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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Why do you support donald trump

« on: July 04, 2019, 10:08:46 PM »

Here. I think you trust snopes. The guy and the girl with the cat.

The executive order Trump signed yesterday opens the door to him using a tactic Obama used in 2014: the wide-scale detention of immigrant families for as long as it took to complete their immigration cases and deport them.

Comparisons between Trump and Obama on immigration usually focus on deportations of unauthorized immigrants living in the US. Trump has been rapidly expanding enforcement, but the numbers are still comparable to Obama’s first term. (Obama holds the record for deporting more immigrants than any president, with more than 2 million deportations over eight years — though he scaled back enforcement in the last two years of his administration.)

But the effects of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy for prosecuting illegal entry this spring — the separation of families as a matter of standard government practice for about six weeks, and now (thanks to Trump’s executive order) a coming court fight over the indefinite detention of families seeking asylum — are reminiscent, for those of us who’ve been following immigration for a while, of what the Obama administration did in 2014.

The comparison to Obama’s policies is especially relevant now that the Trump administration is seeking to keep families in immigration detention for weeks or months. The reason that Trump can’t do that under a current judicial order is that the courts stepped in to stop Obama from doing it.

2 MILLION DEPORTATIONS!!!!
OBAMA IS HITLER!!!!!
BLACK MAN BAD!!!!!!

This is just like the third reich when Hitler deported jews to palestine killed everyone to death!!!!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Why do you support donald trump

« on: July 04, 2019, 10:02:47 PM »

Maybe I'm missing something but  I think this is one of the less worrisome things Trump has done.  It's kind of ridiculous but compared to herding kids into cages it makes me wonder why the news is focused on it so much.

You uh, know that was Obamas policy, right?

Not sure if you're ignorant or dishonest.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Favorite composers.

« on: July 04, 2019, 09:58:10 PM »

If you think Wagner was a Nazi you're going to have a very, very nasty surprise when you meet an actual Nazi.

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The Lounge / Re: Werepenguin XV- The wrath of tablet game thread

« on: July 04, 2019, 09:25:10 PM »

I'm sure this makes sense to the people playing it....
I've played Risk with people online before and had fun.

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Flat Earth General / Re: What's the deal with REers here?

« on: July 04, 2019, 09:17:12 PM »

I've been wondering lately: Why do round-Earthers (REers) come to the Flat-Earth Society? A quote commonly attributed to Einstein (probably incorrectly) says that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. REers come here (which is fine, it's an open forum) where they know they will find FEers, and they present the same old arguments over and over again. I don't think I've ever seen an original or new argument in favor of a RE. And I doubt that any FEer has ever been swayed over to the RE camp by these arguments. So why do they bother? I know why I'm here: To find like-minded people to have friendly chats with. But a REer on these forums must feel awfully frustrated. Why do they subject themselves to this? There must be more enjoyable ways to pass their free time than arguing with us incessantly. And yet they trudge on, never converting anyone, but keep up the same old Arguments day after day; year after year. I don't understand it.

It's my first day.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Why do you support donald trump

« on: July 04, 2019, 09:15:57 PM »

Maybe I'm missing something but  I think this is one of the less worrisome things Trump has done.  It's kind of ridiculous but compared to herding kids into cages it makes me wonder why the news is focused on it so much.

It is more concerning on a symbolic level. The whole thing is a display of military power in the streets that serves two purposes: one is to give nationalists power boners for the superiority of their country, and two to make people afraid of the state. Parades like that are typical of authoritarian regimes because they're essentially saying "look at how much power we have, the state is unbeatable and absolute". So it validates the fears of those who thought the US is turning into an authoritarian police state that is situated against the people. It is also showing that Trump is deliberately playing into this so he wouldn't mind going down that direction and the number of supporters of the move is worrying because it indicates these things are rooted in the mainstream.

You are free to dislike the quote but its not incorect.
The strong simply take what they want and the weak are powerless to stop them, this is the only natural law.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Can Tucker Carlson save us from the horrorshow that has become western politics?

« on: July 04, 2019, 09:11:38 PM »

I don't see why he can't, imo hes one of the only people trying to bring people together instead of drive them apart. There's been some news about Trump taking him on as VP, which would be a strong move for Trump going into 2020, to piggyback off Tuckers popularity and presence. Trump has been a bit of a letdown for a lot of his base. Oh and fire Bolton and Horowitz. What was the apprentice about if he can't even fire Neocon Warmongers.

YOU'RE FIRED!

Anyway what do you guys think of Tucker Carlson?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Why do you support donald trump

« on: July 04, 2019, 09:03:24 PM »

I support Trump because he is such a strong supporter of Israel and the Jewish people.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: 'Eugenics' is good and will be required for human survival

« on: July 04, 2019, 08:56:54 PM »

Yeah China is already using Eugenics and making blonde haired blue eyed (for reasons) CRISPR babies.

Sorry I came to start a topic and this thread caught my eye. I might read it later, this site is interesting.