Comments by "" (@ronjon7942) on "Riverwand " channel.

  1. That there are (supposedly) pathological billionaires on the Right, too. Not as many, sure. And, they’re easier to staple the nazi label onto. Rich, white, hetero…two out of three aint bad.
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  2. You ever try to speak at ANY university as a conservative? Until recently, there was virtually no free speech on any campus, unless you toed the woke line.
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  3.  @MalvisPadronxclusivemimi625 Is Russia still technically a democracy, or has the concept been so thoroughly corrupted that no one believes it is one any longer? Genuinely asking. From my outside perspective, it’s a dictatorship up and down the line, but even though Putin had rigged the elections, why was it important that he maintain the illusion of democracy? Anyway, isn’t that moot? Didn’t he change their constitution so he’s president for life?
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  4. ⁠ @serval_ssbm That assumption seems valid. Had we voted harris in democratically (and by republic mechanisms), half the country believes that would have taken us a major step towards socialism and then marxism, immediately threatening our First and Second Amendments. So the far left’s democratic victory would have come at the expense of the moderate, centrist left and right’s Constitutional freedoms. Had the far left won, do you really believe they’d have felt they were preserving everyone else’s rights and freedoms? Given their feral approach to shoving their ideology down our throats because we have different views and opinions and values, zero sum describes the situation quite clearly - had they won. As it stands, THEIR First Amendment rights seem quite intact, even though they were doing everything possible to give them away. And if you argue that the far left narrative WAS what they were trying to protect, what happens when that narrative becomes more and more marxist until even the far left voters begin to feel disenfranchised and then persecuted? I think democracy and freedom are compatible only when there is intention to keep them so. There’s nothing inherent in either that automatically implies the other. And then there’s the other perspective. The far left probably DOES feel persecuted, but to me it seems because the narrative is demanding they feel that way. Perhaps the far left is wary (I certainly am) of, for example, the evangelical right gaining a foothold again, and setting back social liberalism. I think the far left has disproportionate influence and isn’t representative of the majority, moderate left. If true, President Trump seems to be about the best option our entire nation could have. He’s socially liberal and fiscally conservative, with warts and positive attributes both sides can reasonably live with. His Administration is also counter revolutionary, in that it’s trying to bring us back to a center. If I was the classical left, I’d embrace his social liberalism and try and work with it, and not let the radical progressives continue pushing and/or pulling the democrat party further to the left - we (collectively) don’t want that. The way I see it, if the left continues to try and commit unalive-icide, the further right is going to sit back and gain strength, take over the government after President Trump leaves office, and we’re going to start the far left reactionary movement all over again. The extremes are killing us.
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  5.  @tumstankington1731 Yes. She’s an extremist, and unsympathetic to alternative and opposing viewpoints. It’s her way, or she’s going to browbeat you into submission.
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  6. Removing freedoms from the wealthy (elite class) isn’t the issue. Manipulating the working class vote to serve the elite agenda, is. You treat the working class vote as a singular entity that votes consistently across the infinite demographics of that class. The only time it’s ever approached that were in the elections that brought President Trump to office. Otherwise, the democrats relied on complicated machinations to manipulate the many demographics in a way that gave the illusion of organic populism within each of those working class demographics. Instead of simply being a party to their constituents, they seem (to me) to be focused solely on maintaining power, to the point of bringing in 12 million illegals with the intention of using their vote to eliminate swing states. Ie, California, but across the entire country, turning the US into a uni-party system of government. A brilliant strategy, if you’re into that. A horror show, otherwise.
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  7. There’s two now, since Jan 2009. Prior to that, I’d grudgingly admit there was only one - but just an opinion with nothing to back it up. Other than maybe Robert Ludlum novels.
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  8. How is Trump considered authoritarian? I feel freer now than I have since 2009.
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  9. I thought that was a little odd, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt he only meant his basketball acumen. Still…
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  10. Isn’t that anyone wealthy from SA?
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  11. We’re on the edge of our seats.
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  12. You really need to step outside of your mom’s basement, see the sun, meet people.
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  13. And?
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  14. Oh boy. “…a psychopath, God complex freak…” ‘Let me first set the tone.’
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  15. You’re rich, aren’t you.
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  16. Pretty good. As a moderate, right of center Independent, it was easy enough to accept your biases - we all have our own. Can you do something similar on Soros, senior and junior? And Klause? If you already have, can you please post their links? Oh, and The Tides Foundation…I’ve been running across them frequently, but superficially, there’s not much there to digest except for the generic stuff.
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  17. Yes. I’d like to see something on the Tides Foundation, and justify the US AID fraud. I’d also like to see an expose about how Wikipedia changed from a reliable source of information into a far left propaganda outlet, via far left funding managed by Tides, when Katherine Maher was CEO of Wikimedia.
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  18. Deep? Reading wikipedia counts as deep?
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  19. Yeah, but say it’s 0.000001% possible…then it’s POSSIBLE, which is close enough to FACT when it fits the narrative.
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  20. Additionally, the left has a lock on contributing billionaires.
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  21. wikipedia.com And for the opposition, the subject already comes pre-biased, so you don’t even have to form your own opinion! The thinking is already done for you!
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  22. Hey, if aoc can call Elon the dumbest billionaire she’s ever met (which opens up its own set of questions, starting with: why’s a jr representative so chummy with so much far left extreme wealth)… I’d like to meet aoc’s friends. They must really be amazing.
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  23. Ffs, what? It’s lifted off wikipedia, come on. You know, that other far left info outlet, like YT?
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  24. From who? You ever hear of that far left site called wikipedia?
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  25. Yet another one. And a country who helped crush it, but which actually is (no, the US is not). And we deplorables elected them to power without our realization (no, we didn’t, and yes, we’re aware it’s not and that we didn’t). It’s a yawn story but the new, young sheeple revel in its novelty and outshout any deviation from the actual fascist narrative. The hypocrisy is so annoying, and revealing it just gets a response of ‘meh.’
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  26. You think the far left isn’t using AI to profile, target, and surveil? It’s practically in the definition of marxism!
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  27. Yea, not really a Conservative hangup anymore. Ideally, we’ll see an increasingly socially liberal Conservative Party which will be acceptable to left of center moderates and centrists. Hopefully the far right won’t splinter off like the far left is doing, which should be possible because of belief in individualism. If you’re opposed to gay marriage, well, don’t have one. If you’re opposed to abortion, don’t have one. But why impose that religiosity and ideology upon everyone? God gave us free will, so why can’t Right/Far Right accept that if God trusts us to exercise wisdom and discretion, they can as well, AND keep their conscience clear? Besides, not like there aren’t plenty of other opportunities for the Right/Far Right to run counter to the Will of God - adultery comes to mind.
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  28. How? What are your media outlet sources?
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  29. Chuckle
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