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Eh, the court will determine his legal liability, but I think that as humans who watched him stoke that fire for weeks, then command a crowd to go down to the capitol with him right now and "stop the steal" or they wouldn't have a country anymore it's perfectly reasonable to assign some blame.

Carlson is a lightweight hacky liar. He's Alex Jones with hair for TV. That's not scary. What's scary is that people who are goddamn stupid enough to pay for someone to lie to them are also people who are allowed to vote.

Finally, you can enter Tucker Carlson. And it'll only cost your $6. Not bad. I mean, he used to fark with you for free on FOX, but that was before he admitted to lying to you for several years, cost the company $800 million and got fired. Now, anyone who goes back is paying for him to lie to them. Funny. ?

They weren't. It's been pointed out many, many times, but won't stop WCM from lying about it. (He's stubborn and shameless--apparently with a LOT of free time on his hands. Which is like the perfect profile for a message board troll.) In Chauvin's guilty plea on the civil rights case he literally admitted that he wasn't following procedure. "Defendant Chauvin admitted that Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) policy and training requires officers to stop using force when a subject is not resisting and to move an arrestee from the prone position into a side recovery or seated position because the prone position may make it more difficult to breathe. Defendant Chauvin admitted that his willful use of unreasonable force resulted in Mr. Floyd’s bodily injury and death because his actions impaired Mr. Floyd’s ability to obtain and maintain sufficient oxygen to sustain Mr. Floyd’s life. "

Well, you spam posted 10 of your nonsensical repeated grievances but, for once, COVID wasn't one of them. Almost feels like progress. Tip your therapist.

What would you have proposed? There was no all-out conflict. Ukraine was under the control of a pro-Russian leader who literally invited Russia to use force in Crimea. He invited Putin's army in. Are you going to send weapons to that version of Ukraine ? The EU wasn't doing anything. Do you think Obama should have gone to the mat solo for a country that wasn't fighting for itself? I think it's clear that the difference between the Crimean invasion and the current conflict is that Ukraine was free of the Putin puppet and had new leadership and the will to stand up for itself. At that point it becomes appropriate to help them do that. Hindsight is 20/20, and if everyone had known in advance how the politics would play out maybe they would have done things differently. But without a ground war, I don't think there's much you can do to help a country that isn't trying to help itself.

I believe what you mean to say is "F*ck the constitution and democracy. Bring on the "benevolent" dictator." Once again turning David Frum into a prophet: "If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy.”

And there were go. Full and blatant contradiction of multiple medical examiners, who explicitly say otherwise. Between your armchair omnipotence and your buddy, the mall cop, it's a wonder we even need trained professionals anymore.

It's well known that Lincoln was severely allergic to lead. So Boothe didn't really murder him, right?

Do you truly not understand the difference between undesirable content existing somewhere in a platform and your ads being placed directly alongside that content? And don't be silly. Musk would be an a-hole even if Trump had never existed. Whatever Zuckerberg may be in private, he's decidedly more composed and careful in public. It's almost as if he understands the responsibility that comes with power.

Feelings are your department. I prefer logic.

I am a marketing leader at one at one of the headlining companies that pulled out. As soon as our brand showed up next to toxic content, there was no hesitation. There was a quick flurry of Slack conversation and we pulled the plug. We were promised a firewall from the garbage on the platform. Musk didn't deliver. End of story. If Tik Tok did the same, we'd be out. That's not who we are as a company and we don't want to be associated with toxic people and their toxic speech. There's no social posturing about it. Companies like Disney might have dark spots in their history, but it seems very much like you have a problem with the company today--entirely different people, from to to bottom--trying to do the right thing. As if it's better to not evolve and improve. Deplorables are the racists, sexists, homophobes and xenophobes that spew hate and spite into our public conversation. And of course that includes anti-semitic speech. I live and work in NY. There's direct, and then there's a-hole. Musk is the latter. While there might be considerable overlap, direct is telling your waiter that the food was terrible. A-hole is telling your 20+ million followers that one of the Thai soccer team rescuers is a pedophile--all because the guy criticized the submarine plan. A-hole is doing the same damn thing later to Yoel Roth after he quit Twitter, resulting in harassment and death threats. The guy is another man-child bully with an enormous, fragile ego.

I'm glad that you're so invested in the idea that he was not choked. Now, it would be nice if you were equally invested in the fact that the primary cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest as a result of Chauvin's relentless restraint. It really doesn't matter what problems or history Floyd had. Bang on about them all you like. Doesn't change the fact that Chauvin killed him. That's in the medical report. It's a matter of record in court. It's held up on appeal. And Chauvin is still rotting in prison, where he belongs.

WTF? Musk is an incredibly public figure. He's broadcasting constantly. If you aren't capable of formulating an opinion of his character based on his constant commentary, then that's yet another of your deficiencies. He's high IQ with zero EQ. He's an entitled, ego-maniacal man-child. And yes, a straight up a-hole. The list of incredibly shitty things he's said and done publicly is very long.

Nah. You choose your "facts" based on your political position. That's why you urge us to believe the medical examiners out of one side of your mouth and then disregard their conclusion out of the other.

Putin was invading a sovereign nation, not planning a weekend getaway. It's not like he can say "Oh, no, Trump lost the election, better move up our invasion by a month." Trump is on record saying he doesn't care who wins, as long as the war in Ukraine ends quickly. And it's not difficult to understand what that would mean in terms of support for Ukraine. If there's anything that makes us look weak, disorganized and adrift as a nation is the insurrection and attempted coup. There are nuances to the Crimes situation. Clearly, Ukraine wasn't in a position to effectively fight that war yet. Sanctions were the appropriate response.

A. If you don't communicate why you're ending a relationship, no one benefits from that ending. And frankly that kind of transparency is something that public companies owe the public. Aside from that, companies with values, like people with values, have the platform and power to make the world a better place. They should speak out. It's good for society and usually good for brand and business--unless your customer base is full of degenerates. B. It's nonsense to require historical perfection from people or businesses in order for them to do the right thing--for society and for their business. Public companies have a responsibility to their shareholders. C. Musk is an a-hole, but he's been an a-hole for a long time. The recent spate of advertiser pullouts has nothing to do with that, and everything to do with content. Musk let the deplorables on the platform and advertisers weren't happy, but he promised their ads wouldn't be associated with that content so they stuck with it. He obviously lied--or failed--so when their brands appeared alongside toxic content they pulled out. Simple cause and effect.

Your economic fantasies are one thing, but you people blaming Biden for the Putin's invasion of Ukraine are just insane. Trump's lips were conspicuously chapped from kissing Putin's ass. But you seem to think Putin somehow wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if his biggest fan were still in office? That's just nonsense. Trump losing the election (the election that Putin was trying to help him win again) was a major setback for Putin, because Trump would have simply let him take Ukraine. No support, no international rally.

?Coming from the guy who only believes the medical examiners when their findings are politically convenient...

This is a very, very bizarre interpretation of this scenario. Bullying? Lol. Musk is not entitled to their money. What he sells them at X is advertising space alongside content on the platform. No respectable business wants to have their brand affiliated with content that does not align with their brand values. If Musk's policies or processes regarding content make the ad space undesirable for brand affiliation then companies won't pay for it. Nor should anyone expect them to. And there is nothing "woke" about basic human decency. I can't yell you, the outrage is organic. The employees at those companies take pride in their corporate values and have zero interest in being affiliated with Musk's sinking shithole.

The Clintons also don't take a salary or other financial benefits from the foundation. They've put in tens of millions of their own money though. Haters gonna hate. And then make up lies.

Only in your twisted little mind is it somehow better that Chauvin decided to kneel on the neck of a man who was already having trouble breathing. I know you're not very bright, but one doesn't have to be very bright to understand that if someone is having trouble breathing, kneeling on their neck isn't a great idea. And kneeling on their neck until they die is murder.

Silly man, why would you ever listen to the medical examiners when there are randos on YouTube? YouTube is amazing. You can just look up the answer you want to hear and some random person will say it back to you.

Tell me, which of their policy positions were not aligned with the last Republican party platform. Which of Pence's positions were not "Republican"? I'll wait. Probably forever. Because I think you don't have any clue in the slightest what the platform is or what the policy positions were of the named individuals. All you know about them is that they thought Trump had behaved badly. The only thing Pence did to offend was to do his constitutional duty when Trump pressured him to break the law. Other than that one (critical) moment of courage, he was a boot-licking enabler of Trump's epic misbehavior. Republicanism should not--cannot--be defined by allegiance to one person. At that point it ceases to be a party and becomes a cult. There's a difference between being a person with beliefs and principles, and a googly-eyed fanboy. You, sir, are the latter.

You like hypotheticals? What if you were honest every now and then? Chauvin wasn't doing what he was trained to do or following protocols. He wasn't even acting according to basic human decency. That's why Floyd is dead and why there were riots and protests in the first place. Medical examiners are pretty good at their job. Several of them independently identified that Floyd's death as a homicide due to his restraint. The problem is that YOU don't believe the MEs because it's inconvenient to your argument. "My opinion remains unchanged," Baker said as his testimony concluded. "It's what I put on the death certificate last June. That's cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression." "That was my top line then," he added. "It would stay my top line now." Under cross-examination, Baker agreed with Nelson's statement that Floyd's heart disease, narrowed arteries and drug use "played a role" in Floyd's death, but he testified that those things did not directly cause him to die. "Mr. Floyd's use of fentanyl did not cause the subdual or neck restraint," Baker said. "His heart disease did not cause the subdual or the neck restraint."