The Real timschochet

Well you raised two issues: enforcement of existing laws, and more restrictive punishments. When I countered about the ATF you now claim that it’s not necessary if we have better sentencing. So is enforcing the existing laws really that important to you? Because it doesn’t sound like it. As far as sentencing goes: the Soros backed attorneys general didn’t come out of nowhere. They actually have some very good ideas if you can put aside the ideological blinders. Increasing punishment has failed our society as a deterrent to crime. We need a more nuanced approach; mandatory minimum sentencing (which you appear to be promoting) is not the way to go.

We don’t spend enough on the ATF to enforce our current laws. And whenever it’s proposed that we spend more, Republicans in Congress oppose it.

Never met a gun owner who wasn’t a good, law abiding citizen and a stand up person. There has got to be a way to allow gun owners all of their rights while making it more difficult for bad guys and crazies to get their hands on guns. Got to be.

Every poll since 2020 shows that a majority of Republicans believe that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. There is no evidence whatsoever to back this claim (sorry Gateway Pundit) but they believe it nonetheless. I don’t know where this goes. Personally I have no interest in mocking the delusions of millions of people. Reasonable discussion and argument doesn’t seem to do in any good. Perhaps if Trump gets beat again it will resolve this. But I’m fearful it won’t.

There is no US military there conducting drone strikes. Unless you have information the rest of us aren’t privy to.

I doubt you really want to have a discussion- you’ve never engaged in one in the months I’ve been here. But just in case, the reason I focus on black people is because I am convinced that there is still institutionalized racism in this country and that black people are mistreated by police, and there needs to be federal reform of police to deal with this issue. That was the purpose of the Black Lives Matter peaceful protests in 2020. Now if you want to have a discussion about this I’m ready to do so. If not you can go back to posting “liberals are so stupid” or some other inane remark and I will go back to ignoring you.

It is terrible. You also didn’t mention that for the first time ever, Americans owe 1 TRILLION DOLLARS on their credit cards!! That’s extremely bad news and doesn’t bode well for the future. On the other hand there is some justification to Biden’s argument- the economy is booming, unemployment is down, inflation appears to be receding, and we’ve avoided a recession- for now at least. So while I don’t think liberals should be blind to our problems, I also don’t think conservatives should ignore the good stuff. Let’s agree that there are arguments to be made for both.

What? That’s really ignorant. My daughters aren’t anti-law enforcement, they just don’t want to see black people choked to death.

He doesn’t engage in sarcasm. He’s dead serious.

My opinion is the crossover was barely. Why do I think this? Because the protests typically started in midday and ended around 3 or 4, while the rioting almost always began long after dusk. Are you suggesting that many folks simply hung around waiting to riot? That seems very unlikely. Common sense suggests we’re talking about two different groups of people. But that doesn’t fit the conservative narrative, in which the two groups MUST be one and the same.

Another example of the homophobia that is spreading through this country thanks to the hateful rhetoric from conservatives: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna98233

In many ways he’s even nuttier than Justin. Marxists are coming to gut school teachers like fish? Where the hell does anyone get this stuff?

As far as the looting went, several properties I managed in Long Beach suffered some damage. But at least in my neck of the woods, the violence and property damage suffered back in 1992 (the Rodney King riots) were far worse. Of course that was mainly limited to Southern California.

Black Lives Matter organized peaceful protests during the day. My daughters took part in them. The protests were a good thing and I’m glad they happened and very proud of my kids. Later on in the evening, long after the peaceful protestors went home, thugs came out and looted, vandalized and burned. Most of these were independent losers looking for an opportunity. In some cities a few members of Antifa may have been involved but I suspect their significance was greatly exaggerated in retrospect.

If you remember the protesting and rioting being by the same people then your memory is flawed.

I don’t disagree with you about celebrity necessarily. But I think you underestimate Swift fans, and young people in general. Polls suggest that they care very much about climate change, gun control, gay and trans rights, and a variety of other issues beyond “free stuff.”

They never used the word “justified”. Frankly I don’t know whether Brown, who was a thug, was wrongfully murdered. I suspect he was. I think he was turning back around with his hands up, to surrender. Because charging at the officer makes no sense. But I can’t be sure. But there’s such a long history of police racism against blacks in Ferguson, as well as in almost every big city in this country, that who can blame people for getting upset when stuff like this goes down? Rather than try and rip me, you should examine your own motivations is constantly defending the police in these situations.

You’re much smarter than Taylor. Lol.

That’s my point. It shouldn’t be amazing but compared to the last guy it really is.

How does one prepare for nuclear war? How are you preparing?

No that’s not what happened. They concluded that there wasn’t enough evidence to prosecute the officer. They also concluded that the Ferguson police force had a long of institutionalized racism and violations of civil liberties against blacks people.

Biden moves quickly to help Maui. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/maui-fire-hawaii-biden-00110692 This story isn’t remarkable- most normal Presidents immediately take action in these situations with competence. They don’t whine, do nothing and blame the victims.

I never offered an opinion on the “Hands up don’t shoot” stuff. What I wrote at the time was that Michael Brown was a thug, but that it made no sense that, unarmed and running away from a cop, he would then change direction and charge the cop who was armed. I always had trouble buying into that argument; still do.

Oh I’ve never read that. Thanks for the info.

Calling it an assassination is crazy extremist talk. Sorry you can’t see that.