Most municipalities have statutes that the city must provide protection for permitted protests. It’s part of the tradeoff of being able to some extent control time, place, and somewhat method of protests. Counter-protests are usually spontaneous. I’m not saying there is not differing treatment, but a part of the…
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A pardon isn’t necessarily a bad thing in that our justice system is far from perfect. Some laws are shitty as are some judgements. A presidential pardon for a bad law, unique circumstances, or disproportionate punishment is fine by me.
I wonder how Ivanka feels about this.
He’ll do it, but in the incredibly insincere way he denounced anti-semitism early on in his presidency or appleogized for his birtherism.
“The president called on our nation to look for ways to come together,
This was one of the top responses to one of his earlier tweets, which I think should become a mandatory response to him until he actually does so.
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This. If the inherit question(s) regarding what occurred was somehow related to the first amendment, fine, bring up antifa. It isn’t. In damn near every context that the “both sides suck” red herring I’ve heard get trotted out today people were talking about an emboldenment of white supremacists/neo-nazis or how in…
I’m just asking for him to resign. Him starting to do his job at this point can’t replace the *checks calendar* holy fuck, years of his combined candidacy and presidency. Means matter.
Orton vs. Grossman
True. I didn’t really make the point in my post, but I’m just supposing that within that “leave European problems to Europeans” was probably minimization of Nazi Germany’s actions that is eerily similar to justifications used present day, including whataboutism. It’s not quite “both sides are the same”, but it’s not…
Depending on when, It’s very possible there was something similar. America had a relatively isolationist bent post depression, and, though we eventually start becoming involved in the conflict, isolationists still maintained significant support up until Pearl Harbor. Taking into account the benefit of historical…
Hey, that’s not fair. A good portion of them also worship a bunch of genocidal maniacs who conducted one of the worst atrocities ever witnessed in human history—A group that hundreds of thousands of US soldiers sacrificed their lives to put an end to.
I think this is one of the few rare times a transcript reads better than the actual statement (which isn’t saying the transcript reads well at all). His weird pauses before his non-sequitors are. . . concerning. I try to resist the whole mental health speculation, but. . .
I’m sure we can count on McCain and Graham to call for the suspension of mirandization until the perpetrator has been “interrogated” and our brave, brave Republican leaders to push for imprisonment at Guantanamo and the trial to be conducted by military tribunal. It is all about keeping us safe afterall.
You missed his follow up, which I think we can agree provides us all some much needed context for reflection. THIS is the moment he became President.
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