Wow! The bell curve exists! Never thought of that!
What do you think of Charles Murray?
Well no I’m not overly confident in bell curve statistics and there could be some shortcomings with the reliability of political studies. This has been a pretty consistent finding though; the evidence suggests that intelligence does not play a major role in determining one’s political affiliation while temperament and agreeable. I was responding to your post where you claimed Democrats have lower IQs, which there is no evidence of.
I pointed to evidence based on behavior - including yours.
NINE years after Hillary lost, you are still calling Republicans racist trailer trash, and you think that this is an effective tactic.
Inability to learn does not indicate a high intelligence quotuent.
Maybe I could grasp it (I did earn a Bachelor's degree in history.
But, the first thing that you learn to do in core history courses that teach method is how to communicate clearly, concisely, and more importantly, relatably.
You could have the best argument in the world, but if my eyes glaze over reading it, what do you think will become of your message when a tradesman (the people you champion, right?) reads it?
And some of those tradesman went through programs in which they got a liberal arts education alongside their technical expertise.
I know a female welder who can discuss Dante's Divine Comedy.
And even if I did concede that you had a point, what is it?
Anarchy is bad, and government is good?
So, why do you oppose what Trump is doing in D.C.?
Is it on federalist grounds, that states and by extension cities, should govern themselves - and in fact are supposed to per certain provisions in the U.S. Constitution?
That is admirable, but it doesn't apply in the current situation since D.C. is a federal district and the Home Rule Act allows the President to take over the police force in certain circumstances.
Those circumstances were present at the time of the action.
Or, is your problem that Trump is doing it?
If so, all I can say is that TDS is real.
Does it not bother you that he is the only president in modern history who has taken these actions against innocent civilian non-combatants? No other administration has used the military as their own private police force to carry out their own political agenda except this one. To me and many other people, that looks like a perversion of the law into something totalitarian.
Does it not bother you that he is the only president in modern history who has taken these actions against innocent civilian non-combatants? No other administration has used the military as their own private police force to carry out their own political agenda except this one. To me and many other people, that looks like a perversion of the law into something totalitarian.
Never heard of FDR and Executive Order 9066, have you?
Does it not bother you that he is the only president in modern history who has taken these actions against innocent civilian non-combatants? No other administration has used the military as their own private police force to carry out their own political agenda except this one. To me and many other people, that looks like a perversion of the law into something totalitarian.
Anyway, who are these innocent civilian non-combatants you pretend that Trump is after?
Does it not bother you that he is the only president in modern history who has taken these actions against innocent civilian non-combatants? No other administration has used the military as their own private police force to carry out their own political agenda except this one. To me and many other people, that looks like a perversion of the law into something totalitarian.
Anyway, who are these innocent civilian non-combatants you pretend that Trump is after?
Law abiding immigrants, the homeless, reporters, eyewitnesses, student protestors, and people of color. And it’s not pretend. It’s what’s actually happened.
They’ve arrested thousands of law abiding immigrant residents who have lived and worked in the United States for years, some even decades, and they are now trying to take away birthright citizenship. They are the most racist draconian administration in modern history. Multiple people have already stated the obvious, I even saw a post in this very thread. If they can do this kind of totalitarian denial of basic human rights to immigrants, they will soon start doing it to citizens too. The next victims will likely be anyone Trump considers a political enemy and regardless of the law, Bondi and her Nazi DOJ will just start arresting political dissidents by the millions and tossing them into gulags. Our democracy is at stake, and you don’t seem to realize it. If we on the left can’t get the House and Senate back in 2026, then it is over. Trump will never give up power after that.
They’ve arrested thousands of law abiding immigrant residents who have lived and worked in the United States for years, some even decades
Were these people here legally or illegally?
There have been a lot of immigrants denied due process even after the Supreme Court affirmed that they were entitled to it, so we don’t even know how many legal immigrants were arrested and deported. It’s probably in the thousands. ICE has even gone into immigration hearings and arrested immigrants literally standing before a judge. These are human beings like me and you and they are being carted away without even a day in court. The Justice Department’s flagrant disregard for the decisions of the Supreme Court is an act of treason. Trump should be impeached if we can get back the House and Senate.
Does it not bother you that he is the only president in modern history who has taken these actions against innocent civilian non-combatants? No other administration has used the military as their own private police force to carry out their own political agenda except this one. To me and many other people, that looks like a perversion of the law into something totalitarian.
Never heard of FDR and Executive Order 9066, have you?
Must be a young one.
Membrane* comes across as a recent high school or college graduate who internalized all the left wing things he was taught to think, and is astonished to find in the real world people who think differntly.
That is the difference between the left and right - liberals are told what to think; conservatives think for ourselves.
There have been a lot of immigrants denied due process even after the Supreme Court affirmed that they were entitled to it, so we don’t even know how many legal immigrants were arrested and deported. It’s probably in the thousands. ICE has even gone into immigration hearings and arrested immigrants literally standing before a judge. These are human beings like me and you and they are being carted away without even a day in court. The Justice Department’s flagrant disregard for the decisions of the Supreme Court is an act of treason. Trump should be impeached if we can get back the House and Senate.
In other words, you just want to conflate legal and illegal together.
While you "don't know" and think that "probably" thousands of legal immigrants have been rounded up, I can assure you that is not true.
It is not difficult to prove that one is in the country legally - just show your documents.
The only "undocumented" immigrants are those who never received any, because they jumped a fence; or they have expired documents because they overstayed a visa.
Anyway, who are these innocent civilian non-combatants you pretend that Trump is after?
Law abiding immigrants, the homeless, reporters, eyewitnesses, student protestors, and people of color. And it’s not pretend. It’s what’s actually happened.
I think that we have exhausted immigrants - you just want to play word games
How about the homeless? In what way are they "innocent civilian non-combatants" whom Trump is "after"?
There have been a lot of immigrants denied due process even after the Supreme Court affirmed that they were entitled to it, so we don’t even know how many legal immigrants were arrested and deported. It’s probably in the thousands. ICE has even gone into immigration hearings and arrested immigrants literally standing before a judge. These are human beings like me and you and they are being carted away without even a day in court. The Justice Department’s flagrant disregard for the decisions of the Supreme Court is an act of treason. Trump should be impeached if we can get back the House and Senate.
In other words, you just want to conflate legal and illegal together.
While you "don't know" and think that "probably" thousands of legal immigrants have been rounded up, I can assure you that is not true.
It is not difficult to prove that one is in the country legally - just show your documents.
The only "undocumented" immigrants are those who never received any, because they jumped a fence; or they have expired documents because they overstayed a visa.
They may not be carrying their documents for any number of reasons. Least of which is until under Trump, they generally didn’t need to in order to avoid being arrested. Showing your “papers” was what the Nazis made every German do.
You realize in the United States there is no law stating you have to have a photo ID? None. If you drive a vehicle you have to have a driver’s license, but that’s it. If you don’t drive and a cop stops you on the street and you have no state ID, that isn’t a crime. The burden of proof for identification is on law enforcement when they have reasonable suspicion for a crime. So these immigrants not having their legal papers on hand when ICE stops them does not prove they are illegals. This is why there exists immigration courts in the first place ,to determine if the person detained is actually illegal even though his documents weren’t available.
But Bondi’s Justice Department and Noem’s HS Department said they are going to ignore the right for due process! So ICE has been arresting immigrants, some of them potentially legal residents and they are deported before getting to present their case before an immigration judge. This is despite the Supreme Court saying that this their right! So we have no idea how many deported were here legally but improperly denied due process just because Trump and his regime have said no. It’s a way higher number than you think.
Law abiding immigrants, the homeless, reporters, eyewitnesses, student protestors, and people of color. And it’s not pretend. It’s what’s actually happened.
I think that we have exhausted immigrants - you just want to play word games
How about the homeless? In what way are they "innocent civilian non-combatants" whom Trump is "after"?
Um..In the last week, military police have arrested a lot of homeless people in DC who have not committed any crimes, are not bothering anyone, and who Trump has repeatedly mocked and disparaged on multiple occasions, including claiming he is embarrassed by them. Does that answer your questions?