Yep, and with all the avenues for information nowadays, the left absolutely has lost its stranglehold on media and influence. Just in time too.
Has the Republican Party evolved into fascism?
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I get ya. I'm about at that age too but I'm kinda involved in a group doing aplogetics, so I remain engaged. I guess I'm wondering why folks are arguing with him if they don't want to convince him.
I'm happy to trash talk with lefties, but I try to keep in mind that they think they are fighting the good fight, and that this is all spiritual warfare. I'd have a beer with many of the liberals here... when politics are set aside.
That’s interesting but if Kamala had shifted just a bit over a quarter million votes in a handful of states she takes the electoral college.Have you seen the NYT arrow map from the election? The Gop dominated it.
"Each red arrow represents a U.S. county where Republicans gained ground in the 2024 election compared to the 2020 election, and the arrows’ lengths correlate to the magnitude of those gains. Overall, the map concisely illustrates an overwhelming nationwide shift to the right—literally and figuratively."
Very few news commentators are highly educated. They get a J degree and move on.
"when the DNC of the past ten years has been so ruthless that organized crime would blush?" Give me examples with the source.
You're referencing that because you believe, like the right wing media propaganda apparatus has beat this drum since Covid, Obama's birth certificate, the ACA, Death Panels, and every other thing right wing fixates on to scare/outrage you, is the newest scare tactic. Between .5 and 1% of Americans identify as trans yet if you follow right wing media, it's an epidemic. The Dem's and left took the bait, IMO, and here we are.
I just want to hear your definition of what "sexual deviance" means. You mention straight and gays but I'd curious how you define this. Since it was that long ago that being a homosexual was criminalized and consider both sexual deviancy and a mental illness.
I'll do the same. I at the very least hope your mind will open to at least consider different perspectives may be right.
My mind is open and I read views from every perspective. My experiences and logic tell me that my perspective is the right one. Maybe it is you who should open his mind.
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At least I'll be praying to a living God who can perform miracles. I have no idea who you pray to as an atheist.
Praying can be completely secular and doesn't need to be to a "god/gods or supernatural". Here is my question to you as I posed to the other person I am talking with on here-is it possible that part/some/all of your world view, belief in god, etc, is incorrect? And if it was, how would you know?
When I first realized that by filing a praecipe with the court during a legal proceeding one was "praying the court" to do something, I finally saw the big picture. 😲
I had a Philosophy professor at Pitt who was an atheist. I had some good debates with him about the existence of God and about the universe in general. By the time the course was over, he was starting to believe I was right.
I'm also a believer that this universe is not the only universe that exists. This is a huge multiverse. It didn't just happen out of nothing. But that's another discussion in quantum physics.
Of course it is possible re God. That's why it is called "faith".
Same question to you. Is it possible that God exists and your lack of faith in Jesus Christ will doom you to hell for eternity?
Re the rest of my worldview, I am 99.9% certain that it is not wrong based on the real world and my experiences, just as I already said.
Gotcha and yes of course it's possible that a God/gods exist and that a all-powerful, knowledgeable, and loving God will send me to hell for eternal damnation for the simple fact of not believing in him/it. But given what I've experienced/thought about/read, I'd say that probably is pretty low. Imagine if you and I were born in India, our world view would be pretty different as would this conversation.
As far as certainty, 99.9% is pretty certain and I'd put my certainty around 75-80%. I am always open to changing as more information/evidence comes in. I mean this not sarcastically at all, I hope you would feel that way as well.
I am always open to changing many things when information presents itself. I am not as open when it comes to basic principles.
The belief that there is a supreme being, a God, is universal under different religions. But faith is reserved for those who don't need proof in a physical sense, as in the realms of chemistry, physics, biology, math. They believe in God not because of fear, but because they believe in a forever consciousness, a soul that was created by some force. That would be God. That is my basic principle. Jesus was the physical manifestation of God that was put on earth for the non-believers to either accept or reject. We have that freedom of choice.
I don't care what others believe or what they think of me for being a believer in God and in the Lord, Jesus Christ. I've had my life experiences to know I'm not perfect but closer to the truth than those who don't believe.
These threads are proving my point. Pardoning a cop who murdered a black man. Defending an insurrection. Defending a guy who wants to undermine elections.
Fascism.
The 3 things you stated are categorically false statements. So where did anything prove your point? All you did was regurgitate the far left, fascist talking points. You do understand that fascism is a far left ideology, right? The current heirs of the fascist tradition are the Dem Party, the New York Times, Ivy League professors, and the liberals of Hollywood. I suggest you do some reading on the subject. You are grossly uninformed.
Seems to me that @KennyHeisman8 is new to this game. He just needs to have that special epiphany at some point in the future where he learns to answer the question posed to him instead of a question he thinks was posed to him.
Other questions that jump to mind....
Why does it matter that the victim was a black man?
If there was an insurrection, why wasn't anyone charged with insurrection?
If a student doth protest about another student's cheating, is the student undermining education?
Before you know it, Kenny will be snatching pebbles from our hands....
I think he's just a very young, uninformed, heavily biased kid who is having problems facing reality. And understanding questions asked of him to answer. Maybe when he grows up, he'll get it.
Heres a few more
1. If it was in insurrection, why didnt they bring guns to the fight?
2. Why did cops open doors that could only be opened inside the capital (ie they were magnetically locked)
3. Why did the hostile crowd walk between the ropes at the capital and have friendly discussions with the cops.
4. Why does it matter if the cop was white?
I think he’s older than you think. I could be wrong though. I get him and poker mixed up sometimes. One of them has been on these boards for as long as we have, which would indicate he’s at least 45.
Poker has been around for a long time. Poker was here during the Howland/Dixon years. KennyHeisman not as long, I don't believe.
And Trump's approval among the general population is now over 60%. On some issues, it's over 70%.
He is right now higher apprpval at this point then any other time in his previous administration which is the 1st time any president has achieved this
