Look whose thread got closed, partly due to suspicion that the OP is trolling.
I wasnt trolling. I saw this come thru on Facebook and I thought it would make an interesting topic for discussion. About 30 responses in about 3 hours is quite alot.
To me this would be an unprecedented act in American history. For all of American history the change from one administration to another has always gone well with photo ops of the next first lady having tea with the current one and the new president shaking hands with the old ones and presidents before that.
I think this would be a bad idea going forward.
I’ll admit I dont have alot of time for discussion. Most of the time others make my points anyways.
I’m not aware of any other posters on this board that are such complete fucking morons that they could adequately substitute in for your addled brain, you fucking imbecile.
It would be an interesting topic, but you made it about the fictional idea of locking up millions of Americans for supporting Trump, which had nothing to do with the article you linked to.
Ok, fair enough. Should I have just stuck with what Reich said?
Hmmm… that’s a stumper. Should you stick to the facts or make up a tall pile of bullshit? Tough one that.
Dang! Is that the first time a mod has closed a thread and linked to a Pit thread about a poster?
The mod didn’t link to it. The link was automatically inserted by Discourse because Skywatcher linked to the post here.
Dude, the link is from The Blaze. That alone means that you need to make a case for it being worthwhile to click on. You didn’t, nobody else did, so speaking for myself, I didn’t bother.
Finally read that thread, and am wondering whether urbanredneck2 has ever experienced similar concerns at any point in the past 4-5 years while watching Donald Trump - the current president - standing in front of crowds of his supporters chanting “Lock Her/Him Up!” or encouraging them to hate and even assault protesters, Democrats and the media?
I mean, if we’re going to worry about what the likes of Olbermann, Behar and Random Twitter Guy are saying, how much more should we worry when the person actually in charge of the federal government is repeating and promoting such rhetoric and behavior?
It would certainly be helpful to understand what criteria we’re working with here.
Dude. Calling for your opponent in a general election to be imprisoned based on a fake scandal is a bad idea. Doing it two elections in a row is a bad idea. Telling white supremacist thugs to stand by is a bad idea. Refusing to commit to a peaceful transition of power is a bad idea. Start some fucking threads about those bad ideas.
But committing to letting the Justice Department, without interference, investigate potential crimes committed by members of a previous administration? That’s a really fucking good idea. Our leaders should be accountable for their actions while in office. We’re not a monarchy.
Your thread was a shitfire, because you fundamentally misrepresented what was being said. Don’t do that.
(Courtesy of Whack-a-Mole in a different thread):
Well what should a person do if a story is not covered by MSM?
Take a hint?
Approach it with extreme skepticism? See if it’s covered by a legitimate media source? Not blindly swallow every bullshit clickbait story spewed forth by the right wing’s propaganda apparatus?
- Spend more than 4 seconds looking - I found 2 MSM articles on it, both highly critical of the idea.
- Use another 4 seconds to analyze the article you’re reading, and ask yourself "why would this author spend half of the article on random Twitter posts from people with zero connection to Reich or the Democratic Party? (hint: because The Blaze is an inflammatory rag with no qualms in publishing bullshit)
To spell it out: if only sketchy news sites cover something, it’s probably not true.
Basic online literacy is that you never believe anything unless you can find it from multiple reputable sources that have fact checkers. That way any bias gets evened out.
BTW, do note that, though Fox blasts the Mainstream Media, they are part of the MSM–they’re just really biased and thus you should check against other MSMs.
Remember Bat Boy? He got a ton of press, but not much mention in the MSM. Turns out, he wasn’t real.
Why would you tell me this right before Halloween??!!
I bet you told your kids there’s no Santa right before Christmas. Bastard.