Bigbrog

I am not a religious nut and do not go to church or anything, but struggle with people who absolutely hate religion and blame it for a lot of ill wills that were committed by HUMAN BEINGS, not the religion. And if someone does something in the name of their religion, it isn't the religion's fault, it's the idiotic person doing it's fault. I have yet to see any of the majority/main religions say anything but be a good human being and treat others as you want to be treated. Are there things in religions that maybe are a little far one way (using political terms due to people turning it into that), sure, but people can be in support of treating everyone equally but disagree with people's lifestyle choices. I disagree with one of my best friend's lifestyle choice as he is an alcoholic, but he is a great person. Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, I am not comparing alcohol addiction to say transgender, but making an overall observation...i.e., I couldn't care less if someone is a transgender or isn't, I will treat them based on who they are as a person and human being, does that mean I am all for getting transition surgery, heck no, but those two things are separate. Back to the point of the thread, it is scary when you are dealing with hundreds and thousands of years of culture and societal norms. And sometimes the old ways have really messed up viewpoints and I personally can't understand how people can't see you don't kill someone who disagrees with the government, or throw someone off a building because they like to sleep with someone of the same sex as them.

I literally laughed out loud....thanks @mspart

Exactly!

my point has been made...

Love the attitude..."Well, it's not widespread so it isn't really cheating". Who defines "widespread"? When does it become actual cheating? It's a clear case of selective outrage. Riot and burn down cities - meh...they are just exercising their civil rights. Storm the capital...lock them all up and throw away the key. @PlasmodiumAs for the "whataboutism" you claim, nice try at defecting and trying to steer the conversation away from your lies and total one-sided partisan view on most things - which has been the point of the back and forth, but you want to make it all about something it isn't. Nice try you rascally little devil!

So, after blatantly and knowingly lying, you finally agree that Hillary did in fact, and probably continues to do so, call into question the validity of her presidential loss? And seriously...I enjoy the back and forth, but you didn't actually just say this, and believe it, did you?? "I am objective."

SMH...thanks for proving my point...

Two second google search @Plasmodium...and this is from 2020 so what was that again that "she didn't have much time to do so"?? Hillary Clinton Maintains 2016 Election ‘Was Not On the Level’: ‘We Still Don’t Know What Really Happened’ (yahoo.com)

Is it considered mental illness to think someone supports Trump when he has continually said he doesn't? How about is it mental illness to obsess over someone who hasn't been president for 2 years? Or maybe it's mental illness if you are so engrossed in one political party you can't objectively look at anything?? Anyway, as for Hilary, you have once again shown your loyalty to your party with what you said. Wow. You literally have to be so close minded and partisan to deny she said anything about election fraud when she lost. My guess is she was so embarrassed losing to someone like Trump she had to find an excuse other than she is worse than he is...and that is scary! Anyway, back to the original overall point that you can't seem to comprehend due to your unconditional love for the democratic party...both sides do the exact same thing!!

Did she not say the election was stolen?? Did she not say there was voter fraud?? And three of you on here are so caught up in the mental illness of Trump Derangement syndrome that you can't see anything outside of "Trump is the ill of all things in the world". Trump is and was an idiot, but so are the majority of politicians on both sides. You and your ilk are just so far up the "D's" arses you refuse to have an objective look at anything. Keep pounding on the Trump drum and closing your eyes to everything else that is happening. Anyway, back on topic, it is actually scary that so many people don't see through the narrative that was painted about Jan 6th based on political motivation. And I say that NOT supporting the people who went into the capital (see previous post). Maybe someday you will realize the actual truth is probably somewhere in the middle of all the "news" stories and the selective video "evidence".

#1 Nino #2 AOC (although I do like him and feel bad for him that he has to have THOSE initials)

Agreed...they are the same type of person who believed all of Hillary's election lies, John Kerry's, etc. A couple points: - I believe there is some sort of voter "fraud" in every single presidential election, regardless of who won. I think protesting is stupid, although I do believe it should be a right to do so. Rioting (defined as, while protesting there is any sort of property damage or violence) should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I believe in our justice system as it is designed, but also believe it is corrupt and people are wrongfully convicted due to political believes and what social issue are hip at the time, as well as people are not convicted for the very same reasons. I feel that the Jan 6 crap is stupid and those people shouldn't have done it, but I also don't believe they should be prosecuted and handed WAY harsher sentences than the rioters who participated in riots all across the country (Antifa, Furgeson, Portland, Minneapolis, etc.). In my home state, there has essentially been zero prosecution for those who broke windows, stole things from small businesses, set fires, etc. I also despise Trump as a person, but don't believe he is the cause of Jan 6th...it is a WAY over-interpretation/illogical reach of correlation/intent...and I believe both sides do it...people crucify the person who holds a different political believe for things they say, and the candidate who they align to can say the exact same things and they rationalize it away and excuse them. I could go on and on, point being people on the left/far left will always think Jan 6th was Trump's fault no matter what he actually said, and think the Jan 6th protestors/rioters are the worst human beings on the face of the earth...and the far right do the exact same thing.

Like I said before, I think each situation and country needs to be evaluated by itself and not compared to any other county and situation when making a decision about banning from the Olympics. It is very complicated and there are so many factors involved (intent, culture, societal norms, invading a country unprovoked, state sanctioned doping, etc.). Point is, I don't think you can say, well you banned that country for XYZ so you should ban this country for ABC.

This would be accurate if Hamiti just beat Kennedy by 1 or in OT, but he dismantled him. Not to mention you're over exaggerating of Kennedy's style. With that being said, I still think KOT is my favorite to win it all again. He'll make the adjustments against Carr.

I would assume there is more to the story as there always is...my guess is the bill/budget contained a lot more than just funding for new police, which is what the R's baulked at...again, just a guess as that is usually the case when one side does or doesn't vote for a bill/budget. But people like to glob onto catching headlines and say the R's don't want to fund the police when in fact that isn't the case...or my favorite, the "Don't Say Gay" Bill in FL...not in one spot does the bill say anything remotely close to that. As for the IRS...I could have guessed they were understaffed...turned in my taxes over a month ago, got my state return in 5 days, and to this day have yet to receive my federal return. Anyway, just silly how the politicians say and do things to deceive the general public, and a lot of people fall for it.

I love Dake too...it was more in reference to a bunch of people on the past forum ripping Dake on his Covid believes and some other things he does around his diet and comments he made. Really wasn't to be take that serious...most of my postings hold some degree of sarcasm.

Yeah...the more I looked into it I saw that, I assume, he was meaning the IRS and FBI but said the "R's called for defunding the police", which obviously came from the D's. It would be interesting to see "WHY" the D's want additional IRS agents and to increase funding to the FBI...I just have looked into that...my guess is the R's are against it because of lack of reasoning and a good "WHY" as to why the D's want it...now I know what I can do this morning.

Wow...ugh!

Sorry...once you said you played basketball, everything you say is inferior. LOL...JK....just doing some good ribbing on a Friday. I actually agree with what you said.

What is amazing is any sort of social media/media outlet would not report on rumors or hearsay without all the facts...I thought that was the MO for all media outlets including MSM?!?!

Don't you just love close minded people like above!?!?

I'm not sure how I feel about the ban of athletes from Russia at the Olympics...I am sort of torn. But I find it hard to compare what Russia is doing now to other countries given that you are trying to compare thousands of years of culture to an active invasion of another country...to me those are apples and oranges...and I don't mean that in a sense of what I think is right vs. wrong, as both are atrocious (i.e, invading a country or throwing gay people off buildings or gassing their own civilians, etc.), but the comparisons need to be checked in my opinion. And as far as what we did in Iraq, I think intent matters here...and I am not trying to start an argument of the whole "WMD" thing or if we should have "cared enough" to go int there, but we weren't there to take over a country per se, but rather "free" a country from a true tyrant who had ill will for the US. Anyway, point being what Russia is doing should stand on it's own when determining if they should compete in the Olympics...and I believe that is what the multi-national IOC has done.

Anyone see the president say that it was republican's who were calling for defunding the police and that he is committed to protecting our communities?? Can't make this crap up! I think someone commented on it and said it is like a bad stand-up routine...I sort of agree. Que, you know who turning this into a Trump thread...