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Posted by Banjo Paterson, Tuesday, 12 November 2024 7:56:08 AM
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In America we lived for over ten years
As a result we have big fears We want Australia to get on the bus In case there's a Trump in some of us. Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 12 November 2024 8:35:06 AM
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Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « A Fox exit poll revealed their real concerns », i.e., the real concerns of the American electors. I couldn’t agree more, ttbn. Kamala Harris and the Democrats made the fatal mistake of talking to the electorate instead of talking with the electorate. They failed miserably because they talked a lot but never listened. There is nothing more elementary than to ask people what they want to be sure to offer them what they want and not something they don’t want. Trump has been doing that all his life. If he hadn’t, he could never have succeeded in the real estate business as he did. . Posted by Banjo Paterson, Tuesday, 12 November 2024 9:26:36 AM
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Banjo,
Even calling it an insurrection displays your bias. A riot yes, an insurrection no. That's just a word the Democrats used to try to weaponise the state against its opponents. You won't find any quote from Trump telling people to invade the congress. In a country with more guns than you can count, none of the so-called insurrectionists were armed. The only shots fired were aimed at the protestors. The first insurrection in history where the insurrectionists were unarmed!! As to the 34 felon counts... that was merely Democrat lawfare against Trump. In jurisdiction that voted 90% against him they found a jury that ignored the facts and followed the politics. It will get overturned once its appealed outside New York. BTW the Hilary was found to have done the exact same thing as Trump and got a slap on the wrist. Two-tiered justice indeed. Meanwhile did you see the clip I showed earlier of 'good guy' Kamala boasting about jailing a mother because her sick daughter didn't go to school. the clip where she laughed about jailing other parents because she wanted to protect federal school funding. Or have you read about how she kept black offenders in jail beyond their sentence because they were needed to work on pet projects. Good guy indeed!! Posted by mhaze, Tuesday, 12 November 2024 10:47:28 AM
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Dear Banjo,
Politifacts rated in its fact check that there were so many false claims made about Kamala Harris by the Trump camp -including that she kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labour for the state of California. This was simply not true and was not backed up by data. Kamala Harris has served as San Francisco District Attorney, as California Attorney General, as a Senator, before being elected as Vice President in 2020. She achieved a number of firsts in her positions. Her 20 years of service has now been interrupted but it has not been broken. As she explained: "I concede this election. I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign. The fight for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness, and the dignity of all people. A fight for the ideals at the heart of our nation. The ideals that reflect America at its best. That is a fight I will never give up". With those strong words and beliefs - Kamala Harris certainly qualifies as being good! Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 12 November 2024 3:11:53 PM
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/936121/kamala-harris-office-sought-to-keep-inmates-locked-up-so-that-california-could-use-them-for-cheap-labor/
http://tiny.cc/kv8szz Posted by mhaze, Tuesday, 12 November 2024 3:26:56 PM
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Dear mhaze,
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You wrote :
[ "unlike you, mhaze, I have no political bias."
"Trump, the bad guy..... Harris, the good guy..."
That the same man, within a 24hr period, could write those two things shows a massive lack of self-reflection ]
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A bias is a preconceived opinion, mhaze. Observing reality through the lens of a bias (e.g., political ideology) deforms its image. What one sees is not reality but a deformed image of reality.
Reality is that which exists independently of ideas concerning it.
I saw live on television Trump inciting the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the Capitol. I also saw live on television his conviction by a New York jury of a criminal offence on 34 counts of falsification of business records in the first degree.
My vision in this regard was not deformed by any bias. It corresponds to reality.
Declaring Trump to be a bad guy is not a biased opinion. It is a fact that also corresponds to reality.
The same goes for my declaration that Harris is a good guy. It is not just an opinion. It too is a fact that corresponds to reality.
Trump is a bad guy and Harris is a good guy independently of any ideas that we may happen to have on the question.
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