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@Best.Korea
Now, one does not need great thinking to conclude that the claim "fight like hell" includes physical violence. It doesnt exclude it.
Fighting words have been struck down a great many times in the SCOTUS. It's actually amusing to wiki the court cases and see the ridiculous things you can legally say and get away with.
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@FLRW
It's worth noting that the Constitution can be flawed. Suspending democracy for any reason has significant unintended effects.
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1) Does the 14th amendment section 3 apply to Trump?
yes
2) Did Donald Trump engage in insurrection or provide aid and comfort to the enemies thereof?
Under the process of impeachment and more recently, due to the removal of executive immunity, under the courts of law, No.
3) Who and by what process is this decision made?
See above.
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Since this forum is saturated with "Trump has divided the country" spam, here is a little balance.
Vivek exposes the real dividers.
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Here is some WAPO Bezos spam, the only language a Democrat is fluent in.
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Gasoline was 2 dollars in 2020. Too bad for Biden.
home values are at record highs!
So are mortgage payments, lul
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Another daily reminder!
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Yum! Billionaire Bezos Wapo spam. Time to update the daily Biden polls! thanks for the reminder!
Hope the Democrats come up with something stronger than that weak ass Covid to rig the election.
They are gonna need it for sure with those poll numbers.
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@Double_R
I addressed this question directly in my post. Read it.
I did read it. It seemed to imply Democrats were not at fault. What that means is there is nowhere for the Democrat party to go but down as there won't be anything to fix on their end. The polls reflect this.
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@FLRW
"To my Democratic colleagues, you must bear the burden of our failures. Many of you have asked me, "Where are all the good Republicans?" Over the past two years, Democratic leadership had the opportunity to stand above the fray. Instead, they poured millions of dollars into the campaigns of MAGA Republicans, the same candidates President Biden called a national security threat, to ensure these good Republicans do not make it out of their respective primaries. This is no longer politics as usual; this is not a game. If you keep stoking the fire, you can't point the fingers when our great experiment goes up in flames."
-Some obscure republican. Name might start with a K.
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@FLRW
Oh, I don't worship republicans, but you go on and support them. It's a free country.
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@FLRW
Thanks for helping president Trump. I am sure he appreciates it a lot more than I do.
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@Double_R
The fact that we are divided more so than we have been in a generation because our former president has so corrupted the minds of so many that they can't tell the difference between a legitimate argument and personal attack... Is not a superficial issue.
Do you really believe Trump is 100 percent at fault here? In another thread, I tried to get you to notice that your thinking was vastly different from the Jan 6 committee, and you seemed to think that was irrelevant.
I will ask again here in a different way. Do you think the Jan 6 select committee could have done a better job convincing the people that elections are now secure instead of the current perception that the Jan 6 select committee was nothing more than a partisan grab for more political power at public expense? That's the perception the people are predictably going to have when only a fraction of the Jan 6 footage is selectively shown to the public by a select committee.... And Trump was in no way in charge of those hearings, so you can NOT blame him. While Trump is certainly influential and deserves part of the blame, so is the Democrat party and their well funded propaganda outlets. There is plenty of blame to go around here.
Trump is again running on the idea that the government is not responsive to the people. With the high prices and immigration crisis, solely blaming someone who isn't even in the government is only making that public perception worse. A lot worse. The polls show it.
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@Best.Korea
Torture is worse than homicide.
You probably have not watched any of the many SAW movies.
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@Best.Korea
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@Double_R
...only an objective look at the entire picture.
If you really believed that, why didn't the Jan 6 select committee allow the people to see it?
Do you think you are smarter than they are?
(((*spoiler*)), you probably are, considering the blowback reflected in the current polls)
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@Best.Korea
That was before Trump learned he could get a 20 point poll bump for tricking Democrats into destroying democracy by jailing him.
Biden now has a -5 spread in Hispanic approval. I mean, how the hell do you screw that up Democrats. Oh nevermind. They are even more clueless, I forgot.
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@IlDiavolo
Biden is a politician that stays bought. The perfect Democrat.
If they need to find a way to rig the election, it will happen.
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@Best.Korea
Well he can always arrest himself. That always raises his ratings.
Maybe take himself off the ballot in states that he could not win anyway. Genius move.
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@IlDiavolo
The way it works is the DNC selects who gets the most support before the primary. Right now, the DNC is going all-in on Biden. The people really don't get a fair vote on the matter.
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@Best.Korea
Yep, seems like every Democrat these days are determined to make it happen.
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@Best.Korea
And Trump detractors are even more clueless. Good job on the suicide dance.
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@FLRW
"I want to be clear on how I characterize this. This is mostly a protest. It is not generally speaking unruly."
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@FLRW
Good, he can celebrate Biden's defeat anywhere thanks to his clueless supporters and even more clueless detractors.
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@FLRW
About as right as hanging the shaman for saying "go home"
Now Biden loses.
Next time, go for Trump, not the shamans.
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@FLRW
Too bad the Q-anon Shaman didn't listen to your propaganda.
Now Biden will lose to a dumb billionaire.
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Daily update: Biden now at minus 5 points regarding support from Latinos.
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MSNBC reporter : "I want to be clear on how I characterize this. This is mostly a protest. It is not generally speaking unruly."
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@Double_R
I guess, it shows the Q-anon Shaman telling people to go home. Not sure how you can spin that to satisfy your bias.
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It is spam. Funded by a billionaire. Loved by billionaire lovers.
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Almost as bad as wapo spam.
Deplorable.
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@Double_R
We legally use speech to identify malicious intents, so I don't know why you object to the term "thought-crime"
I wasn't thinking of any specific example, only a general rule on how to deal with malicious thoughts.
Your initial response was of violence, so that's how I took your view of it.
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@FLRW
I doubt DoubleR went to school with Trump. You shouldn't insult forum members like that even if it was true.
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@Best.Korea
I know, but you have a lot of people fooled. So much for an educated populace.
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@Double_R
So you equate speech and thought crimes to a nose swing? Ok. I think I see how you view thought-crimes.
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@Best.Korea
I'm not a republican, lol
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CNN was ridiculed for a video caption that read “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests After Police Shooting” during a report from national correspondent Omar Jimenez in front of a building engulfed in flames during protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis.
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@Swagnarok
There was a "Mouse Utopia" experiment, conducted by psychologist John Calhoun in the 1960s and 1970s. It involved creating an ideal environment for mice with unlimited resources like food, water, and nesting material. However, the twist was that Calhoun controlled the population density.
As more mice were added to the environment, the population density increased. The results showed that, despite the abundance of resources and plenty of opportunities to interact, the mice faced social and behavioral problems. These issues included increased aggression, social withdrawal, disruption of social hierarchies, and a decline in reproduction. Some mice even displayed a behavior called the "beautiful ones," where they isolated themselves and engaged in excessive grooming.
The experiment created the concept of "behavioral sink," where overabundance and overpopulation led to stress and abnormal behaviors, which ultimately affects the social structure of the mouse community. The findings raise questions about the impact of high population density and saturation of fulfilled needs on inherited instinctive social dynamics.
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Neither should people who built the ride complain. The game is designed to hate the players.
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But now, having seen video clips of police using tear gas and rubber bullets on rioters, she thinks the attack was instigated by law enforcement”
Wait...didn't the select committee investigating Jan 6 show these videos to the public between the hearings?
Old news.
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@John_C_87
The Declaration of Independence, as written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, includes the phrase "unalienable Rights" and specifically mentions the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The language of the Declaration emphasizes that these rights are considered inherent and not dependent on the actions or will of any government.
The relevant passage reads:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
The connection between the right to life and observable instincts, such as the instinct to survive, is implicit in the broader philosophical context of the Declaration. The idea is something like...individuals possess inherent rights, including the right to life, by virtue of their existence. The specific link to observable instincts isn't explicitly outlined in the Declaration of I, but the emphasis on the inherent nature of these rights implies a recognition of fundamental aspects of human existence, including the instinctual drive for self-preservation. This instinct is observable as early as 8 weeks when the nervous system develops its first instinctive responses to preserve its life.
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Still dreaming the impossible dream of abolishing the government?
Just the parts that subsidize loyal big business with confiscated taxes from the common worker and then calling that a "free market"
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@Best.Korea
There's only one problem with the free market: the government.
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sad that he died.
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