What's Wrong With America?

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by opion8d, Oct 25, 2019.

  1. Polydectes

    Polydectes Well-Known Member

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    see you don't even know what patriotism is.


    No, that's a nation.
    false, that is conservativism

    so you can't be a patriot unless you served in the military or public offense?

    Like I said you don't know what patriotism is.



    [QUOTEP]drivel. Who opposes vets? I know your criminal in the WH attacks war heroes,.dead or alive, and their parents. So what the hell are you talking about? Trump is anti-vet.[/QUOTE]
    If all you want to do is reee about Trump, I have no interest in talking to you. Believe it or not the nation existed before Donald Trump and it will exist after him.
     
  2. CourtJester

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    Wealth inequality is ever increasing and is at record highs while social and class mobility is at a record low. And it is being funded by tax laws, tax cuts, and record deficits.But my guess is until it becomes too expensive to watch sports on TV most Americans will remain clueless and unaware.
     
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    So you position is despite all the evidence Trump did not ask Ukraine to investigate Biden? And of course that withhold military assistance till they did so wasn’t a quid pro quo. Maybe you could give us your reasons why Trump withheld the military aid approved by Congress.
     
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    I was asking for related context of this quoted part of your post.

    But there is nothing in your reply that specifically applies.

    Accountability with reason are vital, and I see none here.

    Instead I see the 1st Amendment with worthy human principles added, termed "psycho babble", or labeled, which is a cognitive distortion.
     
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  5. MikeDwight

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    That whole conversation from its inception has no maneuverability besides the rigid noninteracting classes, the class warfare, the proletariat overthrowing the bourgeoise, etc. I'm confused how everything I hear is a falsity from College definitions. Money IS limited, the fact that its a limited resource, explains how it forms a type of Economy, the allocation of limited resources. Because we are Sending so much Resource into Thin Air, like Facebook stock, people might doubt that fact in which limited resources dictate.

    So do the nonreligious who never needed religion get exempted from any participation in the following? Fair question? That's how Eisenhower defined the creation of these. Religious leadership of America.
    Pledge of Allegiance
    My Country Tis of Thee
    America the Beautiful
    Star Spangled Banner 3rd verse
    Battle Hymn of Republic
     
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    I was asking for related context of this quoted part of your post.

    But there is nothing in your reply that specifically applies.

    Accountability with reason are vital, and I see none here.

    Instead I see the 1st Amendment with worthy human principles added, termed "psycho babble", or labeled, which is a cognitive distortion.
     
  7. Trollll Out

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    I feel like they know their behaviors are naughty and childlike, which is why they get more quiet when they're transparently called out on the issue at hand such as in your post.

    Nevertheless, civilizational success breeds adult children. And adult children apparently aren't going to change i.e. adult children will do their adult children thing.

    They're a lost cause - in another era their voices (and votes) would be properly suppressed as our ancestors would have nothing to do with collectivist mindsets. But...democracy gone wrong....
     
  8. Derideo_Te

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    Disingenuously alleging that Climate Change is a religion for the sole purpose of attacking those who understand the SCIENCE and are capable of seeing the Big Picture and the DIRE ramifications of FAILING to address the CAUSES says VOLUMES!

    There are some who are FANATICAL about OPPOSING sane and reasonable universal background checks but no one is accusing them of being a religion for the sole purpose of attacking them as "non-believers".

    In essence you are just using religion as a blunt object in order to cudgel those who understand that our very existence is in danger unless we change our behavior that is causing Climate Change.
     
  9. Derideo_Te

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    What causes you to make that utterly bogus allegation without any shred of credible substantiation whatsoever?
     
  10. Derideo_Te

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    Your BLOTUS is ONLY supported at rallies with own SUPPORTERS.

    When he turned up at the World Series games, INCLUDING the one in Texas, he was loudly BOOED and there was a chant to "Lock HIM Up".

    Your BLOTUS is utterly incapable of fooling ALL of the People ALL of the time.
     
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    We pay only lip service to equal opportunity while ensuring that it is denied to poor minorities,

    Innovation in the USA has FALLEN under your BLOTUS .

    https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/non-economic-data/global-innovation-index

     
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    Did you miss the part where they booed Trump at the world series?
     
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    That's your belief.
     
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    Wrong again!

    That was YOUR post!

    NOWHERE have you established anything at all about my "belief".
     
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    Booed? They had 50,000 people yelling "Lock him up!"
     
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    That's a very good question you ask, but it's very much a stretch to claim "religious beliefs" in "secular issues." It appears to be a contradiction in terms, and oxymoron.
     
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    He refers to the conviction one gains from having facts instead of just warm fuzzy feelings.
     
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    I like the word 'conviction' but he didn't use it. Semantics and terms are important.
     
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    "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
     
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    They even have their anointed ones. St. Greta for example.
     
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    I wonder how exactly you imagine my belief would benefit you.
    Seeing I never came within lightyears of insinuating you made anything up, it's a dumb question. You're welcome.
    You and they may well believe that. I am not the least bit obligated to do so. You're welcome.
    Yeah, well I don't consider anything I said here mean-spirited, so don't hold yer breath expecting any behavior modification on this end.
    Nothing I said to you is untrue. Enjoy.
    You'll have a helluva time reconciling that idea with Einstein, who considered faith essential to a scientific mindset.
    Maybe I would, had I any reason to believe that's the case.
     
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    Political Correctness is our biggest problem.
     
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    There is nothing wrong with America, there is something wrong with lots of people that simply can't succeed without having everything handed to them on a silver platter. This country was founded on the idea that opportunity would be granted, but outcomes were entirely up to the individual. Now every other whiner out there blames America instead of themselves...
     
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