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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#106151: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:01:54 PM

[up][up]Trump, as he'd invade multiple counties, make bigger messes of them and make a bigger mess internally with his plan for internment camps.

[up]X5 Yeah I'm sure, nobody internationally is Trump levels of crazy, that man has called for internment camps like the US has in WW 2, we're not that crazy.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106152: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:04:37 PM

... Why in the name of all that God deems sacred does Trump not get arrested for hate speech and inciting ethnicity/religion-based discrimination (i.e. racism)?

edited 7th Dec '15 11:05:09 PM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#106153: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:05:52 PM

[up] First Amendment, I guess.

edited 7th Dec '15 11:06:53 PM by DrunkenNordmann

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MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106154: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:07:25 PM

He's advocating acts that are clearly in blatant violation of his own country's Constitution and/or Bill of Rights, all in the course of campaigning for the presidency. How is that protected by the First Amendment?

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#106155: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:10:17 PM

[up] x5

USA is special. I think there's a saying that goes... When the USA sneezes, the rest of the world gets the cold.

Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#106156: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:11:48 PM

@Logo P

- That's gonna be ironic if it's the case since he's got investments there. [lol]

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#106157: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:12:18 PM

Americans take free speech very seriously, unless you can for exact acts it doesn't count. So saying Mexicans should be rounded up into internment camps is allowed, it's only if you tell people to go out and round up Mexicans into camps that you'll get into trouble.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106158: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:16:45 PM

Well, excuse me for saying this, but that's plain stupid. At the very least it should serve as an automatic disqualification.

edited 7th Dec '15 11:17:19 PM by MarqFJA

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#106159: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:22:11 PM

Plus, and this goes without saying, Trump is stupid rich

edited 7th Dec '15 11:22:33 PM by Xopher001

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#106160: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:31:42 PM

[up][up][up] So if Trump became president and people start putting Muslims into concentration camps, would that mean they're "working towards the president"?

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#106161: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:47:05 PM

@probablyinsane: In general, Trump makes W. look like a friggin' genius and a paragon of virtue.

Then again, I'd argue that Bush is a bit underrated. I'd honestly take him over most of the candidates running today.

Leviticus 19:34
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#106163: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:53:19 PM

@ Trump and May: I hope that Trump not just allowed to visit the UK, but not allowed to trade here either (and that his business and personal assets here are confiscated).

Keep Rolling On
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#106164: Dec 7th 2015 at 11:55:37 PM

[up]X6 Hey I agree with you.

[up]X3 That's more an indication of how bad the current crop are, Bush was legitimately bad and I'd say isn't underrated, it's just that the current lot are terrible and are overrated.

edited 7th Dec '15 11:55:59 PM by Silasw

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probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#106165: Dec 8th 2015 at 12:05:54 AM

I agree that George Bush wasn't too bad.

But Invasion of Iraq was very big mistake. That's why I compared Prez Trump to it specifically.

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#106166: Dec 8th 2015 at 12:09:48 AM

The two aren't even remotely comparable. Trump is setting himself up to be the next Adolf Hitler, Bush was just a puppet to greedy contractors.

edited 8th Dec '15 12:10:02 AM by LeGarcon

Oh really when?
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
#106167: Dec 8th 2015 at 12:26:30 AM

Bush was just a puppet to greedy contractors
Really? Well, that's a new one. And here I once fancied the belief that it was Dick Cheney and/or Donald Ramsfield that were puppeteering him.

Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#106168: Dec 8th 2015 at 12:28:33 AM

Well they were. On the behalf of greedy contractors.

Oh really when?
MarqFJA The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer from Deserts of the Middle East (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#106170: Dec 8th 2015 at 12:39:41 AM

[up]

....Japan?

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A nice butterfly
#106171: Dec 8th 2015 at 6:38:52 AM

Me reading Trump news

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#106172: Dec 8th 2015 at 6:50:03 AM

This is a few pages back, but it's worth addressing the viewpoint that some of the Trump supporters hold:

"These are the folks who will tell you, "At least he says what he means.""

Yeah, and? He says some horrible things! Plus as has been shown, he flip-flops on a lot of issues anyway.

edited 8th Dec '15 6:50:53 AM by speedyboris

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Lost in Space
#106173: Dec 8th 2015 at 6:53:27 AM

I'm not presuming to agree with these people, only communicating their point of view. They view Washington as populated by sleazy, unprincipled lawyers who are for sale to the highest bidder. They have seen six years of gridlock and "socialism destroying our society" and want someone who won't "sell out" as soon as they get in office. They are intensely frustrated with politics and want someone who is blatantly not a politician.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#106174: Dec 8th 2015 at 6:56:46 AM

Isn't that true for everyone, though?

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Lost in Space
#106175: Dec 8th 2015 at 7:04:11 AM

Quite frankly, no. It strongly depends on one's political outlook and the degree to which one perceives oneself to have benefited from the system.

edited 8th Dec '15 7:04:29 AM by Fighteer

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