The Real timschochet

You’re never going to find those clips, because the students I mentioned aren’t in leadership roles and they tend to go along with the leadership because they (the leaders) are the ones organizing the protests and the students I am discussing want to be part of the protests. And why are they protesting this when they could be preferring civilians being killed elsewhere? Two reasons, IMO: first because it’s in the news. Second, just as with Apartheid in the 80s, Israel represents the western white oppressor of the Third World (there is much irony to this point but it would take too long to discuss it here. Nonetheless, the fact is that liberal students tend to feel guilty about how white people in general have treated the rest of the world throughout history.) None of this is new; we saw it all during the Vietnam War protests. Keep in mind that the leaders of those protests were radical leftists who openly advocated for a violent revolution in this country and a socialist regime along the lines of Maoist China. But most of the students who took part just wanted the war to end. Nonetheless they shouted radical slogans. When the war petered out the radical leaders found themselves without any followers. My theory is that if the Gaza war ended tomorrow, so would these protests. The ones shouting anti-Semitic slogans, praising Hamas and wearing masks would still be around but they would number in the dozens, not thousands. The large bulk of students involved would be back in class.

I can only say that I honestly believe that Trump is guilty of most of the crimes he has been accused of, and therefore the purpose of the indictments is not political but justice.

Trump’s lawyers argument seems to be that we should rely on impeachment. But impeachment has become a political act (maybe it always was.) At this point very few senators from the same party as the President is ever going to vote to impeach any President- and that basically means that impeachment is for show only and will never result in a removal. Therefore it seems to me that if we give a President immunity for all official acts we are giving him or her unlimited power. And I don’t think that’s what the Founders envisioned. Again, I’m neither a lawyer nor a Constitutional scholar but this seems like common sense to me.

Maybe not in those instances but I don’t think a President should be immune from prosecution for all official acts. For example, part of Nixon’s crime was using the FBI and Justice Department to cover up the Watergate scandal. I don’t think anyone could argue that using the FBI is a private act,

You seem to ignore the possibility of a 5th group in addition to the ones you mentioned: that is: students who are reasonably well educated on this issue, who are not pro-Hamas, not anti-Semitic , not anarchist, not Communist, who know why they are there: because they are opposed to the current polices of the Netanyahu government and specifically the actions in Gaza. My strong suspicion is the this 5th group represents the majority of students who are involved in these protests.

This testimony by Pecker is so damning, that the major question becomes why wasn’t Trump prosecuted before this? And why did the feds choose not to prosecute him? I know some of you think Trump has been treated unfairly but it seems like the opposite to me: he gets away with crap nobody else would.

OK. Well then if we’re both still posting here in a few years we can revisit it. I don’t think liberalism is evil- or conservatism for that matter. I think evil, in terms of politics, should be reserved for truly awful stuff like Communism, fascism, radical Islam, etc. Most American politics don’t fall into that. Even nativism and MAGA, which i detest, doesn’t approach the evil meter. I used to see a t-shirt around that read “I disagree with you but I don’t think you’re Hitler.” Basically my mantra.

Show what I have about what?

The protests have now spread to hundreds of college campuses all over the place. There hasn’t been this many protests since the Vietnam War. I don’t think that trying to label all of these students as pro-Hamas, anti-Semitic racists is going to fly any longer. There’s too many.

Kind of funny for you to be slamming a woman for her intelligence when she’s about a thousand times brighter and more educated on the law than you’ve ever demonstrated here.

Barrett seems to suggest they could immunize official acts of the President but not private acts, and that would allow the court case to continue?

This is already a huge victory for Trump. The Court won’t make a decision until July and they may very well throw it back. Either way no trial before the election which is all Trump wanted.

He’s not. He has to serve 16 years at least in California. It means a new trial in New York but he will be in prison the whole time. Even if Weinstein were to be acquitted in New York he will most likely die in prison. He’s not a well man.

Sure sounds like Alito wants to give Trump immunity.

Are you asking me out?

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4619123-biden-gains-on-trump-in-series-of-polls/amp/

You and others keep trying to attack me for claiming I’m some sort of expert on this subject. My position is based on principle.

Probably both. I’d still have a libertarian stance (I always do on all medical decisions except those that affect public health) but I’d also wish more was done to prevent it- but socially and culturally, not legally: But I’m skeptical this will be the case.

There is a lot of hateful anti-semitism in these protests no question. A lot of it is really ugly. But there are also students without hate who are legitimately criticizing the actions of the State of Israel. I believe that the vast majority of students protesting fall into this category. I have no evidence to back this up, except for the fact that the leadership of every protest movement that has ever existed in this country has been far more extreme and radical than those who join up.

You begin with a hard right slant and you look for facts to justify it. I will give you credit that most times you don’t post a fact that isn’t true; that’s a major difference between us because I do that from time to time; I’m lazy and you’ve caught me out on it as you noted. But though your facts are correct, the conclusions you draw from them are almost always flawed (at least IMO). And I think you have a very skewed view of reality and the world. I’d frankly be embarrassed to have some of your views about race, immigration, and homosexuality. I actually feel kind of sad for you.

We’re at a fundamental level of disagreement. I think minors should be allowed to have this treatment in consultation with their doctors and family. I don’t think the state should be involved. I really have no opinion on the information you’ve presented. I note that the AMA approves of gender affirming treatment and that’s enough for me. When and if they change their minds then I will too. But not on whether or not the state should be involved. I’ve explained all this before. Not sure what the point is in further responding. I like you and I don’t wish to insult you by impugning your views. But I do believe you’ve aligned yourself here with some pretty hateful people.

What you just described about me is what you do, not me

Nikki Haley won 17% of primary voters in Pennsylvania…yesterday. And it’s a closed primary!!!

I don’t dismiss anything from other countries. I wrote that when there is a disagreement I tended to rely more on what our experts here say.

See @jerryskids and @Strike here is my problem: you guys want to rely on rather controversial (or at the very least highly disputed) medical opinion to prove your point, and yet you’re on the same side as this guy who basically just peddles bigotry and intolerance. Can you see why I’m skeptical?