the President of the United States keeps repeating a statement, rallies people together and then tells them to march on the Capitol to "Stop the steal", that's a mitigating factor.
OTOH, the "I was only following orders" defense was nullified at both Nuremberg and My Lai.
Since 68% of the arrested Insurrectionists have known mental issues, it's not a surprise they made poor life decisions.
I'm fine with sending them to mental institutions and banning them from engaging in online politics and political events if that's the way they want to play it.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
no worries (05-11-2021), PoliTalker (05-11-2021)
Asshole, you're the one dancing around killing cops and shredding the Constitution but are too cowardly to leave the safety of your keyboard.
Are you angry because you're middle-aged, unemployed, under educated and realizing that your life is below average?
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Guno צְבִי (05-11-2021), no worries (05-11-2021)
Guno צְבִי (05-11-2021)
Lindell is out in the open stupid, you gotta give him credit for not hiding in the dark. Dark money manages the minds of too many today.
'Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal' Kim Phillips-Fein
Wanna make America great, buy American owned, made in the USA, we do. AF Veteran, INFJ-A, I am not PC.
"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it." Voltaire
Doc Dutch (05-11-2021)
The concept of the 7 Deadly Sins was voiced by Pope Gregory I about 1500 years ago. Stripped of its religious connotations, it's an astute observation of human behavioral weaknesses.
Although I'm pro-democracy and pro-capitalism, I realize that there are extremes in anything. In the case of a society fueled by capitolism, there's a constant social push to consume and measure the worth of people in dollars. IMO, avarice is our greatest weakness in America.
It's good to want a better future for our families and ourselves, but it's bad when this desire leads to both gathering more money than we could ever spend and, worse, the gathering harms others. It shouldn't be a Zero Sum game, but people like Trump, Lindell and many others see it exactly that way.
Therefore, "dark money" is an expected result of such a social aberration.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
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