Comments by "Scott Charney" (@scottcharney1091) on "ABC News" channel.

  1. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  2. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  3. There was a girl in the Columbine shooting who later attended Virginia Tech, and was there for the shooting.
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  4. This is the least justified student protest in history, or at least one of them, and that's why I get a kick out of it.
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  5. Non-participants, particularly non-Christians, almost invariably get bullied in situations like that. That came up in the court cases from those days.
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  6. Armed minorities are harder to oppress! The killer made it clear that he sought out an area where the targets would have less of a chance of defending themselves. With that said, stopping a mass shooter as a civilian is not usually a good idea, but that's not really the point.
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  7. I feel for the non-Christian players, who will surely get bullied when they decline to participate (if the past is any guide).
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  8. *affected
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  9.  @fayturner6877  God is imaginary.
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  10. True, and irrelevant. The non-Christian players are just going to get bullied.
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  11.  @zacharyhutchison4006  Evidence?
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  12. That's irrelevant. Pregnancy itself can be very damaging to a woman. That's not just true physically; it's also true in terms of finances, her safety due to abusive partners/family, etc. In any case, there's no harm in not being born.
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  13. I don't think this will help, but I hope it does, as I am currently arguing with nitwits on Twitter who are convinced that D'Souza's new movie is some sort of earth-shattering piece of journalism.
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  14. The lesson is to not talk to the police without an attorney.
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  15. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  16.  @billjohnson7706  Evidence?
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  17. True, but abortion doesn't involve children.
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  18. It's not either/or.
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  19.  @SpaceGringos3D  That's enough Hasbara.
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  20.  @ManMan-xq8jh  Nobody minds not being born.
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  21. It's not either/or.
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  22. Speak for yourself. RIP Mrs. Windsor, but now: Up the Republic!
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  23. I was struck by how old Amanda Berry's sister looks.
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  24. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  25. CTE can move slowly, and it isn't exactly fatal on its own.
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  26.  @themorosepittbull257  Why do you need a grifter like him to tell you what to think?
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  27. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  28.  @seanmorgan8128  Cite?
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  29. Yeah, and you might have to do the same thing someday. Don't blame the victims.
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  30. Something's seriously amiss here, as some of the performers were severely injured, possibly crippled.
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  31. Migration doesn't do that. Were your ancestors indigenous to the US?
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  32. Let's not forget that boys/men are captives as well; for one thing, there's the Fritzl case in Austria, and for another, there was an American serial killer who kept male captives for some time (no, not Dahmer, his victims were killed pretty quickly).
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  33. You might have to seek asylum someday, or do whatever it takes to feed your family.
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  34. This has nothing to do with sexual orientation.
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  35. It's a form of healthcare. It deals with a woman's biological workings, and thus her health.
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  36.  @strafer8764  True, and the prerogative for continuing the pregnancy lies with the woman, the host organism.
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  37. Whether we're talking about these villages, or affordable housing more generally, great locations are available: golf courses!
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  38. Whataboutwhataboutwhatabout... there's a big difference between civil unrest and a coup attempt.
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  39.  @kimbercustompro1911  Sure. A coup attempt is an attempt to topple a government by extra-legal means, with or without violence. There's also the phenomenon of a "self-coup" or "auto-coup," in which a sitting government essentially does the same thing to the opposition, in order to remain in power. On January 6th, the attackers attempted to prevent the certification of (and indeed overturn) a legitimate election, which would have theoretically allowed Trump to remain in power indefinitely. The attackers came very close to lynching lawmakers & other personnel (no, this does not need to involve hanging; that's a common misconception), which would have sharply worsened the ensuing Constitutional crisis. Serious people do not dispute that; it's clearly demonstrated by primary sources, along with the words and actions by many of the attackers demonstrating their planning ahead of time, and the many others who began to cooperate with said plans on the spot. I'm not sure why you stress successful attempts. It's the principle of the thing. The attempt that we're talking about could almost certainly not have succeeded in the medium term, based on what we observed that day. Most of the police fought bravely, while others seemed to collaborate with the attackers; I'm actually surprised by the former. The unarmored police in the hallway outside the House Chamber had their pistols drawn and were ready to use them, as one did. With that said, note that some of the attackers have been busted with firearms, not to mention all of their abundant melee weapons & stolen shields. Gossip from the Pentagon is that they were tired of Trump's actions, and they swear an oath to the Constitution, not to any particular administration. Mayor Bowser hates Trump and could have called upon many more police; note also that the police from Arlington & Alexandria VA were very uncomfortable with their role in helping with Trump's forceful clearing of Lafayette Plaza to hold that bizarre photo op. Besides all of that, Trump is very unpopular in the District and in the closest suburbs; people seem to forget that many liberals own firearms, and genuine leftists own many, many more! So, as I wrote, it's the principle of the thing. You wanted similar examples, so here: Bolivia's 1946 coup was the work of a mob. Germany saw several coup attempts by private citizen militant groups in the years between the World Wars; beginning with the Spartacist League on the left in 1919, and continuing on the right with Freikorps and allied groups trying the same thing the following year, and of course the Nazis' Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. Ten years later, Chancellor Hitler's self-coup gave him absolute power. Mussolini's Blackshirts were successful in 1922, and a new generation of the Italian far-right tried the same thing in 1970. There was the attempt by the PLO in Jordan in 1970, and, amazingly, UK suffragists were planning a coup in 1913! There are other examples, but you get the idea. This is a much bigger deal than run-of-the-mill rioting.
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  40. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  41. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  42. No, the moral is to not talk to the police without an attorney.
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  43.  @tonyromero472  It's not, and migration doesn't cause that anyway. Asylum-seeking is legal. Expedite the work permits. This is a boon, not a burden.
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  44.  @hinglemccringleberry9389  How so? In captive-audience situations like this, those who refuse to participate invariably face bullying, or at the very least, relentless proselytization. Earlier school-prayer decisions took note of that.
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  45. *you're No, there's no baby involved.
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  46. That, and shelters have curfews and such that make it really difficult to get/keep jobs.
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  47.  Claudia Neymour  It's not that, exactly. He played them against one another, and some very strange things can happen to the human mind in cases like this. With that said, all three have made it clear that they wish the absolute best for the others.
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  48. Orwell was a socialist and an Antifa icon. He fought against the forces of Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War, and took a bullet through the throat (and survived!) in the process. He would not want to glorify people who fought to support a regime based on slavery.
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  49.  @Funnyfresh420  They caused quite a bit of damage, were driven out by militarized police reinforcements, and many of the perpetrators had in fact organized for months ahead of time, as investigations are uncovering. This was an inept attempt, but it was genuine, and that's the point.
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  50.  @pimpgreen8989  Or cops in general.
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  51.  @sarahworkmann  No. Don't talk to them without an attorney. Even cops themselves teach that to their kids.
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  52. Monuments honoring evil should be removed. It's not the past that's being removed.
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  53.  @fynkozari9271  If you watch the footage, it might look ambiguous for a few seconds, especially to a child who's never seen a launch before. Also, it wasn't really an explosion (the shuttle was torn apart by wind shear), so there was no "boom" sound.
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  54. Evil? Sure. Demonic possession? No, there is no such thing.
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  55. Orwell was a socialist and is an Antifa icon. He fought against Franco's Fascists in Spain, surviving a bullet through the throat in the process. He was no fan of honoring regimes based on slavery.
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  56. Would *have. And that doesn't matter. There's no harm in not being born.
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  57. He shouldn't do it. It's not worth it.
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  58. True, but that has nothing to do with this. Removing monuments to evil does not constitute forgetting the past.
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  59.  @themorosepittbull257  You aren't paying attention.
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  60. Along with others who battled against the fascists that day.
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  61. Baby?
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  62.  @stevedawsey5198  Was that proven?
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  63. I'm seeing coverage of this.
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  64. It's a quasi-parasite, and it is indeed the choice of the host organism as to whether or not to continue the pregnancy.
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  65. Spin? It's a primary source.
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  66. Down with this stupid sport.
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  67.  @LittleGoldenGunesh  The child was/is a girl, and she wasn't Castile's, but that's off the subject.
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  68. That's Mormons for you.
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  69. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  70. These statues of traitors, who fought for an explicitly pro-slavery regime, were created to intimidate Black people during periods of civil rights agitation. Should those Lenin statues have stayed up at the end of the Cold War? What about the big swastikas at the end of WWII?
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  71. God doesn't exist.
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  72.  @Gunshinzero  Yes, don't talk to the police! Ask for an attorney!
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  73. Don't talk to the police without an attorney! Also: "Wouldn't you *have..."
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  74. What's that supposed to mean?
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  75. Indeed, even undocumented people commit less crime per-capita than native-born Americans.
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  76.  @paulweston285  You know what they did to the FAA, right?
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  77.  @JayHayyy  See what the administration did to the FAA. I don't know if that would have affected the Philly crash, to be sure.
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  78. They are. They're not a panacea.
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  79. Note that if they really encroach into suburbs and/or cities, the cops can shoot them, which helpfully means that they aren't shooting people.
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  80. Anecdotes aren't data.
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  81. could *have
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  82. That's a non sequitur.
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  83. I don't think that it's representative.
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  84.  @drwho5437  This video is getting brigaded by the kinds of conspiracy-theory fools who are putting themselves (and others!) at risk. Other videos about these new developments have much more reasonable comments sections.
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  85.  @wwaynemcg  Don't be naive. This video went viral a while ago, in which a law professor explains why, if you value your freedom and your life, you should not talk to the police (by the way, you wrote "requires you to talk to the police...", but nothing does require it! That's the point.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
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  86. should *have
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  87. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  88.  @Funnyfresh420  Do you know what vanguardism is? The organized groups acted as something of a spearhead, and others went with their plans on the spot. You can even see this in real-time with "Bullhorn Lady" advising some of the attackers on the route through the building. As for the damage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack#Damage As for Sicknick's death, the coroner/M.E. ruled it as occurring due to natural causes, but that's because of the final cause of death being a series of strokes; he made it clear that "all that transpired played a role in his condition." In other words, it looks likely that the attacks upon him helped to trigger the strokes; it wasn't just a coincidence.
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  89.  @kimbercustompro1911  There was no peaceful entry, there was a great deal of violence, and they only left thanks to militarized police reinforcements forcefully removing them. Why did I need to tell you that? Mussolini's March On Rome is an example of this sort of thing succeeding. A huge mass of demonstrators with a vanguard of paramilitaries moved on and overwhelmed the government. I've already described a self-coup, in which the current government (Trump's administration, in his last two weeks) uses extra-legal means to prevent the opposition from posing a threat; in this case the goal was to prevent the final certification of the election, as part of a multi-pronged effort to overturn it entirely. It was a failure, but it was a close call.
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  90.  @kimbercustompro1911  Yes, I have watched the footage, lots of it, and the attackers breached several doors and windows, opened others from the inside, and brutally tried to force their way into another (the infamous clash at the tunnel). I don't smoke meth, in fact I'm straight-edge. The footage is awash in brutal hand-to-hand combat, and I am a little concerned that I have to tell you this. Over 600 have been arrested, and most of those were released to attend future court dates. Of those who remain in custody, they have indeed been charged (why do you think that they haven't??), and are going through the legal process (with some already pleading guilty). The method of the coup attempt does have precedents, and your last sentence is projection, or at least just a case of you not knowing what you're talking about.
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  91. Orwell was a socialist and an Antifa icon, taking a bullet through the throat (and surviving!) battling against Francisco Franco's fascists in Spain. There would be absolutely no reason to think that he would be in favor of honoring reactionary Confederate traitors. These statues went up during times of civil rights agitation, as a show of force.
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  92. @Jeremy Marsh Evidence?
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  93. @Jeremy Marsh Cite Pelosi's instructions.
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  94. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  95. It's the woman whose body is being affected by pregnancy and birth.
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  96.  @Voicenreason247  True, and irrelevant. She's the host organism.
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  97. What's that supposed to mean? There's no harm in not being born.
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  98.  @acekelly1000  Asking for asylum is legal.
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  99.  @Jamie0175 The point just flew over your head.
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  100.  @shabopshebop131  CA is a victim of its own success. It's so desirable, but zoning prevents supply from meeting demand. They finally passed a law making it easier to build Auxiliary Housing Units (garage apartments, etc.). It wasn't illegal or anything, it was just difficult due to NIMBYism. L.A. is zoned for row after row after row of single-family homes, and thus there are many homeowners who would love to make some money by building and renting such apartments. Of course this would help in the Bay Area, but that area is bound by geography; let's face it.
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  101. An attempted putsch is pretty important.
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  102.  @iflax7460  Bootlicker.
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  103.  Salvatore gerard Altieri  Stop licking the State's boots.
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  104. @Unika Ngxonono Had she asked for an attorney, it would have ended right there.
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  105.  @Dontquoteme933  You're looking to win the Herman Cain Award.
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  106.  @Mel-k7z4i  The existence of that "heartbeat" is a misconception, and the issue is personhood. Babies have that, embryos do not.
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  107.  @FREEDOM-qb8db  How so? There's no harm in not being born.
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  108.  @ar-uz6cb  Stop shouting.
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  109. Don't talk to the cops without an attorney!
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  110. No, not literally.
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  111.  @themorosepittbull257  Don't care?
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  112.  @themorosepittbull257  *you're
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  113.  @dr051267  No, they don't "get away with" everything, but this is a tiresome false equivalency. These Trumpists have no idea about operational security, and they were arrogant/ignorant enough to think that they couldn't possibly get in trouble as they were off to "save the country."
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  114.  ThoughtThisWasCool  *you're
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  115.  @usmcequality611  *you're
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  116.  @TRAP_WILL  Of course Cuomo exerted a lot of privilege through all this behavior; what's your point? Also, I don't think that you know what a pedestal is.
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  117. Hello, Native chump! (That's what you wrote.)
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  118.  @themorosepittbull257  They didn't write the word "moron," let alone misspell it. I think that @FFOXPROPAGANDA BS can probably spell "moron," but there's no evidence either way.
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  119.  @themorosepittbull257  My English is fine, and this "CCP" paranoia is worthy of the John Birch Society.
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  120.  @stephanieschiffli2422  Nobody burned down any cities. I'm really tired of this false equivalency. This was a coup attempt, or at least a putsch!
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  121.  @themorosepittbull257  Not so.
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  122.  @stephanieschiffli2422  Yes, of course. These Capitol attackers didn't encrypt anything, they didn't do anything else clever that leftists do before/during/after actions, they bragged about their actions on social media, and on and on.
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  123. First, I don't believe that; and second, anecdotes aren't data.
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  124.  @emilyvee4922  True, but that has nothing to do with crime.
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  125. Ludicrous.
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  126.  @hondusspa  As I understand it (and this is how it worked for me), when one requests a lawyer, the police will just stop the interrogation. If one does have an attorney present, it's easy enough to wait for the lawyer's advice each time: "Don't answer that."
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  127.  @ManMan-xq8jh  None of that is relevant.
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  128.  @stanlee6829  ? People need to know to not talk to the police without an attorney.
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  129. That wasn't a feasible option for her. Continuing a pregnancy is not a walk in the park.
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  130. Of course it doesn't, it just stops honoring evil.
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  131. It's a question of personhood, not life.
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  132.  @papawheelie5576  No, lots of them were armed, as all the evidence indicates, including this video. Haven't you seen the footage of Romney and Schumer narrowly escaping? Didn't you see the videos of the staff hiding under the tables as the attackers tried to barge in? Did you see the legislators and staff hiding in the chamber, evacuating, etc.? Why was that one guy carrying flexi-cuffs? Why did they set up a gallows outside, chanting "Hang Mike Pence!" among other things? Yes, they were trying to disrupt the final counting of EC ballots, and otherwise create a Constitutional crisis that would (in their minds) return Trump to power. None of this is hidden. No, there was no fraud. The election was fine. Get over it.
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  133. You can write "ass" on the internet.
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  134.  @cathygibson5157  We *saw him. Not "seen."
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  135. "Don't pat yourself on your back, you might break your spine..." -Green Day, "Nice Guys Finish Last"
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  136.  @drewdor1678  *you're
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  137.  @barberman2737  You don't know what you're talking about. For one thing, some countries have free passage between them- most of the EU, for example. For another, they aren't "just staying." They're asking for asylum, and being processed. For another, "stay and fix their own country" is the kind of thing that people said to some of my ancestors, and probably some of yours as well. It's even worse when US foreign policy, trade policy, etc. are a big part of what causes people to flee in the first place. Migration is a boon, not a burden, which is why expediting the work permits is so important. Also: *its.
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  138.  @AzulApe  That's easy to say when you're not in such a situation.
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  139. The world doesn't work that way. There's no reason to think that silly saying has any validity.
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  140. Cute!
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  141.  @markwilkie7633  No, the pregnant woman has the right to decide to continue the pregnancy or not.
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  142.  @markwilkie7633  Not at all. Someone can be found to feed them, by a couple of different methods. That's very different than/from gestation!
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  143.  @markwilkie7633  Not so. Embryos & fetuses don't have the characteristics of personhood, the qualities that make killing wrong. There's no harm in not being born.
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  144.  @markwilkie7633  True, but not all human beings are persons, specifically embryos & fetuses. Personhood comes later.
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  145. @Emme's Life as a Dancer Don't be naive.
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  146.  @alliedestefano9965  Don't do it. Decent people go into policing, wanting to do the right thing, and then they either get out, or they fall into the clutches of the very nature of the job. Cops who don't commit violent misdeeds cover for those who do. Get out.
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  147.  Adam B  *you're
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  148. Your deity doesn't cause natural disasters?
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  149. Say what you want about Van Houten, but in most First World countries, sentences are not as long as this. In the case of a life sentence, that means that the offender is evaluated periodically to see if they are still dangerous. If not, they are let go. Among other things, elderly prisoners are a real strain.
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  150. It never left. Abortion harms no one, but remaining unvaccinated puts yourself and (more importantly) others in danger.
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  151.  @rinsedpie  It's actually not very dangerous, if you look at a list of jobs in the US ranked by levels of danger.
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  152.  @rinsedpie  The empirical evidence is clear that policing is not one of the more dangerous jobs in the US. That stands to reason; most of the time, police arrive after a crime has been committed, and take reports. This is slightly off the subject, but the Supreme Court has ruled that police are under no obligation to protect anybody.
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  153. Sure, so let's make adequate numbers of visas available for lower-skilled workers, and streamline the asylum process. Also, if you know anything about US Foreign Policy, trade policy, etc., you will understand that people come here because the US goes there.
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  154. Most women feel relief, not regret. "God" is imaginary.
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  155. And, one second before that, note Kris Jenner on the left in the black top, with then-Bruce Jenner behind her. The Kardashian kids are in the mix; Kim is on the far right.
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  156.  @packingten  *you're
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  157. They're correct.
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  158. ?
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  159. @RZ asmr *you're
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  160. I can't read all the replies, but note that Woody Allen's case is weird and ambiguous. See what Moses Farrow has said. He was 14 at the time.
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  161. Commodore That's a fairly new sentiment, and in any case, only Ashkenazim benefit from it.
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  162. Sympathetic cops, as usual.
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  163. Poor Sarah and Brianna. Also, don't talk to the police without an attorney present.
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  164. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  165. This was a coup attempt. That's much more serious.
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  166.  @lorenazazueta4189  Pascal's Wager is bad faith.
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  167. As a matter of fact, there was a lot of danger when the fascists started hitting students with them.
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  168. Under Biden, people die in the desert. Under Trump/Abbott/etc., they die in the river, on wire, via bullets, etc. Either way, it's atrocious. You might have to seek asylum someday too. That, and if there were enough visas available for lower-skilled workers, this would be a very small problem.
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  169. Gish Gallop!
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  170. That's false equivalence, and you know it.
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  171. The election was fine, lots of people have gotten in trouble due to civil unrest (and the cops were much harsher), and this was a coup attempt.
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  172. *you're She doesn't have to go through with the pregnancy if she doesn't want to.
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  173. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  174.  @cobrar5161  That sort of thing usually has serious negative consequences for the boys involved. It shouldn't be tolerated, and this double standard has to stop.
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  175. Why are so many comments repeating?
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  176. You're projecting.
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  177.  @James-ki5ix  Scouting has been co-ed for a very long time; I'm referring to Venture Scouts and Explorer Scouts (and Sea Scouts), which are pretty large programs of BSA. Also, most other developed countries' Scouting programs are co-ed.
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  178. These "brave patriots" were trying to overturn an election, and were on the brink of killing lawmakers.
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  179. *you're
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  180.  @cesarbagel3803  That kind of attitude leads to recidivism. Criminologists know this.
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  181.  @ag3nto578  Antifa were not breaking down any barriers to help MAGAts, you silly person.
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  182. "Saw," not "seen."
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  183. It's been brigaded by chuds; that's not so amazing.
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  184. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  185. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  186. @Dave Lots of Canadians do own guns, but the context is usually different.
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  187. @Dave That too.
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  188. Silly.
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  189. Quite a few have had APOs, as it happens.
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  190. Embryos aren't children. There's no harm in not being born.
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  191. Left wing?
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  192. Correct, but please stop shouting.
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  193.  @RobertJuzstone  There was no such mess. Inflation is a global problem with very little connection to any particular president. Tariffs, however, always raise prices.
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  194. Don't talk to the police without a lawyer.
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  195. ​ @danielszymanski-jw5kq  They froze the hiring of additional air-traffic controllers, weakened safety protections, gutted the Aviation Safety Board, fired leadership, etc.
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  196.  @danielszymanski-jw5kq  The reports make it clear that it was, right?
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  197. ?
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  198.  @richardhead6184  The zip ties were for confining/kidnapping. Obviously.
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  199.  @richardhead6184  One was shot, and the other three either got themselves killed or were trampled.
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  200.  @danielglencross6004  That's a false equivalence, and I'm tired of it.
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  201. Another thing to teach them is not to talk to the police without an attorney!
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  202. ?
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  203. That's a violation of international law. You might have to seek asylum someday.
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  204. This is off the subject, but it wasn't a baby yet.
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  205.  @TheNonEdibleCheese Not technically, no. That doesn't change the nature of the crime; this was not a consensual abortion.
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  206.  @TheNonEdibleCheese  Embryos and fetuses don't have personhood. The decision goes to the host organism. Nobody minds not being born.
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  207. You exaggerate, and there was plenty of coverage, and, most importantly, this is vastly worse! This was an attempt to overturn an election by force!
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  208. So many cops are MAGAts.
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  209. *presumption
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  210.  @elizabethmakua-travis4009  The first commenter wrote "perception," and I think that the word in this case is "presumption," but both might be appropriate, depending on the context, now that I think about it.
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  211. The election was fine, and this was a coup attempt.
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  212.  @davidprice7162 Sure, but that's beside the point.
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  213. It's the principle of the thing, silly.
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  214. Nobody's removing the past. Monuments to evil should go in museums, if they go anywhere.
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  215.  @JungleLarry  There's a cultural reference here that I'm not getting, right?
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  216. There was no such siege; this was a coup attempt; and what left?
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  217. Nobody minds not being born.
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  218. @johnny5K_619would *have... *its
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  219. Stop shouting.
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  220. What the hell do you mean by that?
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  221. Maceys, not Macy's? Also, is there a particularly bad obesity problem there?
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  222. You have it backward.
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  223. Embryos aren't babies.
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  224. ?
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  225. Say what you want about Van Houten, but in most First World countries, sentences are not as long as this. In the case of a life sentence, that means that the offender is evaluated periodically to see if they are still dangerous. If not, they are let go. Among other things, elderly prisoners are a real strain.
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  226. God doesn't exist, and embryos aren't babies.
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  227.  Jeez V  Reported.
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  228.  @TKAM88  Who is this "we?" Lincoln strongly disapproved of slavery; that's why the secession movement gained strength. Abolition wasn't his priority, but that's beside the point.
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  229. Anecdotes aren't data.
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  230. *bawling
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  231. ??
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  232. The Senate Report made it clear that Trump was at least guilty of obstructing justice, if not worse, but people like Rubio just shrugged it off.
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  233. *couldn't care less
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  234. He's a misogynist. Among other things, he's an adjudicated rapist.
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  235. False equivalence- this was a coup attempt!
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  236. Embryos aren't children.
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  237. ?
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  238.  @drwho5437  Vaccinated people are much less likely to be carriers. The FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization, because the pandemic is an emergency.
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  239.  @drwho5437  Vaccinated individuals are less likely to be transmitters. The substantial increase in hospitalizations, permanent health damage, and death is an emergency by any definition.
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  240.  @drwho5437  The real world, as in data?
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  241.  @drwho5437  Anecdotes are not data.
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  242.  @drwho5437  That's not what I mean, and you know it.
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  243.  @drwho5437  Again, those are anecdotes. You sound like Pauline Kael saying what she allegedly said regarding Nixon. The election was fine, and there is no evidence otherwise.
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  244.  @drwho5437  Of course it's not a crime. But empirical evidence, coming from worldwide medical organizations, is more believable than some anecdotes passed around on Facebook.
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  245.  @drwho5437  Like doing their jobs regarding public health, in the face of a deadly pandemic?
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  246.  @drwho5437  I'm not sure what you mean by that.
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  247.  @drwho5437  I'm 39. Don't be condescending. I'm trusting empirical evidence from reputable public health authorities around the world, who are not engaged in some conspiracy.
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  248. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  249. I hope so. There was no reason for religion to exist in the first place. Our ancestors didn't know things about their world, but instead of saying "we just don't know," they made up hokey stories. Turn the buildings into affordable housing, or schools, or women's health facilities (abortion providers), etc.
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  250. So what?
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  251. Baby?
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  252.  @jacobhouk7016 would *have
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  253. No, just things that honor evil.
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  254.  @convictowens9970  I know, which is why this sort of thing belongs in museums and documentaries, not in places that honor evil.
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  255. There is no evidence for the former (I shouldn't even have to say that), as the FBI has made clear. As for last summer, yes, a lot of people have gotten in trouble, and this is much worse anyway; it was an attempted coup!
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  256. Huh? The cops have been very violent, and this was a coup attempt!
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  257.  @kimbercustompro1911  Now you're getting silly, along with assuming too much.
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  258.  @Funnyfresh420  Is there any reason to doubt the accounts of fecal matter being tracked/spread around? To be sure, I would definitely like to get testimony from cleaning crew members, police, and anyone else who would have encountered it. Regarding Sicknick, the initial reporting about the fire extinguisher came from police sources, but in any case he was definitely sprayed with chemicals. Diaz, the M.E., clearly stated that the events still led to Sicknick's death, since such levels of stress and trauma can trigger strokes. Indeed, the legendary Dr. Cyril Wecht says that the death could be classified as accidental, a homicide, or undetermined.
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  259. Some people can't get the vaccine because of other health conditions. Do it for them.
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  260.  @vaaaaaaaaaan7416  Why?
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  261. Cite empirical evidence that the items on your list are effective, please.
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  262.  @DumbAssSpeakingWithMansVoice  I see most of them here. You can search the "warning letters" section via keywords: https://www.fda.gov/consumers/health-fraud-scams/fraudulent-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-products
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  263. Whataboutwhataboutwhatabout
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  264. False equivalence, and you know it.
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  265. He did own slaves for a time, and more importantly, he served a regime that made it explicit that its purpose for existing was to preserve slavery.
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  266. Anecdotes aren't data.
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  267.  @thecompetentman5384  The risk of side effects is tiny compared to the risks from the disease, especially this variant.
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  268.  @thecompetentman5384  It's a matter of reality, not feelings. Also, some people can't get vaccinated due to underlying conditions. They need enough other people to get immunized.
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  269. Stop these conspiracy theories. There's not a shred of evidence.
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  270. You say that like it's a bad thing.
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  271. Yes they did, there was plenty of coverage, I wouldn't call it terrorism, and besides, this was a coup attempt!
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  272. Suicide rates increase with age. It's not the young and impulsive who commit the most suicides, it's the aged and ailing.
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  273.  @mathman2170  It's silly, and the lawsuits are going nowhere.
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  274. Imposing tariffs and hamstringing USAID is only triumphant if one likes to non-consensually hurt others and hurt oneself.
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  275. What lefties? This is a capitalist megacorporation. Did you see the video of what happened at the side door, as the mob tried to batter through a phalanx of cops? This was a coup attempt, and it was nearly a bloodbath.
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  276. Because it's a false equivalence. This was a coup attempt.
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  277. No, you'd be messed up.
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  278.  Kyle Rhein  Cuomo's misdeeds are getting coverage.
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  279.  @RamonGonzalez-qp2xs  True, but it's "must *have."
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  280.  @daisydiaz4941  *you're
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  281.  @benchpress3602  Gibberish.
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  282. You don't know what you're talking about.
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  283.  @MladenVass  It does make life better, in that we won't have monuments honoring evil looming over us. It's just like toppling the Lenin statues in 1989-1992, or blowing up that big swastika in Berlin in 1945, among other examples.
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  284.  @MladenVass  It's illegal (felonious, in fact) to display Nazi symbolism in Germany in any way that honors the regime. That sort of thing is in museums and the like. As for Lenin statues, I was referring to East Germany and other places under the Soviet boot. Lots of Lenin statues were torn down as the GDR fell, and it's an enduring image of that time, along with the wall coming apart. They weren't "erasing history," they were deciding to not honor evil. People who've suffered at the hands of white supremacy would rather not honor Confederate traitors. Indeed, anyone with any decency would feel the same way.
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  285.  @MladenVass  Statues are erected to honor someone, in various contexts. That's not in dispute. Most of the Confederate statues in the US were erected during periods of civil rights agitation, in order to intimidate Black Americans and anyone supporting them. They are monuments to white supremacy, and this was made clear in (for example) the speeches made at their dedications: https://hgreen.people.ua.edu/transcription-carr-speech.html The effect hasn't somehow gone away. The Sons of Liberty toppled a statue of King George III, melted it down, and made bullets out of it. Were they wrong to do so? In 1956, when Hungarian rebels rose up against the Stalinist regime, they toppled statues of Stalin and his cronies, took symbols of the regime out of flags, etc. At the end of the Cold War, many Soviet and Warsaw Pact statues/symbols did come down, in particular statues honoring hated spy boss Felix Dzerzhinsky. Yes, making the Nazi salute or displaying the flag is a felony in Germany, among other places. In fact, several European countries ban display of Communist iconography. Yes, I know my history.
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  286. Thou shalt keep thine religion to thy self.
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  287. Not so.
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  288. Silly.
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  289. If you really are a bot, your programmers need to completely redo your English language software, as it is not working. Also, there was no such fraud.
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  290.  @5.7ninetynine  That would have been an even farther drive, I think.
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  291. It's not funny.
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  292. Because the cities weren't destroyed, and it would not have been an accurate label. It's hyperbolic here, but not very much so. Have you seen the footage of the mob trying to batter through the phalanx of cops at one of the side doors?
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  293. Based on all the primary research Karl did, like the interviews you just heard, one can come to certain conclusions.
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  294. This was a coup attempt!
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  295. Child?
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  296.  @nicolefuentes2147  Abortion usually involves embryos, and sometimes fetuses.
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  297. There is no harm in not being born.
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  298. Deploy the military, or send the cops out there to use their military gear.
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  299.  @JohnDoe-wp6xd  I imagine that it's a much better use for all that expensive stuff.
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  300.  @MasterVideoStudios  I realize that.
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  301. This was a coup attempt!
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  302. Up the Republic!
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  303. "I seen..." Ugh.
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  304.  @josephgagne4520  They do much more than that, silly.
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  305. They're not doing harm, they're helping their patients.
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  306. First, stop shouting. Second, this was a coup attempt. That's a much bigger deal.
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  307.  @spzaruba5089  There are no "defund cities," but the lumpenproletariat who commit the street crime you refer to are not "the left."
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  308.  @spzaruba5089  Cite this defunding.
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  309. There's no harm in not being born.
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  310. You really think that's an appropriate parallel, and that this conspiracy you imagine is worldwide?
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  311. I noticed that the Sovereign Citizens don't know the difference between "who's" and "whose."
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  312. It's not OK.
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  313. Not this again. Please learn about the Dixiecrat Fallacy, because that's what you're committing.
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  314. You don't know what you're talking about.
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  315. I hope that her friends took revenge.
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  316. This was a coup attempt.
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  317.  @SkyesVibe  Indeed!
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  318. No, these are religious people.
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  319. @Darren Reems That too.
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  320. How?
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  321.  @sisalicious03  It's not a child, and there's no harm in not being born.
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  322.  @sisalicious03  If you're referring to The Silent Scream, it was known to be nonsense almost as soon as it appeared in 1984. Doctors and scientists spoke up almost immediately.
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  323.  @sisalicious03  It's a question of personhood, not life per se.
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  324.  @sisalicious03  Yeah, Abby Johnson is a very dubious source, and besides, her anecdotes are not data.
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  325. It's "miss-chivv-ous," not "miss-cheevious."
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  326. That's hyperbolic, but not by much.
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  327.  @Voicenreason247  Empathy for the women involved is sufficient.
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  328. No, it's not ok.
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  329. Why do people want to watch someone else playing a video game?
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  330.  @executiveorder7146  This is off the subject, but "scared straight" programs don't work.
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  331. No you don't.
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  332. This has nothing to do with sexual orientation.
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  333. False equivalence. This was a coup attempt!
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  334.  @suigeneris3347  That's not irony. I realize that's off the subject.
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  335.  @ophs1980  It might have more to do with approval.
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  336.  @garyjohnstone6422  It doesn't matter. One can ask for asylum from within the country, no matter how one enters. People who are fleeing don't necessarily have the luxury of queuing up at an entry point.
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  337. Too many cops are Trumpists. They let them in.
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  338. Embryos aren't babies, and god is imaginary.
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  339.  @marcusmason1168  Yes, I was once an embryo, but so what? That was before I was a baby. Also, that has nothing to do with your deity, which is nonexistent.
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  340.  @marcusmason1168  No, there's no such thing as either. Our ancestors made up silly stories, because they didn't know where weather and disease and whatnot came from. That's where we get religions.
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  341.  @marcusmason1168  How so?
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  342. Disingenuous.
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  343.  @darlenepratt3967  The original comment was sarcastic/facetious. In any case, everyone should get vaccinated.
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  344.  @JK_JK_JK  How so?
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  345.  @JK_JK_JK  Stop prevaricating around the bush. What are you trying to say?
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  346.  @kenmasters916  How so?
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  347.  @kenmasters916  Go ahead. Humor me.
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  348.  @kenmasters916  You have nothing, then.
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  349.  @JK_JK_JK  I'm saying that I don't know what you're getting at. What do you think aged so poorly, and why?
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  350.  @kenmasters916  "IQ above retard..." Grow up.
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  351.  @javiersantana848  There are a relatively small number of people who have other medical conditions that make vaccination inadvisable, but that's all the more reason for everyone else to do so.
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  352.  @javiersantana848  "experimental and unproven compound that has adverse effects with little to no efficacy" Still? You're serious?
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  353.  @kenmasters916  You were using childish slurs in the course of anti-vax nonsense.
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  354.  @Virusskeptic-d3z  That makes no sense. You're basing this on what empirical evidence?
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  355.  @Virusskeptic-d3z  Show me the empirical evidence for this.
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  356.  @Virusskeptic-d3z  A video made by some yahoo is not empirical evidence. Besides, that assertion also demonstrates an ignorance of basic statistics (pretty common these days). Since the pool of vaccinated people is much, much larger than that of the unvaccinated, there are far more people to draw from, if you will. Overall numbers of infections are much lower, the severity of said infections is much weaker, and thus the death toll is much smaller. Yes, a numerical majority of the much-smaller-than-before number of deaths in a given time might well have been among vaccinated people, but a larger percentage of the unvaccinated will have been infected, with worse consequences, up to and including death. The virus is still going around, and it's still killing people, but far fewer than before (and the severe, life-long consequences of the infection are greatly weakened). This is due to the effectiveness of the vaccines. There is no empirical, peer-reviewed scientific evidence to suggest otherwise.
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  357.  @Virusskeptic-d3z  Share it, please.
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  358.  @Virusskeptic-d3z  Give it a try.
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  359.  @Virusskeptic-d3z  You want to win the Herman Cain Award. Good luck!
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  360. We don't all follow your fairy tale (religion).
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  361. Up the Republic!
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  362. No.
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  363.  @markschembri7863  Your sentence makes no sense.
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  364.  @bay5005  Cite?
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  365. For the most part, the Great Crime Decline that began in the 1990s is still with us.
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  366. False equivalence.
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  367.  @spzaruba5089  Yes, by making it possible for Black women, and anyone, to get an abortion if they want to.
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  368.  @spzaruba5089  What the hell are you talking about?
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  369.  @jondiebe4193  Indeed; Malcolm X was a leftist, not a liberal.
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  370.  @jondiebe4193  "Push abortion..." Nonsense.
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  371. The election was fine, silly.
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  372. The country is actually safer now than in past decades.
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  373. Anybody should refuse to talk to the police without a lawyer, so yes, do lawyer-up.
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  374. Was the car on fire? If not, dragging him out was a terrible thing to do!
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  375. The election was fine.
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  376.  @TWLogik Shxt?
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  377. You can't tell the difference?
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  378. Down with this stupid sport.
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  379.  @AfroTunez1  *you're
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  380.  @ItsNotRealLife  Unfortunately, people don't know it, and also: *you're.
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  381.  @JTScott1988  True, but one should still stay quiet.
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  382.  @homevideosfromnini3975  You're very naive. Nobody should talk to the police without a lawyer.
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  383.  @miked.5089  True, and this was after he played a huge role in supporting a regime that explicitly stated that slavery was its reason for existence.
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  384.  @miked.5089  Not this again. What socialists? What toilets? The term "banana republic" was coined in reference to countries run by a business/military/political elite that primarily exports produce or minerals; in other words, a right-wing oligarchy of the kind that the US likes to support (that then pushes people into the migrant stream, but that's another topic).
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  385.  @miked.5089  No, there's more to the definition than that. Anyway, proving a negative, in this case that something hasn't gone into a proverbial toilet, is impossible. I'm tired of this "Democrat-controlled cities" trope. If you're talking about the recent uptick in crime (after decades of decline), that's affecting lots of places, including GOP-run Jacksonville. Besides that, rural areas/decaying smaller cities across the country, mostly Republican except for those with non-white majorities, are often awash in meth, opioids, suicide, and the dysfunction that follows. The Trump administration declared a State of Emergency for rural Alaska; Oklahoma has similar problems, etc. There's a lesson here about neoliberal, capitalist imperialist parties.
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  386.  @miked.5089  You missed the point.
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  387.  @miked.5089  You just conflated three rather different ideologies. You don't know what you're talking about.
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  388.  @miked.5089  I just did.
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  389. It is, and it is.
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  390. Did you just have a stroke?
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  391. True, but embryos aren't babies.
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  392.  @Mel-k7z4i  Embryos aren't babies; that's not a heartbeat, and it's beside the point. It's a question of personhood, not life.
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  393.  @Dontquoteme933  Yes, the characteristics that make killing wrong. We all just assume that it is, but we don't usually interrogate the idea. I'm referring to things like sentience, the will to live, hopes & dreams, biological autonomy, and everything else that is taken away when someone is killed. In a rudimentary but real way, babies have that. Embryos don't, and cannot. There's no harm in not being born.
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  394.  @Mel-k7z4i  Personhood consists of the characteristics that make killing wrong: sentience, the will to live, hopes & dreams, biological autonomy, and everything else that's taken away when someone is killed. In a rudimentary but genuine way, babies have this. Embryos do not, and neither do fetuses.
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  395. @Utsav Joshi Are you trying to say that the characteristics of personhood arrive in the fetus stage? No, they don't.
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  396. You don't see the difference?
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  397. Having an abortion is one way to be responsible. There's nothing wrong with it.
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  398.  @FREEDOM-qb8db  My mother is pro-choice. That's how I know that I was wanted. (It's not the only reason, but you know what I mean.) If she had had an abortion, rather than give birth to me, I would never know, nor care. I just wouldn't exist. There's no harm in it. (In fact, there's a compelling philosophical argument that the best possible outcome is to never be born, but that's beside the point.)
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  399. People have indeed gotten in trouble.
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  400.  @andrewdods2236  Melissa is alive!
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  401.  @brendancasey-rz5ix  From Smashing Pumpkins? She's alive.
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  402. There was lots of coverage, and besides, this is much worse- it was a coup attempt!
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  403. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  404. Arm up, organize, and prepare. They are.
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  405. Too many cops, and their higher-ups, sympathize with MAGAts.
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  406. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  407.  @kattkt434  Evidence, please.
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  408. No, the most important lesson is to not talk to the police without an attorney!
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  409. Poe's Law?
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  410. Not being vaccinated endangers yourself and (more importantly) others. Abortion endangers no one.
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  411. Danke.
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  412. Phony fairness. "Both sides..."
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  413. In other words, they have this compulsion to show "both sides," even if one side is tiny and/or full of crap. Climate change deniers, evolution deniers, etc.
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  414.  @erastuserazade9785  Cite?
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  415.  @devilghostface8798  Embryos aren't babies.
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  416. Very few people have ever been injured by vaccines, and besides, people whose health conditions prevent them from getting vaccinated are the ones who need the rest of us to get immunized!
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  417.  @chaseviking5096  What other negative effects?
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  418. This was a coup attempt.
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  419. Anecdotes aren't data.
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  420. Please learn what punctuation is.
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  421. No, it's not remotely ok.
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  422. BLM was treated much more harshly, and besides, this coup attempt was much worse!
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  423. The election was fine.
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  424. No, and besides, this was much worse. It was a coup attempt!
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  425. I'd credit those who worked on her behalf, not a deity. Are you saying that if nobody prayed for that result, your deity would have let her stay in prison?
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  426.  @biilyblast64  I did read it, and it's a canard. It's tiresome.
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  427. That depends which door. In some places, the police were indeed complicit with the MAGAts.
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  428. Removing monuments to evil does not constitute forgetting history.
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  429. You can't tell the difference? This was a coup attempt.
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  430. Embryos aren't babies.
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  431. "These are not religious people..." "So-called Christian pastor..." Please, look up the "No True Scotsman" fallacy.
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  432. Sure. Did you see the attempt to batter through the phalanx of cops at the side door? Did you see the barricades inside, and the legislators and staffers hiding?
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  433.  @robertjeffrey5560  Were the police in Pittsburgh defunded? You ought to check.
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  434.  @bigdaddy0614  True, and SCOTUS has ruled that they aren't under any obligation to protect anyone.
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  435.  @cherylmysliwczyk5716  Don't speak too soon.
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  436. And don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  437. First, why is the Coast Guard involved, and second, why are American ships there in the first place? Foreign warships coming that close to the US would get shadowed as well.
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  438. What about it? This is a much more serious incident!
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  439. Acceptable riots? Besides, this was a coup attempt!
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  440. They have indeed gotten attention from the authorities; and besides, this was a coup attempt!
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  441. This was a coup attempt.
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  442. Disingenuous.
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  443. Not so, and besides, this was much worse. It was a coup attempt!
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  444. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  445. Whataboutwhataboutwhatabout
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  446. Pay attention.
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  447. There is already bodycam footage from some of the cops, and it's pretty intense. We will see more, as there is tons more that the investigators are sifting through.
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  448.  @G-gnome  Not his, no. It might be released eventually. Some others have.
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  449. Lots of people have gotten in trouble, and besides, this is much worse. It's a coup attempt!
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  450. These are some very false equivalencies. Not only are you wrong about some of these descriptions, the fact is that this was a coup attempt!
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  451. *you're
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  452. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  453.  @christinagaller4374  That's exaggerated.
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  454.  @WasBannedTho  *you're
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  455.  @christinagaller4374  Obviously. What's exaggerated is the claim that "we can't defend ourselves anymore," and "we should just die," in your words.
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  456. Silly.
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  457. Cops were very violent towards BLM and company.
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  458. It most certainly was. Where have you been?
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  459. Lots of people have gotten in trouble.
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  460. Silly. Also, it's "you're."
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  461.  @PropheciesOfTheEndTimes  Ridiculous.
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  462.  @chloesibilla8199  True, but: *you're.
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  463. She?
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  464.  @PreciousAlpschindler  Guns are common in Switzerland.
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  465. *you're
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  466. Of course we do, and can tell the difference.
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  467. You're goofy.
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  468. You want marginalized people to know their place and not get uppity, I see.
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  469.  @Metal_Army  Very false equivalence. "Whataboutwhataboutwhatabout..."
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  470.  jimmy day  You have to be kidding me.
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  471. In your opinion.
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  472. Some cops sympathize with the MAGAts, and let them in.
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  473. A nightmare.
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  474. It belongs in a museum, not a place of honor. Let's not honor traitors who served a pro-slavery regime.
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  475.  @papawheelie5576  That's one advantage to everyone dressing alike; also, nobody in those riots was trying to lynch lawmakers and overturn an election.
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  476.  @papawheelie5576  Please show me some credible evidence.
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  477. @speedy 3776 Show some credible evidence.
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  478.  @papawheelie5576  Do you know what reliable sources are? This is crackpot stuff. It's going nowhere, and rightly so.
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  479.  @papawheelie5576  Yes, you can tell that I really value accuracy.
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  480. Silly.
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  481. What? Some of the cops are sympathetic to the MAGAts, hence the incidents where they were complicit in letting the mob in.
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  482. He was just recently arrested. Everyone is supposed to plead not guilty initially. Later, the vast majority of the time, people accept a plea deal. Very few cases go to trial.
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  483. *conscience No, he served a regime that explicitly stated that slavery was its reason for existing. If he did positive things afterward (as did Longstreet, quite significantly; and also, shockingly, Nathan Bedford Forrest!), that's important to know, but it still doesn't justify monuments honoring the evil that they fought for.
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  484.  @peace-yv4qd  Not so. Everything I wrote was perfectly valid, and discussed at the time.
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  485. There's been an uptick in homicide since the pandemic began, but overall, the Great Crime Decline that began in the 1990s is mostly still with us.
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  486. Elizabeth Vargas has a nice voice! Very attractive.
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  487. *you're
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  488. No, we're just not going to honor evil.
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  489. No, that would be the stuff that the MAGAts consume.
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  490. They killed somebody and wounded dozens more, vandalized and stole, tried to plow through internal barricades, and were trying to find and attack members of Congress (and the VP), in an attempt to overturn an election. The occupation of the WI Capitol (with an "o") Building was nothing like this.
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  491. You're silly.
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  492. Silly.
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  493. False equivalence.
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  494. Get it?
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  495. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  496. False equivalence. This was a coup attempt, and it nearly became a bloodbath.
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  497. First, you exaggerate, and second, this was a coup attempt!
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  498.  @G-gnome  What are you trying to say? That's not evidence of that allegation, nor anything else for that matter.
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  499.  @G-gnome  Why do you say that?
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  500. Regarding?
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  501. Yeah, they would have been treated much worse.
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  502. No, those charges are apt, as were those against Trump. The Senate report made that clear.
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  503. God is just pretend.
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  504. What the hell?
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  505.  @hopesfall2win  Caused? How?
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  506.  @mcmillanbmg  Why don't deniers publish?
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  507.  @jasonwalker2150  Tariffs always cause price increases.
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  508.  @hopesfall2win  According to every source I can see, the Biden administration did no such thing. In fact, oil production was higher at the end of his term than at the beginning. What production cut are you referring to? Which reserves were sold, and where?
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  509. ?
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  510. You can't tell the difference between the two situations?
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  511. You assume too much.
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  512. History isn't being removed, monuments to evil are.
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  513. God doesn't exist.
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  514. No, it's statutory rape, among other things.
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  515. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  516. ?
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  517.  @mathman2170  Capitalist, corporate news like ABC is no good, but at least it's not the conspiracy-theory outlets that MAGAts are awash in. Also, yes, of course Trump is a white supremacist, or at the very least people like that flock to him.
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  518. Removing monuments to evil is not "forgetting the past."
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  519. Nobody is advocating defunding firefighters. As for cops, they're under no obligation to protect anyone, as per SCOTUS rulings.
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  520. They have, and you ought to be able to tell the difference here. This was a coup attempt!
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  521. It's not murder. There's no harm in not being born.
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  522. The side effects are very rare, and much less serious than the virus!
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  523.  @joewilson2258  Cite this research, with empirical evidence, from reputable sources.
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  524.  @kenmasters916  What are you talking about? I was correct then and I'm correct now.
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  525.  @kenmasters916  Every little bit of your comment is a projection. What data are you referring to? Please refer to a reputable source, and not some crank's blog.
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  526.  @highvalueg7335  I have other things to do besides make comments.
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  527.  @kenmasters916  The CDC states explicitly that the vaccines are safe and effective, and that everyone older than 6 months should be vaccinated. The VAERS is co-managed by the CDC and the FDA.
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  528.  @javiersantana848  I just did.
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  529.  @highvalueg7335  I just replied.
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  530.  @kenmasters916  What's that supposed to mean?
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  531. The election was fine, and you should be able to tell the difference between some civil unrest and this coup attempt.
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  532. It was much worse in the past.
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  533.  JewsAreTheProblem  First, if you know anything about history, even pretty recent history, you would not say that. Second, your username is appalling.
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  534.  @emil5153  Chicago's crime levels are actually lower than some other places you rarely hear about.
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  535.  @Bluefalcon6154  Internet Tough Guy!
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  536. *they're... But yes, unless you count that guy who has "RACIST" tattooed on his forehead.
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  537. Silly.
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  538. Ridiculous.
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  539. You exaggerate.
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  540.  @mikepattaya6769  Asking for asylum is legal. There are almost no visas these days for lower-skilled workers. If more were available, that would make the issue much, much smaller. At the moment, it's not entirely the point, since this is a situation of large-scale asylum-seeking. As for the more-skilled people you mention, I agree, that should be expedited as well. The problem is that the people who get most upset about the current state of affairs also don't seem interested in making adequate visas available, and other reforms. Why might that be? Also, you might have to seek asylum yourself someday.
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  541.  @mikepattaya6769  There is no "first safe country" rule. It's also legal to ask for asylum from within the US. The painfully slow process regarding your family is not acceptable either!
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  542.  @marksprague1280  That's not true. There is no "first safe country" law.
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  543.  @davemurray2880  The US doesn't give money to every place in the world every year. Foreign aid is a tiny part of the budget (Americans usually estimate that it's about ten times larger than it actually is). Meanwhile, US foreign policy, bogus neoliberal trade agreements, and the like cause a lot more damage. In the 1970s in the UK, the graffiti "We came here because you go/went there" appeared in response to anti-migrant sentiment.
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  544.  @WoKEWoRLdMAdNess  "No first world countries" what? I don't know what you're trying to say.
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  545.  @marksprague1280  The UNHCR is unambiguously clear on this, as are any of the organizations that work with refugees. A quick online search will show you this.
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  546.  @marksprague1280  Read it yourself. The international law on this is not in dispute.
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  547.  @marksprague1280  That's not a rebuttal.
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  548. Yes, as has everyone who opposes abortion. So what? There's no harm in not being born.
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  549. Oh, so it's not Beverly Crusher. I'm disappointed.
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  550. "Democrat FBI"... silly.
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  551.  @markwilkie7633  I wrote "quasi." It's not a baby yet, and it doesn't matter how it got there.
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  552.  @markwilkie7633  Embryos and fetuses are in a quasi-parasitic relationship with the pregnant woman. All rights go to her.
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  553.  @markwilkie7633  Not so. They're not, by definition, attached to a host organism for existence. Someone can be found to take care of them.
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  554.  @markwilkie7633  True, but what does that have to do with abortion?
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  555.  @markwilkie7633  Personhood consists of the characteristics that make killing wrong- sentience, the will to live, hopes & dreams, preferences, biological autonomy, and all the other things that are taken away/violated when someone is killed. In a rudimentary but genuine way, babies have this. Embryos & fetuses do not and cannot. As for when it arrives, I can't say with certainty, but I can tell you that it's well after nearly all (or entirely all) abortions are performed.
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  556.  @markwilkie7633  I would slow down for anything that ran out into the street, and besides, I'm not sure what that has to do with this discussion. No, as I wrote, I may not know the precise time of the beginning of personhood (there are differing opinions on this), but it doesn't matter, as whenever it happens is well after abortions are performed. Yes, human fetuses are human. That's beside the point.
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  557.  @markwilkie7633  People always use this argument. They bring up comatose people, for example. Life support is discontinued very often, on a case-by-case basis. People in such a state obviously had personhood before becoming comatose. Their situation, however, has changed to the degree that it sometimes becomes not just okay to kill them, but in fact it becomes cruel not to. In the case of people who have no will to live, they had it once and could regain it, which is why it's even more crucial to be as careful as can be about what to do next. I'm thinking of cases like the physician-assisted suicide laws in some countries that enable people with apparently incurable psychiatric agony (depression, among other things) choose death in a clean, dignified manner. None of this comparable to embryos & fetuses, who have never had the attributes of personhood. Were you thinking of other examples?
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  558.  @markwilkie7633  It's a hard one. On the one hand, they obviously had personhood before becoming comatose. On the other, they're completely without sentience, and (crucially) their ability to regain it is often extremely weak if it's possible at all. That's why the decision as to what to do next is in the hands of family members or someone else with power of attorney. Killing the comatose is often the kindest thing to do. So, in cases where regaining consciousness is impossible, virtually impossible, or if it happens at all it's sure to leave the sufferer a horribly debilitated near-corpse, personhood is gone. Becoming comatose, then, doesn't automatically take away personhood, but it very often does. For embryos/fetuses, it's not that complicated. They've never had personhood. If they never get it at all, they're not missing anything.
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  559.  @markwilkie7633  I already gave you a definition of personhood, or at least the characteristics thereof. I also tried to explain that the loss of personhood is an exceptional, rare thing. It certainly doesn't happen when somebody goes to sleep under normal circumstances.
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  560.  @markwilkie7633  That's not true. I'm trying to explain the nuances of some very complicated, nuanced matters. It's not arbitrary; I'm weighing different circumstances and coming to conclusions based on said circumstances interacting with principles. That's how reality works. There is no universally accepted definition of person, and your position is not objectively true. What kind of evidence are you looking for?
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  561. False equivalence. This was a coup attempt.
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  562. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  563.  Flor_Us Kpop girl Group X Wjsn Ujung  *you're
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  564. ?
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  565. *a part
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  566.  @BoringDad1272  That too! I think that I skimmed it.
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  567.  @psychobenji2345  "Apart" and "a part" are practically antonyms.
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  568. Don't talk to the police without an attorney.
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  569. Another blow to the safety of non-Christians, who invariably get bullied when they decline to participate.
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  570. Decriminalize drugs!
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  571.  @Mick_Pickle  No, they were inside as well. Obviously.
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  572. In some places the cops were complicit with the MAGAts, but in other places they fought back. Have you seen the video from the side door? It was a siege, all right.
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  573. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  574. It's not a baby, and your deity is made-up, as with all deities.
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  575.  @Freedomsnotfree  It's a question of personhood, not life.
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  576. Embryos aren't babies. Also, stop shouting.
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  577.  @whattheflimflam  Having an abortion is one way to do just that.
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  578.  George Nolan  And yet there are very few murders there. Criminals don't think "Aha! I can kill somebody, and if I do get busted, at least I won't die in jail!".
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  579. Decimated? So the population of Tennessee is only 210?
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  580. Aren't people like this supporters of abstinence?
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  581. Very false equivalence. This was a coup attempt, and nearly became a bloodbath.
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  582.  @GSPFan64  Many of them were armed, and it came close to being a bloodbath.
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  583.  @rinsedpie  The first is not a safe bet. That, and the point about the SCOTUS, is elaborated upon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAtBdRjfXKo
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  584. Down with this stupid sport!
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  585. No, I think that the people who helped get her out deserve the credit. Anyway, don't speak to the police without an attorney.
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  586. It's a giant megacorporation.
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  587. No, this was an attempted putsch! That's much worse.
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  588. True, but embryos aren't babies.
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  589. ?
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  590. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  591.  @numbersix6197 *their
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  592. There's no baby.
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  593.  @xxxxx409  And then they are processed, and have court dates (which the vast majority attend- look it up).
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  594.  @eihthype6578  No. I'm referring in that case to the matter of migration in normal times, outside of the current asylum crisis. Before this started, most undocumented migrants were laborers of one form or another. If they could get adequate numbers of visas, then illegal immigration would barely exist. Very few such visas are available these days. There is no "line" to get in.
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  595.  @Arguingwiththedog  I know. For one thing, seeking asylum is legal, and one can legally ask from within the United States. For another, there's no reason that the current system has to move at its snail's pace. This is by design, to make it as difficult as possible for those seeking asylum/refuge, or if not by design, due to a lack of humane priorities and concern. The great thing is that economists are nearly united in saying that migration is a boon, not a burden. Expedite the work visas.
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  596.  @marksprague1280  That's not a rebuttal. Those kinds of insults are childish, so don't be a hypocrite by accusing me of the same.
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  597.  @davemurray2880  I'm not.
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  598.  @eihthype6578  Yes. The process of asylum takes a very long time to complete. The court proceedings are also designed to be needlessly difficult. The US is not 300 trillion dollars in debt; that's closer to the entire world's figure. Besides, debt is not the deficit, those are two very different things, and the humanitarian measures given to asylum seekers are a lot less expensive than the consequences of doing nothing (which is against international law, not to mention human decency). Migration is a boon (like none other), not a burden, so long as people are able to work, hence the drive to make work permits available sooner.
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  599. He was a traitor who served an evil regime, and some say he's overrated as a general anyway.
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  600. I'm missing something here. Commenters are saying that attendees booed/jeered at Naomi Osaka. Weren't they directing that at Williams, for throwing a tantrum?
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  601. No, it's backward to honor evil.
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  602. For one thing, this was much worse, for obvious reasons. For another, the police were much more heavy-handed in those cases, and of course people are getting prosecuted.
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  603. How so?
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  604. @Utsav Joshi Apples and oranges. Animals are sentient creatures, while embryos & fetuses are nothing of the sort.
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  605. @Utsav Joshi You're talking about sapience, but in any case, no, embryos and fetuses lack personhood. That comes later.
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  606. Up the Republic! No more monarchs!
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  607.  @fingerzfrienemy2226  Besides, this coup attempt is much worse than any of that.
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  608. True, and irrelevant. There are no babies involved.
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  609.  @Outboxing13  And supporting rightist death squad regimes in Central America, and the War on Some Drugs, and bogus neoliberal "trade agreements" that screw over farmers in a lot of countries, among other things. They come here because the US goes there.
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  610.  @spirorevelis7100  That's a red herring. Nobody's going to do that, and you missed the point anyway. The commenter's ancestors didn't stay in their own countries.
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  611.  @stuartsiglain3972  It's legal to ask for asylum.
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  612.  @strumbum946  There's no requirement. It's legal to ask for asylum from inside the US.
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  613.  @barbaraowen45  Have 10 million applied for asylum? Is that what you're asking or claiming? I can't tell from your punctuation.
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  614.  @lesmoore3638  Debit cards aren't credit cards, and non-citizens are not getting voter registration forms. These humanitarian measures are to prevent even more of a humanitarian crisis. Just because your ancestors didn't get something, why do you have a problem with someone else getting it? What is this psychology that wants to prevent something good (even, or perhaps especially, life-saving measures) from happening to someone else?
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  615.  @lesmoore3638  It's legal to ask for asylum from inside the US. In NYC, there's a push to get the work permits expedited. I'm certainly paying attention.
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  616.  @hellboundbuddha912  The border is not open.
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  617.  @hellboundbuddha912  This large-scale push for asylum began before Biden's presidency.
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  618.  @strumbum946  There's a huge backlog, for one thing. Another is that they are simply unable (lack of resources, the apathy and callousness of their so-called guides, etc.) to make the detours needed to get to one of the border crossings. It's beside the point. It's legal to apply for asylum from within the US.
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  619.  @lesmoore3638  It's actually legal to ask for asylum from within the US, and the international treaties on asylum don't require anything like stopping at any particular country. Are you suggesting containing asylum seekers in some kind of camp? Note that a large majority of asylum seekers attend their court dates.
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  620. How so?
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  621. Again with this false equivalency. This was a coup attempt!
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  622. Plenty, and besides, this was much worse- it was a coup attempt!
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  623. There was no "rampage through America," lots of people have gotten in trouble, and the authorities were so ineffective on the 6th because so many of them sympathize with the MAGAts.
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  624. ?
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  625. *loser
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  626. Polygraphs are highly unreliable. Don't take such a test. This isn't a comment about this case in particular.
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  627. God doesn't exist.
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  628.  @godlywoman7625  *You're "Too smart to be an atheist" is just insulting, and frankly backward, if you know anything about the demographics of religiosity & secularism. What are you asking?
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  629.  @godlywoman7625  And who/what created your deity?
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  630.  @JROCK100ification  *you're
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  631.  @elliottp00  *you're
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  632. Why?!?
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  633. Don't talk to the police without an attorney!
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  634. Landlords are parasites, and property is theft.
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  635.  @crissyhutto8409  Capitalism & the state.
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  636.  @transylvanianite3391  Those measures aren't enough. See London, England!
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  637.  @GeneralHawk505  You're right, except for the bit about migration. Economists across the spectrum are clear that migration is an enormous boon for both sides of the equation.
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  638.  @iveyhealth2266  Property is theft.
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