I do genuinely feel kind of bad for them. — thewonder
But when thou striketh the king, strike not to wound. — James Riley
Anyways, often finding myself maligned and isolated, what I can tell you about that is that in no ways does being mocked make you so inclined to take any other person's opinion, no matter how well articulated or reasoned, into any form of consideration whatsoever. — thewonder
It's also just simply the case that ignoring his comments in this thread is the only thing that can make it so that we just don't have to pay attention to them anymore. — thewonder
Have you not learned anything?!So I guess the question is, if Trump refuses to recognise the result of the 2020 election, and the party falls in behind him, then how can they qualify to contest an election? Unless they’re prepared to acknowledge they lost, then they should be disqualified from running on the grounds that that party won’t honour the democratic conventions that govern elections. — Wayfarer
Or they'll view it as a minor hiccup. They are resilient, tough folks with a winner mentality.Reviewing his term, when elected the Republican Party had a majority in both chambers of congress and held the executive branch. They lost it all in only four years, and particularly ungracefully at the end. Republicans don't learn is what you seem to be saying. — praxis
The prime minister here (the most powerful position in the country) congratulated Trump for the victory in the presidential election. So -- I'm not so hopeful.Perhaps it looks like that because you yourself have extreme views? — Benkei
Have you not learned anything?! — baker
No, they're not, you're not being precise. Some of it is abstract discussion about the US legal and political systems and other political systems. Some of it is people letting off steam. Etc.The last four-hundred and forty-five pages are just NOS4A2 trying to convince a single other person here to support Donald Trump. — thewonder
Die fighting or perish on your knees.Besides, letting things continue as such will have the effect of reminding me a period of American history that I would just as soon forget sooner rather than later. — thewonder
Who decides who is allowed to run??
Is there a law about it?
Is there an official election commission in the US who decides on such matters? — "baker
But then they first need to be convicted felons. And even then ...Convicted felons are not allowed to run. — Wayfarer
Our prime minister was found guilty by a court of law and should now be serving a prison sentence. He isn't. Anything is possible.There are all kinds of rules. Someone has to make this argument. If he flouts the rules then he can’t be allowed to play the game. Very simple.
If a stray dog uses your living room for his bathroom, does it get some sort of squatter's rights for persistence? Acceptance is for the acceptable, tolerance for the tolerable, love for the lovable. and so forth. Within these schema errors are possible, but any long-term confusion of categories is a big mistake.it ultimately doesn't reflect too well upon this forum for us to have mocked him for two entire years. — thewonder
I feel zero pain from the digs—they’re as soft and brittle as imagine their chins are—and I just dig them right back anyways. — NOS4A2
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