The Arpaio Pardon

Written August 25, 2017, in Facebook

The so called President has pardoned convicted Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio is the sheriff who targeted and racially profiled Hispanics in Arizona for over a year after being told by courts to stop violating their rights. He was convicted of contempt. 

One of the talking points of the supporters of the so-called President will be that it was a political prosecution because it was announced just before the vote for the sheriff's position - which Arpaio then lost. However this excuse does not explain his actual conviction - he was indeed guilty.

The key reason for Arpaio's pardon is Arpaio's support for the so-called President. Arpaio endorsed the so-called President for the nomination and was a fellow birther; "Trump is likely a fan of Arpaio’s because Arapio is a fan of his—an early supporter who also went all in for birtherism, at one point sending members of a so-called Cold Case Posse to Hawaii to dig up something incriminating about Barack Obama’s birth certificate..." from the New Yorker.

That's the answer; they both promoted racist theories and policies - it's that simple.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-does-donald-trump-like-sheriff-joe

Was the 2016 election covered fairly?

One of the myths that has already developed about the 2016 election was that the mainstream media somehow tried to help Clinton, or tried to hurt the so-called President or generally was not fair and objective in their coverage, with their liberal bias favoring Clinton. To me this is just an indication of our short memories and the bias against facts that underpin the beliefs of supporters of the so-called President.

The media, mainstream and fake news alike, helped get the so-called President elected. They did this by covering his campaign events to the exclusion of covering the rallies of other candidates. This is too obvious to dispute.

But they also covered him in a way that they did not cover the other candidates. His lies, irrationality, ugliness were normalized while the indiscretions of others were inflated even though the transgressions of the so-called President were magnitudes greater. He called other candidates "lying Ted Cruz", "little Marco", "crooked Hillary," and worse. He accused them of things we all know he had done many times over; he lied and insulted the families of other candidates.

He begged Russia to hack the emails of his opponents.

This is not a biased memory - it is fact. No other candidate in the history of the country got as many breaks and as much coverage and as much a second chance to display some competence, humanity and decency. He never showed any.

If the press were fair they would have ALWAYS noted he was a liar, a bigot, a misogynist and ignorant. That would have been fair and objective. By not doing so, they gave him a break that they gave no one else. Studies are coming out that support the obvious. Please read:

https://shorensteincenter.org/news-coverage-2016-general-election/

https://cyber.harvard.edu/node/99982

Does the KKK love the so-called President?

Written August 23, 2017 on Facebook

One of the things supporters of the so-called President are saying, and that he said at his rally, is that he criticized hate groups like the KKK and neo-Nazis in his statements. They overlook his waffling in other parts of his statements of course, but they point to some things he said and claim it means he is not a bigot.

But what do the actual bigots really think?

Washington Post: "Less than a half-hour after Trump’s live remarks, the Daily Stormer had declared the president’s words as a signal of tacit support for their side: 'Trump comments were good. He didn’t attack us. He just said the nation should come together. Nothing specific against us.'

And David Duke - he GUSHED over the so-called President!

So here is what the supporters are saying; "we don't care if the KKK and neo-Nazis feel that the so-called President supported them or feel that he has their backs. We believe whatever the so-called President tells us..."

Read for yourself:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/donald-trump-david-duke-charlottesville/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/13/one-group-loved-trumps-remarks-about-charlottesville-white-supremacists/?utm_term=.f6696795b39b

Dementia?

There is increasing talk about the possibility of the so-called President suffering from some form of dementia. A lot of people criticize those who raise this question, especially since the conclusions are not based on in-person examinations. But there is no blood test for dementia, nor is there an X-Ray or MRI that would reveal the condition. It would all be based on observation - something we all can do from afar. The biggest and most justifiable objection to suggesting dementia is the emotional response many have to this president, and that this emotion may cloud someone's judgment.

But there ARE some markers for dementia. Memory, irrationality, impaired judgment, etc. These are things that make dementia the problem it is.

The article below is from February this year and refers to many things he has done and said in the past. It's scary.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/17/1486899/-Is-Donald-Trump-Suffering-From-Delusional-Senile-Dementia

Dog Whistles

Written August 22, 2017 on Facebook

The so-called President's visit to Phoenix may be partially intended to goad protesters into committing violence - and unfortunately there could be some protesters who may fall into the trap. If he pardons Sheriff Joe Arpaio he will of course be excusing someone who goes out of his way to persecute the Hispanic community. The so-called President's base would love it.

But the temptation to disrupt rallies of those you disagree with and even of those you believe are racist or otherwise immoral must be resisted - always and by everyone.

There is a narrative that the so-called President is trying to create - the narrative that his opponents want to destroy everyone's free speech and enforce a political correctness on everyone. Never mind that that the so-called President wants to force everyone to say "Merry Christmas, " wants no Muslims or Hispanics to enter the country, enjoys the support of White Nationalists and worse; it's the LEFT that threatens our freedom! Never mind that his primary opposition in the past election, Hillary Clinton and her supporters are the most middle of the road politically in the country - they will get lumped in with anarchists and whatever left wing group that gets violence.

Since his supporters are lo-info, all he needs are a handful of idiots to allow him to smear the entire opposition - and make it stick with many. Unfortunately there is never a shortage of idiots within any group.

This is the plan of the so-called President - goading some tiny fraction of his opponents into disrupting and possibly even attacking his supporters with his "dog whistles." All he cares about is winning even if it ruins the country.

The "real" story of Charlottesville

There is nothing so dumb that it would prevent many people from believing it. Someone actually thinks it is "plausible" that "liberals" staged the violence and it was funded by George Soros to boot! Yup, he's an elected official.

Never mind that White Nationalists promoted the event which included David Duke as a speaker and the car-driving accused killer was known Nazi sympathizer. It was really the "liberals." Somehow they made the White Nationalists do it and kill one of the counter-protesters.

From AOL news:  "(Idaho State Rep.)  Bryan Zollinger, who serves the state’s 33rd District, took to Facebook over the weekend and shared an article that suggests a cabal of liberals may have staged the conflict to “smear” President Trump."

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/21/idaho-state-rep-finds-it-plausible-that-liberals-staged-charlottesville-violence/23156325/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook

The "real" cause of the Civil War

Written August 19, 2017

Here is a post from a fellow who took exception to criticism of the alt-right White Nationalist rally in Charlottesville. Here is what he wrote on Facebook:

"The extreme racist who started the war in 1860 was Lincoln. He invaded the nation of the Confederate States of America with the sole purpose of keeping the tariffs and other taxes flowing from the South to the North and to make sure that the South had to keep buying expensive Northern products instead of cheaper imported ones. Every descendant of slaves today should get down on their knees and thank God that their ancestor was put on that boat. Blacks in America live better than any nation in Africa. You do realize that the first slave owner in the British colonies was a black man? You do realize that it was Yankee ships that brought slaves to the US? Or are you a total historical illiterate? You do realize that slavery is still practice in Muslim nations?"

Please note after excusing slavery throughout his paragraph and criticizing Lincoln as a racist for imposing tariffs(?), he then slams Muslims for still having slavery in some countries as if that was a terrible injustice all of a sudden.

This is certainly not the first time someone has told me that the slaves and their descendants should be thankful; the other times it was for being indoctrinated into Christianity.

Yes and the White Nationalist rally in Charlottesville was about free speech. It actually was for crazy speech.