The Real timschochet

Jones is a great man. But I don’t think he’s right about Kendi, or what King would have said about Kendi. I read Stamped From the Beginning. I don’t agree with all of its conclusions particularly regarding modern society, but it’s a fine scholarly work. It’s in keeping with the philosophy of WEB Dubois. I believe that MLK would have appreciated Kendi’s contribution, even if he disagreed with some of it. And I absolutely believe that King would have generally welcomed the teaching of Critical Race Theory as essential to American history.

This is true. Ted Nugent may be one of the worst guys in America, but damn “Stranglehold” is a great rock song.

No, and this itself is a bigoted remark. Because you’re suggesting that a black Muslim of Somolian heritage must by necessity be a radical leftist. Which is blatantly absurd and offensive,

You need to calm down.

Most of those countries didn’t screw themselves up all by themselves. We played an important role. Partly because of greed, partly because of the Cold War, the USA propped up unstable regimes all over Latin America, Asia, and Africa. We are continuing to pay the price for that and will be for a long time. You break it you own it.

It is. Any assumption otherwise is delusional.

If Taylor Swift tells me to enlist then I will. Whatever she says to do.

I like that. My kind of thing. But better than The Man In Black? I don’t think so. Few things are.

You don’t think it’s a bad thing to be fearful of anything foreign? How pathetic. I’m frankly surprised you would admit it. To answer your question: if I fear something or someone it had better be for a very specific proven reason. And I don’t fear groups of people because that’s the height of bigotry.

It’s crickets because it’s a stupid question. I’ve attacked Ms Omer many times on questions of policy and for some of her extremist comments. I have legitimate criticisms of her. But I don’t attack her for her race, her name, her religion, her sex, her original nationality. Those that do (and there are plenty here and elsewhere) are engaging in bigotry. If you’re talking about deporting her, and you’re serious about it, you’re xenophobic at best and probably a bigot. I shouldn’t have had to explain that to you.

According to John Kelly, Trump called some parent of a dead soldier and said “well, he knew what he was getting into.”

And why does this make a difference to anyone? The point is that his son died at a young age so he knows what it’s like.

Stop repeating conservative talking points. There is very little that Biden can do about this by executive order. He needs more manpower and judges. And even if he could do something you guys would simply challenge it in courts and call him a dictator. Such hypocrites.

Good point. Yes it’s that as well.

Not once in our history have we “controlled” our border at the level that Republicans are currently proposing. There has always been a migration of people passing back and forth without documentation. Right now it’s at a historically large pace and we need to deal with that. But even now it does not threaten our sovereignty at all. It never has.

1. Of course. 2. This is a common argument used to deflect against all charges of racism. It doesn’t fly.

They are. That’s my point.

If we’re going to deport people I would start with anyone who complains about immigration.

Oh no it will not be status quo. It will be far worse. Trump’s polices before, such as they were, were a disaster and a disgrace to this country. This time they will be far far worse.

She strikes me as not a good person and I disagree with her views too much to ever vote for her or support her. At the same time, many of the attacks against her are racist, xenophobic, and anti-Muslim.

Anyone else listen to this phone call by Biden to the parents of one of the fallen soldiers? https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/presidents-call-to-parents-of-fallen-georgia-soldier-brings-tears/XHD3S7GXEZAGJKVXUPYWOS3QUQ/ Really moving.

@Baker Boy I enjoy your posts on this topic.

Republicans, and now Trump, are absolutely responsible for the chaos. They had numerous chances over the last 20 years to have a comprehensive immigration reform deal. Each time House Republicans killed it. They don’t want to solve this problem.

Trump spent nearly 30 million last year in legal fees. All of it came from campaign contributions: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/31/trump-donor-legal-fees-fec-00138965 I can’t believe how stupid some people are. There’s been a few politicians I’ve really liked over the years. I haven’t given money to their legal fees ever.

You sound like a betting man, Mr. Manhorse. Care to have an actual wager on this election?