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Progressive idol FDR was also at odds with the courts and just hung around until many died. Speaking of emperors....
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crimsonfloyd
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That would be a good point if I were arguing "Right Wing Extremists are worse than Muslim extremists". I'm not. I'm saying that federal programs, such as the CVE, should continue to monitor both groups. It's a false dilemma to act as if you can just track one. We HAVE been tracking both, but now Trump wants to focus on only one. Obviously, that decision isn't about making people safer. And if your black, Muslim, or a member of any other group that may be targeted by right-wing extremists, then this is a clear message from the president that "your life and safety isn't important to me."
As far as which group has committed more per capita, that's also not a very important point, since the vast majority of both groups are not a threat to anybody. Focus on the groups, organizations, and individuals who provide reason for concern.
Einherjar86
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http://www.businessinsider.com/samantha-bee-donald-trump-immigration-muslim-ban-2017-2
So much for idol worship.
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I wish Trump would use the argument "They're expensive and it's America's money and territory and we choose what to do with it"
Nobody ever talks about that enough, left OR right. It's always vetting and security and terrorists and I'm sick of it.
Need to hammer home the our money/our land/our choice argument harder because it's irrefutable.
Don't you think so @CASSETTEISGOD
Nobody ever talks about that enough, left OR right. It's always vetting and security and terrorists and I'm sick of it.
Need to hammer home the our money/our land/our choice argument harder because it's irrefutable.
Don't you think so @CASSETTEISGOD
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Dak
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I'm talking about the New Deal and the creation of the welfare state.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/18865/is-a-new-new-deal-possible
Dak
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Blacks are in far, far more danger from other blacks than whites or Muslims, and the moment Trump threatened to do something about this problem in one particular area (an area run by a former Obama cabinet member which you have never been vocally opposed to), there was an outrage. Gangs constitute the greatest domestic threat to peace and safety and yet there's no real acknowledgement of this.
I looked at one study that attempted to assess "right wing violence" and the largest portion, were simply a minority beating. Absolutely ridiculous to lump that in the same category as the Orlando night club, or 9/11, or OKC. Obviously it's a problem, but a black person is far less safe walking through a black ghetto in Chicago than walking through a Kentucky town. The same would go for a hispanic wearing the wrong clothing in LA vs Kentucky.
crimsonfloyd
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Dak
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I didn't say it couldn't be (in fact, it's so relatively miniscule it wouldn't be difficult). I'm pointing out that if we want to get real about where the greatest problems lie in terms of organized domestic violence and violent ideologies, gangs are far and away the greatest domestic issue. Of course, it's also possible to monitor domestic threats while at the same time monitoring foreign threats.
crimsonfloyd
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Well it doesn't appear we have a significant difference of opinion on this issue. Since the Trump took an action to withdraw attention from the far-right extremists, that's where my attention is right now. When something happens regarding gang violence, we should evaluate those actions separately. Let's not muddle issues unnecessarily.
Einherjar86
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HamburgerBoy
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Going off this tangent, I've only just noticed that Truman is apparently considered one of the greatest presidents of all time by scholars. While I think many of FDR's policies led to various problems of government overreach that we suffer from today, for the period I can kind of justify/understand it. The entire world was moving towards authoritarianism, and he tried to stay relatively neutral during WW2 until we were attacked. Truman though, what in the fuck did he do? He sold us out to foreign European powers to help their fading imperial power, allowed Russia to destroy Eastern Europe, most Russian espionage occurred under his presidency, continued to play fascist in American economic policies even after the war, and seemingly had an ego as frail as Trump's. All I'll give him is that he desegregated the army.
rms
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apparently
the guy who talks about the minority position while the rest are speaking in generalities!or as you feminists (
) call it, the not all men guy
rms
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who told you this? I've taken a few WWII courses and read a plethora of books and I can't think of any positives from the Truman-era
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Wikipedia has a compilation of various sources ranking the Presidents over the years, and he's consistently in the top 10 (#7 right now). Doing some Googling this seems to be a common opinion among many people, particularly those on the left, the only criticism he receives seemingly involving nuking Japan.
rms
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http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/02/04/not-negro-limits-white-imagination/
this documentary is getting a lot of praise, curious to see it
this documentary is getting a lot of praise, curious to see it
CiG
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Sorry cf, I'll respond to your comment soon, not avoiding just busy as shit.
This is a better argument for the Europeans who are being flooded by the poor and culturally regressive, whereas America mostly just gets middle class Muslims/immigrants who tend to actually do quite well economically almost immediately.
Except for that clock boy who just lost his lawsuit against Ben Shapiro and has to pay all his court costs. He fucked up. Don't sue Jewish lawyers.
This is a better argument for the Europeans who are being flooded by the poor and culturally regressive, whereas America mostly just gets middle class Muslims/immigrants who tend to actually do quite well economically almost immediately.
Except for that clock boy who just lost his lawsuit against Ben Shapiro and has to pay all his court costs. He fucked up. Don't sue Jewish lawyers.
Whilst this may be true for other countries in Europe, I have no idea and I don't really care, it's not for the UK. Immigrants in the UK are more likely to have a degree than natives. And a lot of those without degrees do work that, largely due to government failures, we don't have enough natives able or willing to do (so in social care, nursing, construction, etc.).
Still, enough of the kind of people that are a genuine burden upon society believe what you said to be true for the UK and so we're gonna spend years pissing about with all this brexit bollocks.
Fuckyeah, ignorance.
