Have you heard the good news? [twitter.com]

Hanno comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Your link is bad... took me to some obscure boxer...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 2, 2020:

@Hanno Um... They're a big part of Trump's political movement. Senile old people don't just fade away anymore, the Republican party caters to them more than any constituency. At some point you have to put aside that they're mentally ill. The GOP certainly has.

The "other side" is not democrat, liberal, libertarian, independent, conservative, or republican.

Bay0Wulf comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Wow ... it took an awful lot of describing to get to that last sentence. I learned to “Walk Away” decades ago. Every once in awhile I try to convert one but mostly just to remind myself why its a worthless endeavor.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 2, 2020:

Never forget the first #walkaway! https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/18/archives/thurmond-joins-goldwater-drive.html

Have you heard the good news? [twitter.com]

Hanno comments on Aug 2, 2020:

Your link is bad... took me to some obscure boxer...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 2, 2020:

Oh, there's nothing wrong with the link. Here's more context. https://twitter.com/lib_crusher/status/1289784351178227713?s=19

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno Alright, what percentage do you consider "unbelievable high." This should be interesting.

Peaceful protests, peaceful protests, peaceful protests, peaceful protests, peaceful protests ...

Hanno comments on Aug 1, 2020:

This is good example of attempting to group people... No one has an actual issue with real non-violent marches of people who peacefully wants to make their thoughts heard. Everyone should have an issue with violent looters and arsonists who follow them. The far left pretends that only the ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno How so? There have been few looters in general.

Conservatives have long been concerned with supposed leftist indoctrination in universities.

Terence57 comments on Aug 1, 2020:

19 and 20 year old sons in college. State University and, I think, a still-sane place although I see the incursions more every year. To wit: I speak from experience. Schooling, as such, begins at home. It isn't taught, it's modeled. Engaged parents are the key. Then, when the kid comes home ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@markyd1970 Regardless of which system is fairest, I didn't mention socialism at all unless you think capitalism magically transforms to socialism upon the merest change toward making it fairer. After all, Terence57 was criticizing the impulse to give any concern to unfairness. I was simply explaining that such a value system does not work for families who experience bad luck. And in the long run it destroys capitalism.

Conservatives have long been concerned with supposed leftist indoctrination in universities.

Xtra comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Where did you come up with this?

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Xtra It's a better basis than the conspiracy theories conservatives form about indoctrination.

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno Where have you been the last four years? Have you studied Trump's voters at all? It is almost entirely older, white conservatives. The Democratic Party has become a big tent including diverse members of the center-right, center-left, and the left. "Socialists" are a small part of that, though if you lump together all "progressives," the greater left is approaching half of the party. They were divided between Sanders and Warren during the primary and utterly lost to Biden's centrist coalition.

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno You have to be kidding.

Peaceful protests, peaceful protests, peaceful protests, peaceful protests, peaceful protests ...

Hanno comments on Aug 1, 2020:

This is good example of attempting to group people... No one has an actual issue with real non-violent marches of people who peacefully wants to make their thoughts heard. Everyone should have an issue with violent looters and arsonists who follow them. The far left pretends that only the ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

Where are these violent looters? I've only seen non-violent ones, and they are not as widespread as protesters have been.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

saramarylop3z comments on Jul 30, 2020:

As a registered Republican who has been on the fence about the Libertarian party I'm curious why the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, Jo Jorgensen, said that it is not enough for Libertarians or Americans “to be passively not racist,” and they must instead “be actively anti-racist." ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@saramarylop3z I'd just say that that's not how I view anti-racism, but maybe just because I'm not particularly dogmatic about it. I take the pieces that make sense to me and combine them with a class analysis. There is always going to be racial discourse that is overly focused on the workplace (and wrongly extends those workplace ethics to all of public life), ignores larger power dynamics, and is used only opportunistically (often "punching down"), and I will continue to steer clear of that.

Conservatives have long been concerned with supposed leftist indoctrination in universities.

Terence57 comments on Aug 1, 2020:

19 and 20 year old sons in college. State University and, I think, a still-sane place although I see the incursions more every year. To wit: I speak from experience. Schooling, as such, begins at home. It isn't taught, it's modeled. Engaged parents are the key. Then, when the kid comes home ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

How about the families that experience bad luck, traumatizing their children, such as a workplace injury? It's hard to avoid souring on capitalism when every level of the system conspires to punish one's family in such circumstances. Once they emerge, they will have a choice to make. If their parents taught them to value fairness, they might fight for a system that is fairer to all people. If not, they might respond by exploiting people who they perceive as weak. I'm not suggesting that you need to value fairness, I'm just saying that a capitalist system without room for some amount of fairness produces its own unmaking.

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno I tend to think that people in power and shaping the law, who were voted in by a unified conservative movement, are the most relevant for discussion.

Conservatives have long been concerned with supposed leftist indoctrination in universities.

Xtra comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Where did you come up with this?

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

Life experiences.

Conservatives have long been concerned with supposed leftist indoctrination in universities.

wolfhnd comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Lol

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

I know it's easier to just lean into your anti-intellectual and conspiricist impulses, though.

Conservatives have long been concerned with supposed leftist indoctrination in universities.

wolfhnd comments on Aug 1, 2020:

Lol

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

Lol

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

saramarylop3z comments on Jul 30, 2020:

As a registered Republican who has been on the fence about the Libertarian party I'm curious why the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, Jo Jorgensen, said that it is not enough for Libertarians or Americans “to be passively not racist,” and they must instead “be actively anti-racist." ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@saramarylop3z You say that you don't think it's a conspiracy, but you also made a lot of generalizations about anti-racism. There is certainly much to criticise about books like "White Fragility," but there seems to be a tendency to use one problematic example to invalidate all public discussion and study of racism. I think one of the things that "White Fragility" glosses over is that there are different facets of racism. There are the attitudes, of course. E.g. my relatives in the panhandle of Florida have racist attitudes and I do not. But they probably have more natural interactions with Black people in their community whereas I have more unconscious baggage to work through to really see and understand Black people, having come from a mostly white community and only seen Black people on the nightly news. And of course, most of that is inconsequential if we don't have the power or aren't willing to use the power we have to confront systemic racism in our workplaces, government, and other institutions.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

saramarylop3z comments on Jul 30, 2020:

As a registered Republican who has been on the fence about the Libertarian party I'm curious why the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, Jo Jorgensen, said that it is not enough for Libertarians or Americans “to be passively not racist,” and they must instead “be actively anti-racist." ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

I'm curious, what concerns you about the use of the word "anti-racist?" Is it the perception that there is a nefarious conspiracy behind it? Do you think racial issues should not be discussed in public? Do you feel threatened by that line of thinking--that you might lose something if it's followed to its conclusion?

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Few people are really for small government. BLM wants to abolish carceral systems and provide more funding to social programs. Conservatives want to abolish social programs and provide more funding to carceral systems. Defunding one necessarily requires more funding of the other to maintain order, ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Geofrank "What has not been adequately acknowledged or addressed is the destruction of the nuclear family and its effects on crime, mental health, education and job security. It cannot be ignored that federal welfare policy has encouraged out of wedlock births and the resultant single parent culture that has ensued." A function of capitalism and our carceral system (and the drug war). Imagine if we hadn't decapitated Black gangs and political groups. Consider other countries like Japan where gangs have some legal legitimacy. But still, the larger problem is how underfunded poor Black and brown communities are.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Few people are really for small government. BLM wants to abolish carceral systems and provide more funding to social programs. Conservatives want to abolish social programs and provide more funding to carceral systems. Defunding one necessarily requires more funding of the other to maintain order, ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Geofrank Without the federal government, education and housing rely on local property taxes, a system that reproduces inequities. Because the federal government failed to insure public pensions and regulate their funding like they did for private ones decades ago, state budgets are overburdened already. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is buying corporate bonds. At minimum, the Fed must ease state budgets to solve these problems.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Few people are really for small government. BLM wants to abolish carceral systems and provide more funding to social programs. Conservatives want to abolish social programs and provide more funding to carceral systems. Defunding one necessarily requires more funding of the other to maintain order, ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Geofrank Those programs hardly had a chance. HUD was effectively shut down permanently when Nixon shut down George Romney. Now the two agencies only engage in technocratic tweaks or enriching private interests like Trump's real estate buddies and the DeVos family, respectively, while the GOP works to abolish them.

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@TheHerrDark Please tell me the traditional-PC term that I am allowed to use, and I will use it.

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno DSA isn't that extreme. Moreover, it has less than 100,000 members. Bernie is not one of them!

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno Which are?

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno Bernie makes no secret of what?

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno Then it will be too late. Why do you conflate mere social democrats with Stalinists?

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno But I mean Schmitt and Strauss are the conservative movement's most recent fertile ground. Why Schmitt? Because he provides a justification for more authoritarianism, which is needed to preserve the power of conservatives as their base ages and the population diversifies.

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno I'd be willing to bet quite a few of the judges Trump is packing the judicial system with are Schmittians as well.

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Aug 1, 2020:

@Hanno No, Bill Barr's theory of the unitary executive is inspired by Schmitt. Anton was also in the Trump administration and pseudonymously wrote a widely-read intellectual justification for Trumpism called "The Flight 93 Election." https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/digital/the-flight-93-election/

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

Thaw comments on Jul 31, 2020:

"Fascism" as it is popularly used, is the embodiment of Jewish fears. Its practical meaning today is "white authoritarianism." Its historic and true meaning is "tradition-based policies promoting social unity in a white society." Jews know that, if whites seek social unity based on anything like ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@Hanno Seems ever since they brought the white supremacist Paul Ramsey in as a contributor. https://idw.community/magazine

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@Leroy_Dumonde Schmitt is en vogue in conservative institutions right now. Notable figures he has influenced include Michael Anton, Bill Barr, and Adrian Vermuele. He also influenced Leo Strauss who has had a big influence on neoconservatives. Moreover, he has influenced the Eurasianist philosophy of Dugin in Russia that influenced Trump's policies on immigration and foreign policy.

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@TheHerrDark "When I first started watching Tim Pool, I just thought he was a white guy." Exactly, that is how whiteness works.

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine I'm not going to spend a lot of time trying to determine Tim's intentions. He isn't like everyone else. He has a huge platform reflecting current events back at us. It doesn't matter if he's "evil," it matters whether he's doing harm. And I think a lot of that harm comes from not examining his influences coming from where he did--what shaped the lens through which he sees the world.

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@Machiavelliwar My arguments aren't invalid just because you don't have the knowledge or energy to debate them!

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine I'll add that Fred Hampton had the right idea. And today's BLM activists in Chicago draw on his legacy. Cf. this story about his "Rainbow Coalition" with the Young Patriots and the Young Lords. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/05/black-panthers-young-patriots-fred-hampton

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@Hanno Read my follow up about Tim.

The word Fascist is thrown around a lot these days as the universal and frequently unchallenged ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

Meanwhile, the conservative movement continues to mine Nazi philosophers for new material.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@Hanno Schmitt and Evola.

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine I think we can recognize racism and also recognize that the poor white people in Marquette Park are disadvantaged and were exploited by the neo-Nazis, for example. They have shared interests with Black people, but Tim is just ignoring history and leaning into the scarcity mindset that feeds racial division.

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine I gave an example for nearly every decade up to the present.

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine Watch his debate with Sam Seder where he talks about his background on the South side of Chicago and his oppression complex. For context, he says he grew up across the street from a "white trash" suburb. That tracks for the part of the city I will go on to talk about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZU4HKSxHs When I think of that type of white person in Chicago, I think of the white people who threw rocks at Dr. King in 1966 in Marquette Park. https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-mlk-king-marquette-park-1966-flashback-perspec-0731-md-20160726-story.html I think of the Nazi headquarters that was built there in the following decade. https://interactive.wbez.org/curiouscity/chicagonazineighborhood I think of the KKK, Nazi, and America First Committee marches there in the decade after that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquette_Park_rallies#1980s_KKK_rallies I think of the perennial candidate (as recently as 2019) who was a member of the World Church of the Creator and was confronted by a precursor to antifa in 1999. http://weeklywire.com/ww/09-27-99/chicago_cover.html I think about the Blue Lives Matter counter-protest that chased Black people out of the neighborhood in 2016 after a Black man was murdered by an officer. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161106/mt-greenwood/joshua-beal-shooting-death-protest I think of the neo-Nazi who was the Republican Congressional candidate from that district as late as 2018, and got over a quarter of the vote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_J._Jones To close... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTT1qUswYL0

Tim Pool: Independent Journalist or Republican Shill?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 31, 2020:

He's a (part) white Chicago Southsider who has issues with Black people, loves cops, and has fascist tendencies. We have lots of experience with his type in this city. I believe the Blues Brothers put it best.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@TheHerrDark You did read the word "part" in my post, no?

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Few people are really for small government. BLM wants to abolish carceral systems and provide more funding to social programs. Conservatives want to abolish social programs and provide more funding to carceral systems. Defunding one necessarily requires more funding of the other to maintain order, ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@Geofrank There are root causes of violence like housing insecurity and education inequality. It is also more effective to confront things like mental health crises and domestic violence with social workers. "Abolishing" is a goal and organizing principle, not something that happens overnight.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 30, 2020:

In the past on this site I had brought that topic up a few times, but was mostly met with hostility. People seem to forget who it was that went door to door in an attempt to seize guns after Hurricane Katrina. Should the Democrats ever be able to institute an all out gun ban/confiscation, guess who ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@SpikeTalon I just don't see any evidence that Democratic elected officials like Cuomo are going to make any meaningful concessions at this point.

CNN's Don Lemon supports and defends Pedophilia. Thoughts? [m.youtube.com]

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Pizzagate? Why won't you confront pedophilia (or as they like to call it "ephebophilia") in the libertarian community?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine Is that what Pizzagate is? Lol.

Anti-masker and former Presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from COVID-19, in the first high ...

govols comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Liar.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 31, 2020:

@73jazzbass At least they're 1. Outdoors and 2. Wearing masks.

Will this uprising succeed?

Serg97 comments on Jul 30, 2020:

It has taken decades for OUR public education system to convert three generation into believing that Communism is a better system than a Republic!!! Of course THEY call it Socialism or some other less offensive name that COMMUNISM, making it easier to swallow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@Serg97 We work and get some public goods from our taxes.

Will this uprising succeed?

Serg97 comments on Jul 30, 2020:

It has taken decades for OUR public education system to convert three generation into believing that Communism is a better system than a Republic!!! Of course THEY call it Socialism or some other less offensive name that COMMUNISM, making it easier to swallow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@Serg97 Call it what you want. I call it social democracy. A mixed economy. That's really all were asking for, even the "Marxists."

Will this uprising succeed?

Serg97 comments on Jul 30, 2020:

It has taken decades for OUR public education system to convert three generation into believing that Communism is a better system than a Republic!!! Of course THEY call it Socialism or some other less offensive name that COMMUNISM, making it easier to swallow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@Serg97 THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING! That's the beginning of neoliberalism, when the public sector began to be slashed. I'm saying, let's reverse that.

Will this uprising succeed?

Serg97 comments on Jul 30, 2020:

It has taken decades for OUR public education system to convert three generation into believing that Communism is a better system than a Republic!!! Of course THEY call it Socialism or some other less offensive name that COMMUNISM, making it easier to swallow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

To you, communism is merely increasing the budgets for social programs to the levels of half a century ago!

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 30, 2020:

In the past on this site I had brought that topic up a few times, but was mostly met with hostility. People seem to forget who it was that went door to door in an attempt to seize guns after Hurricane Katrina. Should the Democrats ever be able to institute an all out gun ban/confiscation, guess who ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@SpikeTalon Cuomo loves cops. So does the Mayor of Chicago. She WAS a cop. She hasn't budged on any of our demands.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 30, 2020:

In the past on this site I had brought that topic up a few times, but was mostly met with hostility. People seem to forget who it was that went door to door in an attempt to seize guns after Hurricane Katrina. Should the Democrats ever be able to institute an all out gun ban/confiscation, guess who ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@SpikeTalon Which Mayors?

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 30, 2020:

In the past on this site I had brought that topic up a few times, but was mostly met with hostility. People seem to forget who it was that went door to door in an attempt to seize guns after Hurricane Katrina. Should the Democrats ever be able to institute an all out gun ban/confiscation, guess who ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@SpikeTalon What did Kate Brown do besides tightening reporting requirements, tightening accountability, creating a committee to recommend reforms, banning chokeholds, banning tear gas (but with a "riot" loophole), and creating a duty to intervene in the case of fellow officer misconduct?

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 30, 2020:

In the past on this site I had brought that topic up a few times, but was mostly met with hostility. People seem to forget who it was that went door to door in an attempt to seize guns after Hurricane Katrina. Should the Democrats ever be able to institute an all out gun ban/confiscation, guess who ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@SpikeTalon What did Cuomo do besides tightening reporting requirements, banning chokeholds, and requiring better medical and mental health attention?

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Few people are really for small government. BLM wants to abolish carceral systems and provide more funding to social programs. Conservatives want to abolish social programs and provide more funding to carceral systems. Defunding one necessarily requires more funding of the other to maintain order, ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine You embarrass yourself supporting Tim Pool. We know his type around here.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Few people are really for small government. BLM wants to abolish carceral systems and provide more funding to social programs. Conservatives want to abolish social programs and provide more funding to carceral systems. Defunding one necessarily requires more funding of the other to maintain order, ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine I'd ask you to go into specifics, but you're just trolling now.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 30, 2020:

In the past on this site I had brought that topic up a few times, but was mostly met with hostility. People seem to forget who it was that went door to door in an attempt to seize guns after Hurricane Katrina. Should the Democrats ever be able to institute an all out gun ban/confiscation, guess who ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@SpikeTalon Which ones? Some are engaged in budgetary sleights of hand.

As a libertarian, I'm genuinely curious as to why so many Republicans are so quick to "back the ...

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 30, 2020:

In the past on this site I had brought that topic up a few times, but was mostly met with hostility. People seem to forget who it was that went door to door in an attempt to seize guns after Hurricane Katrina. Should the Democrats ever be able to institute an all out gun ban/confiscation, guess who ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

The Democrats don't want to abolish the police. The left does. Similarly, the Democrats are more concerned with regulating guns than the left is.

Anti-masker and former Presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from COVID-19, in the first high ...

govols comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Liar.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@govols Simple probability. Symptoms to COVID-19 typically appear between 2 and 14 days and he was admitted to the hospital 11 days after the rally. With so many people gathered at the rally, he was more likely to be exposed there than probably anywhere else.

Anti-masker and former Presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from COVID-19, in the first high ...

73jazzbass comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Nobody is dying from Covid by itself. There has to be underlying heath issues or at risk conditions. Same as any other flu really. Anyway may he Rest In Peace.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

You could say that about practically any disease. Doesn't mean it wasn't the leading factor that prematurely ended his life.

Anti-masker and former Presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from COVID-19, in the first high ...

DotBunn comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Do we know if Mr. Cain had other issues of health that he was dealing with? Let’s not jump to the same old refrain that it is Trump’s fault. If there were great spikes from that rally MSM would have been all over it. Can you actually be open minded enough to consider that he got COVID someplace ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

He was hospitalized 11 days after going maskless at the rally and remained there until his death. He was in good health otherwise, despite a fight with colon cancer 14 years ago.

Anti-masker and former Presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from COVID-19, in the first high ...

govols comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Liar.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

...

What has happened to police filmed hurting protesters? So far, very little. [propublica.org]

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 29, 2020:

Probably as little as will happen to protesters who pulled down statues, broke into their neighbors shops, beat people, and set fire to things. This is political theater. Leftists are trained to agitate so that cops will respond. I know, I used to be one of those assholes though I didn't hurt ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine Need some more kool-aid?

Political growth

cRaZyTMG comments on Jul 30, 2020:

I may need a sarcasm sign, but I don't get this.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

You're cancelled!

Fun fact: A 2014 report found that between 2005 and 2012, nearly one CBP officer was arrested for ...

Machiavelliwar comments on Jul 30, 2020:

Yes, dear wilyRick let us see the origin of this FACT. This is a small bomb, just thrown into the air, to see if anyone will catch it? do you want us all blown to bits....even metaphorically?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/border-patrol-the-green-monster-112220 I believe it comes from this GAO report. https://www.gao.gov/assets/660/650505.pdf Here's a more recent chart and report from CBP. The numbers had been on a half decade decline before increasing big time in 2018. Still a lot, regardless. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6510092-Cbp-Discipline-Analysis-Report-fy18-Compressed.html

Fun fact: A 2014 report found that between 2005 and 2012, nearly one CBP officer was arrested for ...

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 30, 2020:

I have to tell you it surprises me that they would get arrested instead of just given a stern warning.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 30, 2020:

They must have really done something bad. Not a good sign of the professionalism (if that's not an oxymoron) of the rest. Janet Napolitano reportedly ordered them to change their definition of corruption to downplay the problem to Congress.

What has happened to police filmed hurting protesters? So far, very little. [propublica.org]

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 29, 2020:

Probably as little as will happen to protesters who pulled down statues, broke into their neighbors shops, beat people, and set fire to things. This is political theater. Leftists are trained to agitate so that cops will respond. I know, I used to be one of those assholes though I didn't hurt ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 29, 2020:

So were the Freedom Rides. Should we undo their achievements because they agitated and were divisive? Are political actors only valid if they have no agenda and don't challenge the status quo?

Today in 1932: the U.

wolfhnd comments on Jul 29, 2020:

They were FDR's deplorables and clingers. The fact that they were somewhat influenced by socialists doesn't matter, the establishment doesn't like to be questioned.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 29, 2020:

Hoover was President at the time, though the article does address FDR (he didn't help once he came into power).

If the left is guilty of "cultural Marxism," surely the right is guilty of "legal fascism," no?

Thaw comments on Jul 28, 2020:

What can the right do to stop the spread of cultural Marxism -- ie sexualization of children, attacks on the family, anti-Christianity, attacks on tradition, anti-white theory and policy, etc. -- that would not be called "fascism"?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 29, 2020:

@Hanno Those people were called Republicans and they meant it as a denigration of his character. Are they reasonable? That's a matter of perspective. And I mean, they called him Hitler, a Nazi, a communist, a traitor, an ally to terrorists, gay, married to a trans woman, a poor student, a reptilian, etc., as well.

If the left is guilty of "cultural Marxism," surely the right is guilty of "legal fascism," no?

Thaw comments on Jul 28, 2020:

What can the right do to stop the spread of cultural Marxism -- ie sexualization of children, attacks on the family, anti-Christianity, attacks on tradition, anti-white theory and policy, etc. -- that would not be called "fascism"?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 29, 2020:

@Hanno We had a President here who was famously called a Muslim and many other things he was not.

The Relentless Cancel Culture Campaign Against Jeremy Corbyn [novaramedia.com]

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 28, 2020:

The "anti-communist agenda" hasn't killed more people than communists. Let us be very clear on that. Mao didn't even make any bones about his death squads, population control, and even when he wasn't purposefully killing people his environmental tyranny killed between 25 and 73 million people to ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

You say he shouldn't be canceled, yet you still use McCarthyist tropes against a non-communist.

If the left is guilty of "cultural Marxism," surely the right is guilty of "legal fascism," no?

Thaw comments on Jul 28, 2020:

What can the right do to stop the spread of cultural Marxism -- ie sexualization of children, attacks on the family, anti-Christianity, attacks on tradition, anti-white theory and policy, etc. -- that would not be called "fascism"?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@Hanno Likewise for the words Marxist, Communist, Antifascist, Muslim, Globalist, and Terrorist.

Today in 1932: the U.

Machiavelliwar comments on Jul 28, 2020:

You are teaching history? As you go back in our History, as you see it, when will we come to the really bad stuff? The millions killed for the love a "Dear Leader"? Those wearing glasses, killed for being educated? The bread basket of America, forced give all of their grain to New York city, and ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

Just trying to dispel the fairy tale that our history is one of uncomplicated heroes (US) vs. villains (THEM). Clearly I've touched a nerve. This is just an event that happened on this day. You're welcome to share a different event that happened on this day.

If the left is guilty of "cultural Marxism," surely the right is guilty of "legal fascism," no?

CookieMonster comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Nowhere does the link mention Fascism, your way of mitigating the left are the bad guys? As for the link its an interesting concept and with the amount of judges Trump has appointed so far is likely to become turbo-charged even if he doesn't win 4 more years.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@CookieMonster Cultural Marxism is a conspiracy theory. The right knows more about the Frankfurt School that the left does. Much like Saul Alinsky.

If the left is guilty of "cultural Marxism," surely the right is guilty of "legal fascism," no?

CookieMonster comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Nowhere does the link mention Fascism, your way of mitigating the left are the bad guys? As for the link its an interesting concept and with the amount of judges Trump has appointed so far is likely to become turbo-charged even if he doesn't win 4 more years.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@CookieMonster It's a longtime right-wing libertarian publication.

The Relentless Cancel Culture Campaign Against Jeremy Corbyn [novaramedia.com]

pbuck0145 comments on Jul 28, 2020:

You AND the real Rick Wiles: two antisemites! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs6bZz1sqiU

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

Criticizing Israel is not antisemitism. What the real Rick Wiles does is.

If the left is guilty of "cultural Marxism," surely the right is guilty of "legal fascism," no?

CookieMonster comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Nowhere does the link mention Fascism, your way of mitigating the left are the bad guys? As for the link its an interesting concept and with the amount of judges Trump has appointed so far is likely to become turbo-charged even if he doesn't win 4 more years.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@CookieMonster LOL. Reason is communist now...right.

If the left is guilty of "cultural Marxism," surely the right is guilty of "legal fascism," no?

CookieMonster comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Nowhere does the link mention Fascism, your way of mitigating the left are the bad guys? As for the link its an interesting concept and with the amount of judges Trump has appointed so far is likely to become turbo-charged even if he doesn't win 4 more years.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@CookieMonster https://reason.com/2018/10/14/dont-blame-karl-marx-for-cultu/

If the left is guilty of "cultural Marxism," surely the right is guilty of "legal fascism," no?

CookieMonster comments on Jul 28, 2020:

Nowhere does the link mention Fascism, your way of mitigating the left are the bad guys? As for the link its an interesting concept and with the amount of judges Trump has appointed so far is likely to become turbo-charged even if he doesn't win 4 more years.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

It's about as hyperbolic as Marxism.

National Guard officer calls treatment of Lafayette Square protesters 'deeply disturbing' ...

pigfarmer comments on Jul 27, 2020:

In case you haven't noticed, your city has been set afire and thoroughly looted by your "protesters exercising their First Amendment rights". Please point out where in the First Amendment "protesters" are allowed to riot, deface monuments, destroy buildings and businesses, beat up people, set ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine Did you read their comment too? LOL. "Holding your knee on a white two year old's neck for clicks and likes is demonic. Being a public school teacher and commenting positively is demonic." WHAT?

The founding father of new Republican fascism.

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Harvard professor. Originalist. How is someone who appreciated Voltaire a fascist? Do you know the definition of fascism? Who else is a fascist--let me guess...John Whitehead? If you are for government then you have to accept government appointments. Unless you protested when Obama picked former...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine On the social and economic, Vermuele said "the state’s power to compel vaccinations could be extended to combat “pandemics and scourges of many kinds—biological, social, and economic—even when doing so requires overriding the selfish claims of individuals to private ‘rights.’ Thus the state will enjoy authority to curb the social and economic pretensions of the urban-gentry liberals who so often place their own satisfactions (financial and sexual) and the good of their class or social milieu above the common good.”"

The founding father of new Republican fascism.

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Harvard professor. Originalist. How is someone who appreciated Voltaire a fascist? Do you know the definition of fascism? Who else is a fascist--let me guess...John Whitehead? If you are for government then you have to accept government appointments. Unless you protested when Obama picked former...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine On free speech Vermuele said: “Libertarian assumptions central to free-speech law and free-speech ideology—that government is forbidden to judge the quality and moral worth of public speech, that ‘one man’s vulgarity is another’s lyric,’ and so on—fall under the ax.”

The founding father of new Republican fascism.

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Harvard professor. Originalist. How is someone who appreciated Voltaire a fascist? Do you know the definition of fascism? Who else is a fascist--let me guess...John Whitehead? If you are for government then you have to accept government appointments. Unless you protested when Obama picked former...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine For one, he traces his philosophy from Carl Schmitt, a Nazi, and Joseph de Maistre, a reactionary (in the traditional sense).

National Guard officer calls treatment of Lafayette Square protesters 'deeply disturbing' ...

pigfarmer comments on Jul 27, 2020:

In case you haven't noticed, your city has been set afire and thoroughly looted by your "protesters exercising their First Amendment rights". Please point out where in the First Amendment "protesters" are allowed to riot, deface monuments, destroy buildings and businesses, beat up people, set ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine That has nothing to do with my reply to @pigfarmer here.

The founding father of new Republican fascism.

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Harvard professor. Originalist. How is someone who appreciated Voltaire a fascist? Do you know the definition of fascism? Who else is a fascist--let me guess...John Whitehead? If you are for government then you have to accept government appointments. Unless you protested when Obama picked former...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine How about Vermeule's words: “This approach served legal conservatives well in the hostile environment in which originalism was first developed, and for some time afterward, but originalism has now outlived its utility, and has become an obstacle to the development of a robust, substantively conservative approach to constitutional law and interpretation." He's an integralist.

National Guard officer calls treatment of Lafayette Square protesters 'deeply disturbing' ...

pigfarmer comments on Jul 27, 2020:

In case you haven't noticed, your city has been set afire and thoroughly looted by your "protesters exercising their First Amendment rights". Please point out where in the First Amendment "protesters" are allowed to riot, deface monuments, destroy buildings and businesses, beat up people, set ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine I don't know what you're replying to here.

The founding father of new Republican fascism.

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Harvard professor. Originalist. How is someone who appreciated Voltaire a fascist? Do you know the definition of fascism? Who else is a fascist--let me guess...John Whitehead? If you are for government then you have to accept government appointments. Unless you protested when Obama picked former...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 28, 2020:

"Harvard professor. Originalist. How is someone who appreciated Voltaire a fascist? Do you know the definition of fascism? Who else is a fascist--let me guess...John Whitehead? If you are for government then you have to accept government appointments. Unless you protested when Obama picked former terrorists as his "go to" then turn down the indignation knob. Originalists are not fascists. They are the opposite of fascists. They are MORE freedom rather than LESS freedom. You realize the left has gotten so far off the hook that both Obama and Vernon Jordan have told them to call their tits on this anti-free speech thing, yeh?" He's not an originalist. He wants his ideas to supplant originalism and individual rights...

Cancel Culture is the hypervigilant law enforcement arm of political correctness.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Will you join the left in fighting to defund the police if they agree to defund the "police" of "Cancel Culture?"

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

@DaveO276 What is the point of metaphorically equating something to police, fascism, terrorists etc. if the implication isn't that they are just as harmful? I believe that this is all very real to the original poster. He'd probably use your scaremongering about the left as his bridge from metaphor to reality! Was that your intention?

National Guard officer calls treatment of Lafayette Square protesters 'deeply disturbing' ...

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 27, 2020:

I won't give Politico clicks after the "Gold Star Pedophile" back in 2014. I'll just ask what his opinion was on the dickwads burning a church? Obviously he is unconcerned with toppling statues. He got that out of his system in Iraq. So a few people die when the heavy metal clashes with their ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

"Burning a church." Not something that happened, certainly not in that hyperbolic sense. In the real world, the clergy of the church were tending to the protesters while this happened.

National Guard officer calls treatment of Lafayette Square protesters 'deeply disturbing' ...

pigfarmer comments on Jul 27, 2020:

In case you haven't noticed, your city has been set afire and thoroughly looted by your "protesters exercising their First Amendment rights". Please point out where in the First Amendment "protesters" are allowed to riot, deface monuments, destroy buildings and businesses, beat up people, set ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

@pigfarmer Access journalism is not quite the same as leftism just because they say mean things about your daddy in the White House sometimes. But feel free to choose your preferred outlet for this story. The Hill, perhaps? https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqOQgKIjNDQklTSURvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoTUtFUWpWM05HeGtJQU1FVnZuMG44ZS1jUWJLQUFQAQ?hl=en-US&gl=US=US%3Aen

Cancel Culture is the hypervigilant law enforcement arm of political correctness.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Will you join the left in fighting to defund the police if they agree to defund the "police" of "Cancel Culture?"

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

@DaveO276 The original poster said that "Cancel Culture" is a form of law enforcement. Around here, the left is generally blamed for "Cancel Culture." I compared OP's stance on metaphorical police to the left's stance on actual police. Then you called the left terrorists.

Cancel Culture is the hypervigilant law enforcement arm of political correctness.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Will you join the left in fighting to defund the police if they agree to defund the "police" of "Cancel Culture?"

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

@DaveO276 Weird how the left can be terrorists and police at the same time. Unless you mean police are terrorists...

Why the US has so many Filipino nurses [youtube.com]

Hanno comments on Jul 26, 2020:

We also have large number of Filipino nurses (and engineers and tradesmen etc) in NZ. It is because they are hard working honest and nice people who want to make a better life for themselves and their families and will do it in a legal and useful way. Hence Filipinos are welcome here ... I ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

This is amusing to watch. Glad you're standing up to him, though, @Hanno.

National Guard officer calls treatment of Lafayette Square protesters 'deeply disturbing' ...

CHFandango comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Didn’t the crazy rich ice cream lady do the same thing when she forced everyone to pretend they were searching for their contact lenses in front of the cameras

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

What?

National Guard officer calls treatment of Lafayette Square protesters 'deeply disturbing' ...

Machiavelliwar comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Good Ol'' Dems, still finding that one ex Vietnam vet who will testify before Congress and God, he saw Brutal treatment by his own. When that horrid Orange man then proudly walked across that same blood soaked square , bible in hand and dared to hold aloft, in front of a slaver's Church. The shame! ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

"Adam DeMarco, a major in the D.C. National Guard and Iraq War veteran, will testify on Tuesday in front of the House Natural Resources Committee that he observed a brutal law enforcement reaction against protesters exercising their First Amendment rights." Maybe read the article next time.

Fossil Fuel Industry Pollutes Black & Brown Communities While Propping Up Racist Policing ...

FOTD13 comments on Jul 27, 2020:

Ludlow Massacre? Three Mile Island? Bunker Hill? Love Canal? Not just black and brown. I think the common denominator is wealth not skin color.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

But black and brown communities are hit worse. All the more reason to put aside differences and fight against common enemies.

The NFAC (Not Fucking Around Coalition) that decended yesterday, on Louisville, KY, marched through ...

saramarylop3z comments on Jul 27, 2020:

My quotes from the video may be a little off by a word or two, so please correct me if I'm wrong. Honestly, I prefer this type of organized protest than that of the BLM mobs. The show of force is acceptable imo, the crowd was unified, and I agreed with the majority of what the speaker said. ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 27, 2020:

Good Kids Mad City and other BLM affiliated groups in Chicago make crime in their communities a focus of their work too, but the national media doesn't pay attention.

This is how DHS responds to dissent. [twitter.com]

SpikeTalon comments on Jul 26, 2020:

Ironic part is the Democrats are generally for more Government involvement, and as you can plainly see involving Government agencies right away has its downside. Recently, the Democrats have been in favor of the states as opposed to the Feds, and on the flip side I've noticed alot of Republicans ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 26, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine RevCom is a very small part of the protests and everyone hates them.

This is how DHS responds to dissent. [twitter.com]

Thaw comments on Jul 26, 2020:

Boomer libs are the worst. Guy keeps virtue signaling even after a face full of pepper spray. Time for the taser.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 26, 2020:

@ThomasinaPaine Uh no, it's students, teachers, nurses, retirees, social workers, service workers, community members, non-profit professionals, lawyers, reporters, and other professionals. This kind of activism has always been organized to some extent, yes even the freedom rides, but there is also a dynamism to it. And these protests are much bigger than the ones we saw during the civil rights movement. ANSWER is RevCom-affiliated, no? I've only seen the latter in recent protests and agree that they are bad news, but they are not the majority.

This is how DHS responds to dissent. [twitter.com]

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 26, 2020:

Why do people only care now when it's Trump? This stuff was always a problem. I can't take fair weather friends or the newly awakened "libertarian left". Where were they when Obama's Justice Department was spying on Americans, shooting protesters, and droning kids? Hiding. I'm not saying that's YOU,...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 26, 2020:

Also, this is relevant. Let's not confuse nonviolent protest with peaceful protest. https://www.facebook.com/sideshow.val/posts/10220784868764966 Related: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/martin-luther-king-mlk-nonviolence-direct-action-protests

This is how DHS responds to dissent. [twitter.com]

ThomasinaPaine comments on Jul 26, 2020:

Why do people only care now when it's Trump? This stuff was always a problem. I can't take fair weather friends or the newly awakened "libertarian left". Where were they when Obama's Justice Department was spying on Americans, shooting protesters, and droning kids? Hiding. I'm not saying that's YOU,...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jul 26, 2020:

As I told a friend today, rights don't stop mattering because of perceived collective hypocrisy. I welcome new converts to the movements I support. We can't all be as ultra as you were.