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Don't agree at all. I don't define "everything" as being a conviction in the Senate, and imo, neither should you.

Bullshit.

DOTARD Deplorables Of The Asshole Republican Demagogue

A couple of things. One, I don't remember calling the US "special", although we do have a system of government that, imo, is superior to many others (US Constitution) and does offer a better than average chance of weathering these types of storms. Maybe you disagree with that assessment. And while I'm in no way a Nationalist, we are exceptional, at least there's nothing wrong with thinking so. It's fine to do so. It's fine for the Swedes to think they are exceptional, too. And nothing I have said means that I don't think we are at risk of imploding. Of course we are at risk. Take your argument to those who have explicitly said such a thing. But you seem to think the sky is falling a lot of the time. I guess one of these times you'll be right.

I think Warren is boringly competent. If god likes us, she will be our next President.

Not so fast, imo. We've been here before in our nation's history. The political arc is long and it bends toward the rule of law and all that. There are bumps in the road but the electorate (mostly) acts as a force to restore order. Let's see if that happens next election cycle.

Jesus, you're one dumb motherfucker. Start with impeachment =/= a criminal trial, therefore not falling under 6A. Just fuck off already.

That's the Golden Gate Bridge. Not to be confused with the Golden Gate.

For Rudy, and maybe many others, the tipping point could come quickly and rapidly, kinda like Hemingway's comment on bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly. I don't consider Rudy to be an abject moron and lacking experience, like so many of Trump's other lackeys. If he et al see that the shit storm is about to hit blizzard levels there could be a massive rat exodus from the USS Dotard. If/when that happens it's going to be interesting to see how some Senate Republicans act. The cowardly House set is already "retiring".

So arrest him anyway and get him to squirm like the worm he is.

“(Lisa) “I’m going to become a vegetarian” (Homer) “Does that mean you’re not going to eat any pork?” “Yes” “Bacon?” “Yes Dad” Ham?” “Dad all those meats come from the same animal” “Right Lisa, some wonderful, magical animal!””

On that we are in complete agreement.

Comparing Trump to pigs is an insult to pigs.

Balls deep?

You may think it is a waste of time and effort, but before their story and their lives are lost to us, she is cataloguing what the people who have lived through this have to say and their experiences and filtering them with her point of view. You may disagree with her point of view in which case you need to go back to school, get an advanced degree in anthropology (if you don't have one already), get hired at an institution of higher education, write an article refuting her work, submit it for publication, have it go out for peer review, get it accepted and then published. The bolded part above is just absolute bullshit. Just. Absolute. Bullshit. Just look at the (false) requirements you've put in place before anybody can validly disagree with that person: 1. Get an advanced degree in anthropology, AND 2. be hired at a college/university, AND 3. be published. Jesus Christ Almighty, there is a place for the public intellectual in this country and America has a great history of that. Emerson, Posner, Sontag, et al. It just gets my fur up when someone says that the only way to disagree with the author is to jump through those hoops. It's false. And stating that it is the only way, imo, is completely indicative of the shoddy, non-rigorous thinking that I'm claiming goes on in that field/discipline. One is not worthy of comment unless one is admitted to their priesthood. Fuck that.

I agree with Patti Smith on that debut list. Considering that a lot of what she did later was not that good.

But, this particular professor has most likely published her work in one of the many small journals in her field.... That's not really saying much. In fact, it's not saying anything at all, assuming that being published in small academic journal is some kind of imprimatur of good research. Alan Sokal is a good example. Imo, the "ethnic studies" disciplines are not worthy of their own academic departments, are barely worthy of being in a university setting, and function largely to employ marginal Ph.D.'s to publish post-modern bullshit and to meet EEOC quotas. Social science at its best is suspect. And this stuff is hardly social science at its best.

So let him speak out on this. And by that, I mean speak out against Trump. THAT'S the public stance I'm (and have been) talking about.

I don't disagree with you, but imo most (if not almost all) of the so called "ethnic studies" areas of discipline (black, queer, women's, island, whatever) are little more than post-modern academic bullshit programs promulgated by whiners. Is it fair that some groups have been systematically abused by the group(s) in power? Of course not. The area is bereft of academic rigor and discipline. Bloom had it right: they are the school of resentment.

And hypocritical. Don't forget hypocritical.

I'm not talking about how he "feels". I'm talking about him taking a public stance here. Are you capable of reading that? And "reading between the lines" is exactly the kind of pussy shit I referenced earlier that allows the orange dipshit to walk roughshod over America and the Constitution. I'll get upset over that if I want, and I want to.

Except this isn't just "political discussion". It's speaking out against an affront, if not wholesale assault on our democracy. It's much more than political discussion. It's pussy shit like this that has allowed the orange dipshit to get away with all his crap. Stand up and be an American, for god's sake.

Exactly, his "position" doesn't prevent him from saying a god-damned thing. Stop using that as an excuse.

Ok, but in no way would Mattis be leading the fight. Playing a role, yeah, but he wouldn't be leading the political fight. I just don't see a good argument why Mattis should stay silent.

Mattis is retired, right? So I don't buy the "staying above the fray" stuff. He needs to grow a backbone and do the right thing. Like in speaking out. But what am I missing? What position does he have? He doesn't have one, does he?