^ Yes that is why the Constitution in my eyes should be a living document. To me the originalist interpretation of he constitution is insane and totally destructive.
^ Yes that is why the Constitution in my eyes should be a living document. To me the originalist interpretation of he constitution is insane and totally destructive.
Youre turning quite the liberal-slash-communist lately.
Originalist...
The founding fathers were talking about these:
not these:
You do not know what a communist nor a socialist is either, your comments confirm it time and again. Fox news syndrome it is. You most likely had to look up what an originalist even was. Maybe we should apply originalism to the bible? When you look at it through that kind of lens you can understand how crazy it is.
No problem.
You do understand that your feelz are fringe af right?
In other words you're the weird one, in reality.
Umm. No Not at all, maybe in the southern hell holes you frequent. But that is not a majority of Americans. You and the trumpanzee base are the fringe. He lost the popular vote by over 3 million in one of the lowest election turnouts in recent history. That is fringe in spite of what your right wing propagandists pour down your throat.
Harry, you don't feel like an epic douche saying shit like this, you know, being from the UK & all.
I mean, we kinda told you guys what to do with your shit in the 1700's and you guys are literally the reason we have the first couple amendments in the first place. Specifically because of the shit your country pulled.
Just sayin'
Well the reason you have the second one is that you copied it from the English, who brought it in to stop the kiddie-fiddling Catholics from trying to take back the crown. Since there's fuck all chance of that happening now, it is no longer required.
And the Second one was to stop the Jesus wheezers forcing their will on everyone, which is perfectly reasonable.
So if you're thanking my forefathers, you're most welcome.
But I don't really drink, eat potato chips, or watch football though.
Here's trump in a nutshell....
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press...d-star-mothers
Who can see the fallacy in this.....
Fixed it.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America and draft dodger who sacrified nothing and no one, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 24, 2017, as Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day. I call upon all Government officials to display the flag of the United States over Government buildings on this special day. I also encourage the American people to display the flag and hold appropriate ceremonies as a public expression of our Nation's gratitude and respect for our Gold Star Mothers and Families unless they be Muslim.
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,"
This was the part I found funny...
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 115 of June 23, 1936 (49 Stat. 1895 as amended), has designated the last Sunday in September as "Gold Star Mother's Day.
This:
Caitlin Johnstone @A wedge issue is a heavily politicized topic emphasized with the goal of splitting a sector of the population and rendering them politically impotent. While wedge politics can sometimes be used by political parties to try and sow division within a rival party, in America it’s far more common to see them used to neuter anti-establishment sentiment within both parties simultaneously. Since America is a corporatist oligarchy and both parties are more or less controlled by the same plutocrats, the goal is not to ensure victory of one party or another but to disrupt all anti-establishment sentiment.
Donald Trump does not give a shit about whether or not anyone stands, kneels, sits or urinates on the American flag, and neither do any of his plutocratic allies. What they care about is and always has been power, and by rallying the masses into a debate along establishment-dictated partisan lines, they help ensure that they keep that going. As a result of Trump’s deliberately inflammatory tweets, anti-establishment conservatives who’ve been critical of his healthcare failures and perpetuation of Obama’s corporatist and interventionist policies are standing on his side, angrily shaking their fists at their unpatriotic enemies.
And as always the GOP’s pretend opponents are doing the exact same thing, rallying anti-establishment leftists against Trump’s incendiary remarks and hopefully shepherding them into the partisan box they’re meant to remain in. The Democratic party, who was completely worthless throughout eight years of Obama in fighting the militarized police brutality that Colin Kaepernick and his supporters have been protesting, is now fanatically rallying behind viral hashtags and quotable talking points against the president’s remarks.
#TakeAKnee Vs. #BoycottNFL Is Vapid Establishment Wedge Politics
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/t...s-8156ccc11173
^ closer to the truth than most. It is just trump trolling. He just got everyone who hates him to kneel and disrespect the us flag, and anyone who doesn't gets to stand and honour the us flag. Another coup by the orange god.
And suddenly libtards see the value of free speech.
It's kinda weird how you try to turd polish an obvious big-mouth moron as 'trolling' - because saying dumb shit and having it called "dumb!", yeah not difficult - and act like the POTUS being divisive is actually somehow a good thing.Originally Posted by longway
Says a lot about your mindset really.
All he has achieved is yet another mark against his administration in general and his unfitness for office specifically.
The NFL players stood, knelt, raised fists, sat, abstained . . . whatever felt right. They did it mostly as a team, a collection of individuals who choose to play together and sacrifice for each other. During the national anthem, they didn’t act like a brainwashed mass who had traded their diversity just to wear the same colors.
The latter is a flat and uninformed way to view the concept of team, and the same could be said for the different ways we act as American citizens. You have to understand that to grasp the power and poignancy of one of the most meaningful Sundays in NFL history. Throughout the nation and in London, the league responded to President Trump’s scathing, profane and ignorant criticism by showing him two things he can neither comprehend nor inspire as a leader: empathy and unity.
No matter the contrasting reactions, the NFL looked united, arms locked, black and white, Ravens and Jaguars, Buccaneers and Vikings. Some owners even stood tightly with their players. Everyone else took roll: Who’s protesting? Who’s not? What choice did Tom Brady and other megastars make? But as has been the case since Colin Kaepernick started his demonstration last year, the act is only a provocative billboard to relay an important message.
On this day, when football always takes siege of our interest, the NFL’s actions referenced fundamental human necessities that too much of America seems to have misplaced. The prevailing statement was rather simple, at least for people who have the decency to resist acting like Trump and labeling an athlete protesting police brutality and equality a “son of a bitch.” It was about having concern for the person next to you and showing that unity doesn’t require shaming others to think the way you do.
At a rally in Alabama on Friday night, Trump shouted: “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!’ You know, some owner is going to do that. He’s going to say, ‘That guy disrespects our flag; he’s fired.’ And that owner . . . they’ll be the most popular person in this country.”
It’s all part of his new agenda: To put the sports world — which happens to be full of rich athletes, many of whom are minorities, who have huge followings and aren’t afraid to live as independent thinkers — in its supposed place. How dare ESPN’s Jemele Hill call Trump a “white supremacist,” even though he treated Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville with more fairness than Steph Curry? How dare Curry and the Golden State Warriors not jump at the chance to visit him at the White House? The invitation is withdrawn! And how dare these NFL court jesters have concerns about equality? Stand for the flag! And while we’re talking football, change the rules back and let them beat their brains out like they did during the good ol’ days!
What’s another player suffering from CTE and committing suicide mean to the current president? It’s as far down his list of priorities as the fears of the oppressed. It shouldn’t be shocking that Trump cares so little about NFL players. They’re just the latest on a long list of people he wishes would shut up and allow life to be shoved down their throat.
On the surface, it would have been stronger and more radical if every NFL player had taken a knee, or walked off the field during the national anthem, or pulled a no-show like the Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans and all but one Pittsburgh Steeler did. (Coach Mike Tomlin said the Steelers’ act wasn’t a protest but a decision to resist being forced to do anything.) But in this current United States climate, locking arms and showing respect to the next person — whether he is using his constitutional right to make a peaceful expression or choosing to honor the flag — is profound.
At its worst, the NFL is a controlling and conniving league. Over the years, I’ve written about its frustrating ways. But in this moment, with Trump spewing venom and the players needing direction, Commissioner Roger Goodell helped make Sunday special by communicating with team owners, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and others to ensure that the league reacted in a thoughtful manner.
In many stadiums, fans booed players who took a knee and chanted for them to respect the flag. That was expected after Trump’s version of a pep talk Friday night. It is also within those fans’ First Amendment rights. Protesting during the anthem, with the flag on full display, is a complicated and infuriating gesture. But that’s the essence of a protest. If you meekly stand behind your concerns and follow every rule, no one will notice and care about your cause. Disobedience gets attention. It’s unfortunate, but it’s not like the athletes are fighting for more money. They want our country to stop moonwalking on equality. Bury the sentiment with your disgust, but that’s the origin of the disagreement. And it’s unlikely to end without an honest recognition of the issue.
Kaepernick is off the grid, out of the NFL and uninterested, for now, in granting interviews about his plight as this era’s most polarizing sports protester. Many would say that he lost. Disobedient, un-American SOB, right? The irony is that Trump just gave more attention and credibility to Kaepernick’s defiance by admonishing the NFL’s new group of protesters. The story has long been a lightning rod, but now it’s hotter than ever. There was no way to avoid it over the weekend. Now, if only more attention and credibility would be given to the actual cause — fighting injustice.
“We have this narrative that these protests are contradictory to our flag and contradictory to our military,” Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner said Sunday morning on the NFL Network. “I don’t see them that way. I see them as complementary to the ideals to the flag, to the military and what they fought for — the servicemen and women and what they fought for. I have not heard one player that has not been more than grateful to our military. This isn’t about that at all; it’s about standing up for the ideals of the flag.”
On Sunday, the response was about standing up for the ideals of the NFL. Before their displays during the anthem, teams made statements denouncing Trump’s speech, and all of their carefully crafted words alluded to the common theme that sports unify people.
Unity defined Sunday — not oversimplified tripe about unity, not an attempt to make everyone obey and seem unified — but true unity. The stadiums weren’t full of like-minded players or fans. Players didn’t stand for the same reasons; they didn’t kneel for the same reasons. Fans didn’t boo for the same reasons; they didn’t show support for the same reasons. But they came together, tens of thousands of people all over the place, and they made the points they needed to make. And hostility couldn’t measure up to how good it felt just to be heard.
Then the games started, and people rooted for their favorite colors, and a good sports meal wasn’t ruined because you had to eat your vegetables first. The NFL beat Trump. Soundly.
To twist the sports cliche du jour, perhaps Trump should stick to trying to run a country that barely resembles itself right now. The sports world will continue what it does best: embrace differences and manage conflict on a field of play.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...efa_story.html
I used to get a gold star sticker on the back of my hand when I shaped my "a"s "b"s, and "c"s nicely. I think I got one once for reciting the two times table up to twenty.
As I read that, with it's grooming undertone to encourage families to not shy away from war, and it's rather ludicrous and condescending gold star "status", I could very easily imagine the shouty lady on NORK TV saying it.
In Korean though.
Oh, oh! I know, I know! Pick me!Originally Posted by CSFFan
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"Trump insults Gold Star mom, freaks out U.S. allies"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...=.2dbb37fd2a0d
"Gold Star Families Attack Trump Over Comments About Ghazala Khan"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/201...a-khan-n620671
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