***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Wargames]

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the thing that really irks me about all these mass shooters is the short sighted evil of it all. Why kill innocent people for no reason? Why couldnt they just find a nice woman or a nice man and settle down, raise some kids, and not spread suffering onto others? Why is that such a hard to understand concept for so many people.

 

[stuntman mike]

can’t wait til we get him falling on camera

 

[cakeddout]

^ all I see are incels.

****’em for real

 

[IATT]

 

[whywesteppin]

the thing that really irks me about all these mass shooters is the short sighted evil of it all. Why kill innocent people for no reason? Why couldnt they just find a nice woman or a nice man and settle down, raise some kids, and not spread suffering onto others? Why is that such a hard to understand concept for so many people.

When Europe sent people over to settle America, they weren't sending their best.

 

[05fordgt]

The shooter's lawyer actually said he is an "innocent boy who justifiably exercised his fundamental right of self-defense"!! What a POS!! Ok, let's look at the key points:

Age: He's 17, which means he can't legally have that gun he used!
Gun: Took said illegal gun across state lines (correct me if I'm wrong, as I don't know gun laws at all, but I'm guessing that's against the law?)
Drove there with intent: Premeditation! Was looking to do harm!

I know there are some decent lawyers out there but this guy is a freaking scum bag!!! He doesn't have a pot to piss in!! Kid's going away for a LONG time!!!

 

[IATT]

 

[Nike Jordan]

R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman.

 

[stuntman mike]

Kid's going away for a LONG time!!!

i like that optimism. don’t be surprised when he walks away clean from this though.

 

[whywesteppin]

R.I.P. Chadwick Boseman.

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

 

[RustyShackleford]

But the proud supporter of white supremacy, Delk, read an article that said everything is wavy.

 

[05fordgt]

i like that optimism. don’t be surprised when he walks away clean from this though.

Say what you will (and I agree the justice system is so bleeped up) but they got him dead to rights on illegally carrying that gun and taking it across state lines for reasons not positive. He's going away for something! I will say, if he walks completely, there will be more riots there and he'll meet his day eventually. Sort of like death in final destination. You may be able to cheat it, but your only postponing the inevitable.

 

[Nike Jordan]

Some good news, for once.

 

[Upptempo]

No wonder why Republicans don't support climate change

 

[IATT]

 

[wavycrocket]

Relevant

 

[FThe45th]

She gave home that Becky

What an entanglement

 

[kdawg]

I mean there’s no way he’s not going to catch it right?

 

[solewoman]

Apparently people who were near him were tested. He’s actually a germaphobe.

The Purell presidency: Trump aides learn the president’s real red line

A self-described germaphobe, the 45th president is strictly enforcing proper hygiene inside the White House — and wherever else he goes.

www.politico.com

 

[gry60]

RNC caves to hate groups in attack against the SPLC

www.splcenter.org

This past weekend, the Republican National Committee caved to white supremacist and other hate groups by adopting a resolution titled Refuting the Legitimacy of the Southern Poverty Law Center to Identify Hate Groups.
The focus of the resolution is that “the SPLC is a radical organization” that harms conservative organizations and voices through our hate group designations.
This attack on our work is an attempt to excuse the Trump administration’s pattern and practice of working with individuals and organizations that malign entire groups of people — immigrants, Muslims and the LGBTQ community — while promoting policies that undermine their very existence. It comes from the same vein as Trump’s claim that there were “very fine people” on both sides of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
Simply put, it’s an audacious attempt by Trump and the GOP to paper over the bigotry and racism that has been allowed to infect their policies.
This resolution comes at a moment when Trump will argue at the Republican National Convention that he will combat hate and bigotry, despite welcoming the support of QAnon. It also comes days after the indictment of Stephen Bannon, reminding us that Bannon was once the White House chief strategist and senior counselor and CEO of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. And it comes just after our special investigation shined a light on One America News Network’s Jack Posobiec, a reporter at Trump’s favorite network who is aligned with white supremacy and has used his platform to further hate speech and propaganda.
Trump should sever these ties to hate groups and extremists instead of doubling down through this RNC resolution.
The Trump administration has filled its ranks and consulted with alumni and allies from the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an anti-immigrant hate group that has ties to white supremacist groups and eugenicists. They include Julie Kirchner, Kris Kobach, Jeff Sessions and, most notably, Stephen Miller.
The Trump administration has worked with hate groups like the Family Research Council (FRC) to roll back LGBTQ rights. FRC was designated an anti-LGBTQ hate group for decades of demonizing LGBTQ people and spreading harmful pseudoscience about them. Over the years, the organization has published books, reports and brochures that have linked being LGBTQ to pedophilia, claimed that LGBTQ people are dangerous to children and claimed that LGBTQ people are promiscuous and violent.
Anti-Muslim groups have also been welcomed into the administration, including the Center for Security Policy (CSP). Fred Fleitz, a longtime staffer, was appointed the executive secretary and chief of staff of the National Security Council. For decades, CSP has peddled absurd accusations that shadowy Muslim Brotherhood operatives have infiltrated all levels of government.
These extremists are seeking a license to continue spreading their bigotry and will do anything to undermine those — like the SPLC, which tracks and monitors hate groups — who expose their extremist views and oppose their attacks on communities. With this resolution, Trump and members of the GOP have shown the extent to which they will carry their water.
This past weekend, the RNC also released a resolution titled Resolution to Conserve History and Combat Prejudice – Christopher Columbus. It’s a remarkably transparent statement that hate and bigotry stem from Black Lives Matter protesters. The RNC and Trump did not denounce organizations that promote antisemitism, Islamophobia, neo-Nazis, anti-LGBTQ sentiment or racism. It only criticized the SPLC for challenging those groups.
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• Sign up for our next Power Hour Virtual Phone Bank on August 27. We’ll be calling likely unregistered voters of color in Georgia to share information on how they can register to vote.
• Listen and subscribe to our new podcast, Sounds Like Hate. Episode 2 is about the connections between extremists and the Trump administration.

Any comments, dwalk31 ?

 

[dwalk31]

RNC caves to hate groups in attack against the SPLC

www.splcenter.org

Any comments, dwalk31 ?

The SPLC has faced criticism from both sides of the aisle.

Their description of the New Black Panther Party and Farrakhan, for example, have been criticized.

That said they are definitely right on their description of many of the far-right terrorist/hate groups as exactly what they are.

Legitimacy of the SPLC hate designation aside, they are definitely right on a lot of individuals and groups they designate.

 

[IATT]

“both sides”

 

[biggie62]

we need to see some deaths!! Common Rona!!