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#121 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 233 weeks ago
The people who breached the Capitol are still the people who breached the Capitol even IF the bombs were planted by another group. They don’t change what Trump supporters did inside.
#122 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 233 weeks ago
Dude you’ve lost it. Totally brainwashed. I’m actually sad for you.
#123 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 233 weeks ago
Credible threats have been made against Biden, Harris, Pelosi in addition to this ...
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1348754268812148738?s=20
Welcome to our new America.
#124 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 233 weeks ago
Banning Trump from social media does not deprive him of anything. All he has to do is call a news conference, step up to the podium, talk and take questions, and every network would air it.
#125 Re: The Garden » NFL 2019 » 233 weeks ago
Bears gotta clean house. They were down 21-3 with 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter and they’re doing running plays up the middle.
#126 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 234 weeks ago
Manchin on CNN clarified he does not support blanket $2k checks but targeted relief. I kind of agree.
My wife and I can work from home so we have not been highly affected, although working from home has increased our spending for household goods and services to support work. We don’t necessarily need $2k. When we do get our stimulus money (we just got our second round), we spend it on bigger items that don’t fit our budget, like delayable house repairs or upgrades.
So my question is this: What is the point of the $2k? Is it to support people or the economy?
If the intent as the bill is written is to help individuals, maybe targeted relief is best now, and they’ll need it again. If the intent is to jumpstart the economy, $2k for everyone is just the beginning. There would need to be more.
Listen, we’re going to enter more lockdowns when this variant takes over. It’s going to be ugly (uglier). The economy is going to grind to a halt again. Unemployment ins December already was beyond expectations.
#127 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 234 weeks ago
bigbri wrote:Parler is already censoring posts because those reasonable folks are calling for Pence to face a firing squad. There is no corner of society that accepts this—and it should be censored, and Supreme Court precedent supports such action.
That's not censorship, big, calling for violence is a violation of a platforms terms and is absolutely acceptable, and you know that's not what I'm talking about.
For the most part my post was sarcastic and it wasn’t in response to anyone specifically.
I just wanted to point out there is no place for this in our society, even Parler knows this. The Brandenburg Supreme Court case pretty much supports this, even though a social media platform banning folks isn’t really a First Amendment issue.
Banning on social media is more like not serving someone because they want a rainbow wedding cake. That precedent has also been set.
#128 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 234 weeks ago
Parler is already censoring posts because those reasonable folks are calling for Pence to face a firing squad. There is no corner of society that accepts this—and it should be censored, and Supreme Court precedent supports such action.
#129 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 234 weeks ago
There’s talk of something on MLK Day, which I normally would blow off as too “on the nose,” but not now.
#130 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 234 weeks ago
Trump supporters are the biggest pussies around, and he unleashed cowardly behavior like this. It’s fucking sickening to see this. Being a former journalist, it makes me so angry. Reporters especially go INTO danger all the time to get to the truth, and to have them attacked like they were at the Capitol is weak. If you support it, you’re awful.
https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1347957434120351748?s=20
Encouraging the murder of people is why these guys are being booted off social media. I can’t say I’m too broken up about it.