Kraichgauer
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21 May 2022, 4:36 pm
Pepe wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
At one time that wouldn't have been the case. With the exception of Cheney, Kinzinger, and a few others, most have sold their souls to Trump's MAGA movement, which has seemingly become the GOP establishment.
Aren't you horrified that almost half the voting population of Ammuria are deplorables?
There must be something attracting people to support these guys.
I'm talking about elected Republicans, and their activists.
And who votes these "elected Republicans" in?
The same people who had voted Cawthorn in have this time around voted him out, once it was learned what a hateful, brainlessly immature "Ken-doll-brought-to-life" he really is. People can see their mistakes and correct them.
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21 May 2022, 5:30 pm
Kraichgauer
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21 May 2022, 6:17 pm
21 May 2022, 9:44 pm
Kraichgauer wrote:
MuddRM wrote:
I’ll more than likely be banned for saying this, but the only words that are sympathetic to the extremes of either side is “Sieg Heil!”
I'm not sure why the far left would be sympathetic the words "Sieg Heil?"
The extreme left and right use the same tactics.
21 May 2022, 9:51 pm
Pepe wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
MuddRM wrote:
I’ll more than likely be banned for saying this, but the only words that are sympathetic to the extremes of either side is “Sieg Heil!”
I'm not sure why the far left would be sympathetic the words "Sieg Heil?"
The extreme left and right use the same tactics.
Let's ask the FBI who is more dangerous Pepe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... tic-terror
The far-left are only dangerous in the minds of paranoid republicans
21 May 2022, 10:07 pm
cyberdad wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
MuddRM wrote:
I’ll more than likely be banned for saying this, but the only words that are sympathetic to the extremes of either side is “Sieg Heil!”
I'm not sure why the far left would be sympathetic the words "Sieg Heil?"
The extreme left and right use the same tactics.
Let's ask the FBI who is more dangerous Pepe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... tic-terror
The far-left are only dangerous in the minds of paranoid republicans
Well, for one thing, both the extreme left and the extreme right use dehumanising tactics.
21 May 2022, 11:09 pm
Pepe wrote:
Well, for one thing, both the extreme left and the extreme right use dehumanising tactics.
probably, although I can't recall seeing a far-left person going into a church or Walmart and shooting white people
I know which one I would prefer to run into in a dark alley
21 May 2022, 11:12 pm
auntblabby wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Tross wrote:
Still not even pretending to run a democracy, I see. Well, I don't expect that will ever change. 
A pseudo-democracy
we are not a democracy. we only have the trappings of democracy.
You're certainly right there - The United States is currently considered a "Flawed democracy"... And appears to have been on a downward trajectory since at least 2008.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index#By_country
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22 May 2022, 12:27 am
Brictoria wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Tross wrote:
Still not even pretending to run a democracy, I see. Well, I don't expect that will ever change.
A pseudo-democracy
we are not a democracy. we only have the trappings of democracy.
You're certainly right there - The United States is currently considered a "Flawed democracy"... And appears to have been on a downward trajectory since at least 2008.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index#By_country
And what was so bad about the Obama years, as compared to those preceding?
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22 May 2022, 12:28 am
Pepe wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
MuddRM wrote:
I’ll more than likely be banned for saying this, but the only words that are sympathetic to the extremes of either side is “Sieg Heil!”
I'm not sure why the far left would be sympathetic the words "Sieg Heil?"
The extreme left and right use the same tactics.
22 May 2022, 12:51 am
Kraichgauer wrote:
Brictoria wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
cyberdad wrote:
Tross wrote:
Still not even pretending to run a democracy, I see. Well, I don't expect that will ever change.
A pseudo-democracy
we are not a democracy. we only have the trappings of democracy.
You're certainly right there - The United States is currently considered a "Flawed democracy"... And appears to have been on a downward trajectory since at least 2008.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index#By_country
And what was so bad about the Obama years, as compared to those preceding?
I have no idea, and wasn't passing judgement on them (or any other years, for that matter).
I was referring to the results shown, which has 2006 (the first year of these) and 2008 both showing as 8.22, then slowly decreasing over time to the 7.85 that it received last year.
For reference, given it appears that you hadn't bothered to look at the link before jumping in, in order to try and work out what may have caused the drop:
Quote:
The index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories, measuring pluralism, civil liberties and political culture. In addition to a numeric score and a ranking, the index categorizes each country into one of four regime types: full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes, and authoritarian regimes.
You would need to look up the reports from those years to compare them and so determine "what was so bad" about them - It could simply be that the studies started at an artificial "high point" (or part-way on a return from one) and so was coincidentally on an inevitable return to the "average" position, for example, with nothing specificaly related to the government of the time causing it.
22 May 2022, 12:56 am
cyberdad wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Well, for one thing, both the extreme left and the extreme right use dehumanising tactics.
probably, although I can't recall seeing a far-left person going into a church or Walmart and shooting white people
I know which one I would prefer to run into in a dark alley
Antifa has murdered also, but yes, the right extremists kill more people. Both are baddies
The left is a lot better at looting and burning down building blocks, though.
Kudos.
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22 May 2022, 1:02 am
Kraichgauer wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
MuddRM wrote:
I’ll more than likely be banned for saying this, but the only words that are sympathetic to the extremes of either side is “Sieg Heil!”
I'm not sure why the far left would be sympathetic the words "Sieg Heil?"
The extreme left and right use the same tactics.
The extreme left are called fascists also,
Kraichgauer
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22 May 2022, 1:03 am
22 May 2022, 1:07 am
Kraichgauer wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
MuddRM wrote:
I’ll more than likely be banned for saying this, but the only words that are sympathetic to the extremes of either side is “Sieg Heil!”
I'm not sure why the far left would be sympathetic the words "Sieg Heil?"
The extreme left and right use the same tactics.
Maybe history has something to do with it?
22 May 2022, 1:17 am
Kraichgauer wrote:
Bictoria-
Okay. I apologize for going off half cocked.
Okay. I apologize for going off half cocked.
No worries... These things happen
It would be interesting to find out what caused the drops, though:
2006 - 8.22
2008 - 8.22
2010 - 8.18
2011 - 8.11
2012 - 8.11
2013 - 8.11
2014 - 8.11
2015 - 8.05
2016 - 7.98
2017 - 7.98
2018 - 7.96
2019 - 7.96
2020 - 7.92
2021 - 7.85
These seems to have been a gradual decline shown, with sudden unusual "drops" in 2010-2011 (-0.07), 2014-2015 (-0.06), 2015-2016 (-0.07), 2020-2021 (-0.07).
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