Stupid Republican idea of the day

[Rick_Kitchen]

Huh. I told sdmb to take me to the first unread post, but it missed that. Grr. Thanks.

[Smapti]

Breaking news; Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is still an idiot.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Friday afternoon railed against the people who took part in the protest in Dallas on Thursday night, charging that the protesters were “hypocrites” because, as he framed it, they were anti-police but expected the police to protect them once the shooting started.

“All those protesters last night, they ran the other way, expecting the men and women in blue to turn around and protect them. What hypocrites,” Patrick said on Fox News. “I understand the First Amendment. I understand freedom of speech, and I defend it. It is in our Constitution and is in our soul, but you can’t go out on social media and mainstream media and everywhere else and say that the police are racist or police are hateful or the police are killers.”

[Snowboarder_Bo]

Did he mean to say “All those protesters last night, they ran the other way, expecting the men and women in blue to turn around and protect them like those protestors pay them to do thru their taxes. What hypocrites.”?

ETA: After reading more things he’s said, I realized that no, he’s just a bigoted moron.

[Kimstu]

@Snowboarder_Bo

Did he mean to say “All those protesters last night, they ran the other way, expecting the men and women in blue to turn around and protect them like those protestors pay them to do thru their taxes. What hypocrites.”?

Indeed. Speaking as a professional educator, I’m expected to do my job even when members of my profession are being publicly criticized. And so is pretty much every other member of every other profession. I don’t think that makes the critics “hypocrites”.

Saying “I can’t do my job if you’re not being 100% supportive of my efforts!” and flouncing out is a tactic of charlatan “psychics”, not of responsible professionals.

[Do_Not_Taunt]

[QUOTE=Dan Patrick]
I understand freedom of speech, and I defend it. It is in our Constitution and is in our soul, but you can’t go out on social media and mainstream media and everywhere else and say that the police are racist or police are hateful or the police are killers.
[/QUOTE]
Is “I understand freedom of speech, […] but” going to be the new “I’m not a racist, but”?

[Rick_Kitchen]

Air head Megyn Kelly doesn’t understand why Philando Castile’s girlfriend didn’t call 911 to have them come help him while the cop was screaming at her not to move and had his gun pointed at her.

[El_Kabong]

[Quote=Dan Fucking Patrick]
I understand freedom of speech, and I defend it. It is in our Constitution and is in our soul, but you can’t go out on social media and mainstream media and everywhere else and say that the police are racist or police are hateful or the police are killers.
[/Quote]

Well, no, Mr. Patrick, clearly you don’t, and you don’t.

[garygnu]

Besides, they’re not “anti-police.” They’re “anti-police-killing-them.”

[silenus]

Has Alex Jones declared the dead cops “crisis actors” yet?

[running_coach]

@silenus

Has Alex Jones declared the dead cops “crisis actors” yet?

VIDEO: The Truth About the Dallas Sniper Attack
It’s video only by(what I guess is) a guest columnist/submitter(?).
No way I’m fucking listening to it.

[Rick_Kitchen]

I saw something where Alex Jones said George Soros was behind Dallas.

[Onomatopoeia]

@Rick_Kitchen

I saw something where Alex Jones said George Soros was behind Dallas.

Here ya go.

[TonySinclair]

@Onomatopoeia

Here ya go.

Fuck me. Poe’s Law. I would have bet my house that this was a bad joke.

[dropzone]

@Rick_Kitchen

I saw something where Alex Jones said George Soros was behind Dallas.

When I was selling website services Jones’ name and number came up. I made the call, got a voicemail tree (like he has a staff with different extensions!), nobody answered, and I quietly deleted the lead. Seemed the thing to do.

[running_coach]

@TonySinclair

Fuck me. Poe’s Law. I would have bet my house that this was a bad joke.

Just remember: Poe’s Law does not apply to Alex Jones.

[eschereal]

Because Alex Jones is a parody of himself?

[user_hostile]

@eschereal

Because Alex Jones is a parody of himself?

aka, “Jones Law”.

[ElvisL1ves]

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is running for running mate:

“I’ve heard from a number of Latino Americans, Muslim Americans, Native Americans, Jewish Americans, African Americans, all expressing concern about some of the things Donald Trump has said,” CNN’s Jake Tapper told the governor.

“I think he is trying to campaign as a racial healer,” Fallin said.

“I think that has been part of his message. If you watch what he’s said this week, he talks abut how devestating this was for Dallas, how we need to respect our law enforcement, how we need to pray for those who were killed and those who were injured. I think that is his intent, I trust him with his words and I think we all need to move towards being compassionate, understanding, healing, but also respecting our law enforcement.”

[davidm]

Lying about presidential candidates is nothing new for Republicans. Of course it’s usually Democrats they lie about…

[Batfish]

@ElvisL1ves

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is running for running mate:

Here’s some background on our beloved governor.