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[QUOTE=ed2962;4473858]Um...that's pretty much a trolling question.[/QUOTE]
Not particularly, I want a rebuttal. I gave what I saw as the conservative trends. If you have any examples please give them, because the last decent conservative I can think of is a tie between Teddy Roosevelt or Eisenhower. In my own nation we havent had a good conservative in decades save perhaps John Major and debatably Churchill.
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Conservatism in all of its forms basically boils down to the poor breaking their backs so that the rich can live comfortably. That's just not going to work in this day and age, who exactly are the wealthy going to find to do all of the work for them while they monopolize all of the rewards?
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[QUOTE=jetengine;4473924]Not particularly, I want a rebuttal. I gave what I saw as the conservative trends. If you have any examples please give them, because the last decent conservative I can think of is a tie between Teddy Roosevelt or Eisenhower. In my own nation we havent had a good conservative in decades save perhaps John Major and debatably Churchill.[/QUOTE]
Teddy Roosevelt was a progressive, not a conservative. Ike is a better fit, but he would be further to the left of most Democrats today, with his massive tax rates on the top earners and huge infrastructure project in the Interstate system.
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[QUOTE=PwrdOn;4473942]Conservatism in all of its forms basically boils down to the poor breaking their backs so that the rich can live comfortably. That's just not going to work in this day and age, who exactly are the wealthy going to find to do all of the work for them while they monopolize all of the rewards?[/QUOTE]
It’s working quite well actually. The rich have convinced the poor (white people) to support tax cuts for the wealthy and to give up their health care, with fear and hate. It’s a tried and true method that’s been used for centuries. The wealthy and elite will find a scapegoat (usually an ethnic minority), stir up nationalism, promote religion to keep the masses sedated, and spread fear of “the other” while promising them that the wealthy people in power are the only ones who can keep them safe.
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The only reason conservatism survives, and thrives in parts of the US is because they have aligned themselves with the religious fundamentalists and the White racists. Those people vote for their agendas, they give lip service to tax cuts and corporate supremacy, but without their real issues like abortion and anti-gay rights and keeping colored people down, the GOP would a very small minority Party.
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So using Eisenhower as an example then, when did American conservatism mutate into the beast it is ? Was it Nixon or was it Reagan ?
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More proof that liberal progressive causes of inequality is only supported and backed by other minorities who are not Black, African American or African.
According to allhiphop.com the guy who started a fight with ASAP Rocky had all the charges dropped against him while the rapper remains in prison for defending himself after he was assault by an object thrown by the other guy who harrassed him.
Where is Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Joe Booker, AOC? Other than the Congressional Black Caucus not one Democrat has said a word.
Is this proof that the Dems only use Blacks for our votes? Probably.
Trump will be in win win situation. If ASAP is freed he can say it was because of him. If he is not freed he can lead the free ASAP campaign that will eventually happen.
Also. This is a clear case of racism. Another rapper, G Eazy, who is white, also got arrested while he was in Sweden. He punched a security guard and did a line of coke but got off with just a fine the very next day. The rapper tweeted this himself.
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[QUOTE=Wakeneuron;4474134]More proof that liberal progressive causes of inequality is only supported and backed by other minorities who are not Black, African American or African.
According to allhiphop.com the guy who started a fight with ASAP Rocky had all the charges dropped against him while the rapper remains in prison for defending himself after he was assault by an object thrown by the other guy who harrassed him.
Where is Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Joe Booker, AOC? Other than the Congressional Black Caucus not one Democrat has said a word.
Is this proof that the Dems only use Blacks for our votes? Probably.
Trump will be in win win situation. If ASAP is freed he can say it was because of him. If he is not freed he can lead the free ASAP campaign that will eventually happen.
Also. This is a clear case of racism. Another rapper, G Eazy, who is white, also got arrested while he was in Sweden. He punched a security guard and did a line of coke but got off with just a fine the very next day. The rapper tweeted this himself.[/QUOTE]
Irrespective of whoever started the fight/was in the wrong, political figures of such magnitude shouldn't be involved with some celebrity who couldnt hire decent security. The fact that Trump is is another example of him not knowing his damn job. Meanwhile the candidates have no real influence and could make their own campaigns worse by attempting.
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[QUOTE=Wakeneuron;4474134]More proof that liberal progressive causes of inequality is only supported and backed by other minorities who are not Black, African American or African.
According to allhiphop.com the guy who started a fight with ASAP Rocky had all the charges dropped against him while the rapper remains in prison for defending himself after he was assault by an object thrown by the other guy who harrassed him.
Where is Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Joe Booker, AOC? Other than the Congressional Black Caucus not one Democrat has said a word.
Is this proof that the Dems only use Blacks for our votes? Probably.
Trump will be in win win situation. If ASAP is freed he can say it was because of him. If he is not freed he can lead the free ASAP campaign that will eventually happen.
Also. This is a clear case of racism. Another rapper, G Eazy, who is white, also got arrested while he was in Sweden. He punched a security guard and did a line of coke but got off with just a fine the very next day. The rapper tweeted this himself.[/QUOTE]
Was ASAP Rocky also arrested in Sweden?
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[QUOTE=JackDaw;4474165]Was ASAP Rocky also arrested in Sweden?[/QUOTE]
Yes. He was arrested in Sweden. The guy stalked, harrassed and attacked.
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[QUOTE=jetengine;4474152]Irrespective of whoever started the fight/was in the wrong, political figures of such magnitude shouldn't be involved with some celebrity who couldnt hire decent security. The fact that Trump is is another example of him not knowing his damn job. Meanwhile the candidates have no real influence and could make their own campaigns worse by attempting.[/QUOTE]
His human rights was violated after he was arrested he was not allowed to talk to the US Consulate until a day or so after which is a clear violation of international human rights so the President had a right to inquire about a US citizen treatment and health in prison. Newspapers and agencies that report othewise are just being irresponsible and playing politics.
Also. I wonder why ASAP can't talk to the press or his family directly? This is crazy oppressive.
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[QUOTE=Wakeneuron;4474183]His human rights was violated after he was arrested he was not allowed to talk to the US Consulate until a day or so after which is a clear violation of international human rights so the President had a right to inquire abiut a US citizen treatment and health in prison. Newspapers and agencies that report othewise are just being irresponsible and playing politics.[/QUOTE]
....except he was visited by members of the US embassy (generally considered higher then a consulate because an actual ambassador is there) shortly after his arrest. So again, politicians wading into something they frankly shouldnt be, including having the Swedish government repeatedly telling America "Things dont work the way you think they do".
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[QUOTE=jetengine;4474126]So using Eisenhower as an example then, when did American conservatism mutate into the beast it is ? Was it Nixon or was it Reagan ?[/QUOTE]
There was a movement among conservative intellectuals starting in the early 70s to concentrate on getting conservative judges on the bench, pushing Chicago School economics, and founding ALEC to implement conservative policy at the state level.
It's been a long while since I read up on the details of what was exactly going on at the time, but there was a prominent judge among the central players there. Probably where the idea to concentrate on the courts started.
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[QUOTE=Wakeneuron;4474134]More proof that liberal progressive causes of inequality is only supported and backed by other minorities who are not Black, African American or African.
According to allhiphop.com the guy who started a fight with ASAP Rocky had all the charges dropped against him while the rapper remains in prison for defending himself after he was assault by an object thrown by the other guy who harrassed him.
Where is Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Joe Booker, AOC? Other than the Congressional Black Caucus not one Democrat has said a word.
Is this proof that the Dems only use Blacks for our votes? Probably.
Trump will be in win win situation. If ASAP is freed he can say it was because of him. If he is not freed he can lead the free ASAP campaign that will eventually happen.
Also. This is a clear case of racism. Another rapper, G Eazy, who is white, also got arrested while he was in Sweden. He punched a security guard and did a line of coke but got off with just a fine the very next day. The rapper tweeted this himself.[/QUOTE]
High ranking political figures, [B]LEAST[/B] of all, the goddamn President of the United States has [B]ZERO[/B] business getting involved in overseas legal disputes. If memory serves, the President of Sweden himself said he had no say on how the case would turn out, so what the fuck do you think Trump is going to do? Wail on Twitter about how this guy's rights were violated and vow to throw a fit if he's not released? This was nothing more that Dolt45 trying to kiss up to blacks by this sure to be useless attempt to get this guy freed, something that's sure to happen eventually once the case goes through the courts. Stevie Wonder could see how blatant this ploy is, and that dog won't hunt. Blacks are smarter than that and won't fall for this bullshit.
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[QUOTE=Wakeneuron;4474134]More proof that liberal progressive causes of inequality is only supported and backed by other minorities who are not Black, African American or African.
According to allhiphop.com the guy who started a fight with ASAP Rocky had all the charges dropped against him while the rapper remains in prison for defending himself after he was assault by an object thrown by the other guy who harrassed him.
Where is Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Joe Booker, AOC? Other than the Congressional Black Caucus not one Democrat has said a word.
Is this proof that the Dems only use Blacks for our votes? Probably.
Trump will be in win win situation. If ASAP is freed he can say it was because of him. If he is not freed he can lead the free ASAP campaign that will eventually happen.
Also. This is a clear case of racism. Another rapper, G Eazy, who is white, also got arrested while he was in Sweden. He punched a security guard and did a line of coke but got off with just a fine the very next day. The rapper tweeted this himself.[/QUOTE]
The same Trump who villified Kapernick for promoting awareness of police violence and still condemns the Central Park Five despite evidence exonerating them? That Trump?
I don't think this latest thin is going to get him the traction you think it will.