Pogo
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This one I will give a
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Trump, Gosar, and Greene Claim Biden Ordered FBI to Assassinate Trump During Mar A Lago Document Seizure
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Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Thanks for proving my point.
And who would file that defamation suit?
There is, however, a very grave danger in this day and age -- and that is that social media makes it much more likely than it ever was that whatever a representative says, it will be believed by those who see only the media that supports that representative, and therefore believed.No, as absurd as it is, we need to allow our representatives to speak their minds no matter what those minds may be.
I can remember when I was much younger, when there was no internet at all, what we had available were 2 or 3 newspapers, radio and television stations. With so little choice, we tended to jump around -- and were thus often presented with all sides, rather than just one.
Surely we're all aware that there are Americans that will never listen to CNN, and others who wouldn't touch FOX if their life depended on it. And, let's face it, only old fogies like me read newspapers these days.
A badly-informed electorate can't be a good thing for the health of a democracy, don't you agree?
That would have no effect on her.
But a big money judgement would
make her re-think such venom.
She is allowed to speak her mind.No, as absurd as it is, we need to allow our representatives to speak their minds no matter what those minds may be.
But defamation can have consequences.
That's not defamation under the law.
It's merely an insult.
And since we don't live in Germany,
the suit would fail.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Then I suggest that you drop the hypocrisy.
I would assume that drug testing would be applied to both if either. My answer to Trump's demand to take drug tests ("What are you hiding?" asks Trump if Biden objects) would be, "Sure, if you'll agree to take lie detector tests. I'll take one too. No, Donald? What are you hiding?"
Ouch!
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Any sane or rational person would realize that it would have to be done to both parties. But we are talking about Trump here.
MTG led off with a lame attack on her fake eyelashes. You know the response.
American citizen. That's the bit that rules me out, sadly for y'all...ahem...Breathing and more than 25 years old.
Yup the standard is pretty minimal, I dare say you might meet it.
Here at least, protections on speech are dependant on the forum under which the speech is made.No, as absurd as it is, we need to allow our representatives to speak their minds no matter what those minds may be.
So our pollies are protected while in parliament, but not outside it.
Agreed.
I was listening to a podcast the other day, and they said that in this election cycle more than in previous ones, discussion of policy positions is almost non-existent. Instead there are the overarching issues with the leaders (Biden's age/health, Trumps...well...everything...) and there are high level understandings of which 'team' people belong to on issues like immigration (in particular), but any actual examination of policy, or detailed discussion on track records is almost entirely absent.
It's nothing new for politics to be increasingly like this, of course, but it does seem (from here) to be exceptionally the case this time around. Perhaps the debate will help. Almost said that with a straight face.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
No I'm just picking it up for you.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Just be honest for once. You might be surprised. You might want like it.
When someone becomes a Maga, the problem
isn't honesty.....it's one's lost grasp on reality.
Yeah, I saw the congressional foofaraw on the news.
And the response from Crockett was quick, intelligent, and a gut punch that hurt Greene where she lives. I'm sure that she's very insecure about her appearance. She used to be a gym work-out junkie, so the references to a bad body were probably especially painful for her to hear.
Kimmel or Colbert recently showed this image of a Neanderthal couple on his late night show. The female looked like Greene. Then they dissolved this face into Greene's:
Nobody was defamed. Nobody was named. Crockett's comment was, "I’m just curious ... If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleach blonde bad built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?"
If it hasn't already happened, I'll bet that Crockett is salivating to hear Greene complain about that comment so that Crockett can ask Greene why she thought it was about her.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
"Unknown drug" LOLBut that isn't really the issue.
Several Congress critters have made an accusation that Biden's performance is the result of an unknown drug.
Fox Host skeptical of Joe Biden drug use claim: "We're not doctors"
During a speech on Friday, Donald Trump demanded Biden take a drug test ahead of this year's presidential debate.www.newsweek.com
If I said Jesus was a pedophile would you not investigate further before giving the claim credence.
Yup, that is where we are.
Now they're just making up drugs that don't exist. Good grief these people are pathetic.
SkepticThinker
Veteran Member
By embodying it??
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I may be guilty of "body shaming" myself since I posted that Neanderthal woman and MTG on this site in the past. The way that I figure it is if one tries to dish it out it is not inappropriate to give the same back. And one thing that the MAGA's will do is to try to attack others personally in any way that they can.