Hard to understand the argument here. Trump supporters / right wing news sources have claimed that the DOJ was "weaponized" against Trump. They claimed that was a fair reason for Trump to weaponize government himself and go after his political rivals and have cheered the prospect and cheered him for repeating it over and over. Then, when called out for doing exactly what he said and they cheered for, they yell "liar!" Bizarre.
"Trump supporters / right wing news sources have claimed that the DOJ was "weaponized" against Trump." It was.
"They claimed that was a fair reason for Trump to weaponize government himself and go after his political rivals and have cheered the prospect and cheered him for repeating it over and over" Maybe some of the weaker minded ones but plenty don't. Got some examples of this?
The percieved weaponization of the DOJ was that Trump and his team did a lot of shady things and some crossed over to illegal so they were prosecuted under the law. So were Menendez, Adams, Hunter Biden, and many more democrats. That is even application of the law. No one was prosecuted without specific crimes and all guilty pleas and convictions were in open court, all laws followed. with full press access.
Your argument of some cheer for weaponization but plenty don't is admission that some do. A rebuttal is unnecessary, but listen to ANY Trump rally. He promised retribution and never named specific crimes. He has had the Columbia student who organizated a protest he didn’t like arrested without naming a crime. He has revoked a law firm's security clearance because they represent political rivals, no crime or malfeasance named. He has fired most department Inspector Generals, removing all oversight, and not even bothered to replace them with loyalists. Plenty of Trump supporters on LR have been lauding these moves. Are you one of them?
Are you not the one who repeatedly states things like, "All it takes is to make an example of one (newspaper, business, congressman, general, ...) and the rest fall into line."?
Is that not you?
It should be obvious to anyone who understands that much that strongmen have, since the beginning of time, made examples of one and the rest have fallen into line to save their own heads.
People have not chosen how to organize their societies. Strongmen have chosen how to organize their kingdoms. People have chosen to save their individual necks by keeping their heads down and saying, "Yes, sir."
well a big point of what I am saying is that over and over and over human society has formed itself on a king/subject basis. I think there is a deep human need to have a boss and know your place in society. Sure, men with weapons enforce that structure. But mostly they don't have to. We are seeing that need for someone to be in charge in real time in the USA.
I have to run now. Literally. I am going to run.
Cheers - fun talk.
You may be right.
Indeed, that would appear to explain the phenomena of the Trumpettes wishing to be dominated.
For my part, I am only trying to check my own biases. The Trumpettes? Detestable. Wishing to be dominated by another man? Detestable? Does one explain the other? I don't know.
The fact that authoritarian regimes exist is not evidence that people have a "core human wish to be dominated by a chief/king/strongman." The fact of such existence is easily explained by the indisputable notion that people "have a core need not to be killed by such strongmen."
Do some people have such a "wish to be dominated by a chief/king/strongman"? I would guess that the answer is "yes". But this is a far cry from the more universal claim that people (seemingly, in general) have such a desire.
Regarding the evidence of Russia/Russians, I think that it is unfair to these people. And again, does not qualify as evidence. Their acceptance of an authoritarian regime is much more naturally explained by; 1) the desire to not be killed and 2) the acceptance of what is familiar, than it is by some grand wish of the human species (or even Russians) to be dominated by strongmen.
On the whole, it is easy to see the Trumpettes as having such a wish for being dominated. Whether or not that is true is not entirely obvious, as such visions may well be tainted with detestability bias
But we still have evidence of eggs.
And we have an old Mexican saying: "Dead toads and cracked eggs, come back tomorrow."
they long for the security of authoritarianism, rather than being left to make decision for themselves. the fear is gone - the USSR is gone..but they long for its power.
"In a 2005 survey, 66% of Russians said they agreed "It is a great misfortune that the USSR no longer exists", while only 30% disagreed. In addition, 57% supported some form of Soviet-based system as their preferred political system"
Lib, woke, activist judges who defy Trump's EO's must be removed from the bench. SCOTUS must step in.
🚨 #BREAKING: A federal judge in DC has just ordered the RELEASE of two Venezuelan illegals who were arrested by ICE for illegally crossing the southern border
This is INSANE! Activist judges are now PREVENTING the President from enforcing laws.
UNREAL. Shelton Snow, an Air Traffic Operations Supervisor at the FAA and a prominent figure inside the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees, was allegedly caught on undercover audio explaining how he will help" minority" air traffic controller candidates cheat… pic.twitter.com/u74q3dsg5f
It's a Constitutional thing, Disco. Ex Post Faction. All the NBCOFAE FAA cheating was before Trump made DEI illegal. So Snowden can't be charged as such per se in the retroactive sense of the word.
The EPA announced the “most consequential day of deregulation" in U.S. history on Wednesday and put the Biden administration's Clean Power Plan 2.0 up for reconsideration.
How did the Indians get so far ahead of the Chinese in this administration. In US Industry, the Chinese seem to be in much greater number than the Indians. They both fight it out for the spots at the top Universities, but in Trumplandia the Indians clearly have the positions of more power. Even Nikki Haley who is currently on the outs with Trump is Indian.
"Fifty-six percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's economic actions, while 52 percent disapprove of how he’s handled the federal budget, and 61 percent of Americans disapprove of the tariffs specifically. The findings come as the stock market plummets further while Trump levies tariffs on allies in China, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. Fifty-three percent of Americans also have an unfavorable view of Elon Musk, who has been by Trump’s side carrying out his mass cuts and purges of the federal government. About 62 percent said that Musk had neither the experience nor the judgment to “make changes to the way the government works.” And 62 percent also believe that the DOGE cuts “will go too far and important federal government programs will be shut down.”
How did the Indians get so far ahead of the Chinese in this administration. In US Industry, the Chinese seem to be in much greater number than the Indians. They both fight it out for the spots at the top Universities, but in Trumplandia the Indians clearly have the positions of more power. Even Nikki Haley who is currently on the outs with Trump is Indian.
You are astute. Exhibiting a keen inquisitive nature seldom seen in your ilk here.
It's the rise of Hindu Nationalism, my friend. A growing threat to stability and law in the US. Sadly, Trump is an unwitting supporter, as you have noted. He's all distracted with tariffs and transgenderism, and fails to see that his own vice president has been enculturated into the Hindu Nation bandwagon by outside forces resolute in their determination to alter American society.
McLaurine Pinover, a spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management, defended DOGE's mass firings as a way to boost government efficiency while using her work hours to film influencer content
Lets talk actual tariff regulations and what that is doing to the economy. Instead of mud slinging maybe needs a separate thread mods.
We know the action against your next door neighbours. Trudeau called it a dumb move. Is it?
Look at the action against one of your longest standing allies, friend, customer of multibillion dollar submarines, Australia. No exemptions for steel and aluminium because as Howard Lutnick says "Australia dumped cheap aluminium into USA". Peter Navarro says "they broke an agreement not to increase exports".
Well, lets leave the fact that tariffs are actually increasing the importer's prices, the price to consumer, and that USA exports twice the amount to Australia than Australia does to USA, but both of those guys are deadset fcuking liars anyway.
When USA imposed sanctions against , now friend, Russia, they begged Australia to fill that gap in supply and price. Our bad that we agreed and we are actually more efficient at doing this stuff and our bad that you need bauxite to produce aluminium, a mineral which Australia has more than the rest of world combined and USA has two tenths of bugger all
So good luck with your aluminium smeltering
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