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| Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
Well, it's sort of a debate. The professor pretty much cowers behind meaningless drivel about subjective feelings regarding some vague notion that Ann Coulter is unsuitable to speak at Berkeley. I guess that's the best he can do to try to put a positive spin on the fascism that's going on there. http://video.foxnews.com/v/541...0001/?#sp=show-clipsThis message has been edited. Last edited by: Sigmanic, | ||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Nobody seems to actually know what fascism is, or was, but they all agree it was dreadful. Are they sure they have the spelling right? Maybe it is fecism they are thinking of. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
I love what I call his "DAFUQ? face"  | |||
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He's not a Berkley professor. He's an assistant prof of English from Colby College in Maine. Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed. | |||
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| Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
Oops, you're right! I screwed that one up. Just fixed it. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Listening to Tucker a bit more than usual this week - he's pretty good. Last night he was asking why the goobermint should pay for the arts instead of paying for students to be exposed to say NASCAR (automobile engineering) or fly-fishing (conservation and appreciation of the environment). Followed up with why the goobermmint should pay for it instead of those who have profited from it (actors, directors, and such). Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers | |||
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I say this show, and thought that Tucker did a good job with it. He made some very good points. I have to admit, that Tim Daly held his ground pretty well. | |||
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| Conservative Behind Enemy Lines  |
I found what you said riveting. | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
Debate? If that was debate, Eskimos debate baby seals. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Bad dog! |
The basis for shutting down free speech is that in 2008 the Democrat Party became a cult. Obama was "The Messiah." He made claims that went far beyond the realm of politics, and entered the domain of messianic salvation: He would heal the planet. Ponder that a moment. He would stop the rise of sea levels. --By walking on the waters? Social justice warriors, his disciples, would eliminate every manner of inequality and injustice in America. This is a thumb-nail sketch not of a political party, but of a Utopian cult, built around a charismatic personality. Cults do not debate their beliefs. Try to debate a Scientologist. Political Correctness is the controlling mechanism to insure that "hostile" questions are not raised, opposing beliefs are not aired. When that does not suffice, they resort to outright intimidation and violence. The First Amendment has no place in the world of the cultist. ______________________________________________________ "You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone." | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Yes he did. And he made some good points regarding the "arts" that I can't disagree with. But, I still don't believe that we should be funding it at the expense of other critical issues. I donate to causes in my profession and "artists" should do the same. It is not incumbent on me to support an up and coming actor, comedian, dancer, or whatever. The Arts are an important part of our culture. But...priorities. With unlimited funding? Sure, toss a few bucks their way. With us $20T in debt? Not so much. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Ammoholic |
Tucker is usually better than that and his guest really wasn't one of the usual nutjobs trying 'shut it down'. He had a simple argument, Ann Coulter is not smart enough to speak on campuses, so her speech needs to be shut down because she's no smarter than some idiot on the innerwebz. Why didn't he ask for how he determined she's so unqualified to speak there, and what other speakers need to be stopped due to not meeting his or university standards. Wonder how many other idiots graduate from Cornell, then get JD and pass bar? Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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I find Tucker Carlson unwatchable . Every show degenerates into a shouting match. Poor substitute for commentary by the likes of Dr. Krauthammer and Brit Hume . | |||
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Unhyphenated American |
__________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M Nixon It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice. Billy Joe Shaver NRA Life Member | |||
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This is really well stated. | |||
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Festina Lente |
If they are truly a cult, I am all for a white tennis shoe and grape cool aid "go fund me" page to support their cause. What time does Hale-Bopp swing by again? NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught" | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
If I had to pick a moment when the colleges lost control, it was a few months ago when Milo was to speak at Berkeley. The college, and their local police department, allowed the left wing anarchists to start burning things, smashing windows and other violent acts without any push back at all. Now anything less than that type of violent reaction to a person they disagree with is seen as moderate. The left loves to use the word fascist and Nazi but they are now the brown shirts of the current era. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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| Conservative Behind Enemy Lines |
Watch the video posted above. I found what you said riveting. | |||
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| The Unmanned Writer |
Just listened to him discuss May Day with a participant. Not certain if Tucker asked questions in the correct order if the other person was talking in circles with the ending of "I discuss economics with you" but yet avoiding those questions. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers | |||
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