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I've been hearing this kind of rhetoric from the likes of people like AOC, Robert Reich, Keith Olberman and others. I think the latter two were suggesting something like "reconciliation commissions" or something like that which I took to mean something like re-education camps like we've seen in countries where Communists took over. And I think that is the way they meant it.

As somebody who was standing watch on the streets of Saigon at the Annapolis hotel with a sawed off shotgun waiting for the onslaught of Social Justice Warriors I tend to think they are only amateurs, disconnected from reality, who have no idea of what the F**k they are actually saying. I have more faith in the American people than to believe they would ever support such things, though, as always, I could be wrong.
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pp4me wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 3:56 pm I've been hearing this kind of rhetoric from the likes of people like AOC, Robert Reich, Keith Olberman and others. I think the latter two were suggesting something like "reconciliation commissions" or something like that which I took to mean something like re-education camps like we've seen in countries where Communists took over. And I think that is the way they meant it.

As somebody who was standing watch on the streets of Saigon at the Annapolis hotel with a sawed off shotgun waiting for the onslaught of Social Justice Warriors I tend to think they are only amateurs, disconnected from reality, who have no idea of what the F**k they are actually saying. I have more faith in the American people than to believe they would ever support such things, though, as always, I could be wrong.
I read it as they are not going to let those complicit in the Reign of Trump deny that they were a part of it, an
enabler, never confronting him. It's called accountability in the light of what will be many of them denying their roles in the Reign of Trump.

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yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:20 pm
pp4me wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 3:56 pm I've been hearing this kind of rhetoric from the likes of people like AOC, Robert Reich, Keith Olberman and others. I think the latter two were suggesting something like "reconciliation commissions" or something like that which I took to mean something like re-education camps like we've seen in countries where Communists took over. And I think that is the way they meant it.

As somebody who was standing watch on the streets of Saigon at the Annapolis hotel with a sawed off shotgun waiting for the onslaught of Social Justice Warriors I tend to think they are only amateurs, disconnected from reality, who have no idea of what the F**k they are actually saying. I have more faith in the American people than to believe they would ever support such things, though, as always, I could be wrong.
I read it as they are not going to let those complicit in the Reign of Trump deny that they were a part of it, an
enabler, never confronting him. It's called accountability in the light of what will be many of them denying their roles in the Reign of Trump.

Vinny
Gee Vinny, when you say it, it doesn't sound scary at all!

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Gosh, this doesn't seem very "unifying" at all.
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"Complicit in the Reign of Trump" ;D

I had a remote meeting at work this morning, and my boss (an Egyptian, not an American citizen) broached the subject of the election. Everyone, including the only other white American guy (all the other team members are foreigners), proceeded to trash-talk Trump and complain that he's "trying to end democracy in the U.S." I wisely kept my lips tightly zipped, because I'm not keen on being ostracized, bullied, or having a target drawn on my back.

When they asked me why I wasn't saying much, I deflected with, "Election? Huh, what election?" Everyone laughed. And I lived to see another day.
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flyingpylon wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:01 pm Image

Gosh, this doesn't seem very "unifying" at all.
It's known as a fine United States value.

You have freedom and liberty.

You had the choice to work for the Trump administration. Or, not.

Future employers have the freedom and liberty to decide if they want as employees those who were part of the Trump machine and all he perpetrated on this country.

It would not make a difference to me if I were hiring the person for a non-political job. It would be I were hiring them for an overtly political position.

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Tortoise wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:08 pm "Complicit in the Reign of Trump" ;D

I had a remote meeting at work this morning, and my boss (an Egyptian, not an American citizen) broached the subject of the election. Everyone, including the only other white American guy (all the other team members are foreigners), proceeded to trash-talk Trump and complain that he's "trying to end democracy in the U.S." I wisely kept my lips tightly zipped, because I'm not keen on being ostracized, bullied, or having a target drawn on my back.

When they asked me why I wasn't saying much, I deflected with, "Election? Huh, what election?" Everyone laughed. And I lived to see another day.
World leaders were appalled by his 2 AM Wednesday morning antics.

But glad you were able to live to see another day!

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yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:23 pm
flyingpylon wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:01 pm Image

Gosh, this doesn't seem very "unifying" at all.
It's known as a fine United States value.

You have freedom and liberty.

You had the choice to work for the Trump administration. Or, not.

Future employers have the freedom and liberty to decide if they want as employees those who were part of the Trump machine and all he perpetrated on this country.

It would not make a difference to me if I were hiring the person for a non-political job. It would be I were hiring them for an overtly political position.

Vinny
But do you think it’s right for leftist mobs to impose “consequences” on employers that hire people that supported Trump? Because that’s what this tweet is saying. I don’t think they’re simply going to “take their business elsewhere”.

Is that the new standard? How far back should it go? Do you think that helps to bring the country together? That’s what we were promised by the Democrats.
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I don't hold grudges very long but I'm just so confused how people couldn't see how extremely flawed and borderline unstable Trump was...and why his lying, insulting, bullying etc was tolerated. No politician is perfect...I get it. One can find criticism of any leader...but Trump was in a league of his own.
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doodle wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:53 pm I don't hold grudges very long but I'm just so confused how people couldn't see how extremely flawed and borderline unstable Trump was...and why his lying, insulting, bullying etc was tolerated. No politician is perfect...I get it. One can find criticism of any leader...but Trump was in a league of his own.
We’re not talking about Trump here but thanks for your feedback.
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flyingpylon wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:48 pm
yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:23 pm
flyingpylon wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:01 pm Image

Gosh, this doesn't seem very "unifying" at all.
It's known as a fine United States value.

You have freedom and liberty.

You had the choice to work for the Trump administration. Or, not.

Future employers have the freedom and liberty to decide if they want as employees those who were part of the Trump machine and all he perpetrated on this country.

It would not make a difference to me if I were hiring the person for a non-political job. It would be I were hiring them for an overtly political position.

Vinny
But do you think it’s right for leftist mobs to impose “consequences” on employers that hire people that supported Trump? Because that’s what this tweet is saying. I don’t think they’re simply going to “take their business elsewhere”.

Is that the new standard? How far back should it go? Do you think that helps to bring the country together? That’s what we were promised by the Democrats.
I read literally. I don't at all read what you read into what is in that tweet. I seen nothing regarding "mobs". I see individual employers possessing the information about prospective employees who had been complicit in being part of the Trump regime and with that information then deciding if that would make those people a bad fit for their organization.

As I said we have freedom, liberty, choices. But that does not mean you are free of the consequences of how you exercised your freedom and liberty and what choices you make.

Vinny
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doodle wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:53 pm I don't hold grudges very long but I'm just so confused how people couldn't see how extremely flawed and borderline unstable Trump was...and why his lying, insulting, bullying etc was tolerated. No politician is perfect...I get it. One can find criticism of any leader...but Trump was in a league of his own.
If he'd not had so many complicit in enabling his behavior maybe even he would have realized behaving that way was just not effective. Instead, he had people who were either complicit by their direction actions or complicit by their refusals to take certain actions, e.g., calling him out on his constant and never ending egregious behavior.

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yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:44 pm
flyingpylon wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:48 pm
yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:23 pm
flyingpylon wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:01 pm Image

Gosh, this doesn't seem very "unifying" at all.
It's known as a fine United States value.

You have freedom and liberty.

You had the choice to work for the Trump administration. Or, not.

Future employers have the freedom and liberty to decide if they want as employees those who were part of the Trump machine and all he perpetrated on this country.

It would not make a difference to me if I were hiring the person for a non-political job. It would be I were hiring them for an overtly political position.

Vinny
But do you think it’s right for leftist mobs to impose “consequences” on employers that hire people that supported Trump? Because that’s what this tweet is saying. I don’t think they’re simply going to “take their business elsewhere”.

Is that the new standard? How far back should it go? Do you think that helps to bring the country together? That’s what we were promised by the Democrats.
I read literally. I don't at all read what you read into what is in that tweet. I seen nothing regarding "mobs". I see individual employers possessing the information about prospective employees who had been complicit in being part of the Trump regime and with that information then deciding if that would make those people a bad fit for their organization.

As I said we have freedom, liberty, choices. But that does not mean you are free of the consequences of how you exercised your freedom and liberty and what choices you make.

Vinny
Good grief, Vinny. The tweet literally says “Employers considering them should know there are consequences...”.

Employers.

So in the example you gave earlier where you would hire someone for a non-political position, the mob would be coming for YOU.
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I don't get it...I assume Trump admin experience is on resume. Employer can decide what they want to do with that. If that hiring information is disclosed and people decide to vote with dollars then that is their perogative as well. What happens regarding this in the private sector is largely just one of the freedoms I think we all agree on.
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I think we are going to need to learn to live with one another. Just like the palestinians and Israelis no one is going anywhere and the worse we make things for one another the worse that comes back to haunt us eventually.

Gas and brakes, people. We need to look at the way our political philosophies work to energize and temper one another.
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MangoMan wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:54 pm I am amused. You are no longer allowed to ask prospective employees if they are former felons or how much they were paid at their last job. But you can be sure the new employment applications coming out in late January will require a question regarding former employment with or allegiance to the Trump administration. ::)
It will either be plainly stated on the resume (unless the employee is trying to conceal it. In that case the prospective employee will be asked what exactly WERE you doing those years you do not have listed. I guess that they could always lie, which seems to be quite okay if you subscribe to the Trump ethos). But it's going to be difficult to cover up all of their past that will always be on the internet.

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flyingpylon wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:03 pm
yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:44 pm
flyingpylon wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:48 pm
yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:23 pm
flyingpylon wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:01 pm Image

Gosh, this doesn't seem very "unifying" at all.
It's known as a fine United States value.

You have freedom and liberty.

You had the choice to work for the Trump administration. Or, not.

Future employers have the freedom and liberty to decide if they want as employees those who were part of the Trump machine and all he perpetrated on this country.

It would not make a difference to me if I were hiring the person for a non-political job. It would be I were hiring them for an overtly political position.

Vinny
But do you think it’s right for leftist mobs to impose “consequences” on employers that hire people that supported Trump? Because that’s what this tweet is saying. I don’t think they’re simply going to “take their business elsewhere”.

Is that the new standard? How far back should it go? Do you think that helps to bring the country together? That’s what we were promised by the Democrats.
I read literally. I don't at all read what you read into what is in that tweet. I seen nothing regarding "mobs". I see individual employers possessing the information about prospective employees who had been complicit in being part of the Trump regime and with that information then deciding if that would make those people a bad fit for their organization.

As I said we have freedom, liberty, choices. But that does not mean you are free of the consequences of how you exercised your freedom and liberty and what choices you make.

Vinny
Good grief, Vinny. The tweet literally says “Employers considering them should know there are consequences...”.

Employers.

So in the example you gave earlier where you would hire someone for a non-political position, the mob would be coming for YOU.
Thanks. I finally got it straight. Thanks for the patience. In reality, I doubt that they'd ever know that I'd hired them for a non-political position.

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Were you thinking of something like Inglorious Bastards vinny? Maybe a big "T" instead
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Lt. Aldo Raine : I do have one question. When you get to your little place on Nantucket Island, I 'magine you're gonna take off that handsome-lookin' S.S. uniform of yours, ain'tcha?... That's what I thought. Now that I can't abide. How 'bout you Utivich, can you abide it?

Pfc. Smithson Utivich : Not one damn bit, sir.

Lt. Aldo Raine : I mean, if I had my way... you'd wear that goddamn uniform for the rest of your pecker-suckin' life. But I'm aware that ain't practical, I mean at some point you're gonna hafta take it off. So. I'm 'onna give you a little somethin you can't take off.
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doodle wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:36 pm article-1147187-038A4E98000005DC-503_468x286.jpg

Were you thinking of something like Inglorious Bastards vinny? Maybe a big "T" instead
For certain, no! I have faith, though, that none of them will be able to escape their past! However, not having the president of your party is generally big business for other institutions. Therefore, a lot of them will end up with those famous "think" tanks who get financed by donors.

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yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:25 pm
Tortoise wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:08 pm "Complicit in the Reign of Trump" ;D

I had a remote meeting at work this morning, and my boss (an Egyptian, not an American citizen) broached the subject of the election. Everyone, including the only other white American guy (all the other team members are foreigners), proceeded to trash-talk Trump and complain that he's "trying to end democracy in the U.S." I wisely kept my lips tightly zipped, because I'm not keen on being ostracized, bullied, or having a target drawn on my back.

When they asked me why I wasn't saying much, I deflected with, "Election? Huh, what election?" Everyone laughed. And I lived to see another day.
World leaders were appalled by his 2 AM Wednesday morning antics.
Most of my teammates are from corrupt Middle Eastern countries that can’t even provide sewer service and running water to a lot of their citizens. So I figure they’re not really in a position to be lecturing Americans on democracy.

A couple of them have even told me in detail how corrupt things are back in their home countries. It’s why they’re living and working in the U.S.
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Tortoise wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:19 pm
yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:25 pm
Tortoise wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:08 pm "Complicit in the Reign of Trump" ;D

I had a remote meeting at work this morning, and my boss (an Egyptian, not an American citizen) broached the subject of the election. Everyone, including the only other white American guy (all the other team members are foreigners), proceeded to trash-talk Trump and complain that he's "trying to end democracy in the U.S." I wisely kept my lips tightly zipped, because I'm not keen on being ostracized, bullied, or having a target drawn on my back.

When they asked me why I wasn't saying much, I deflected with, "Election? Huh, what election?" Everyone laughed. And I lived to see another day.
World leaders were appalled by his 2 AM Wednesday morning antics.
Most of my teammates are from corrupt Middle Eastern countries that can’t even provide sewer service and running water to a lot of their citizens. So I figure they’re not really in a position to be lecturing Americans on democracy.

A couple of them have even told me in detail how corrupt things are back in their home countries. It’s why they’re living and working in the U.S.
True. But when we have a president who behaved like Trump did that night and the rest of this week, we lose all grounds to tell them how they should be electing their leaders.

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Libertarian666 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:57 pm
Tortoise wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:19 pm
yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:25 pm
Tortoise wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:08 pm "Complicit in the Reign of Trump" ;D

I had a remote meeting at work this morning, and my boss (an Egyptian, not an American citizen) broached the subject of the election. Everyone, including the only other white American guy (all the other team members are foreigners), proceeded to trash-talk Trump and complain that he's "trying to end democracy in the U.S." I wisely kept my lips tightly zipped, because I'm not keen on being ostracized, bullied, or having a target drawn on my back.

When they asked me why I wasn't saying much, I deflected with, "Election? Huh, what election?" Everyone laughed. And I lived to see another day.
World leaders were appalled by his 2 AM Wednesday morning antics.
Most of my teammates are from corrupt Middle Eastern countries that can’t even provide sewer service and running water to a lot of their citizens. So I figure they’re not really in a position to be lecturing Americans on democracy.

A couple of them have even told me in detail how corrupt things are back in their home countries. It’s why they’re living and working in the U.S.
I recommend Vinny move to a better country.
Maybe Cuba?
I recommend Vinny joins us in Danistan (Victoria) ;D
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Tortoise wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:19 pm
yankees60 wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:25 pm
Tortoise wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:08 pm "Complicit in the Reign of Trump" ;D

I had a remote meeting at work this morning, and my boss (an Egyptian, not an American citizen) broached the subject of the election. Everyone, including the only other white American guy (all the other team members are foreigners), proceeded to trash-talk Trump and complain that he's "trying to end democracy in the U.S." I wisely kept my lips tightly zipped, because I'm not keen on being ostracized, bullied, or having a target drawn on my back.

When they asked me why I wasn't saying much, I deflected with, "Election? Huh, what election?" Everyone laughed. And I lived to see another day.
World leaders were appalled by his 2 AM Wednesday morning antics.
Most of my teammates are from corrupt Middle Eastern countries that can’t even provide sewer service and running water to a lot of their citizens. So I figure they’re not really in a position to be lecturing Americans on democracy.

A couple of them have even told me in detail how corrupt things are back in their home countries. It’s why they’re living and working in the U.S.
They can probably recognize a corrupt dictator when they see one...unlike half of this country.
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