Dr. Robert J. Proverb, Jr.

The three slogans of the Party WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. George Orwell, "1984"

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This.

Agreed, I think that thinking applies to Libertarians, not centrist Democrats.

Centrists may be able to maintain the status quo under normal circumstances, but these are not normal circumstances.

For Democrats to be effective right now, they must be an opposition party with opposition leadership.

As exemplified in Uvalde, for instance.

Putin being given 'the look' by an unamused Obama.

This attitude or bust

"Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed.

Everything else is public relations."

-George Orwell

"Hell devours the indolent."
Doom (2016)

"Everyone should have two pockets, each carrying a piece of paper. On one should be written 'I am but dust and ashes' and on the other, 'The whole world was created for me.' From time to time we must reach into one pocket or the other, the secret of life being know when to reach into each."

~Bunim

100% agree.

Not enough people operate on the premise that society is a non-zero-sum game, so people flock to Weltanschauungskrieg because they truly believe there's not enough to go around.

As if climate change, solar decay, and the eventual heat-death of the universe weren't big enough problems.

Hell YES! PUNK is a badge of honor!

Holy shit...that's so beautiful!

Asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness. I don't see entitlement in oppressed citizens asking for help in dealing with a tyrant. It took the entire Allied forces - including the US - to help Europe and the Asia-Pacific region deal with tyrants last time things spun out of control.

Ok

Semper Fi

...but I would suggest more solidarity with the oppressed, not the apparatus of oppression.

Well, I disagree. The video has terrible optics, and considering the atrocities committed by this police state, it's perfectly logical and reasonable to question whether a detainment is legal. You're criticizing onlookers and defending the police. I sincerely hope you see how that reflects on you.

Good enough.

I agree with your first sentence, but the second and third are why we don't get along.

Also, what I see here is you being an apologist for a fascist regime. Seriously, what's the going rate for being a 5th columnist these days?

Lol, the burden of proof is on you. You are making the claim that she committed a crime with zero proof. You need to take an introductory logic course.

Do you have any evidence of you being a radical leftist? No? Then stop claiming you are.

You're literally asking us not to believe what we see with our own eyes, which is exactly what the administration is telling us to do with Renee Good. Don't see why this is so difficult for you to understand.

No, they don't. That's not how the presumption of innocence works.

And why are you defending police state tactics? Wrong hill to die on, my 'radical leftist' friend. You're supposed to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. Or did things change when I wasn't looking?

Are you also going to claim that the woman executed in cold blood in Minneapolis today by a masked ICE agent may have done something off camera to warrant being shot in the head while trying to safely drive away?

And have you ever heard of George Floyd?

"But maybe off camera..."

Cool story, bro.

And yet you're making the claim that she might have done something to warrant detainment.

You made the claim, the burden of proof is on you.

Logic is beautiful, isn't it?

The burden of proof is entirely on the state to claim that a forceful detainment is warranted. That's the basis of legitimacy of our entire legal system. Are you claiming that the presumption of innocence is illogical?

For thousands of years before New Amsterdam and New York City, and continuing today, this very land is the Lenape homeland.

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