Sounds interesting, I shall pass this on to my buddies at the CIA, they love this kind of info. — Sir2u

No need. I’ve been on their radar for at least the past two decades. Send them my regards if you must. They’ll just say, “You mean Mr. Te Stroete? He’s one of our boys.”

Democrats are all sissy pussies, and all Republicans in Congress and Trump should be tortured then shot.

I have to stop taking my medication for a day to figure out what you’re saying.

There are no true private companies in Russia that aren’t also controlled by Russian oligarchs and tied to the GRU as is the case with the IRA. Putin is actually thought to be the richest man in the world for his control of portions of all the oligarchs’ mob businesses. Those oligarchs are all former Communist Party members like Putin.

The vast majority of the monuments were built between the 1890s and 1950s, which matches up exactly with the era of Jim Crow segregation. — praxis

Exactly.

I just exposed you for what you really are, viz. a Neo-Nazi sympathizing bigot. How does it feel?

It was built in 1924.

The Confederate statues were erected long after the Civil War to intimidate the black community and celebrate white supremacy. It is still ongoing as evidenced by the very protests we are talking about. Sorry.

Ain’t no one can consume more Trump or think about Trumpism more than me without being in the news industry. Sorry. You lose. Try again.

But ISIS wouldn’t tear down mosques. And Nazis wouldn’t tear down white supremacy symbols. That’s the point!

That doesn’t even make sense as a response to my question.

Now I’m a neo Nazi and a Russian Troll. But these soporific pieces of slander can only offer you solace from cognitive dissonance, not are any statement of reality. — NOS4A2

Should Germany keep statues of Hitler to remember history? I’m just calling a spade a spade.

What if the government of Germany kept statues of Hitler in Berlin?

Cool :cool: , I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being autistic or weird either lol — TheHedoMinimalist

Yeah, being weird IS cool. I’m weird, though, so I’m biased. :wink:

It is literally the destruction of history. — NOS4A2

Now you sound like a Neo-Nazi. It is the destruction of a hateful monument. The history can be read about in books.

Not that there is anything wrong with being autistic or weird. I was just curious.

He said he didn’t support Neo-Nazis by supporting Neo-Nazis. THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE WITH THE PERMIT! Statues are monuments celebrating history. It’s not destruction of history to take down hateful monuments. Come on.

The goalposts haven’t widened. Those WERE the people chanting “Jews will not replace us”. Those WERE the people with the permit. And, no, there is nothing “peaceful” about supporting the Confederacy.

It’s bigotry to be intolerant of another’s opinion. It sounds like you run afoul of your own double-standards. — NOS4A2

My standard is anti-bigotry. Not just “another innocuous opinion”.

I thought we were talking about Trump. Now it’s his father and Steve Bannon. — NOS4A2

He called people protesting the removal of Confederate statues “fine people”. Do you call people who wave the Confederate flag “fine people”? Come on.

Anti-hate is not hate. It is not bigotry to call out bigotry. What bizarro world are you from?

Is he goose-stepping up and down the Whitehouse lawn? — NOS4A2

Well, his father did march with the KKK, and he did hire Steve Bannon.

That’s evidence of your malice and hatred, and not anything to do with me. — NOS4A2

Yes. I am an anti-fascist in that I oppose hate as should all good Americans. I’m not a member of AntiFa.

Most of us believe that he says those things out of one side of his mouth, while out of the other side he gives aid and comfort to Neo-Nazis. This can be strongly inferred by a pattern of clear and undeniable behavior.

Now I’m a Russian spy. Where have I heard that before? — NOS4A2

Not a spy. A troll. You’re not intelligent enough to be a full-fledged spy.

I’m beginning to suspect you work for the Internet Research Agency, a GRU front.

He said “there were very fine people on both sides.” Where were the fine people in the group who were chanting “Jews will not replace us”?

Other presidents don’t golf exclusively at their own resorts, so yes, he is profiting by charging the taxpayer. What other president has done that?

Why did Trump’s campaign manager share proprietary internal polling data and strategy with a Russian oligarch closely tied to Putin (closer to Putin than anyone else in Russia)?

The child exploitation excuse is a ruse. Only a Trump operative would claim that. Do you work at the White House?

Just out of curiosity, do you fall on the autism spectrum?

We all know he was talking about Mexican immigrants. Why the need for a wall (that Mexico was supposed to pay for)? “Some are good people.” Haha! And there were “good” Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville! He loves immigrants from Norway as he said that he wished we would get more immigrants from there and not “shithole” countries.

He profits off of the government by charging the taxpayers for Secret Service security for golf carts and room and board at his resorts when he golfs almost weekly.

The separation of children in cages and from parents has nothing to do with Congress. It is a deterrent through executive order.

The two congresswomen are unique in that they are representatives of the US, and as such, they are not barred by Israelis law, something which is underscored by the fact that their barring was rescinded.

Trump welcomed Russian help on national television. “Russia, if you’re listening”?

The Paris climate deal was a bad deal for the fossil fuel industry, an industry that Trump wants to win. Clean energy would create millions of jobs, but I guess Trump had something else in mind by “Drain the swamp!”

None of what I mentioned are lies. I’ve personally witnessed them along with hundreds of millions of people around the world! Don’t believe our lying eyes and ears? Just admit it. You don’t have a leg to stand on.

Haha! Rhetoric? These are indisputable facts backed up with video evidence and written policy!

Trump also sexually assaults women and he admitted it on tape. He also consorts with sex-traffickers and rapists.

Trump called immigrants from Mexico “rapists” and criminals. He called majority black countries “shitholes”. He deported non-criminal undocumented workers who were parents on their children’s first day of school without holding the employers who profit off of their labor to account. He said in Helsinki that he believed Putin about Russian interference over our own intelligence community. He obstructed justice on multiple occasions. He welcomed help from the Russians. He pulled out of the Paris climate accords. He is dismantling the EPA. He is dismantling the USDA. He is picking winners and losers in the economy by supporting the fossil fuel industry. He puts children in cages without enough food or water, no soap, and no toothbrush as deterrence; and multiple children have died under these conditions. He told duly elected congresswomen to go back to their countries. He asked Netanyahu to bar two congresswomen from entering Israel, supposedly a democratic country. He is friends with Kim Jong-Un, a mass murderer and torturer. He profits off the presidency. And all this is just what I recall in the last two minutes without Googling him.

Yes. I question anyone’s character who supports this man.

Look how quickly your unethical and politically expedient diagnosis has turned to me. And you question my character? — NOS4A2

Yes. I question the character of every Trump supporter. Do I have to defend this?

I agree that it involves more but not “much” more. If you think Trump is sane, then I have to question your sanity. Either you yourself suffer from a disorder, or you are apologizing for him because you like his policies. In that case, I have to question your character.

The “undeniable evidence” is the cherry-picking and quote-mining of his opponents, and not any clinical examination. — NOS4A2

One with a decent knowledge of psychology need only observe him talking for 15 minutes to see evidence. Compiling this 15-minute observation with the scores of other 15-minute instances on record amounts to compelling evidence.

I know someone who has been clinically diagnosed by 12 different psychiatrists, and the conservatives in his community don’t believe it because he went to law school for a semester. Likewise, when there is undeniable evidence for everyone to see of the president’s mental decline and sociopathic behavior, conservatives don’t believe it either.

A lot of scientists believe in the multiverse. A lot of scientists also believe in intelligent design. A lot of scientists believe in intelligent design through evolution. These are models for understanding the unknown. There are experiences that people can have whose causes are unknown. What they choose to believe about first causes isn’t something an atheist should care about, nor can the atheist explain first causes without invoking faith of their own.

But you see how not voting then causes an ignorance of the electorate on the part of the politicians, right?

That’s fair. I happen to like the Democratic Party myself.