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Della
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No, I don’t see him that way. I see him and saw him as the better choice of the viable candidates.
Um, in your opinion? I beg to disagree.
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otjm
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You seem to be cocerned about some knotheads on the right, but you don’t make any remarks about the socialists and communists who support the Left? There have been fringe elements on both sides of the political spectrum pretty much since there was a political spectrum.
What I find disturbing is the degree to which the press and the progressives whipped up the ad hominem rhetoric prior to the election,and the subsequent posturing after the election, including among a large number of progressives who see their view as the only view. And a careful reading of some of the progressive journalists has substantiated that very articulately.
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otjm
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You seem only to focus on an extremely small group of knotheads, who are part of a very small fringe on the Right. How about acknowledging that there are knotheads on the other end who are just as disturbing ,such as radical socialists and communists?
There have been radicals on both ends of the political spectrum as long as there have been politics. So what? There were communists supporting the Obama administration.
What concerns me is the progressive mindset of journalists, some of whom have come forward since the election and begun to admit publicly how skewed their view has been.
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Robert_Sock
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Overall, I see the pendulum swinging in the direction of humanitarianism in the world and I do not think that bigots or racists can stop it.
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SuperLuigi
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For the same reasons liberals are using the occasion to trump up false fears: because they are uniformed like much of the American electorate.
Donald Trump’s policies make it very clear that unless one is breaking the law, there is no problem.
And there will be no persecution of minorities from Trump. In fact it’s the left that has been persecuting Trump supporters of all shades and stripes.
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otjm
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And a parting shot: racism comes in many forms.
For example, we could have a look at the Democratic Party many, if not most of its leaders and political members support Planned Parenthood, an organisation which makes no bones about unlimited support for abortion up to and including 9 months, and which seeks out and places abotuaries in clearly known AfricanAmerican neighborhoods. And in that look, we could review the rate per capita of abortions by race - which happens to be among African Americans.
One wonders how Margaret Sanger is viewing that from the other side of the grave.
For example, we could have a look at the Democratic Party many, if not most of its leaders and political members support Planned Parenthood, an organisation which makes no bones about unlimited support for abortion up to and including 9 months, and which seeks out and places abotuaries in clearly known AfricanAmerican neighborhoods. And in that look, we could review the rate per capita of abortions by race - which happens to be among African Americans.
One wonders how Margaret Sanger is viewing that from the other side of the grave.
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Michael_Mayo
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Now that is a statement that really deserves an eye roll. We have seen time and time again how racial profiling has led to civil rights abuse. In fact it is one of the most shameful facts of our history and it obviously continues today.
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otjm
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You seem to be seriously confused between federal law and state law. Electing Donald has absolutely nothing to do with either state, county or city police practices.
And as far as shameful practices, I would submit that the deaths of more than 54,000,000 innocent people is far, far more shameful than racial profiling by local police.
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TheAmazingGrace
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I disagree. I didn’t vote for either, because it was between the devil and the deep blue sea as far as I was concerned. I knew the Democrats would vote for Hillary no matter what, but at the same time I trusted my fellow Republicans (especially the Catholics) to see Trump for what he really is, even if it meant a Clinton win. I was very saddened to find out that they did not.As I understand it, the popular vote depends on which state you wish to tally. In some he won the popular vote and in others HIllary did. In any case, the Electoral College vote sums it up for the whole country.
Most Americans don’t vote, sadly. It’s ironic that majority of the protesters didn’t vote or didn’t vote in the state in which they are protesting. As I see it, if one doesn’t vote one doesn’t have the moral right to object to the results.
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Michael_Mayo
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The distinction between federal, state, county and city laws makes no difference when it comes to abuse.
Do you intend to imply that racial profiling is acceptable because is has not led to as many deaths as abortion?
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TheAmazingGrace
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Apples and oranges. They are both shameful and anti-life, and both have lead to the deaths of innocent people.
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Thorolfr
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It’s silly to say that “most of America voted for Trump”. Less than half of the Americans who voted, voted for Trump. He lost the popular vote by more than 2 million votes and carried the electoral college because he won the three states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania by a margin of only about 107,000 votes.Because they’re clueless as to reality? That’d be my guess. Most of America voted for Trump, me included. You want to lump us all together because of a few radicals like this? Most Americans are not stewing over such actions from either the left or right. As if the rioters against Trump who have destroyed property, blocked roads, and beaten people aren’t just as bad/just as ridiculous if not worse.
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otjm
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Hog wash. And don’t play that game; I never said it was acceptable and you know it. I said as to shameful you have a skewed perspective. I will gladly stand by my post.
The liberals have used the mantra of racial profiling to avoid any intelligent discussion concerning how to deal with issues surrounding terrorism. It is simply a variation of ad hominem attacks.
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otjm
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Not apples and oranges in the least. How many deaths have been due to racial profiling?
54,000,000?
5,400,000?
54,000?
5,400?
Any death due to someone wrongfully killed by police is a tragedy, whether it started as a racial profiling or something else.
But the point you seem unable to understand is that the poster said racisl profiling (which rarely results in death) was one of the most shameful parts of our history. I disagree strongly. Abortion is.
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Michael_Mayo
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Racial profiling includes lynchings in the South but I never compared to abortion. Why do you find that comparison necessary? Evil is evil.
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otjm
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You are the one who said "racial profiling is one of the most shameful facts of our history ". Evil is evil, but some evil is far worse than other evil. I made the comparison because I maintain that the slaughter of 54,000,000 innocent children is far, far more shameful than racial profiling.
Your statement, my statement. You are welcome to disagree, and say that someone who is pulled over simply because of the color of their skin is one of the most shameful acts in our history, and I will continue to say you have a skewed perspective. That does not indicate that I think racial profiling is acceptable, but rather that I find murder of innocent children to be far more shameful.
And if you want to drag up what was occurring 60, 70 or more years ago I am speaking of what is occurring now, as in a daily basis.
Nor am I saying that lynching is no big deal; only that perspective has some validity.
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Michael_Mayo
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Ok, I agree, abortion is worse because it is more pervasive and always results in the death of an innocent .
That does not change the fact that racial profiling remains ONE of the most shameful acts in our history.
That does not change the fact that racial profiling remains ONE of the most shameful acts in our history.
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