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Gerald Cuesta's avatar

You have no idea what the father’s feelings or reasons are. In the age of trump forgiveness is weakness.

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Lois Lassiter's avatar

Blah blah blah......forgiveness is one thing.....that's not what he did. Did you watch his 'forgiveness' speech? It was totally a tiptoe to make it seem like he forgives the other kid. I guarantee....and I mean that...if the the other kid was white, no forgiving so quickly. And WHY do you have to bring Trump into it? What in the actual fuck does Trump have to do with this?

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Gerald Cuesta's avatar

Thanks for proving my point.

Peace unto you.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

The idea of "Trump" is central. Not the man himself, necessarily, but you can tell who's cheering for who on crimes like this by how they voted in November.

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Scott Snell's avatar

What an incredibly presumptuous, blinkered response. Nuance much?

Preachy, faux-moralistic, finger-waggling opinions like this are exactly what drove millions to vote for Trump.

Jesus effing Christ.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

Of course you’re right! There’s no divisiveness in America, not from either tribe.

What was I thinking?

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Scott Snell's avatar

On further reflection, you have a point. Pardon the overreaction. I just think that the correlation of a Trump vote to any particular ideological orientation is lower than The Left is willing to concede. He had a wide-ranging coalition this time around, motivated by frustration.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

I don't think of it on the question of "what groups voted for Trump." Because you're right, it was a pretty wide swath of Americans. My thought is more that if you tell me who someone voted for, I can pretty accurately tell you how they feel about this kid being killed in Frisco, TX. Flip side is true also. The guy doing the fake crying was obviously a Harris voter, for instance.

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Barry Wireman's avatar

I voted for Trump.

Now use your crystal ball and tell me what I think of this whole ordeal.

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Gnomon Pillar's avatar

Most comments from the MAGA brethren are marked by the same timber and tone, more often than not much worse.

Though the MAGA comments are typically regurgitated propaganda

and false talking points from the far-right ecosystem.

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Gnomon Pillar's avatar

Ignorance, stupidity, mendacity and meretriciousness are the defining characteristics of the average Trump voter. This is what motivates the Trump voter.

Doubt very much the average Trump voter spends much time taking the pulse of the opposition on social media sites such as this Racket News. Owning the libs and placing their grubby little hands on a tax cut are fan favorites also.

This is well-understood by most Americans. Reasonably educated Americans, at any rate.

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Scott Snell's avatar

That is ill-considered and hateful a remark as I have seen in some time. Your little temper tantrum exposes your prejudice, nothing more. Clearly, you are one of the 15 percent or so who hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate, one more time, hate Trump, period, for god knows what reason. Maybe you have daddy issues. You cannot get past it, either, and frankly, it’s gotten rather tedious. The man could cure cancer and it wouldn’t phase you.

But it’s not enough to hate just the man; you have to extend it to anyone who doesn’t share your viewpoint. To justify your hatred you depict these seventy-seven million people as subhuman, a truly amazing conceit.

That’s a character defect, dude, a really ugly one. God help us if your tribe should ever come to power.

Oh yeah: Twenty point deduction for your pompous misuse of the word “meretricious.” Nothing screams “pseudo-intellectual” like the conspicuous use of an obscure word when a common one would do.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

And an extremely articulate, well thought-out response you have provided. You artfully deconstructed my view, showing all that you are right.

You sound like you have fucking Tourette's. "total BS!" "stupidity!" "pissant!" "cocksucker!"

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

Matt wrote a book called "I Can't Breathe" one time. It was quite good, as usual.

Check it out.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

You are the most unintentionally ironic person I’ve come across in some time.

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RRDRRD's avatar

"What in the actual fuck does Trump have to do with this?" Ditto. Its getting to be time for the equivalent of a Godwin's Law for non sequitur Trump nonsense.

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Gerald Cuesta's avatar

The ugly crassness of everything. The acceptance of his toxicity, the excusing and enabling of it, it’s all part of it.

Existed before he hit the political stage for sure; but his presence emboldens it. Lack of accountability, divisiveness, whining, playing the victim, aggrievement, he’s made it a badge of honor for millions.

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Elizabeth's avatar

“Lack of accountability, divisiveness, whining, playing the victim, aggrievement, he’s made it a badge of honor for millions.“ you’re describing the left, starting with obama, perfected with Biden, oh, I repeat myself. Typical of the left: accuse the other side of exactly what you are doing.

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Tom's avatar
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Obama and Biden are "left"?

Jesus, the Overton Window, or as I prefer to call it the Overton Ratchet is at its final destination. If we have reached a point where dirtbag corporate deep state warmongering CIA-approved presidents, and Senators from Credit Card are "the left" then this country is f*cked.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

Senators from Credit Card. That is awesome.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

The left and right both fucking do it. Someone pointing out how bad the right is does nothing. Someone pointing out how bad the left is does nothing.

Let's stop arguing about who's worse. They both suck.

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trembo slice's avatar

Yes, but one objectively has lost their fucking minds. The ones that are pro-war, pro-censorship, pro-tranny, anti-bodily autonomy. They used to be anti-war - but they’re no longer bleeding hearts - they’re fucking delusional science-deniers that are on the wrong side of every single issue.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

I don’t disagree. I was in that tribe too long, reluctantly because it was too much like the Republicans, and have done my share of blasting all the ideals they abandoned. But soon someone will come along and reply with all the crazy shit of Trump and Republicans.

This troubling lack of respect for due process might be where they start.

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Vet nor's avatar

Yes, because right wing maga people sufferd no consequence for a march on the house. Oh wait.... sorry, that was left wing of all colors marching on the Supreme Court, the WH, the federal courthouse in Portland, burning down hundreds of businesses, now vandalizing Tesla dealerships and cars, intimidating people and businesses because they haven't jumped on their victim aggreivment tour bandwagon.

You are looking through the wrong end of your telescope my friend.

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Lawyers Guns & Money's avatar

The view is identical regardless of which end of the telescope one uses.

Both tribes long ago went past the line of being able to look at the world objectively.

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trembo slice's avatar

What you seem to be missing is the wave of populism across the globe is a reaction from the majority after being marginalized in their own countries. Majorities shouldn’t discriminate against minorities, but you have to be a legit retard (not you - but generally) to not understand that a majority will not be discriminated against by a minority. That’s a quick way to have an over-correction.

We’re crass and mean because we’re tired of emotional appeals - fuck your emotional arguments.

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RRDRRD's avatar

Yeah, we really need that rule... maybe we could call it the Cuesta Law.

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Roger Kimber, MD's avatar

TDS, a terminal case.

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BookWench's avatar

Oh please!

We had ugly crassness with Barack being interviewed by some wacky lady in a bathtub full of cereal.

We had toxicity in the utter lack of condemnation by any elected democrat back in 2015-2016, when thugs were openly attacking people wearing Trump gear.

We had -- and still have -- total lack of accountability on the Covid scam.

We had Barack stoking racial fires every chance he got, whether it was the "cops acted stupidly" remarks, or the "If I had a son. . . " nonsense.

We have put up with nonstop whining by anti-Trump forces for years now, and I don't see any signs of it dying down, as they continue to label Trump supporters "RACIST, Nazi, sexist, etc. . . "

It's amazing to me how you can even attempt to make this point about Trump and his supporters. Such a breathtaking lack of awareness.

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Larry's avatar

"In the age of trump forgiveness is weakness."

In what age of America was forgiveness not considered weakness?

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trembo slice's avatar

Their utopia where men keep their dicks but are women.

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VideoSavant's avatar

Nice shiny hammer you have there...good luck with all the imaginary nails.

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Somewhere in the middle's avatar

Choke on a bag of dicks

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Gerald Cuesta's avatar

Bless your heart

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