***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[dwalk31]

dwalk31 , what do you think is the reason that Trump doesn't urge his supporters to take COVID seriously by wearing masks and social distancing? Why do you think he instead chooses to hold rallies during a pandemic where people are neither wearing masks nor social distancing?

This seems pretty obvious: because he likely thinks that packed rallies will help his election chances.

 

[dwalk31]

what delk fails to realize is that you are voting for a president and HIS ADMINISTRATION. His philosophy. His friends. His family. Etc.

you cant separate trump from the acts of the people he has under him. Its the whole shebang bang.

This is a fair take. For consistency's sake, do you apply this same logic to local administrations? For example, can you separate the Mayor of New York City from the acts of the police chief in New York City? Or is that not possible because the Mayor appointed him? Same for Atlanta, etc.

 

[IATT]

Sure does sound like he’s joking.......

 

[AEA18]

It's great when they try to clean up his comments and then he keeps repeating those same comments making them look like even bigger idiots.

 

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[equality]

This is a fair take. For consistency's sake, do you apply this same logic to local administrations? For example, can you separate the Mayor of New York City from the acts of the police chief in New York City? Or is that not possible because the Mayor appointed him? Same for Atlanta, etc.

If you're in a leadership position, you have a duty to take the good with the bad, regardless of whether you're personally directly involved. Coaches and GMs get fired in the NBA all the time without ever dribbling a ball. If you're the leader, it is your job to make sure everyone that reports up to you functions well.

 

[dwalk31]

If you're in a leadership position, you have a duty to take the good with the bad, regardless of whether you're personally directly involved. Coaches and GMs get fired in the NBA all the time without ever dribbling a ball. If you're the leader, it is your job to make sure everyone that reports up to you functions well.

I don't disagree.

But, I know that many in here distinguish between Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD.

I would think this would be heightened if Mayor de Blasio was under investigation by the NYPD.

 

[junglejim]

This is a fair take. For consistency's sake, do you apply this same logic to local administrations? For example, can you separate the Mayor of New York City from the acts of the police chief in New York City? Or is that not possible because the Mayor appointed him? Same for Atlanta, etc.

People ******* hate de Blasio because of pretty much everything and roasted Bloomberg because of stop and frisk to the point he had to drop out of the race. This is an awful example

 

[dwalk31]

People ****ing hate de Blasio because of pretty much everything and roasted Bloomberg because of stop and frisk to the point he had to drop out of the race. This is an awful example

I know that is the case with Bloomberg (as you see, I didn't mention him), but I see different takes related to de Blasio.

With cases of police turning their backs on him, etc.

Also different as it relates to Mayor Bottoms despite the recent stories in Atlanta.

 

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[IATT]

dwalk31 we still waiting on that special definition of lying

 

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[storm2006]

he passed a screening test for dementia and thinks he's a genius lol

this echoes that twitter thread i posted earlier about how this is textbook white supremacy. lower the bar so much for whites like trump that he ends up looking like a god when he's nothing but a below-average idiot.

Last night I put on this movie on Netflix movie “Enemy” with Jake Gyllenhall. It started with him as a professor, lecturing his students about dictatorships and it rang so true of current day America:

Control, it's all about control. Every dictatorship has one obsession and that's it. In ancient Rome they gave the people bread and circuses. They kept population busy with entertainment but other dictatorships used other strategies to control ideas, the knowledge... how do they do that? Lower education, they limit culture, censor information, they censor any means of individual expression and is important to remember this, that this is a pattern, that repeats itself through out history.

The movie was from 2013 too so they were light years ahead

 

[had pants]

 

[dwalk31]

dwalk31 we still waiting on that special definition of lying

Something can be factually inaccurate and not a lie.

Read it again.

A lie is based on the information known to the speaker at the time of the statement. And it involves a deliberate attempt to deceive. It is not just an untruth, but an intentional untruth.

That isn't a special definition of a lie, it is the definition.

 

[IATT]

And it involves a deliberate attempt to deceive.

wonder why that lie sounds so familiar

o yea

Trump’s tall tale about the military being out of ammunition shows how his lies evolve

Trump added layer upon layer of exaggeration until a fib became one of his most absurd lies.

www.vox.com

Trump is blaming Obama for leaving him with “broken tests” for a virus that didn’t exist. Yes, really.

An exchange with CNN’s Jim Acosta revealed just how impervious to correction the president’s falsehoods can be.

www.vox.com

AP FACT CHECK: Trump takes credit for Obama's gains for vets

WASHINGTON (AP) — Boastful on the occasion of Memorial Day, President Donald Trump and his Veterans Affairs secretary are claiming full credit for health care improvements that were underway before they took office.

apnews.com

12 false claims Trump has made about Obama since last month

President Donald Trump keeps taking shots at former President Barack Obama. A lot of them are lies.

edition.cnn.com

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

Sure does sound like he’s joking.......

the logic of this tweet >>>>> mankind

 

[rolaholic]

Fully expecting all sorts of ******* in todays primaries man

Already seen 95% of polling places closed for Bookers primary in Louisville in the last week

 

[Belgium]

Ah, the familiar pattern

Step 1: Trump says or admits something abominable
Step 2: WH officials insist he was just joking and attack those who would argue otherwise
Step 3: Trump doubles down and makes it clear he wasn't joking

 

[equality]

dwalk31 do you think Trump saying "Kung Flu" at his rally is racist?
Or is your answer "I can see how one would come to the conclusion he is racist from that verbiage but I cannot imply he is a racist preson"

 

[DLF]

**** it. If y’all really want dwalks response to everything imma do the same with aepps20

So aepps20 , why are the libs so bad at math? More testing= more positives. Stop the testing, stop the disease.

 

[Based Jesus]

Fully expecting all sorts of ****ery in todays primaries man

Already seen 95% of polling places closed for Bookers primary in Louisville in the last week

Hope Jamaal wins but goddamn his people been harassing me lately
He actually called me this morning and I declined the call cuz I'm tired of the whole campaign

 

[aepps20]

**** it. If y’all really want dwalks response to everything imma do the same with aepps20

So aepps20 , why are the libs so bad at math? More testing= more positives. Stop the testing, stop the disease.

Because They aren't human fam. Can't teach a lib nee tricks.

 

[RustyShackleford]

he passed a screening test for dementia and thinks he's a genius lol

this echoes that twitter thread i posted earlier about how this is textbook white supremacy. lower the bar so much for whites like trump that he ends up looking like a god when he's nothing but a below-average idiot.

Yeah, your basic white supremacist constantly demands that white mediocrity be celebrated more than black excellence.