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"Woke" means "Puerile drivel that only a leftard cultist dipshit would believe".

Welcome to the club. I can't get folks on the left to define woman or female in any meaningful way to save their lives.

Trans people are accepted by the vast majority of conservatives. What's not accepted is: parents being excluded from conversations that other adults are having with their children about trans therapy biological men competing against women men dressing up in sexual outfits to read to children men going into little girls' changerooms None of those things are "accepted", nor should they be, and there's nothing immoral or unfair about the reasoning behind not accepting them.

No. Justifying a murder is calling for violence. Just like those that lamented that the Trump's shooter didn't do better were supporting more attempts. The CEO may not have been a good person in your view, but he wasn't a theocratic dictator that committed thousands and thousand of autrocities and sought extermination of people because of their religion.

Get a load of this... The Dems are all mad at Biden now because Kamala lost. The other day James Carville went off on a rant saying: "If Biden would have said that he wasn't going to run back in 2023 then the Dems could have had a proper primary, and there would be naming commissions deciding what streets, parks, etc to name after him". They're not mad that wars broke out all over the world. They're not mad that ten million plus illegals came across Biden's weak border and it's costing the US tens of billions of dollars. They're not mad that he screwed the economy and Americans spent the last 3 years facing economic hardship. They're mad because the Demis lost power. They literally screwed the country six ways from Sunday for the past 3 years and James Carville is only upset because the Dems lost power. It's almost treasonous when you really think about it. The suffering of American people doesn't matter at all to him, the massive failures of his country mean nothing to him, all the wars and the hate mongering mean nothing to him, the ONLY thing that matters to him is that after all that mismanagement, his buddies didn't get to stay in power. Was he the teleprompter guy? Is that why he's mad? Was he the one pulling Joe's strings, and then he was Kamala's teleprompter guy for the first 80 days of her campaign, and now he's no longer in control? After all, he's the only person that I've ever heard talking about "naming commissions" for worthless Joe Biden - the worst US president ever. No one else thinks Joe did a good job, except for him. Un-effing-believable. What a G-d loser Carville is.

In its original usage, woke simply meant being aware of societal injustice of any kind. The fascists see woke as anything that would improve the lives of ordinary people in society. They are especially triggered into an emotional frenzy by any topic pertaining to race and gender.

You should check out he fire arms that have been banned, there are plenty of bolt action HUNTING rifles, and lots of shot guns....You've already confirmed what we the readers already know you are not interested in this topic, your here to chirp about something that your not really sure on....you have every right to chirp , i would suggest you do a little research first, right now you sound like the typical lefty who hates guns...

As a matter of interest, what happens when something you do care about gets banned and other people say they don't care?

the loser leftists sit around navel gazing about the academic definition of "Woke" while MAGA is on the march to annihilating them with the Terrible Swift Sword let's roll

There is no single definition. people who are offended by everything including this example. views of minorities trying to supersede the majority’ political correctness changes to traditional society this thread itself. anyone who does not have any idea of what woke means is incurably woke, many more, to try and find all the definitions is itself a woke action.

Including a SCOTUS justice and she is one.

My quest to find the definition of the word "woke" may be in vain. even the people who use the word, have no idea what it means.

Yup. It also encompasses the twits who think they can warp gender...think the world has a climate crisis...insist tens of millions of refugees are worth having...that police need to be defunded or re-imagined...that it's rape when some social-light slut invites you into a woman's dressing room for a nice grope... In other words...stupid Tweenkies.

Which half, the top or bottom half? and a long wait in store.....

O' Canada was only adopted in 1980 by the Trudeau Liberals following in course with the Pearson Liberal's 1965 colours I no longer fly that Liberal Party of Canada flag I no longer sing the Liberal Party of Canada song I embrace the Post National State by asserting Identity Politics British North American Loyalists of Upper Canada only fly the Red Ensign only sing The Maple Leaf Forever f*ck Quebec and the Liberal horse it rode in on

That's all true but on the plus side he's one drunken post away from winning a set of 'woke steak knives".

Canadians and Americans certainly look at guns differently. The great majority of Canadians have no emotional attachment to guns, don't own and have no desire to own them. Gun ownership is a privilege like a driver's licence, not a right and it is generally thought that the only people needing them are hunters and farmers and neither of them need semi auto weapons or handguns. The idea of using them for self defence is foreign to them and indeed, if they are stored legally would be useless. No home invader is going to wait until you remove your gun from a safe and load it. Carrying one is out of the question, even our police officers aren't armed when they are off duty. Does our government use bans as a cynical wedge issue? Absolutely. The first ban and buy back was announced right after the Portapique massacre in spite of the fact the shooter's guns had been obtained illegally in the US from a seller who had bought them legally. The ban would have done nothing to stop that shooting. The newest ban was announced on the 35th anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique shooting even though that gun had been banned previously. Has the government been incompetent when it comes to the bans and buy back? You bet. As you point out, years have passed and millions spent without a single gun being bought back. After the Christchurch massacre, the New Zealand government announced a ban and buy back within weeks and completed it in six months. Do stiffer gun laws work? Yes, to a point but this government has gone overboard. Our gun laws were already a good compromise between ownership and public safety before the Portapique shootings. Do bans work? Depends. They have worked in Australia and New Zealand. In fact the Christchurch shooter was an Australian who decided to target New Zealand because the gun he used was readily available in NZ but banned in Australia. However, both of them are island nations which have far better control over what enters the country. They will be much less effective in a country that shares a 5000 mile undefended border with the gun happiest country on the planet, because these guns will always be available to those who really want them. Barring some sort of miracle, the Trudeau government will be gone by next fall and it will be interesting to see what happens to the bans and buy back with a new government.

Trimming the fat only gets you so far, but it's a start. Then we have to have real conversations about what is and what isn't needed.

Ya know what you own? A record of being consistently wrong. A record of making wild accusations about those who consistently prove you wrong. What you do not own, is any sort of morality, respect, truth or honour.

I own you.

Rittenhouse clearly acted in self defence. The first dude had done 10 years in prison for molesting two children, and was chasing him down, and lunged at him. Rittenhouse fired in self defence. When the mob began chasing him, he stumbled after a man threw a punch that grazed him. A tall black dude then attempted a flying kick, but did not follow through, as Rittenhouse had fired a warning shot in the air. At that point, a man rushed at him, and attempted to hit him on the heard with his skateboard. Rittenhouse shot him in the chest, and the man died instantly. Finally a man with a glock, tried to rush in and shoot Rittenhouse. He shot off the man's bicep, incapacitating him. It was marksmanship that would have made an infantry leader proud. He deserved to be acquitted.

"Survey of 154 scholars..." And that is all you need to know what a bunch of BS this thread is.

Alvin Bragg is behind this nonsense..not surprised

The Guardian is a extreme left political propaganda website. Plus, are those the same people that said Trump's policies would cause inflation when it didn't and the Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation when it was real and that there was a pee tape? You have a credibility problem.

Trump ranked as worst US president in history, with Biden 14th greatest

She looks like she's ready to model lingerie for him.

So this appears to be your style. Whenever you get what you ask for, you go to the ol' "Putin Puppet" routine. Yet, even a puppet knows you're dense.

I did. You have a response to your last comment there waiting for you too.

Nobody takes you seriously. Nobody believes you're on a quest, what people believe you're on is your 15th beer. This is what you become, you're just a joke for everyone to laugh at. So you get drunk you make stupid posts on the internet to amuse yourself because nobody else will talk to you.

In 2020, the top 1% of earners paid about 42.3% of all federal income taxes, while the bottom 50% paid only about 3.1% of the total. How much more would be the fair share? https://www.federalbudgetinpictures.com/do-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/

There is a very simple way to come up with the money. Tax billionaires and rich corporations, like 30 years ago. The continuous tax breaks for the ultra rich and big corporations has been ongoing for decades, and has only accelerated under the former Trump Administration. Why cut health care, social security, or pensions?

So a survey of the wok elite only. While that goes to show how far out of touch the democrats are

I think that there are a lot of people in the US, like the Sacklers, who have a lot of blood on their hands, who took notice of this. The Sacklers got their loot, and they're in the clear now, but the next Sackler wannabe is probably gonna think twice.

In what universe is that true? What makes them an unethical weapon? You have lost your damn mind but go ahead explain how crossbows are somehow morally corrupt Did you mistake this for 1096 and think you were pope Urban or something?

I agree that was f'd up, because the leftists call everyone Nazis. If actual Nazis were punched in the face as a result of that, I wouldn't give a shit. The biggest problem I have with that is that leftists are pretty close to being Nazis themselves. If they were being honest, and punching fascists in the face, the DNC would look like fight club. "There, but for the grace of God, go I." Honestly, if you had health insurance, and your wife or kid was denied a legitimate claim and ended up dying as a result, wouldn't you think of doing exactly what he just did? Maybe you wouldn't, but put 10 people in that spot, does 1 do it? Put 100 people in that spot, does 1 do it? Put 1,000 people in that spot, does 1 do it? It's simply a numbers game: screw enough people over, probably die. Accountability is simply not coming for some people. The Sackler family are still millions of dollars ahead after all the people they killed. We're kidding ourselves if we think that the Sacklers and Thompsons of the world can walk the streets in relative safety, and I wouldn't waste a dollar protecting them. They made enough money from the suffering of others, they should pay for their own protection.

Sort of, but it's not what you think. Calling for violence is justifying the future use of violence, and saying that what happened is ok is 'justifying the past use of violence', which is in turn justifying the future use of violence. Get it? By justifying the murder of this CEO you're justifying the murder of the next CEO. The only way that you were technically correct is that in the second instance you just said "viewing" a violent act as justice, which implies thinking it but not saying it out loud in any way, shape or form.

Sadly many progressives are extreme racists who apply the law based on the color of one's skin. The Democrat party has never moved away from their racism of taking slaves and Jim Crowe but these days they just switch the skin color. A very vile party

In case anyone is interested in a little truth... 25% of all job gains in the US in 2023, we're government jobs. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-administration-job-growth-numbers-175321823.html I think there's room to trim the fat.

Presidential powers have been expanding beyond the consitution for 240 years. The "Conservatives" are adhering so closely to having the government do less that they seem willing to permanently hand the power of the purse over to one person. Trump has been setting the stage for fight over radically expanded impoundment powers. So that laws and funding Congress pass would basically be optional by the president and he could use that money for other purposes. It's tough to imagine that even republicans in Congress would go along with their institutions core powers being stripped away.

Bashar Assad murderous regime collapsed this morning. Syrian rebels entered Damascus and Assad fled likely to Russia, People in Stria are celebrating some entering Assad's' palace. Hopefully this is the beginning of fall and death of all dictators in Middle East.

Well armies aren't armed citizens shooting people in the back. I don't want to start parsing where murder becomes war, becomes self defense.

I didn't insult you personally, I just pointed out that some people will only have comment on this in them a context familiar to them. For you, it's Syrian refugees to Canada. The relevance of that topic seems low to me. Don't be offended. If you want to start a thread on Syrian refugees, go ahead. I might comment I might not. I'm sorry you're offended. You shouldn't look for my approval on anything. Just be yourself. Have a great day

Sure kid. Just to be clear the opinions I'm drunk losers on the internet is of supreme importance to me so I care deeply What a sad little person you are

So true. If you have a god in your life you things like the crusades, the inquisition, the troubles, 9/11, etc. all become moral. Like magic. He works in mysterious ways.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Instant_Criminal_Background_Check_System https://www.thetrace.org/2015/07/gun-background-check-nics-guide/

Same type of people: OMG Rittenhouse is a vigilante murderer who should be behind bars! Also Hell yeah, this United Healthcare CEO deserved to die and be murdered on the street!

Good. The British will be able make jokes about American's teeth in a few years.

Not what he was talking about.

I have seen tech guys like him before, and it has never worked out well. While he does have a point that there's a lot of fat in large organizations, mass firings means you end up with people who can't get a job elsewhere, or self-hating human pigeons.... The "chained to the desK' life is a dead end and it takes exactly 1 negative career event for people to learn that. I learned mine, and my career is now going great without me killing myself... The best was firing people that he had to hire right back. ( I worked for a company that did that in the 80s. )

Interestingly enough, I agree with @Michael Hardner. Celebrating the assassination of this guy is sick. His job was to make profit for the shareholders. Apparently he was quite good at his job. My job is to design new financial IT systems. Should someone lose money on their investments while using a system I designed, should I be shot? The problem is not, and never will be the heads of health insurance companies. The problem is the health insurance industry as a whole and the lack of government oversight/involvement in said industry. Should US healthcare be nationalized? There are good arguments both for and against this. Its a question we are not gonna solve here. But to celebrate this murder is...distasteful...to say the least.