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governments that were ruled by divine right at that time and that the resistance to this tyrannical form of government required a higher authority.
The governments that ruled by divine right were overthrown by divine right? That’s brilliant JoJo.
that these are NOT human rights granted by humans.
Jefferson believed Human rights come from nature and the power to govern comes from the people themselves. I noticed you didn’t touch the part about non whites also being included in this philosophy. That’s because you’re a racist Nazi.
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Of course Trump says if you plead the fifth your guilty, but Trump is an idiot.
But if they haven’t done anything wrong, why are so many Republicans pleading the 5th Amendment?
Kelly Ward, head the the Arizona GOP, is just the latest
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@bmdrocks21
Clearly the French gave us the Statue of Immigration so that we would be eternally guilted into paying for medical care, schooling, and food for everyone who wants to move here
Well we did let your idiot ancestors in. That was a big mistake.
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@PREZ-HILTON
Of course it’s impossible to verify anything that Jesus might have said. The Bible was written 80 years after his death and has been translated and interpreted many times by people with there own agenda. The Bible is a fairytale more than anything.
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@PREZ-HILTON
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand".
Well the Bible interpretation of Jesus’ words were similar. I like Lincoln’s version better.
“A house divided against itself, cannot stand,
I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided.
It will become all one thing or all the other”
A. Lincoln, June 16, 1858
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What exactly are you getting at by pointing to his quote? What belief do you share in common with him?
Jefferson was speaking in terms of humanity. All humans, even ones not white, are entitled to human rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It has nothing to do with people being seen as equally gifted, intelligent etc.. nor was he saying everyone should have the same outcomes, I assume you are talking financial incomes. I mean, Jefferson knew guys like you would never amount to much, but that doesn’t me you should be killed, locked up, or exploited by the wealthy and powerful. And I agree with all of that. I believe, stupid or uneducated Americans should be able to support themselves and their families and not be run down by a winner-take -all economy.
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Lol, nobody is created equal. If you think that, then you are a science denier.
Jefferson was speaking in terms of human rights you racist jack ass
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Almost as bad as basing immigration law and policy off of a poem on a statue...
Right, obviously the poem was speaking about white people only.
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@bmdrocks21
And when he said all men are created equal, what do you suppose that he meant?
All human beings on earth. Who do you think they meant?
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@bmdrocks21
I find it a bit odd that the constitutional government is based on a phrase that’s not in the constitution
I find you a bit odd. The Constitution is a blueprint for a government that respects the ideals found in the Declaration of Independence.
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endless anti-white government policies
I knew you were a neo-Nazi
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As if Hillary's big lie about Trump being an illegitimate president?..
That is not the “Big Lie”
The Big Lie is the election was fraudulent
Trump did welcome foreign influence in the 2016 election. He admitted in an interview on TV he didn’t think there was anything wrong with doing such a thing. The intelligence community all agreed the Russians interfered in that election to help Trump win. People around Trump had multiple contacts with known Russian agents, and lied to both the FBI and Congress about those contacts. As you know, Trump’s campaign met with Russians in Trump Tower.
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@K_Michael
The Southern slaveholders were capable of compromise.
Perhaps you heard the quote “a house divided against itself, cannot stand”.
It was by a fairly important person in American history
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“Substitute “election denier” for “the South,” and you have a fair approximation of the current state of American politics. Now, one side believes its viewpoint is essential to maintaining its power and its conception of America. It insists its followers can be “seen” only if the rest of us agree with their delusions and conspiracies. Sorry, but in a democracy, there is no compromise with that mentality. Buying into the “big lie” and white nationalism means rejecting the premise of constitutional government based on the creed “All men are created equal.”
“The MAGA perspective explains the constant anger of a shrinking segment of Whites who, as George Mason University political scientist Ashley Jardina told the New York Times, feel “really threatened [so] are willing to reject democratic norms because they see it as a way to protect their status.” These Americans believe they’ve been deprived their “due” of elite status by a changing country”
Smart economic policy, - policies that help non-college whites in the heartland
well-selected candidates - not too liberal in states like Pennsylvania or Wisconsin
supercharged organizing - register and turn out college students and blacks
could provide some hope of returning to the politics of reason and inclusion. But do not underestimate the difficulty of the undertaking.
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@Public-Choice
the original FBI investigation by Mueller completely discredited the mainstream media and most liberals.
That’s a lie. The Mueller report confirmed there was Russian meddling (just as the intelligence community said) and there was a conspiracy to help Trump win the election as well as obstruction of justice during the investigation. Many people and organizations were indicted. Some plead guilty. Others were convicted. The Republican Party worked to protect Trump and shield him from justice to protect their own political prospects.
Mueller objected to Bill Barr’s characterization that the report exonerated Trump.
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@Public-Choice
Ironically enough. It is what they believed, but it wasn't what they practiced.
Who are you to attack the Puritans? Nobody in America practiced their religion as faithfully as the Puritans of New England. You are probably a typical cafeteria Christian picking and choosing what you like and don’t like from the Bible just like at a cafeteria. You and your silly ideas on what it takes to get to heaven.
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@Public-Choice
Christianity claims that Jesus already paid our debt and that we need to simply believe and live by faith and in fellowship with God to make it into heaven.
That’s not what the Puritans believed. And they founded this country.
Basic Tenets of Puritanism
Judgmental God (rewards good/punishes evil)
Predestination/Election (salvation or damnation was predetermined by God)
Original Sin (humans are innately sinful, tainted by the sins of Adam & Eve; good can be accomplished only through hard work & self-discipline)
Providence.
God's Grace.
Puritans believed in the idea of predestination, meaning that God has already chosen which people will get into heaven. People are predestined to either go to heaven or go to hell. It isn't up to your choices on Earth or if you choose to accept God as your savior.
These Christians would spit on you.
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@Public-Choice
Christianity follows a God. Therefore it isn't a cult. A cult follows a human
It follows Christ, who was a human. Followers who likely lack critical thinking skills or they just want a sense of belonging.
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@Public-Choice
You know, some people are saying that Christianity is a cult that appeals to people who have undeveloped critical thinking skills.
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@Double_R
We’re both doing the same thing here, I believe Fox News lies far more than the other networks, you disagree but a tit for tat debate won’t solve anything and there is no source either of us can provide actual statistics from that we would both accept.
This guy said the Associated Press blatantly lies. When I asked him to name some he gave weak examples. I am sure he is giving weak examples because there are no blatant lies to cite.
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@Public-Choice
I at least have experience in the field
Your experience is with the people who have no journalistic integrity.
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@Public-Choice
No other authority except your cult leader counts as credible and, when your cult leader is found wrong you respond by denying reality and double down on your cult leader.
That’s kind of ironic considering you identify as a Christian. Talk about a cult. Talk about brainwashed. The Bible? It’s a fairytale.
I have not denied any reality. You presented some feeble examples of AP reporting that in no way indicates they lie.
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@Public-Choice
So I really don't care about what you think about how the news business works. As someone who created some of the news business's talking points myself, I would know how it works.
Sounds like you know how to lie because you worked with liars. Being a Christian nut job also does not enhance your reputation as an intellectual.
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@Public-Choice
So when I talk about these things, I know as someone who has had experiences few others can claim to have had.I briefly worked with people who wrote copy for President TrumpAnd a political marketer for one of the top 10 conservative political marketing agencies in the country.
That’s like claiming you worked for Kelly Ann Conway or Sarah Huckabee Sanders and thinking that enhances your credibility. It does the opposite.
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@Public-Choice
Well I don't want to dox myself, TBH. But I will say the gross majority of articles that were for other news agencies were under the umbrella of Salem's news publishing arm. That is all I'd like to say because you can easily find me specifically if I were to say more.
Bullshit. You wouldn’t be doxing yourself. But Salem news media? Why am I not surprised. If you really did work for them you have zero credibility and should be ashamed of yourself.
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@Public-Choice
that if the investigator looked into Fulton County the investigator would “find things that are gonna be unbelievable.”
When Trump said you will “find things that are gonna be unbelievable” do you think it was a stretch to say he was talking about voter fraud considering he was calling the Governor to discuss voter fraud in the Georgia election?
The AP story has a nuanced difference in describing the phone call. It certainly was not a blatant lie. The fact you can’t acknowledge this is another example of why you are a moron, your IQ score notwithstanding.
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@Public-Choice
All I am saying is that the majority of news articles and outlets these days are not producing news but malarkey. This includes the AP, but they still have solid articles as well.
Please tell me where you worked in journalism. I have to believe it was not at a place of any credibility. Prove me wrong.
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@Public-Choice
You asked if the AP ever said anything that is untrue.
Be serious. You said they blatantly lie. I said they are a reliable and factual news source. You have made a poor case.
They could have waited to run the story until a recording of the phone call came out.
That would not have served the people well. It was much more important to report that the POTUS was trying to overthrow a legitimate election and cling to power with false, blatantly false allegations of a stolen, fraudulent election process.
not to trust AP except on a per article basis, which was my ORIGINAL POINT.
On a per article basis? You mean if they report something you already believe. You are a fucking moron. A stupid Christian moron.
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@Public-Choice
I clicked on one of your articles. It failed miserably to show the AP lies. You must be a moron to think this is proof of a blatant lie by the AP.
ATLANTA (AP) — In a story January 9, 2021, about a phone call between then-President Donald Trump and a lead Georgia elections investigator, The Associated Press, based on information provided by a source, erroneously reported that Trump pressed the investigator to “find the fraud” and said it would make the investigator a national hero. A recording of the call made public two months later revealed that Trump did not say either and instead said that if the investigator looked into Fulton County the investigator would “find things that are gonna be unbelievable.” Trump also told the investigator: “When the right answer comes out, you’ll be praised.”
In reality there is a small nuanced difference between what Trump said and what the AP reported based on their source. This is absolutely not lying. And as minor as the discrepancy was, the AP had the integrity to clarify the report even though they knew nut jobs like yourself would point to it as evidence the media is fake news.
Trump didn’t press the investigators “ to find fraud” He pressed them to find just enough votes to make him the winner.
Trump didn’t say the investigator will “be a national hero” he said “you’ll be praised”.
Oh wow, that’s such a huge difference. Oh the scandal!
I’m going to assume the rest of your examples are equally frivolous because you are a Christian Right wing wack job who isn’t living in reality.
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@Public-Choice
The article shows at least 5.
The Jose Duarte article does no such thing.
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@Public-Choice
Yeah so does Brookings Institute, Heritage Foundation, Rand Corporation, Center for American Progress, Cato Institute, Merkatus Center, and many other revered think tanks on the left and right. That is part of what think tanks do these days. They all write news content nowadays.
So you are saying all think tanks produce news, and not saying Just Facts is a Christian News organization.
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@Public-Choice
I gave you more than two in the original article I linked on it.
You have not shown any blatantly false articles printed by the AP.
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@Public-Choice
Actually it's a think tank run
A think tank producing news content. Think tanks usually exist to offer their insight to policy makers and other parties developing public policy.
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@Public-Choice
One of my friends worked for multiple news agencies and graduated with a degree in journalism and she told me that the news agencies used to not rely on just anonymous sources and journalists would be required to find three sources that speak to both sides of an issue and run all of the claims from these sources in their articles. They also were taught to go back to the original source first and to report on that instead of someone's opinion.
You realize anonymous sources are not anonymous to the journalists or even the editor in some cases? These primary sources are verified to be authentic and tested to be truthful by the journalists.
Anonymous source
The identity of anonymous sources is sometimes revealed to senior editors or a news organization's lawyers, who would be considered bound by the same confidentiality as the journalist. (Lawyers are generally protected from subpoena in these cases by attorney–client privilege.)
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@Public-Choice
an "anonymous source," which turned out later to just be another WaPo staffer, then that just isn't good journalism. It isn't my fault you like sources that don't do actual journalistic work.
I highly doubt The Washington Post used its own staffer as an AS. It is your fault for being a Christian wackjob.
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@Public-Choice
My point was that the AP has published blatantly false stories.
Give me 2 examples
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@Public-Choice
The Washington Post is not that reputable anymore, sadly.
That is a ridiculous statement.
Look, to be perfectly honest with you, I have stopped reading the news and instead read the blog of the WEF and the blog from Just Facts and the Congressional Research Service because the WEF sets the news agenda for the next few months and Just Facts and the Congressional Research Service both heavily cite their articles and releases, so it is deeply-researched material.
Just facts is a Christian News organization. James Agresti, the born-again Christian is it’s founder. We discussed this before. They are a joke. I recall you are a proud graduate of the Just Facts Academy correspondence courses.
Agresti is also the author of Rational Conclusions, a meticulously researched and scholarly acclaimed book evidencing factual support for the Bible across a broad array of academic disciplines.
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@Public-Choice
they are actually a network of newspapers
The AP does produce original content which other newspapers around the world print.
They are arguably the most reliable source of news in the world.
If you don’t trust them, then you are living in the dark.
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@Public-Choice
Here is an article that debunks multiple claims the AP has made in the past:
See, you’re doing it again. Your “source” doesn’t support the point you are trying to make.
I asked you if the AP is truthful and accurate. You send it depends on the article. Then to support your statement you send an article about the AP Fact Checking record. Which is different than the news articles they print. This is because you are a moron incapable of logical reason.
To make matters worse, the article is little more than an opinion piece from some nobody. He starts off:
“94 percent of the time AP targets a conservative or Republican claim (almost always Trump). This holds true across all standalone fact-check articles from November 1, 2017 through January, 18, 2018. This pattern flagrantly violates the Poynter Institute’s code of principles. Poynter has certified AP Fact Check as abiding by its principles”
Maybe the AP is always fact-checking Trump because he lies every day. He was documented by the Washington Post as lying more than 30,000 times in his 4 years as President. And who should be fact checked more than the President of the United States? So right off the bat this article appears to be garbage.
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@Public-Choice
Once again, ignoring the facts in favor of your opinion. A person with a professionally tested IQ of 144 is not a moron.
Plus your mother says you are so smart.
Listen, I can recognize you are a moron by reading what you write on this site and seeing how you “reason”.
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@Public-Choice
As someone who actively ran a news outlet for a few years and worked as a journalist for years before that
Oh really? Do tell. Which news outlet did you run?
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@Public-Choice
It depends on the article.
See, you are a moron.
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@Public-Choice
Do you think articles in the newspapers from the Associated Press are accurate and truthful, YES OR NO?
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@Public-Choice
but not that they lie.
They lie. They misinform. They knowingly report false information. They insinuate with the goal of misleading their viewers.
I'd know this stuff considering I worked in political marketing and news for years.
You’ve got to be lying right here. Did you write the newsletter at your church?
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@Public-Choice
The fact of the matter is that CNN is not a reliable news network
You don’t think the Associated Press is reliable news.
Once again the secret recordings prove they were Biden's propaganda corps
No, the secret recording does not prove that at all.
Fox News isn't much better. This isn't the point. The real point here is you are absolutely blinded by your party loyalty to the point you willfully ignore facts and then call other people idiots because they live in reality.
FOX News is worse, much much worse. That’s why they are being sued. For reporting that Dominion Voting Machines flipped votes for Biden. This was a lie and they knew it was a lie.
Republicans are idiots because they don’t accept facts. For example, Obama was born in this country and global warming is real and manmade, and Covid-19 was real and required us to wear masks to prevent the spread of a deadly virus and vaccines work. You know, little things like that.
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@Public-Choice
They've been propaganda for years.
The story about Van Jones - what is it supposed to indicate? Jones did not lie on CNN.
A Nothing Burger? What does that mean? It’s his opinion that the Russia investigation will not result in Trump being impeached?
“They (CNN) have been inaccurately characterized as fake news by former President Trump and many of his supporters”
CNN typically utilizes loaded emotional words in sensational headlines such as this: Trump pounces on Justice Department report findings. They usually source their news appropriately through credible reporters/journalists and through hyperlinking to credible media sources. However, CNN has failed several fact checks from Politifact. It should be noted that these fact checks were almost exclusively from guests on their numerous talk shows and not from the reporting of actual news, which tends to be factual. TV hosts have also failed fact checks by IFCN fact-checkers.
Are you a bird brain? So often you think you are citing a story that supports your POV, but in reality it does nothing or it supports the opposite view.
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@Public-Choice
CNN staffers have declared multiple times that the organization makes up lies all the time for Democrats.
Really? What lies has CNN made up and broadcast for Democrats?
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@Public-Choice
Just to be clear, there are liberals who do care about facts. You just happen to not be one of them.
Just to be clear Pubic hair, did Bill Barr say that Trump’s stolen election accusations were bull shit? Is that a fact?
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@Public-Choice
But you likely don't believe that because you are a liberal and don't care about facts. You'd rather be an ignorant idiot than be factual. Facts are like a disease to you.
Bullshit. Republicans are the fact free morons.
Mr. Pubic Choice
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@Public-Choice
I'd be interested in seeing how you think one proves the other when he hasn't even finished his report yet.
The whole reason for starting this “investigation” was so that idiots like you could say “ the investigation into corruption of the FBI is still ongoing”
There was never a case. Bill Barr initiated the Special Counsel to serve Trump. Now he wishes he never met Trump.
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