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EricHiggin on 05 July 2017
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Errorist76 said:
EricHiggin said:

Want to know what else used to be "well known"?  That the Earth was flat...  good to know that was the factual truth and still is...   heaven forbid anyone ever came along and questioned that fact and tried to prove otherwise...  (btw, a bunch of scientists, astronomers, mathematicians, were all executed during this period, only to later be proven correct about their crazy "round Earth" assumptions and proofs).

The US hasn't been all that succussful in their attempts, if you believe what the news tells you. The bigger question is did they really want to change things, or did they just want to destabilize them? There are just as many, if not more benefits to destabilizing another country, instead of democratizing it, in terms of business anyway.

So what your saying is if the best American public speaker, super articulate, good looking, well dressed, ran for President, against a bunch of Trump like candidates, yet had by far, the worst policies and agenda planned for the US, that you would rather vote for them because you would respect the fact that they were hands down, the most acceptable on the outside, but heartless and empty between the ears?

Trumps behavior reminds me a lot of my mother. If my brother and I were legit, she was legit. If we got out of hand, she tried to stop it legitimately at first, but since that rarely worked, she would get a little crazy and in our faces, like Trump. Needless to say, while it took some time at first for us to get used to that, we eventually fell in line, and were much more well behaved in general going forward. Playtime was fair game, but otherwise, acting as mature as possible for our age was expected. Trump is just acting like a parent with some out of control kids who won't follow the rules. The news is acting like a bunch of spoiled brats who were never disciplined and don't like the fact that the new dad in town doesn't allow this nonsense, and for good reason.

This reads like satire...please tell me it is.

Trump acts more like a spoiled kid than an adult let alone a parent. 

What he definitely tries to do is push his critics into some kind of self-censorship by trying to bad mouth them. Freedom of speech and the free press are two of the most important pillars of any democracy and you're ok with him trying to sabotage that concept?!

its not on him to decide what they are or are not allowed to say. If you the people allow that you'll soon find yourself in a dictatorship.

Sorry for you mother though.

Trump does something that could be twisted, and the media bashes him. Trump does something amazing that would backfire if twisted, and the media doesn't report it and pretends like they had no idea it happened.

Trump doesn't try to censor anyone. He says if you report fairly, then its fair game. If you don't, I'm calling you out and shooting your questions down on the spot. What does the media do? They just bash Trump even more than they already were before. Sounds to me like the kids don't listen very good.

You talk about freedom of speech and freedom of the press, both which clearly still exist and aren't going away, yet you are also complaining about what Trump says or tweets? I thought it was a free country? Do those rules only apply to the people and businesses, yet not the President or Government?

You can't tell people what they can and cannot say? Really? So your telling me if every single American math teacher started telling kids that 1+1=3, that you would be totally fine with that? What about if every single English teacher decided to speak in Spanish? Teachers have guidelines to follow for a reason, which does to an extent, censor what they are aloud to say. No different than the news is about factual truths. If you want to do anything other than that, then call it something else, like "weekend update" on SNL. If you want to teach 1+1=3, start your own school because no existing school is going to hire you.

I'm sorry bout my mother too. In terms of politics, she's a hardcore liberal and loves Hillary Clinton and can't stand Trump. Which makes sense cause she hates anyone who's like her in terms of personality. Which is also a big reason why she doesn't like me. LOL.