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Our Walk to Right-Wing Authoritarian State

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Sweet Lou 4 2, Feb 10, 2020.

  1. Sweet Lou 4 2

    Sweet Lou 4 2 Member

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    It's from Salon but the points are still salient. Trump's transgressions are stark and should be alarming to anyone who respects and holds our democratic traditions as sacred. There are under attack by this President and people seem to not see the greater threat.

    https://www.salon.com/2020/02/10/ki...rump-moves-to-seize-power--and-alter-reality/
     
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    So if Alex Jones' conspiracy about consolidating the One World Government or New World Order materialize, Trump's power siege is the first step. And if that's the case, you can't call Jones a nut anymore. I did not read the article. The link says all I need to see. Trump has either got you guys going crazy with a serious case of TDS or he's fooling the hell out of half of America. The greatest trick the devil played is making the world he doesn't exist....or something like that.
     
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    Dershowitz will be a perfect example in the future as how lawyers can get you anything as long as you have the money. Really O J and Trump, hope he can live with himself when he is on his death bed.
     
  4. dachuda86

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    lol could Trump be about to arrest Sweets?
    Could HE?

    This thread is going great places... really.. already an Alex Jones reference.
     
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  6. dachuda86

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    Legalize it.
     
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    legalize weed. There is no need for recreational meth or fentanyl use.
     
  8. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    This is practically the motto of Trumpanzees ereywhere.
     
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    Ok. You baited me into reading it. It's total fear mongering and Chauncey Devega is a hack. And yeah, the link's URL text said it all.

    Is this where the left is now? A 100% partisan House impeachment shockingly failed in the Senate and America has now turned into the Soviet Union?
     
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  10. Amiga

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    100% huh. Lol
     
  11. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    We have a president that is taking executive powers to an unseen level. The president is now above the law. Take away the partisan lense - this is precisely what his lawyers are now arguing.

    If that doesn't bother you, then I don't know what will. What if a democratic president did the same thing? What if Obama invited China to interfere and tried to bribe France to announce an investigation into Trump? You guys cry when the DNC hired a company to do opposition research into Trump - imagine if the Clinton campaign was directly involved by threatening to withhold funds unless they got the UK to announce a fake and phone investigation into Trump?

    You would scream bloody murder and you know it.
     
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    Yup. Math don't lie. Actually, you're right. I'm wrong. There was one democrat who didn't vote for the impeachment in the House. There wasn't a single Republican that did. Does that make it 101%?
     
  13. B@ffled

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    Are you sure this isn't about losing? Hey, if somehow Trump asserts himself as the supreme leader, monarch of America then I'll be the first to point out that Sweet Lou called it.
     
  14. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    Who cares about losing? I supported Bushes and many Republicans are also stating this is a president unchecked.

    He is asserting his power and folks like you enable it because you mock it. This isn't a joke. His lawyer has stated he is above the law. He takes retaliation against people - including entire states. That alone should tell you the man is unfit.

    I don't get how you can ignore his transgressions.
     
  15. Amiga

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    It made you trump lite.
     
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    Sorry .... gotta disagree.

    The government telling us what we can or cant put in our bodies is simply the opposite of freedom.

    The governments job is not to protect us from ourselves.

    Decriminalize all drugs. If idiots want to blow their brains out , let'em.


    We've been dealing with this drug problem in this country for the last 60-70 years and locking users up for it hasn't solved the problem yet and it never will. All its done is kept our courts , jails and prisons full of young bodies , mostly minorities.

    Decriminalize it all.
     
  17. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    But did you read it?

    The left is with the facts where you should be. Trump obstructed justice in the Russia probe, fact. Trump coordinated with Wikilkeaks dumps of hacked emails, fact. Trump's personal lawyer is in prison, fact. Trump's campaign manager is in prison, fact. Trump invited Russia to hack an American citizen, fact. Trump held up foreign aid for personal political reasons, fact. Trump invited China to investigate a political rival, fact. You don't care if the President breaks the law, fact. You're a dope, fact.

    Now you can whine and cry about people's opinions about what that all means for the country but the facts are not in dispute.

    So, truly, what is our form of government if the head executive controls all three branches of government and cannot be removed for breaking the law?
     
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    What do you think the it stands for?;)
     
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    You've absorbed too much propaganda... calm down...
     
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    And the biggest problem with criminalizing it is that is puts it in the shadows, and gives criminals an industry to thrive.
     

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