Haven't seen anything from one of the OG mods in a while
Sometimes, seeing comments and posts and how many people comply with, and even push for, authoritarian policies, I wonder if the general public would even appreciate being saved. Unfortunately I'm stuck in this boat with them. I guess the founding fathers must have felt similar at times. . .
How do you guys find local stores and businesses that aren't run by communists and don't require masks? I don't wear one anyway, but I'd rather support a based business
"It is a battle between two opposing systems: freedom and slavery, Christ and anti-Christ. The struggle is more momentous than a decade ago, yet today the conventional wisdom says, “You must learn to live with Communism and to give up your ideas about national sovereignty.” Tell that to the millions—yes, the scores of millions—who have met death or imprisonment under the tyranny of Communism! Such would be the death knell of freedom and all we hold dear." -Ezra Taft Benson
No more reason to play silly games. Reject all their pathetic attempts to subjugate us. They have lost. The only power they have is what we give to them.
Or does he have to still play nice with unhinged losers for now?
Wondering if I can get some help debunking this load of propaganda. Specifically the bullet points. I know most of the latter ones, but not as certain on older things
MY BALLOT IS CAST!
Before you vote in the upcoming election, please keep this in mind: Donald Trump poses a direct threat to me and others like me. Let me make this personal for you – as a gay, Hispanic-American man, I am afraid of what four more years of a Trump administration would mean for me and my future. The president has actively advocated, propagated, and blatantly supported racism and homophobia. This is not some distant harm with an unknown face. A Trump presidency affects the people you love – it affects me. As you complete your ballot, please keep me, your LGBTQ+ friends and family, and your BIPOC friends and family in mind. We have been hurting.
This is not paranoia, nor something that I am “reading into.” Let Donald Trump’s words and actions speak for themselves. The man is a racist and a homophobe. And let’s not forget that the Republican Party Platform literally calls for the reversal of marriage equality (https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/docs/Resolution_Platform_2020.pdf). Whatever interest leads you to vote for Donald Trump, whether it be economic, religious, or otherwise, his racism and homophobia cannot be overlooked.
1973: The Nixon administration sued Trump for refusing to rent to black people.
1980s: Trump's casinos were accused of hiding the black staff when Trump visited.
1989: Trump took out a full-page ad, arguing for the death penalty for a group of black men (The 'Central Park Five'), effectively putting a bounty on their heads, and plaguing them with a lifetime of death threats. He was sued by the Justice Department for discrimination.
1991: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kinds of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day… I think that the [black] guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault, because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is.”
1992: Trump's casino was fined $200,000 for transferring black dealers off certain tables to appease racist patrons.
1993: Trump said Native American casinos shouldn’t be allowed because “they don’t look like Indians to me.”
2000: Trump ran a series of attack ads against Native American casinos alleging (with no proof) that they were guilty of crimes.
2004: Trump fired a black contestant from 'The Apprentice' for being over-educated.
2010: Trump argued in favor of segregating Muslims in Lower Manhattan.
2011: Birtherism. Trump alleged that Obama was Kenyan based on nothing but skin color. He never apologized nor renounced that claim.
2015 (1): Trump called Mexican immigrants "rapists" who are "bringing crime and drugs" to the U.S.
2015 (2): Trump called for "a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S."
2016 (1): Trump called for a Mexican judge to recuse himself based on nothing other than his race. Paul Ryan said this was “the textbook definition of a racist comment.”
2016 (2): Trump regularly retweeted material from white supremacists and neo-Nazis during his campaign.
2016 (3): Trump tweeted a picture alleging that Hillary was Jewish or controlled by Jewish people.
2016 (4): The Trump campaign adopted Nixon's "Law and Order" rhetoric which was based in racial fearmongering.
2017 (1): Trump asked a reporter to set up a meeting with the black caucus simply because she was black.
2017 (2): "...some very fine people on both sides" said Trump of a violent Nazi rally.
2017 (3): Trump said people from Haiti "all have AIDS" and people from Nigeria would never “go back to their huts” after seeing America.
2018 (1): Trump called Haiti and African countries shitholes.
2018 (2): Trump referenced the trail of tears to mock Elizabeth Warren.
2019: Trump tweeted that four black and brown congresswomen should go back where they came from. Then attacked Elijah Cummings. Then Baltimore. Then Al Sharpton.
2020: Trump called black protesters "THUGS" just days after calling white protesters "very good people." Then he threatened to direct the military to shoot the black protestors in the street.”
