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  1. Tomef

    Duelling proselytizers

    Could be pretty funny. 'No, Jesus doesn't have a spaceship' 'Yes he does, but he didn't return last century' 'he never went to America!' Actually more depressing that funny.
  2. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    Not really. A similar comparison would be something like 'Harris says drug companies are evil, sub-human scum' or something of that sort.
  3. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    What context are you referring to? Trump has made such comments numerous times in reference to immigrants in general, without any kind of qualifying context. In which context do you think he was referring to unvetted immigrants rather than all immigrants? In that context, if it exists, in what...
  4. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    'Percieved' as in the same words - murderers, rapists, not human, sub-human, 'poisoning the blood' of the country, an invasion, bad hombres and so on. The language is the same, the words used by Trump are the same as those used by anti-immigrant opportunists in the 19th C and earlier. Your...
  5. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    He has used a lot of similar terms, e.g. referring to immigrants as animals, accusing them on mass as being mostly rapists (without any apparent sense of irony) and murderers, drug dealers, etc., coming from '****hole' countries, speaking of an 'invasion' that is 'poisoning' the country. Very...
  6. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    Insofar as the language used is similar. Evidence based. It can be observed that Trump (and others) use the same sort of language to describe immigrants today. Things that can be observed are not the same as prejudice - prejudice means pre judging, judging before, whereas judging based on...
  7. Tomef

    A reliable conservative

    That's right, him rather than the musician.
  8. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    Yes, that reflects my view of Trump. The kind of language used is similar - Trump has frequently used the same kind of inflammatory language to describe immigrants today. My question is whether or not anyone considers the current situation to be different in some sense. 'some other part' =...
  9. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    Yes. The question is, in what way, if any, is this different from the rhetoric pushed by Trump (etc) today.
  10. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    I don’t get what you mean. Trump is a person - also a ‘character’ in the sense of a person who is outlandish / untrustworthy. I don’t think you can characterise some whole nation like that, every place has its share of characters, though. The point is, if it isn’t clear, that the same kinds...
  11. Tomef

    A reliable conservative

    The WSJ is only conservative in a more traditional sense, i.e. it doesn’t represent the far-out strangeness of the current conservative movement in the US. I think on most counts it’s more centrist that either right or left leaning.
  12. Tomef

    A reliable conservative

    No, this guy: https://www.congress.gov/member/joe-walsh/W000811
  13. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    What's your point, in regard to this thread?
  14. Tomef

    Debate About a Plan to Eliminate Private Vehicles

    I need a car where I live, although I don't use it much any more, hardly at all. Mostly I walk to the shops and buy no more than I can carry, or cycle. If I move back to living in a city, I'd prefer to rent a car when I need one. Some cities are well adapted to getting around on foot, by bike...
  15. Tomef

    Anti-immigrant rhetoric

    What do people think about the ideas expressed here, by leading anti-immigration politicians (directed mainly at Italian and Irish immigrants)? In what way do the ideas expressed here differ from the current rhetoric of characters like Trump? Excerpt from "Foreign Conspiracy Against the...
  16. Tomef

    A reliable conservative

    I'd never taken much of an interest in US politics until that bizarre Trump character appeared on the scene. Since then, I've tried, mostly in vain, to find a useful conservative news source, stateside. I think we're fortunate in Europe in that you can generally find good publications from...
  17. Tomef

    Stupid Thread Ideas

    If you miss a payment on a cybertruck, is it still a totally **** car?
  18. Tomef

    Is technology dumbing people down.

    I think it's more just that the waves are moving faster. Back when you had to go to the library, it took longer to get the info you needed, and especially to cross reference anything, but the same principle applied; you had to study, understand, produce a coherent result. The difference now is...
  19. Tomef

    Trump Threatens Mark Zuckerburg with Life in Prison

    And the cult marches on, growing more demented by the minute.
  20. Tomef

    Trump Threatens Mark Zuckerburg with Life in Prison

    All his books have been ghostwritten.
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