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JeffreyLSmith wrote:

That only matters if a Democrat does it.

I swear that could be the whole republican party platform at this point.

JeffreyLSmith wrote:
Stele wrote:

While revealing classified locations and identifications of some of our soldiers and their assigned units.

That only matters if a Democrat does it.

Also those soldiers and commanders shoulder a bit of that responsibility, they should have known better too (and I'm not sure it's reasonable to have expected Demented Grandpa Trump to know better)

Trump is more interested in working with North Korea than the Democrats.

SallyNasty wrote:

Trump is more interested in working with North Korea than the Democrats.

That's correct no matter how you read it.

JeffreyLSmith wrote:
Stele wrote:

While revealing classified locations and identifications of some of our soldiers and their assigned units.

That only matters if a Democrat does it.

Not like anyone* believe what a republican politician says anyway.

I'm really, really glad I don't need to travel anywhere for the next few months. And that I live someplace where the food supply chain is relatively short. And that I'm not directly dependent on a Federal paycheck.

Gremlin wrote:

I'm really, really glad I don't need to travel anywhere for the next few months. And that I live someplace where the food supply chain is relatively short. And that I'm not directly dependent on a Federal paycheck.

Hopefully you're not still using this as your "What I'm thankful for" speech at Thanksgiving.

Well, that is quite a situation.

Maybe next season, Trump will challenge his would-be apprentices to maximize the number of cigarettes they can get.

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Hey, look, Schumer found his spine now that he's not trying to protect Red State Dems.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/u...

I can’t even. So called Catholics... more future Nazi’s. Perhaps Trump can buy them Hilter youth uniforms.

"Dammit, boys, we sent you to Washington to oppress women, not minorities!"

TheGameguru wrote:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/u...

I can’t even. So called Catholics... more future Nazi’s. Perhaps Trump can buy them Hilter youth uniforms.

I was coming here to post that exact story. This is what sickens me about Trump and his blind sheep. Being a father of two young children, my wife and I strive to bring our kids up properly including accepting all types of people, races, religion etc. Then we have a president who is the complete opposite of this mentality and one who is NOT a role model for our children. Sickens me that people still back this guy up and racists etc are now given a voice.

I still don't understand how that commercial with him saying all the horrible stuff during the campaign and the little kids watching didn't move more people. He was clearly a horrible person that needed to be stopped.

Stele wrote:

I still don't understand how that commercial with him saying all the horrible stuff during the campaign and the little kids watching didn't move more people. He was clearly a horrible person that needed to be stopped.

Buttery Males

whispa wrote:
TheGameguru wrote:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/u...

I can’t even. So called Catholics... more future Nazi’s. Perhaps Trump can buy them Hilter youth uniforms.

I was coming here to post that exact story. This is what sickens me about Trump and his blind sheep. Being a father of two young children, my wife and I strive to bring our kids up properly including accepting all types of people, races, religion etc. Then we have a president who is the complete opposite of this mentality and one who is NOT a role model for our children. Sickens me that people still back this guy up and racists etc are now given a voice.

New Gillette ad idea.

A picture of smirking kid and the caption: When your face needs a brick, not a razor.

Rat Boy wrote:

"Dammit, boys, we sent you to Washington to oppress women, not minorities!"

Exactly. And the fact that they are mostly upset that it brought embarrassment to the March Against Reproductive Rights makes me wish the entire school gets hit by a meteor.

Paleocon wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:

"Dammit, boys, we sent you to Washington to oppress women, not minorities!"

Exactly. And the fact that they are mostly upset that it brought embarrassment to the March Against Reproductive Rights makes me wish the entire school gets hit by a meteor.

Kids like that don’t turn out the way they do in a vacuum

TheGameguru wrote:
Paleocon wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:

"Dammit, boys, we sent you to Washington to oppress women, not minorities!"

Exactly. And the fact that they are mostly upset that it brought embarrassment to the March Against Reproductive Rights makes me wish the entire school gets hit by a meteor.

Kids like that don’t turn out the way they do in a vacuum

What? No, come on. Kids can make bad decisions all on their own. Let's talk to the boy's mother.

Oh.

You know, I think that is one case where reading the comments is at least hopeful if not beneficial. (someone links to a site with tips on dealing with sociopaths)

TheGameguru wrote:
Paleocon wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:

"Dammit, boys, we sent you to Washington to oppress women, not minorities!"

Exactly. And the fact that they are mostly upset that it brought embarrassment to the March Against Reproductive Rights makes me wish the entire school gets hit by a meteor.

Kids like that don’t turn out the way they do in a vacuum

The only way to tell is to have them spend one semester in a vacuum.

There are no winners in this confrontation, but we will see what happens when the rest of the video footage from this incident gets more exposure.

Nomad wrote:

There are no winners in this confrontation, but we will see what happens when the rest of the video footage from this incident gets more exposure.

Rest of the video? You mean the teary eyed Native American talking about the impact that little sh*t had on him? Or the BS answer of innocence the kid provided for what “really” happened.

I think Nomad is referring to this video, which shows there was a lot more going on at the scene leading up to the moment that's gone viral. The kids turned into jerks, but I think these Black Israelites played a big role in instigating the whole situation.

The Native American Vietnam vet enters the scene around 1:12:00, but worth watching everything that leads up to that moment.

Wearing a MAGA hat is basically wearing a swastika or a white hood. You can't walk around acting like a Nazi and then be surprised when someone reacts like you're a Nazi. Hate isn't to be tolerated.

Nomad wrote:

There are no winners in this confrontation, but we will see what happens when the rest of the video footage from this incident gets more exposure.

It's still going to be teenaged MAGA dumbf*cks who were bussed to DC by their parents and priests to make sure women aren't able to control their own bodies.

I say that as an ex-Catholic from Cincinnati who knows full f*cking well the mentality of those schools.

The popular joke back in my day was "There are only two kinds of religion: Catholic and public." That's because the Cincinnati Public School system was being segregated and a lot of white parents figured it would be much better to pay thousands of dollars a year to send their kid to Catholic school rather than have them interact with someone who was black in a public school.

Are there any videos of those teens actually shouting build the wall or other racist stuff? (Legitimately asking btw since so many videos are being posted and I may have missed one.) That’s a point of contention that I think is important. If the kids are just laughing and acting smug it’s not the same as actually making racist chants.

I’m not defending their attitude btw - Mr Smirk needs a suspension where he spends that time doing community service for the local Shawnee or Cherokee. But I’m not sure simply standing there with a Maga hat being a douche puts him in the same category as the Charlottesville Neo nazis who were chanting death threats.

At any rate, I’m uncomfortable with calls that all the kids in the vicinity be doxxed. I’d rather see more pressure be put on the school to make the proper punishment. I especially want to see the teachers who left this group unchaperoned lose their jobs.

jdzappa wrote:

Are there any videos of those teens actually shouting build the wall or other racist stuff? (Legitimately asking btw since so many videos are being posted and I may have missed one.) That’s a point of contention that I think is important. If the kids are just laughing and acting smug it’s not the same as actually making racist chants.

I’m not defending their attitude btw - Mr Smirk needs a suspension where he spends that time doing community service for the local Shawnee or Cherokee. But I’m not sure simply standing there with a Maga hat being a douche puts him in the same category as the Charlottesville Neo nazis who were chanting death threats.

At any rate, I’m uncomfortable with calls that all the kids in the vicinity be doxxed. I’d rather see more pressure be put on the school to make the proper punishment. I especially want to see the teachers who left this group unchaperoned lose their jobs.

Lots of videos of them doing the tomahawk chop which for sure wasn’t done under the guise of a sporting event (which is still racist).

As for the Black Isrealites I’m not sure what their plan was but knowing that white MAGA types were going to be there for sure would bring them out.

jdzappa wrote:

But I’m not sure simply standing there with a Maga hat being a douche puts him in the same category as the Charlottesville Neo nazis who were chanting death threats.

The Charlotteville Neo-Nazi who killed Heather Heyer went to high school about 10 miles from Covington Catholic High School and was a few years older than MAGA hat douche boy.

One of the men convicted of assaulting DeAndre Harris in Charlottesville went to a high school 30 minutes from Covington Catholic High School. He was 18 at the time.

And the lawyer who defended the Unite the Right organizers from federal charges is, wait for it, also from Cincinnati. He got involved with the case "to oppose Jewish influence in society" because he thinks that Jewish people are turning America into a Third-World country via "mass, uncontrolled, un-white immigration."