Recent content by rodoheel

lol come on man.

I know these things don't happen overnight. Where we differ is that you seem to treat it as a foregone conclusion that all of these terrible things will happen. That what we are seeing now are inevitable steps on the road to a full-blown military dictatorship. I am not disputing the possibility...

Aren’t you making my point for me? Bored national guardsmen standing around spreading mulch and picking up trash is a far cry from “hostile military occupation.”

I'm not convinced the military could effectively take over more than one of NYC, Chicago, or LA at once. Not to mention having to also "take over" 30-50 other medium to large metro areas. And that is even assuming you could actually convince most of the military to engage in what would...

I would not describe my feelings as "optimism." I don't doubt that some people in Trump's admin would be willing to go for it. I don't think that includes Trump himself (though he is stupid enough to possibly be manipulated into it without really intending it). But I don't think people truly...

You and I have had this discussion before, but the comparison to the Nazis in the 1930s still doesn't stick for me. Trump and his admin are using the language of the Nazis and the propaganda strategies of the Nazis; they are undoubtedly doing many things to move us towards a fascist government...

While I agree with you about the seriousness of the Trump admin attempts to shape elections and in particular about there being no depths to Stephen Miller's depravity, I don't agree with you about the prospect of large American cities being "fully militarized." I don't think most people grasp...

Ah yes, the very Trumpian logic that its perfectly fine to make up cartoonish stereotypes about millions of liberals people at once, but say it about one conservative and somehow it is deeply offensive. So, like, you would be perfectly fine with me saying "MAGA Trumpers are all selfish assholes...

I think it's definitely true that most people are happier when they have fulfilling relationships with close companions. I'm not sure it necessarily follows that being in a heterosexual marriage, or just a marriage generally, is the best or only way to get that kind of fulfillment.

This is an exact quote from you on this very thread: "The left wants women living alone in apartments, drinking wine and cursing Trump as they binge watch Rachel Maddow." The fact that you would lecture anyone else about making assumptions about other people/posters is laughable. I actually...

Maybe I'm being to generous to the OP, but I thought what he was saying deserved scrutiny was the rapidity with which this insignificant carjacking attempt was turned into a major national news story and justification for putting the military in the streets of DC. I agree that I'm not aware of...

No disagreement with that last point. But at least to me I think there's a distinction between trying to spin current events to sway hearts and minds and trying to seize on pretexts for authoritarian actions. Whatever distinction you want to draw based on DC's federal status I find it hard to...

You don't care about the Elon grandstanding over it even though what he demanded in that tweet is what the literal President subsequently did? I would contend that you should care way more about the attempt to politicize the event to justify federalizing and deploying the NG in DC than you...

I'm not finesse but didn't read it as him saying the assault didn't happen. I think the larger point is that it is not a story worthy of national attention; certainly not worthy of being cited repeatedly by the President as justification for deploying the National Guard in DC.

Using this as an excuse to report Jim Jeffries' brilliant gun control bit from a few years ago: