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Old 07-14-2024, 08:25 PM   #16161
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... Always gives me a chuckle when people say he's "alpha" or "badass" or something for surviving this shooting.

He happened to turn his head just before the shot was taken. It was pure luck.
Yes this made me think of the Day of the Jackal.
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Old 07-14-2024, 08:25 PM   #16162
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I imagine the secret service is the type of place where you have to pass very specific criteria no matter what background you come from. I doubt they would accept a lesser qualified person just to meet diversity quotas.

Honestly though, Trump probably requested females on account of being a pervert.
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Old 07-14-2024, 08:31 PM   #16163
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That's because DEI is inherently racist and sexist. Companies are literally using sex and race as a determining factor for hiring. It's like going back in time to a world where we were segregated by sex and race. That's just wrong.
Actually that’s not what a good DEI program does. Are you interested in a good DEI program does?
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I encourage you all to read Melania's statement on the shooting

"When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald,"

https://twitter.com/user/status/1812494598092288224
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Christ. Using DEI hiring protocols to explain how a potential political assassination was possible may be the most ultimate red herring fallacy I’ve ever seen.

What’s worse is you all are falling for it and avoiding the important questions.

Stop wasting your breath…
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I knowww but the bait is too easy. Wanna keep the Russian troll busy.
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Old 07-14-2024, 08:40 PM   #16167
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Actually that’s not what a good DEI program does. Are you interested in a good DEI program does?
Naw I'm good, this is because there won't be any DEI programs left in a few years.
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The question isn't about DEI hiring practices, who cares.



The questions have to be around training, protocols and readiness.
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Old 07-14-2024, 08:43 PM   #16169
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On the whole "the left inspired the shooting" BS we keep hearing, here's some rebuttals I tend to agree with:


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I encourage you all to read Melania's statement on the shooting

"When I watched that violent bullet strike my husband, Donald,"

https://twitter.com/user/status/1812494598092288224
Weird.
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Old 07-14-2024, 08:51 PM   #16171
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Naw I'm good, this is because there won't be any DEI programs left in a few years.
Are you interested in anything that even slightly challenges any aspect of your world view?

What was the last thing?

I mean, not including COVID conspiracies.
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Weird.
I never knew of Donald's "love of music." You learn something new every day on this "earthly realm"
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I tried yesterday, you are wasting your time,
Ever walk down a gravel road, kicking a completely random rock along the way until you kick it just out of reach and forget about it?
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If Clint Eastwood couldn't protect John Kennedy when he was a secret service agent then what chance does anyone else have?
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If Clint Eastwood couldn't protect John Kennedy when he was a secret service agent then what chance does anyone else have?
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Wow the amount of people online who think this is staged hurts my brain.

Everything is a conspiracy these days.
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Nah. What really hurts the brain is a lot of the 'discussion' in this thread. Can only imagine the usual social platforms, or probably I can't. One weeps for humanity
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Wow the amount of people online who think this is staged hurts my brain.

Everything is a conspiracy these days.

Ok, this might sound weird, but I fully believe that the Covid quarantine created a whole new generation of people with way too much time on their hands and too little social interaction and blammo we got a mass generation of tin foil wearing nut bars.
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Ok, this might sound weird, but I fully believe that the Covid quarantine created a whole new generation of people with way too much time on their hands and too little social interaction and blammo we got a mass generation of tin foil wearing nut bars.
Add in social media and the algorithms that keep showing you what you want. Before every village had an idiot, now every idiot has a village,
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It started before Covid but Covid kicked into high gear
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