Michael Hardner

Reply to your comment you mean? That's a strange thing for you to say since I LIKED the comment. It made sense to me and so I had nothing to add.

That somewhat makes sense. And I'm asking the following question with the admission that I have not been following the story: does it make sense given the reports of non-criminals, citizens being deported? Now we're in the realm of the political, I realize. So, even if he's only deporting criminals, there is at least a level of perception that people are being snatched off the street.

Bonkers.

My question was for CF but your reply is interesting to me. Amnesty ? It's hard to see how he could navigate that politically. I also don't see how it could be made to work. I think there was some discussion about so-called 'dreamers' who were brought to America as children but Republicans were cool to the idea of naturalizing them. If the goal is to get rid of 'gangs' then it's definitely clearer, you would have to just be clear on the message and have control over execution. But I agree, it would be a bad idea just based on the political and practical challenges there. I'm asking honestly because it's a pretty unexpected statement, is all.

What DOES it mean though? What's he trying to signal here? What do you think? Honest question.

This applies to pretty much 90% of all people at this point. Unity is gone, tribalism rules, and objective knowledge is dead.

I'm guessing that they're not spies anymore? 😂 At one point during the dinner, Trump noted of an unnamed country that the attendee said was clearly China, “almost every student that comes over to this country is a spy I kid, but reporting on this story now requires that you subscribe to Trade Podcasts, think tanks etc. The misinformation is pervasive on both sides.

Canada is also "native" foundationally. But... WHO is surprised by American patriotism? It's not really something that happens to a significant degree IMO ie. People being surprised by an aspect of culture that's pervasive The cultural lens always blots out blind spots though, and generally I agree that THAT is a thing

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You can stretch definitions enough to try anyone for anything. Biden created a national emergency intentionally as many will tell you. So why not imprison or even execute him ? Based purely on the rhetoric I see here, I don't understand why more people aren't calling for the Democrats to be banned. Then again, it would be impossible to blame them for the worsening state of things so maybe better to keep them.

I'm thankful for a status quo that resists manufactured emergencies.

They did have different bodies.

Indeed, this is the logic of the xenophobe. I don't like how you look, dress, speak: it's an affront to my rights.

WestCanMan laughing at murder.. 😔

The coverage of this act of terrorism was fairly muted in Canada, as reported by Canadaland. The Bostom Marathon bombing received more newspaper coverage, in comparison, according to Jesse Brown. This is in spite of the fact that the latter bombing happened in another country and had a smaller impact upon reporting time (fewer killed at the scene) When horrible acts occur, people more and more go to defense of those they agree with politically, and excuse based on factors such as mental health, duress etc.