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Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostThey just had another one last night. Ben Shapiro spoke at Berkley last night.
Funny how when a leftist speaks somewhere there isn't a huge price tag for additional security that comes along with it. The right really needs to get with the times.
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"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostActually, it does. Bloody union wars like Haymarket Square and Blair Mountain, violent campus groups like the Black Panthers and the Students for a Democratic Society, and violent anti-Government movements like the Weather Underground are all part of the fabric of US history.
“The character of the American political system, which is hostile toward third parties has also been presented as a reason for the absence of a strong socialist party in the United States.
Political repression has also contributed to the weakness of the left in the United States. Many cities had red squads to monitor and disrupt leftist groups in response to labor unrest such as the Haymarket Riot. During World War II, the Smith Act made membership in revolutionary groups illegal. After the war, Senator Joseph McCarthy used the Smith Act to launch a crusade to purge communists from government and the media. In the 1960s the Federal Bureau of Investigation's COINTELPRO program monitored, infiltrated, disrupted and discredited radical groups in the U.S. In 2008, Maryland police were revealed to have added the names and personal information of death penalty opponents and anti-war protesters to a database which was intended to be used for tracking terrorists”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Left
OTOH: It took Donald Trump two days to condemn the white supremacists who held the recent alt-right rally in Charlottesville that resulted in the death of civil rights activist Heather Heyer. The US president’s response? To sympathize that members of this group of white nationalists are “fine people”. But as Seth Myers noted, no one gets accidentally caught up in a white supremacist rally. Even though the march, as captured in photos, looks like a throwback to Ku Klux Klan rallies of the 1920s, hate groups are unfortunately not a thing of the past. Since 2014 their number across the country has risen 17% to a total of 917 groups in the US, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...history-racism“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View Post
OTOH: It took Donald Trump two days to condemn the white supremacists who held the recent alt-right rally in Charlottesville that resulted in the death of civil rights activist Heather Heyer.
OTOH, liberal leaders still won't criticize much less condemn the violence perpetrated by antifa.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostIncorrect. He condemned their actions along with those of others immediately.
OTOH, liberal leaders still won't criticize much less condemn the violence perpetrated by antifa.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostIncorrect. He condemned their actions along with those of others immediately.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/15/read...onference.html
OTOH, liberal leaders still won't criticize much less condemn the violence perpetrated by antifa.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostNot really!
“The character of the American political system, which is hostile toward third parties has also been presented as a reason for the absence of a strong socialist party in the United States.
Political repression has also contributed to the weakness of the left in the United States. Many cities had red squads to monitor and disrupt leftist groups in response to labor unrest such as the Haymarket Riot. During World War II, the Smith Act made membership in revolutionary groups illegal. After the war, Senator Joseph McCarthy used the Smith Act to launch a crusade to purge communists from government and the media. In the 1960s the Federal Bureau of Investigation's COINTELPRO program monitored, infiltrated, disrupted and discredited radical groups in the U.S. In 2008, Maryland police were revealed to have added the names and personal information of death penalty opponents and anti-war protesters to a database which was intended to be used for tracking terrorists”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Left
OTOH: It took Donald Trump two days to condemn the white supremacists who held the recent alt-right rally in Charlottesville that resulted in the death of civil rights activist Heather Heyer. The US president’s response? To sympathize that members of this group of white nationalists are “fine people”. But as Seth Myers noted, no one gets accidentally caught up in a white supremacist rally. Even though the march, as captured in photos, looks like a throwback to Ku Klux Klan rallies of the 1920s, hate groups are unfortunately not a thing of the past. Since 2014 their number across the country has risen 17% to a total of 917 groups in the US, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...history-racismThat's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Tassman View Post“The president defended his response to the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. He reverted to his original argument blaming all sides, a position that drew bipartisan criticism.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/15/read...onference.html
This is not the case. Whilst the left is in sympathy with its aims, the anti-fascist movement often deploys violence in its protests, which is unacceptable. And to the extent it does they’re risking that it could seriously backfire.
- Most white supremacists don’t claim any particular political party as their own, it turns out, because neither party tolerates the ideology. But when asked, three percent of Republicans and two percent of Democrats said they “mostly” agree with white supremacism. Since this is a survey with a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points, what that means is there are just as many white supremacists in the Democratic Party as in the Republican Party. Lest you think that four percent or three percent is still a large number, keep in mind that the same poll showed 4 percent of African Americans agreed with the racist movement. And seven percent of Latinos.
- Only 8 percent of Republicans agree with the beliefs of the “Alt-Right,” but 76 percent of Democrats agree with the beliefs of “Black Lives Matter.” In fact, Black Lives Matter is more popular with Republicans than the “Alt-Right” is. While only 8 percent of GOP members agree with the “Alt-Right,” a full 22 percent agree with “Black Lives Matter.”
- When asked about “Antifa,” as expected, only one percent of Republicans agreed with their beliefs, but an amazingly low 8 percent of Democrats agreed with them. Only among the “very liberal” do the beliefs of Antifa gain any traction – and there, the support is only 15 percent.
- Finally, we have the Ku Klux Klan. They’re universally despised. In the poll, only one percent of Republicans supported the racist group, while two percent of Democrats did.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostWe have bipartisan idiocy in Washington D.C.???
https://apps.npr.org/documents/docum...ll-Aug-17-2017
- Most white supremacists don’t claim any particular political party as their own, it turns out, because neither party tolerates the ideology. But when asked, three percent of Republicans and two percent of Democrats said they “mostly” agree with white supremacism. Since this is a survey with a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points, what that means is there are just as many white supremacists in the Democratic Party as in the Republican Party. Lest you think that four percent or three percent is still a large number, keep in mind that the same poll showed 4 percent of African Americans agreed with the racist movement. And seven percent of Latinos.
- Only 8 percent of Republicans agree with the beliefs of the “Alt-Right,” but 76 percent of Democrats agree with the beliefs of “Black Lives Matter.” In fact, Black Lives Matter is more popular with Republicans than the “Alt-Right” is. While only 8 percent of GOP members agree with the “Alt-Right,” a full 22 percent agree with “Black Lives Matter.”
- When asked about “Antifa,” as expected, only one percent of Republicans agreed with their beliefs, but an amazingly low 8 percent of Democrats agreed with them. Only among the “very liberal” do the beliefs of Antifa gain any traction – and there, the support is only 15 percent.
- Finally, we have the Ku Klux Klan. They’re universally despised. In the poll, only one percent of Republicans supported the racist group, while two percent of Democrats did.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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