Political Theater

Dutch Uncle said:
I think you hate the military. I'm military so it's just you hating in general, nothing personal about me per se.
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I have never given you or anyone else any reason whatsoever to believe that I hate the military or anyone in it.

But thanks for proving my point about your inability to let anything rest.

I'm convinced there is some kind of underlying emotional insecurity behind that.

I bet there are members of this forum who you could open up to about it.

Share your deepest inner thoughts and feelings with.

Bare your soul.

Maybe help you get to the root of whatever it is that's troubling you.

You should try it....

:laugh:
 
Mina said:
I actually laughed out loud this morning when reading the news. Ted Cruz labeled the January 6 hearings "theater." That accusation from any modern Republican is hilarious. Republicans in Congress have pretty much abandoned the idea of governing for years, and spend the majority of their time on various Kabuki productions designed to create segments for Fox News. Consider the major hearings they held regarding a piece of I.T. trivia: years earlier, the Secretary of State had used a personal email server for work and, for some reason, this was treated as a matter requiring the rapt attention of Congress for months. Now compare to the January 6 insurrection attempt: it was a violent attack on our nation's capital, meant to overturn our democracy, which sent countless to the hospital and a few to the morgue. A hearing about THAT is what he denounces at theater?!
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It wasn't Kabuki theater, it was more a mix of Kafka and Stalin.

In a show trial, the defense isn't allowed to call witnesses or adequately mount a defense. With Kafka and Stalin, the verdict is predetermined, the only thing on the table is the process to get there. The Jan 6 committee in that show presented their cherry picked facts and evidence but there was no defense present. None of those trotted out, or put on video were faced with some sort of rebuttal or adversary questioning. Not a second of that.

Nor were there any rules of evidence, any presentation by a defense or advocate of those implicated. Instead, just one side presented exactly what they wanted to present, be it out of context or a sound bite (note most of the "evidence" came in 15 second or less video clips).


Instead, like in Stalin or Kafka, the persecution presented their evidence, declared the defendant(s) guilty, and moved straight to calling for a verdict.
 
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Mina said:
I actually laughed out loud this morning when reading the news. Ted Cruz labeled the January 6 hearings "theater." That accusation from any modern Republican is hilarious. Republicans in Congress have pretty much abandoned the idea of governing for years, and spend the majority of their time on various Kabuki productions designed to create segments for Fox News. Consider the major hearings they held regarding a piece of I.T. trivia: years earlier, the Secretary of State had used a personal email server for work and, for some reason, this was treated as a matter requiring the rapt attention of Congress for months. Now compare to the January 6 insurrection attempt: it was a violent attack on our nation's capital, meant to overturn our democracy, which sent countless to the hospital and a few to the morgue. A hearing about THAT is what he denounces at theater?!
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Well, that's all it really is. Happened 2 years ago and amounted to papers and desks being ransacked. From what I saw, it was a big nothing burger.
 
Life is Golden said:
Nobody cares about a protest 18 months ago when they can't afford gas and groceries today.
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Just like Neville Chamberlain didn't have to worry after the Munich Agreement?

I strongly support publicly hanging all traitors. There can be no worse crime than betraying an oath to the Constitution.

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Life is Golden said:
Nobody cares about a protest 18 months ago when they can't afford gas and groceries today.
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Maybe not, but I bet it makes several million voters think long and hard before ever pulling the lever for Trump or the likes of him on election day again.

Because this is really all about showing the nation and the world what a dangerous screwball they gave the keys to.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
There's one. You ridicule famous American military generals.
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Funny.

You just claimed that associating someone with you amounts to ridicule..... 🤔

OK then. 😂😂😂

I really think it's time for you to quit this one.

Before you dig yourself in too deep to get out. 😆 🥸
 
Nomad said:
Funny.

You just claimed that associating someone with you amounts to ridicule..... ��

OK then. ������

I really think it's time for you to quit this one.

Before you dig yourself in too deep to get out. �� ��
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LOL

Awesome. Thanks. :thup:

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Nomad said:
Maybe not, but I bet it makes several million voters think long and hard before ever pulling the lever for Trump or the likes of him on election day again.

Because this is really all about showing the nation and the world what a dangerous screwball they gave the keys to.
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I don't think many people are thinking about Trump right now.
 
Life is Golden said:
I don't think many people are thinking about Trump right now.
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i bet quite a few are thinking "how in the hell did Biden screw up so bad and so quickly?"
and then compare this shit storm to the fine economy and secure border we had under Trump

I get your point though - the outrage at Dems is overwhelming. he's down to 35% in Quinnipiac
 
Life is Golden said:
I don't think many people are thinking about Trump right now.
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If they weren't before, they are now.

If these hearings open the eyes of 10% of the independents who voted for Trump the last time and might have still been on the fence about ever voting for him again, the hearings are worth it.

For the good of this country we can never again put an unhinged lunatic like him in charge of our government.

In light of that, it's imperative that we do everything in our power to show the world what an evil megalomaniac Trump is.

That some people either cannot or will not see that is frightening.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
It wasn't Kabuki theater, it was more a mix of Kafka and Stalin.

In a show trial, the defense isn't allowed to call witnesses or adequately mount a defense. With Kafka and Stalin, the verdict is predetermined, the only thing on the table is the process to get there. The Jan 6 committee in that show presented their cherry picked facts and evidence but there was no defense present. None of those trotted out, or put on video were faced with some sort of rebuttal or adversary questioning. Not a second of that.

Nor were there any rules of evidence, any presentation by a defense or advocate of those implicated. Instead, just one side presented exactly what they wanted to present, be it out of context or a sound bite (note most of the "evidence" came in 15 second or less video clips).


Instead, like in Stalin or Kafka, the persecution presented their evidence, declared the defendant(s) guilty, and moved straight to calling for a verdict.
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about sums up the narrative presented
 
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