2025 Political Thread

[maroonedinhsv]

As long as they are conservatives (e.g. Larry Elder, Dave Rubin, Candace Owens), I don't care about their skin color, gender or sexual orientation.

I just don't like people who try to take away our 1st Amendment rights (e.g. freedom of speech, freedom of religion) in the name of "freedom" because they are so offended by what conservatives believe. While our founders did not create a theocracy, they believed America would not flourish without Judeo-Christian morality to guide it.

People also use "left-wing" and "liberal" simultaneously, but they are not the same thing. Our founders were classical liberals. There are also some atheists and former leftists such as Karlyn Borysenko who are fighting against our woke American Maoist cultural revolution.

Riiiight.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

We called them Buchananites back in the 80s. They have their place in our society, and were denied much of that and laughed at, and here they are now and no one is laughing.

If only they could see how the billionaires boys club is exploiting them.

A large part of at least older members of the Trumpeteer base, I suspect, would like to go back to the 80s and re-create the "Reagan revolution," complete with Buchanan, which was, in part, a counterrevolution to those of the 50s and 60s.

I don't know that any of it is relevant these days, but individuals don't change as fast as the times do, and many in the 21st-century generations tend to keep quiet and out of sight when Boomers are on a rampage.

If our institutions stay intact in practice as well as by lip service through it all and speech is still comparatively free then, I wonder what the now-young people who write the history of these times will say about it...

Wokeness, which started out as a good thing, has become a religion itself. The original sin was colonists arriving in America in 1619 to destroy the Garden of Eden that the perfectly peaceful Native Americans lived in. Even some members of the LGBTQ community say things have gone too far.

The leftists have taken over all our institutions, which is why I can no longer trust most doctors today, especially after the pandemic when they declared racism a public health crisis worse than the pandemic in order to justify the George Floyd protests.

America Is Fast Becoming a Woke Theocracy

The American Left has been overrun by the oppressive forces of Wokeness.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

 

[Jacob]

As long as they are conservatives (e.g. Larry Elder, Dave Rubin, Candace Owens), I don't care about their skin color, gender or sexual orientation.

I just don't like people who try to take away our 1st Amendment rights (e.g. freedom of speech, freedom of religion) in the name of "freedom" because they are so offended by what conservatives believe. While our founders did not create a theocracy, they believed America would not flourish without Judeo-Christian morality to guide it.

People also use "left-wing" and "liberal" simultaneously, but they are not the same thing. Our founders were classical liberals. There are also some atheists and former leftists such as Karlyn Borysenko who are fighting against our woke American Maoist cultural revolution.

Please don't use Candace Owens and Conservative in the same sentence.

 

[andyhb]

Dictators Trudeau and the Democrats cannot stand "we" took their boots off our necks. The Democrat state run media is still going and still spewing their lies and hatred. It's going to be really bad for Americans if we give them power again. Really bad if they get into power again! I hope many of them go to prison or bankrupted at the least to stop this. I can care less what others are saying about Trump and his running of the country. It makes me laugh.
Listening to various podcasts, there seems to be no end to new stories of Biden and his administration shaking down businesses and debanking business people. They forced banks to illegally debank business people whom they had a beef with through made up regulations and other tactics. The Japan Minister claimed Biden would not sell them natural gas and offered them no explanation. Just outright refused. This is absolute crazy! This was apparently part of his pay to play schemes is all I can figure.

As a Canadian living here, just stop posting.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

As a Canadian living here, just stop posting.

Trudeau, the guy who praised Fidel Castro when he died, arrested pastors during the pandemic and froze the bank accounts of anyone protesting the vaccine mandates. Yet, when the climate activists block the highways, they are considered to be heroes by the left.

Most people would rather feel safe and secure (be taken care of by the government and see people who refuse to get the jab punished) than be free. They'd rather have to wait 6 months for an MRI than 6 days because in U.S. they can't bear the fact that is no universal healthcare and some people suffer. They'd rather go to the UK where you can get arrested for Facebook comments than be butthurt by Trump's mean tweets about illegal immigrants.

Remember in the Exodus, when the people in the wilderness were running out of food, they wanted to go back into slavery in Egypt because they got good food there, much like people who rely on government handouts today. Same thing with all the young people today who praise the communist dictators because at least there's free healthcare and education in Cuba.

 

[andyhb]

Trudeau, the guy who praised Fidel Castro when he died, arrested pastors during the pandemic and froze the bank accounts of anyone protesting the vaccine mandates. Yet, when the climate activists block the highways, they are considered to be heroes by the left.

Most people would rather feel safe and secure (be taken care of by the government and see people who refuse to get the jab punished) than be free. They'd rather have to wait 6 months for an MRI than 6 days because in U.S. they can't bear the fact that is no universal healthcare and some people suffer. They'd rather go to the UK where you can get arrested for Facebook comments than be butthurt by Trump's mean tweets about illegal immigrants.

Remember in the Exodus, when the people in the wilderness were running out of food, they wanted to go back into slavery in Egypt because they got good food there, much like people who rely on government handouts today. Same thing with all the young people today who praise the communist dictators because at least there's free healthcare and education in Cuba.

What the actual hell are you talking about? Yeah Trudeau has made many mistakes, I don't even particularly like him, but Canadians do not want the United States annexing part of their country at the call of an authoritarian moron.

 

[bjdeming]

John Lennon's "Imagine" is already a parody of itself lol. Where did I hear that it's "virtually the Communist Manifesto"... no, it wasn't American Thinker... it was John Lennon himself!

No religion! No possessions! No fun, either!

<1960-80s mode>

No hate, no forcing anyone or retaliating against anyone. There's that, too.

I don't defend "Imagine."

It has always struck me as a Quaalude of a song, one that could only have come from someone with serious anger management issues, which Lennon had, reportedly, but I like the generosity with which it was offered -- and the Peace Light up in Reykjavik is generous, too.

People cheer for something when it's lit (in between Lennon's birthday and the day he was shot). And many of them become a little more generous in turn.

That's all to the good. But they need to believe in something outside and bigger than themselves before they can really see other people and have some peace, and that's where it all falls down in this irreligious world society.

Communism, capitalism (in the form of concentrating capital in the hands of a few), fascism (small "f" and still around today), totalitarianism, SD&RR: none of it can help a single person, all alone in this big impersonal world, find peace.

Yet people do find it, the real thing, because it's there and they want to find it and work hard in various ways for it. All this requires self-control, which is also at a premium in this high-impact-advertising society.

The biggest proof of the power of peace is what happens to some leadership types who advocate for it. Lennon wasn't shot after "Revolution" came out. Malcolm X wasn't shot until he'd taken a more moderate stance. Saying (paraphrase) "we must love them" apparently did nothing for MLK, Jr.'s longevity, either.

Peace.

Such a scary word to say in public and mean it. But why?

‐---------------
"He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.

"He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.

Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.

-- from the Dhammapada

</1960s-80s mode>

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

What the actual hell are you talking about? Yeah Trudeau has made many mistakes, I don't even particularly like him, but Canadians do not want the United States annexing part of their country at the call of an authoritarian moron.

Trump won because conservatives were sick of being called Nazis and fascists for being pro-life, protesting school curriculum that America is fundamentally racist, boys can become girls, there are as many genders as the stars, etc. However the left still hasn't learned their lesson and the meltdowns are getting more and more hilarious every day. Even Australia is making fun of us with their "Lefties losing it" series, which is pure entertainment.

Bill Maher, a liberal, would be considered far-right by many people today because he's against all the stupidity from the left. Here's one video he made about how 36% of millennials would like to try communism (starts at 5:17)

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Since the left took over our entertainment industry, conservatives can now find pure entertainment by watching leftist meltdowns. The best part starts at 12:20 if you don't want to watch the whole thing.

 

[maroonedinhsv]

Since the left took over our entertainment industry, conservatives can now find pure entertainment by watching leftist meltdowns. The best part starts at 12:20 if you don't want to watch the whole thing.

I challenge you to go a week posting the good things Trump is doing instead of what’s wrong with the left.
Extra credit if you do it without posting videos, pictures, or other stuff mined from social media.
Extra extra credit if you don’t mention race, gender, sexual orientation, Marx, or fascism.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

I challenge you to go a week posting the good things Trump is doing instead of what’s wrong with the left.
Extra credit if you do it without posting videos, pictures, or other stuff mined from social media.
Extra extra credit if you don’t mention race, gender, sexual orientation, Marx, or fascism.

He's already helped to get illegal border crossings down to a record low.
He pardoned some people from prison who were there because for many years they were praying near an abortion clinic.
He pardoned many peaceful January 6 protestors from prison
He's exposed what the government has been wasting our tax money on

His approval rating is the highest it's ever been. He was applauded at the Super Bowl while Taylor Swift was booed.

What are 10 good things Joe Biden has done?

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

I couldn't keep at my assignment for very long

Think twice the next time you want to go to Starbucks

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

Here's another fun little exercise. Who does this quote come from?

• We demand profit sharing in big business.
• We demand a broad extension of care for the aged.
• We ask that the government undertake the obligation above all of providing citizens with adequate opportunity for employment and earning a living.
• In order to make possible to every capable and industrious citizen the attainment of higher education and thus the achievement of a post of leadership, the government must provide an all-around enlargement of our entire system of public education. We demand the education at government expense of gifted children of poor parents.
• The government must undertake the improvement of public health-by protecting mother and child, by prohibiting child labor, by the greatest possible support for all clubs concerned with the physical education of youth.

 

[ghost]

Trump won because conservatives were sick of being called Nazis and fascists for being pro-life, protesting school curriculum that America is fundamentally racist, boys can become girls, there are as many genders as the stars, etc. However the left still hasn't learned their lesson and the meltdowns are getting more and more hilarious every day. Even Australia is making fun of us with their "Lefties losing it" series, which is pure entertainment.

Bill Maher, a liberal, would be considered far-right by many people today because he's against all the stupidity from the left. Here's one video he made about how 36% of millennials would like to try communism (starts at 5:17)

No… Trump won because the Dems ran a candidate that was as bad as the senile guy that was in office and didn’t acknowledge their failings in the Biden administration and didn’t try to offer a better path. Independents thought DT would be a better choice not knowing he was going to become such a footstool for Russia/Putin and put a fox (Musk) in charge of the henhouse and fill most of his appointments with wackos. I hope I live long enough where the 2 major parties offer us qualified intelligent candidates that value freedom and the Constitution and I won’t have to continue writing in the names of candidates that do

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

My mother is in a hospital right now. Ergo, I am available for anyone who needs medical advice or emergency brain surgery.

My mother fled from communism in Czechoslovakia and found America to be a paradise, but today she says we're headed in the same direction towards what she escaped. It's a slow process of course.

Anyway, according to the video, some of the money sent to Ukraine for the war was used to build new ski resorts.

 

[Anti Marine Layer]

No… Trump won because the Dems ran a candidate that was as bad as the senile guy that was in office and didn’t acknowledge their failings in the Biden administration and didn’t try to offer a better path. Independents thought DT would be a better choice not knowing he was going to become such a footstool for Russia/Putin and put a fox (Musk) in charge of the henhouse and fill most of his appointments with wackos. I hope I live long enough where the 2 major parties offer us qualified intelligent candidates that value freedom and the Constitution and I won’t have to continue writing in the names of candidates that do

The traditional Democrat narrative, if you listen to people in the mainstream media, is that he won because most of America is racist, sexist, and xenophobic. Never mind that he got the highest percentage of the Black and Hispanic vote for any Republican candidate in 50 years.

Joy Reid said Kamala was a great candidate and so did many celebrities.

Nothing was mentioned about the millions of illegal immigrants Biden allowed to come in, his attacks on parental rights, parents being called domestic terrorists for complaining about mask mandates and critical race theory being taught in the public schools, schools secretly transitioning kids, Democrats not being able to define what a woman is, the FBI spying on churches, Kamala promising to use taxpayer money to pay for transgender surgeries of prisoners and the Soviet-style lawfare (according to even some liberals like Alan Dershowitz) against Trump. Bill Maher predicted that their open borders stance would cost the Democrats the election and he was right.

 

[Evan]

My mother fled from communism in Czechoslovakia and found America to be a paradise, but today she says we're headed in the same direction towards what she escaped. It's a slow process of course.

Anyway, according to the video, some of the money sent to Ukraine for the war was used to build new ski resorts.

You're badly missing the point.

 

[bjdeming]

Hmmm...looks like either Al Green's "smuggled-in spine" is contagious or Congress has been hearing from people and is beginning to think of the next election:

On Thursday, facing mounting court challenges to the legality of Musk ordering layoffs, Trump told his Cabinet that Musk could only make recommendations about government reductions. And there were more signs that Congress, after sitting on the sidelines for nearly the first two months of Trump’s administration, is slowly getting back into the game.

-- Source

 

[bjdeming]

Iceland's RUV reported (Icelandic) about four hours ago that the Secret Service had shot a gunman outside the White House -- taken to hospital, condition unknown. I don't see mention of it yet in online news from AP or UPI.

Edit: Found it. Another sad story, apparently.