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Old 01-30-2017, 07:28 PM   #1881
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Old 01-30-2017, 07:30 PM   #1882
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I think about 1000 posts or so ago in this thread I suggested I would start defending Trump just for the purpose of providing balance to the debate here. Since that post I've lost any desire to defend what he is doing.

The travel ban based ostensibly based on country of origin but behind the scenes based on religion is disgusting.

I'll put one positive spin on Trump's presidency: It is going to become a true test of the strength and wisdom of the American democracy.
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I think about 1000 posts or so ago in this thread I suggested I would start defending Trump just for the purpose of providing balance to the debate here. Since that post I've lost any desire to defend what he is doing.

The travel ban based ostensibly based on country of origin but behind the scenes based on religion is disgusting.

I'll put one positive spin on Trump's presidency: It is going to become a true test of the strength and wisdom of the American democracy.
So you're saying we're screwed?
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Trump gives inaccurate explanation of how pipelines are built and shipped: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/pipel...t-shipped.html
Going by his "description", it's as though he thinks a pipeline is forged as one continuous actual pipe, and then cut up into pieces for shipping, like sausages.

Every day it's back and forth with this guy. One day I think "he's playing dumb, he knows what he's doing, he's setting up a masterplan..."

The next day, when he says something this idiotic and actually admits he doesn't know what he's talking about but says it anyway, I have to think these jackasses are actually jackasses and don't have a clue.

Doesn't make 'em much less dangerous, but gives me some hope.
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I think about 1000 posts or so ago in this thread I suggested I would start defending Trump just for the purpose of providing balance to the debate here. Since that post I've lost any desire to defend what he is doing.

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That's good because that style of posting isn't necessary, it just makes things worse, and it's disingenuous.
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So lucky and proud to be Canadian right now. Trudeau is in a tough spot. Canadians have almost always been there for Americans, and we almost always want to be. But yikes... when your neighbour goes crazy you can't exactly follow into the depths of that mindset.

This is crazy!
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Maybe there should be economic sanctions on the US at this point. He just fired the acting attorney general? Wow. I'm white, and I'm not going anywhere near the US until Trump is out of power.
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Yep:

Now I guess we wait and see how many DOJ-USA employees follow their former leader out the door.

Some, I'm sure, will stay and try to fight the good fight from within. Others will just continue to collect their paycheques. If it were me though, I'd be sitting down with my family tonight to discuss my next career move.
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That's good because that style of posting isn't necessary, it just makes things worse, and it's disingenuous.
Perhaps, but groupthink is also bad.

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I can't believe that's an official White House statement.

"Betrayed"
"Weak"

What in the hell.
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So you're saying we're screwed?
Not at all. The "checks and balances" that the Yanks have been so proud of as to how their founding fathers set up their government, are about to face a serious stress test.

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Not at all. Those "checks and balances" the Yanks have been so proud about for hundreds of years are about to face their greatest test yet.
Jim Crow called, he'd like his checks and balances back when you're done with them.
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I can't believe that's an official White House statement.

"Betrayed"
"Weak"

What in the hell.
Vindictive, petty, and a clear message to anyone who might choose to stand with her.

And altogether unsurprising now that we're in what, day 10?
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Perhaps, but groupthink is also bad.

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Perhaps, but groupthink is also bad.

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Probably not in this particular instance it is not, however.
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Haha, I know what groupthink is, thanks. There's a difference between groupthink and people just posting all the unbelievable things that are happening due to there being nothing but unbelievable things happening.
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Perhaps, but groupthink is also bad.
Sure it's bad, but where's the group think? What a bad post. This is a thread about the POTUS, who now you even admit is a very bad POTUS. We, the posters who have always despised Trump, figured this out long ago and that's bad? No group convinced me to have the opinion I have. I have frikken eyes as does everyone here. Maybe you should have started paying attention earlier, like we did.
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Jim Crow called, he'd like his checks and balances back when you're done with them.
Martin Luther King Jr. answered, and suggested sticking to the constitution not strawmen.
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It's no wonder Barnum and Bailey had to pack it in. There is no way they could compete with the circus that Trump had turned America into.
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I would cheerily throat punch the president and his cabinet and all of them right now. I've come >thisclose< to actual hatred today, especially after watching this. Can't embed it so you'll just have to click on the link.

https://www.facebook.com/ajplusengli...1084561033052/
Jesus, what a s**t show. Watching that just hurts my heart and makes me sick to my stomach.

What's happening down there right now is terrifying. Only 10 days in and the Trump administration seems to be doing everything in their power to systematically destroy just about everything that country stands for. I have a lot of friends and family in the U.S. and they're all horrified, disgusted, and embarrassed about everything that's going on.
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