Ask yourself what happened after 9/11 policy wise?
It was a convenient excuse for us to become even more agressive in the ME and the so-called "Patriot Act" was passed which allowed the government to violate many of our rights and spy on us. That is, actual American citizens.... being spied on.... by our own damn government! In America, ffs!
The government had motive and it had the means to do this and the means to cover it up. It is not that far fetched at all.
Originally posted by Smasandiantbf, there are loony leftist bronie aids skrillex types that bandwagon on actual meaningful protests or rallies because they couldn’t get into college.
Robtard, I know....it's just dumb.....they get way more traction if they are reasonable and people would still support them.I do not believe there is any suspects in regards to these church burnings.
I thought the burnings would be from indigenous people because they would be most angry regarding the residential schools and the extreme mistreatment of the children there.
Just saying.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Such a shitty comparison. Though I don't expect much better from you.First of all, I was no fan of Bush I can assure you.... so feel free to take a dump all over him all your little heart desires lol.
Secondly, Bush supposedly didn't know it was hapoening until, you know, he was actually told about it happening.
Anyway, I think Bush probably had something to so with 9/11 or at least made it easier for the terrorists to attack the WTC. Also, those planes did NOT bring down those buidings despite what the "experts" told us.
It was probably an inside job by our government, imo, with controlled demolition charges. The planes crashing into the buildings was just an all-too convenient cover for what they did. Certain that the government played some part in Oklahoma City bombing as well but that is off topic.
With Israeli involvement, judging by those dancing Israeli's recorded on site just after they fell.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnaeI thought we were talking about Canada…
Ask yourself what happened after 9/11 policy wise?It was a convenient excuse for us to become even more agressive in the ME and the so-called "Patriot Act" was passed which allowed the government to violate many of our rights and spy on us. That is, actual American citizens.... being spied on.... by our own damn government! In America, ffs!
The government had motive and it had the means to do this and the means to cover it up. It is not that far fetched at all.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Huh? I never heard that. I heard that people of Palestinian origin were the ones dancing on rooftops.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/2020/story%3fid=123885&page=1
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Originally posted by cdtm
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/2020/story%3fid=123885&page=1[
Well seeing as how that is the left-leaning ABC news I skimmed thru that story with a grain of salt.
Originally posted by Smasandian
Robtard, I know....it's just dumb.....they get way more traction if they are reasonable and people would still support them.I do not believe there is any suspects in regards to these church burnings.
I thought the burnings would be from indigenous people because they would be most angry regarding the residential schools and the extreme mistreatment of the children there.
Not sure that's true, at least not anymore. I believe they make those asinine comments because they're catering to their base; it's what the base wants to hear and be outraged over.
eg Look at Critical Race Theory, that's the new Rightist bogeyman and most don't know what it actually is and is used for (largely Law students), but they're outraged over CRT because Tucker Carlson and other jabbers told them they should be. When getting mad at CRT becomes stale, they'll be a new manufactured big-scary.
Sure, that's the most likely suspects, considering the timing. But who knows until the arsonist(s) is caught.
Originally posted by Robtard
Not sure that's true, at least not anymore. I believe they make those asinine comments because they're catering to their base; it's what the base wants to hear and be outraged over.eg Look at [b]Critical Race Theory
, that's the new Rightist bogeyman and most don't know what it actually is and is used for (largely Law students), but they're outraged over CRT because Tucker Carlson and other jabbers told them they should be. When getting mad at CRT becomes stale, they'll be a new manufactured big-scary.Sure, that's the most likely suspects, considering the timing. But who knows until the arsonist(s) is caught. [/B]
That is true...nobody knows until somebody is caught.
I find it funny reading comments on Reddit and etc about residential school.
Well everybody is anonymous but you can see the non-Canadians commenting about it.
They basically go "oh, im ****ing outrage....the government must pay for taking these native children from their homes"......when the word native hasn't been used in very long time...and not what people want to be called.
Oh, the whole fact they consider indigenous people of Canada to be one group with the same ideals...when it's not at all..
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Making excuses for Trudeau's lack of leadership abilities.. . why am I not surprised?He should've had a stronger response than just "that is not the way to do things".
....as I pointed out in the link I posted earlier. Without knowing the identities of the arsonists, what else is he supposed to do?
Originally posted by Robtard
Not sure that's true, at least not anymore. I believe they make those asinine comments because they're catering to their base; it's what the base wants to hear and be outraged over.eg Look at [b]Critical Race Theory
, that's the new Rightist bogeyman and most don't know what it actually is and is used for (largely Law students), but they're outraged over CRT because Tucker Carlson and other jabbers told them they should be. When getting mad at CRT becomes stale, they'll be a new manufactured big-scary.Sure, that's the most likely suspects, considering the timing. But who knows until the arsonist(s) is caught. [/B]
The Republican base are just rubes:
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
As Biden's presidency got underway, one of the first major legislative challenges was passing a massive COVID relief package. It was the principal focus for Democratic officials for weeks.The expectation was that Republicans would attack it aggressively, just as they targeted Obama's Recovery Act 12 years earlier. But instead, GOP leaders on Capitol Hill focused their attention on Dr. Seuss. And Potato Head dolls. And a disclaimer Disney added to some episodes of "The Muppet Show."
It was an early reminder of the Republican Party's post-policy intentions: Democrats could focus on governing pesky details surrounding the pandemic and the economy, but GOP officials on Capitol Hill saw value in the politics of cultural grievances.
Politico reported yesterday:
"The head of Congress' largest conservative caucus is encouraging Republicans to embrace anti-critical race theory rhetoric, as the GOP looks to lean into the nation's culture wars ahead of the looming battle for the House. In a memo sent to members of the Republican Study Committee, its chair Republican Representative Jim Banks of Indiana said the 'backlash against Critical Race Theory is real.'"
The Republican Study Committee's unsubtle memo was quite literally titled, "Lean into the culture war." The document added, "We are in a culture war ... we are winning."
For now, let's put aside the fact that many of these Republicans appear wholly indifferent to what critical race theory even is. Let's also put aside the familiarity of the GOP coming up with some vague and nonsensical boogeyman—Sharia law, 9/11 Mosque, Common Core, Jade Helm, death panels—intended to fuel conservative media and keep conservative voters angry, afraid, and engaged.
What strikes me especially significant about the Republican Study Committee's advice to members is the party's wholesale hostility toward governing.
It's worth pausing to appreciate the qualitative differences between old culture-war fights and new ones. The GOP's traditional culture war focused on issues that had at least some policy relevance—which is to say, they dealt with issues that Congress could at least try to affect.
Vote for Republicans and they'll pass a a ban abortion. Vote for Republicans and they'll create new laws to prevent marriage equality. Vote for Republicans and they'll pass bans on pornography. Vote for Republicans and they'll mandate English as the official language. And so on.
Obviously, these were—and in some cases, are—highly-contentious cultural and political fights, but there was at least a correlation between the issues and those hoping to make federal policy changes.
This new approach to the culture war is different in that Congress couldn't ban the study of race, power, and institutions even if it wanted to. Similarly, Republicans couldn't spearhead a legislative initiative to force Dr. Seuss Enterprises to publish old books with racist pictures or regulate the gender identity of Potato Head toys.
None of this falls within the purview of Congress. None of these issues can even be conceptually addressed through federal legislation. Republicans are increasingly fixated on cultural grievances with no possible solutions in mind.
So why does the Republican Study Committee expect members to "lean into the culture war"? Because the party believes voters share these post-policy instincts.
We no longer hear Republicans saying, "Vote for us and we'll do something about the stuff you hate," rather, "Vote for us because we hate the same stuff you hate."