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[HeloDude]

Progressives:  “You mean you don’t trust the FBI?”

“Main Steele Dossier Source Was on FBI Payroll as Confidential Informant, Durham Reveals“

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/main-steele-dossier-source-was-on-fbi-payroll-as-confidential-informant-durham-says/?fbclid=IwAR02uhdc6bl6ZA3TDne7ZIe6s2URB5IvAl39yjPoebYmzYCFJoIu6AKbvsc&fs=e&s=cl

[ClearedHot]

10 minutes ago, HeloDude said:

Progressives:  “You mean you don’t trust the FBI?”

“Main Steele Dossier Source Was on FBI Payroll as Confidential Informant, Durham Reveals“

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/main-steele-dossier-source-was-on-fbi-payroll-as-confidential-informant-durham-says/?fbclid=IwAR02uhdc6bl6ZA3TDne7ZIe6s2URB5IvAl39yjPoebYmzYCFJoIu6AKbvsc&fs=e&s=cl

Pure insanity...and they are upset about some morons rushing the Capital when the progressives simply strolled in the side door with tacit approval.

[FourFans]

16 hours ago, Prozac said:

...but it’s safe to assume the administration could do more to address illegal immigration...

This kind of weak equivocal language is at the heart of the our nation's communication problem. 

That's like saying it's safe to assume a rapist could do more to respect the rights of the woman he's actively raping.  Or that Russia could do more to recognize the sanctity of international borders and human rights.

Rape is Rape.  An invasion is an invasion.

Stop cowardice and have the balls to call spade a spade: Our country are being invaded through our southern border by a list of nationals and organizations so long we don't even know who they are.  The administration who's PRIMARY JOB and who TOOK OATHS to "support and defend..."  is actively supporting and empowering the invasion.  How is that anywhere close to "could do more"?

[ClearedHot]

18 hours ago, Prozac said:

 We could use some more young, hearty folks who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.

Unfortunately many of those dirty hands are carrying Fentanyl.   Since our dear leader took over and opened the borders more illegals have flooded into the country than the population of Wyoming, Vermont, District of Columbia, Alaska and North Dakota...COMBINED!

Additionally, Fentanyl deaths doubled to over 107,000 in 2021 and we are on pace to exceed that number this year.  With record seizures not slowing the pace and rainbow colored Fentanyl pills aimed at our kids, it should be declared a war on our society.  In 10,000 days of the Vietnam War we lost half what we lost in 2021 to Fentanyl.  In 20 years of combine Iraq and Afghanistan Combat we lost 7,000 U.S. Military personnel, we are losing more than that each MONTH to Fentanyl.

Our border is wide open and the sooner you and Biden stop wordsmithing, the sooner we address the danger it poses to our nation.  How is the DNC no utterly embarrassed that Biden hasn't been to the border...absolutely disgraceful.  I truly pray it doesn't impact your family.

[dream big]

On 9/13/2022 at 9:16 PM, kaputt said:

At least Kamala says the border is secure…

It blows my mind that anyone in this country could actually support this administration. What a cluster fuck every…single…day.

Cognitive dissonance. Also most people on the left see a female woman of color in the second highest position in the government. Nothing else matters. 

[Prozac]

Holy fuck some of you need to check your reading comprehension & recognize when someone is agreeing with you. 

[Blue]

19 hours ago, Prozac said:

We could use some more young, hearty folks who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty. 

Sigh.

You over-privileged, foolish fucking midwit.

STFU with your Boomer nonsense.

[tac airlifter]

4 hours ago, HeloDude said:

Progressives:  “You mean you don’t trust the FBI?”

“Main Steele Dossier Source Was on FBI Payroll as Confidential Informant, Durham Reveals“

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/main-steele-dossier-source-was-on-fbi-payroll-as-confidential-informant-durham-says/?fbclid=IwAR02uhdc6bl6ZA3TDne7ZIe6s2URB5IvAl39yjPoebYmzYCFJoIu6AKbvsc&fs=e&s=cl

Subversion of democracy. Truly shocking and disgusting collusion between our government and political progressives.  We need to vote for people who can clean house!
 

Would love to see the FBI confidential informant receipts from January 6th… 

[FourFans]

37 minutes ago, Prozac said:

Holy fuck some of you need to check your reading comprehension & recognize when someone is agreeing with you. 

It's true that you appear to agree...that's the problem.  But you're watering the severity of the problem down.  If I accept your stance as 'agreement', I by default water down my own stance.  I'm speaking for ONLY ME.  Not "we".  Not "us".  Me.  Myself.  Specifically and exclusively. 

I see your statements as a bait to get me to water down my own opinions about the severity of our problems by acquiescing in order to find common ground and call it compromise.  That's not how using morals and principles to find a compromise works.  FIRST we need to agree on the problem, then we compromise on the solution.  You're agreement compromises on the severity of the problem at it's core. 

Just as a doctor would be doing a patient a disservice to say "it's only cancer, don't worry about it" I refuse to accept "the administration could do more to secure our borders" as a correct identification of the problem.  We can compromise on the solutions to the problem ONLY after both sides of the argument agree on what the problem is.  In this case, one side is literally saying there is no problem, while in reality fentanyl is killing Americans, children are being trafficked, and lives are being destroyed.

If you're wondering "so what do you want me to do about it?"  To you personally I ask: Please, during the next election, do not vote for these people again.  Current DNC politicians who accept and endorse extremist liberalism are clearly and directly responsible for virtually all of this.  I don't think I've ever taken a party side, and I don't ever intend to, but it could not be more clear who is responsible for the absolute mess our country is in.

[Prozac]

37 minutes ago, Blue said:

Sigh.

You over-privileged, foolish fucking midwit.

STFU with your Boomer nonsense.

Keep sighing. How many kids does the average American couple have? Enough to replace all those “Boomers” (I’m most definitely NOT one btw)? I’ll save you the the trouble of googling: NO. If we want to continue to have a viable economy, we need immigrants. Lots of ‘em. Perhaps you prefer we take the lazy, ones instead of young, hardworking people? Or perhaps you just can’t see past your own generation’s potential success and prefer to leave the hard issues like demographics to your kids and grandkids? And before anyone else gets all up in a huff about who gets to come here, go back and read my original response to CH. I am NOT advocating for unabated illegal immigration or open borders. 

[FourFans]

20 hours ago, Prozac said:

At the same time, I’d rather be confronted with these issues vs. radicals storming the Capitol. YMMV. 

Forgive me...but really?  You'd rather the thousands of fentanyl deaths, cartel human trafficking, displacement of human lives by the 10's of thousands...not to mention the collapsing economy and rising inflation that's felt by the poor FAR more than the rich.  You'd prefer that over an event that happened almost 2 years ago, most of the violators being peaceful...and still being in jail now...with only one fatality of questionable circumstances...that's where your conscience draws a line?  So what are your thoughts on other large crowds doing damage in public?  Such as Portland?  The CHAZ?  George Floyd Square...with the following found on a .69 second google search:

Is George Floyd Square still occupied?

 

By August 14, 2022, seven people had been killed by gun violence at the square since Floyd's murder, and one person had died there as the result of a drug overdose.

 

Those events, by the principle that Jan 6th is abhorrent to you...these should be exponentially worse, right?  But you're more worried about Jan 6th?  Am I hearing you correctly?

Edited September 14, 2022 by FourFans130

[Prozac]

6 minutes ago, FourFans130 said:

It's true that you appear to agree...that's the problem.  But you're watering the severity of the problem down.  If I accept your stance as 'agreement', I by default water down my own stance.  I'm speaking for ONLY ME.  Not "we".  Not "us".  Me.  Myself.  Specifically and exclusively. 

I see your statements as a bait to get me to water down my own opinions about the severity of our problems by acquiescing in order to find common ground and call it compromise.  That's not how using morals and principles to find a compromise works.  FIRST we need to agree on the problem, then we compromise on the solution.  You're agreement compromises on the severity of the problem at it's core. 

Just as a doctor would be doing a patient a disservice to say "it's only cancer, don't worry about it" I refuse to accept "the administration could do more to secure our borders" as a correct identification of the problem.  We can compromise on the solutions to the problem ONLY after both sides of the argument agree on what the problem is.  In this case, one side is literally saying there is no problem, while in reality fentanyl is killing Americans, children are being trafficked, and lives are being destroyed.

If you're wondering "so what do you want me to do about it?"  To you personally I ask: Please, during the next election, do not vote for these people again.  Current DNC politicians who accept and endorse extremist liberalism are clearly and directly responsible for virtually all of this.  I don't think I've ever taken a party side, and I don't ever intend to, but it could not be more clear who is responsible for the absolute mess our country is in.

I think you’re just looking to argue. I don’t disagree that illegal immigration, human trafficking, and proliferation of horrible drugs are bad. I’d like to see more done to stop these problems. Full stop. Unfortunately, most people want easy answers. Building a wall and deporting everyone in the country illegally certainly sounds like an easy answer. Unfortunately, those “easy” solutions don’t address the complexity of the problem and are a complete waste of money and time meant to appeal to voters who don’t have a firm grasp of the issues. We can go round and round as to why, but the truth just isn’t as simple as Democrats don’t want a secure border and Republicans do. Neither party has addressed these issues in any semblance of a workable manner. 
 

Let’s address your last paragraph: You chide Democratic voters because you perceived them to be on the opposite side of what is a hot button issue for you. Your wish is for those who vote for Democrats to change their allegiance. That must be a nice thought for you, but it’s a pipe dream and it ain’t happening. Sorry. See, there are hot button issues for Democrats too and just as you can’t understand why someone would seemingly ignore the border issue and cast a ballot for a D, there are an equal number of voters who could never see themselves voting for a candidate that, say, supports wild conspiracy theories. There are plenty of extremists on both sides of most of these issues. Let’s focus on how we can get control of the parties back from the nut jobs vs yelling at one another for making voting decisions that are always a compromise based on what’s important to them. 

[BashiChuni]

25 minutes ago, Prozac said:

I am NOT advocating for unabated illegal immigration or open borders. 

the democratic party IS. that's the problem.

[Prozac]

29 minutes ago, FourFans130 said:

Forgive me...but really?  You'd rather the thousands of fentanyl deaths, cartel human trafficking, displacement of human lives by the 10's of thousands...not to mention the collapsing economy and rising inflation that's felt by the poor FAR more than the rich.  You'd prefer that over an event that happened almost 2 years ago, most of the violators being peaceful...and still being in jail now...with only one fatality of questionable circumstances...that's where your conscience draws a line?  So what are your thoughts on other large crowds doing damage in public?  Such as Portland?  The CHAZ?  George Floyd Square...with the following found on a .69 second google search:

Is George Floyd Square still occupied?

 

By August 14, 2022, seven people had been killed by gun violence at the square since Floyd's murder, and one person had died there as the result of a drug overdose.

 

Those events, by the principle that Jan 6th is abhorrent to you...these should be exponentially worse, right?  But you're more worried about Jan 6th?  Am I hearing you correctly?

Absolutely, yes. Violence is bad. An attack on our seat of power BY a sitting president? Objectively worse.  I’m not opposed to voting for Republicans. I have many times in the past. But as long as the party insists on pushing the full MAGA agenda, I’m out & so is a whole bunch of this country. 

[Blue]

1 hour ago, Prozac said:

Keep sighing. How many kids does the average American couple have?

I don't know man.  I do know that the only person talking about legal immigration - is you.

[FourFans]

3 hours ago, Prozac said:

Absolutely, yes. Violence is bad. An attack on our seat of power BY a sitting president? Objectively worse.  I’m not opposed to voting for Republicans. I have many times in the past. But as long as the party insists on pushing the full MAGA agenda, I’m out & so is a whole bunch of this country. 

I'll agree there.  Do you realize that the overwhelming majority of conservatives are not MAGA agenda republicans? Meanwhile, the majority of democrats are not extreme liberals.  It's not melodramatic binary good vs evil...but the media wants us to think it is, because that keeps us watching the media.  You're honestly sounding like CNN.  In fact, the only place I've ever seen a "full MAGA" republican is in the media.  Not saying they aren't real, just haven't encountered one myself yet.  Most conservatives that I've met would rather Trump just go away.  Unfortunately, the media won't let that happen.

I'll agree that a sitting president making an attack on our seat of power would be objectively worse.  Seeing he didn't clearly do that (unless you have pictures of him holding a gun and attacking congressmen), if it were clearly and objectively true, then he'd be in jail already.  Best I can tell, he said some ill-thought out words to a crowd that may, or may not, have been stirred up by a few instigators within it to do some illegal things.  Seriously, his whole presidency was ill thought out words, you think he all of a sudden dropped that to make a strategic mind-control event on Jan 6?  That conclusion is irrational and illogical.

Our government was never at risk of being over thrown.  Pence was never going to overrule the or not-certify the results...those are his own words.  All this trial crap is only to serve one purpose: theater...for whatever purpose the current administration seems to think it's worth.  It's theater, and bad theater at that. 

If it were an investigation based on honest unbiased truth-finding, we would have seen the same investigation, FBI raids, and such happen with H Clinton...because she effectively did the same exact thing Trump is accused of...plus perjury.  But it's not.  It's biased politics using tax-payer money to try smear a competitor and get re-elected.

I'll invite you to put the Never Trump hate away and kindly rejoin the objective and fact based discussion.

Edited September 15, 2022 by FourFans130

[FourFans]

2 hours ago, Prozac said:

I think you’re just looking to argue. I don’t disagree that illegal immigration, human trafficking, and proliferation of horrible drugs are bad. I’d like to see more done to stop these problems. Full stop. Unfortunately, most people want easy answers. Building a wall and deporting everyone in the country illegally certainly sounds like an easy answer. Unfortunately, those “easy” solutions don’t address the complexity of the problem and are a complete waste of money and time meant to appeal to voters who don’t have a firm grasp of the issues. We can go round and round as to why, but the truth just isn’t as simple as Democrats don’t want a secure border and Republicans do. Neither party has addressed these issues in any semblance of a workable manner. 
 

Let’s address your last paragraph: You chide Democratic voters because you perceived them to be on the opposite side of what is a hot button issue for you. Your wish is for those who vote for Democrats to change their allegiance. That must be a nice thought for you, but it’s a pipe dream and it ain’t happening. Sorry. See, there are hot button issues for Democrats too and just as you can’t understand why someone would seemingly ignore the border issue and cast a ballot for a D, there are an equal number of voters who could never see themselves voting for a candidate that, say, supports wild conspiracy theories. There are plenty of extremists on both sides of most of these issues. Let’s focus on how we can get control of the parties back from the nut jobs vs yelling at one another for making voting decisions that are always a compromise based on what’s important to them. 

You sweep away entire issues and seem ok with that.  I'm not.  Details and nuance are incredibly important.  CBP agents are quoted time and again, that even with a partial wall, they were beginning to get a grip on illegal immigration because the wall creates choke points that the limited manpower of the CBP can then effectively manage.  As it is, the incomplete wall made things worse by creating a road network (used for it's construction) that the cartels are now exploiting.  Had the wall been completed, that wouldn't have been a problem.  But you appear to be arguing that because the problem is complex and nuanced, we shouldn't take any steps toward a solution until we have the exact solution?...I'm guessing?  More to the that specific topic...building a wall and tossing out illegals is EXACTLY what other countries do, and it works, really really well.  Go look up Hungary's program if you're curious.  Why shouldn't we start with a proven solution, implement, analyze the results and improve it?

Now...to reading comprehension of your own:

"Current DNC politicians who accept and endorse extremist liberalism" does not equal "Democrats"  In fact I strongly wish democrat voters to remain democrat unless they are personally persuaded by facts...that's what politics is, btw: the are of convincing argument with the intent intellectual persuasion or agreement.  We need healthy debate between opposite sides...which is exactly what's NOT happening because our country voted in: "DNC politicians who accept and endorse extremist liberalism" who insist that if you're not with them unquestioningly, then you're the enemy.

FFS put down the stereotype glasses, stop looking for a way to be offended because you feel stereotyped by someone whom you stereotyped, and start coming up with objective, fact-based solutions.

Edited September 15, 2022 by FourFans130

[Prozac]

1 hour ago, FourFans130 said:

You sweep away entire issues and seem ok with that.  I'm not.  Details and nuance are incredibly important.  CBP agents are quoted time and again, that even with a partial wall, they were beginning to get a grip on illegal immigration because the wall creates choke points that the limited manpower of the CBP can then effectively manage.  As it is, the incomplete wall made things worse by creating a road network (used for it's construction) that the cartels are now exploiting.  Had the wall been completed, that wouldn't have been a problem.  But you appear to be arguing that because the problem is complex and nuanced, we shouldn't take any steps toward a solution until we have the exact solution?...I'm guessing?  More to the that specific topic...building a wall and tossing out illegals is EXACTLY what other countries do, and it works, really really well.  Go look up Hungary's program if you're curious.  Why shouldn't we start with a proven solution, implement, analyze the results and improve it?

Now...to reading comprehension of your own:

"Current DNC politicians who accept and endorse extremist liberalism" does not equal "Democrats"  In fact I strongly wish democrat voters to remain democrat unless they are personally persuaded by facts...that's what politics is, btw: the are of convincing argument with the intent intellectual persuasion or agreement.  We need healthy debate between opposite sides...which is exactly what's NOT happening because our country voted in: "DNC politicians who accept and endorse extremist liberalism" who insist that if you're not with them unquestioningly, then you're the enemy.

FFS put down the stereotype glasses, stop looking for a way to be offended because you feel stereotyped by someone whom you stereotyped, and start coming up with objective, fact-based solutions.

I appreciate the fact you’re willing to engage here, but hear me out ‘cause I don’t feel like I’ve made myself abundantly clear yet. I (a guy who has voted predominantly Democrat for the last decade or so) absolutely support border security. You seem to think one party cares more than the other about this issue. I don’t believe that’s the case. Republicans have offered simplistic, feel good solutions that have no hope of working. You’re obviously at least partially aware of this fact as you correctly identified the fact that the wall created a readymade road network in what was once one of, if not the most formidable natural barrier to exist between countries. You then attempt to use Hungary as a successful immigration example. Our country has a far more successful and complex economy and deporting everyone here illegally would break it overnight. Republican strategists understand this, hence the reason they keep offering solutions that fire the base up but do nothing to address the real issue. Don’t take my criticism of one side as defense of the other. While immigration and border security have been major issues for decades, I’ve yet to see a workable solution emerge from either side & this is far from the only issue where this kind of impasse exists. 

[uhhello]

13 minutes ago, Prozac said:

I appreciate the fact you’re willing to engage here, but hear me out ‘cause I don’t feel like I’ve made myself abundantly clear yet. I (a guy who has voted predominantly Democrat for the last decade or so) absolutely support border security. You seem to think one party cares more than the other about this issue. I don’t believe that’s the case. Republicans have offered simplistic, feel good solutions that have no hope of working. You’re obviously at least partially aware of this fact as you correctly identified the fact that the wall created a readymade road network in what was once one of, if not the most formidable natural barrier to exist between countries. You then attempt to use Hungary as a successful immigration example. Our country has a far more successful and complex economy and deporting everyone here illegally would break it overnight. Republican strategists understand this, hence the reason they keep offering solutions that fire the base up but do nothing to address the real issue. Don’t take my criticism of one side as defense of the other. While immigration and border security have been major issues for decades, I’ve yet to see a workable solution emerge from either side & this is far from the only issue where this kind of impasse exists. 

I think it's pretty obvious that the border needs to be secured as much as possible before any internal pathways to citizenship or what have you is attempted.  

[Prozac]

4 minutes ago, uhhello said:

I think it's pretty obvious that the border needs to be secured as much as possible before any internal pathways to citizenship or what have you is attempted.  

Disagree. I think the only way is for both at once, that way both sides get a “win”. Dems get the “pathway” & Republicans get border security. 

[Biff_T]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-sends-two-planes-illegal-immigrants-marthas-vineyard

 

This is how the Civil War 2 starts.  The red states air dropping illegals into blue states.   I actually think this is funny as shit.   I hope they keep doing it.   Make the non believers actual see what it's like on the border.  

[uhhello]

22 minutes ago, Prozac said:

Disagree. I think the only way is for both at once, that way both sides get a “win”. Dems get the “pathway” & Republicans get border security. 

Disagree.  If you don't secure the border, prior to passing "amnesty", it's going to get overrun more than it already is.  

[FourFans]

1 hour ago, Prozac said:

I appreciate the fact you’re willing to engage here.... I’ve yet to see a workable solution emerge from either side & this is far from the only issue where this kind of impasse exists. 

As a registered independent who's voted both red and blue, I think like you.  We'll disagree on a lot, but we agree that the political answer is somewhere in the middle. 

1 hour ago, Prozac said:

I think the only way is for both at once, that way both sides get a “win”. Dems get the “pathway” & Republicans get border security. 

Sadly, I agree. This is the only kind of answer that will actually get implemented.  We can dream all day, but in the end my opinions should not be your law, just as your opinions should not be my law.  What I call murder, someone else calls women's rights...but the truth is that we're broken, fallen people who A: need a savior and B: will not make it if we chose to die on every hill between your opinion and mine.  Don't get me wrong, I've chosen several hills as mine.  My sword will be notch and my shield dented by the end of this war, but if I chose to fight bravely and die quickly on Every, Single, Hill, I'm useless in my cause.

If only we had a background...call it a history...where we all agreed on some basic moral truths...

[FourFans]

1 hour ago, Biff_T said:

Make the non believers actual see what it's like on the border.

you're gunna need a bigger plane

[BashiChuni]

54 minutes ago, uhhello said:

Disagree.  If you don't secure the border, prior to passing "amnesty", it's going to get overrun more than it already is.  

how people don't see this is mind blowing.

if you provide a pathway for illegal citizens to become citizens without a secure border...more will come. it's common sense.

the democratic party understands this actually. they just don't say the quiet part out loud. those illegal citizens become votes.