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Michigan Gov. Whitmer: Protesters 'carried nooses and Confederate flags and swastikas'
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/michigan-gov-whitmer-protestors-carried-nooses-confederate-flags-swastikas-n1200276

Whitmer, a Democrat, was referring to the hundreds of demonstrators who protested Michigan's emergency measures at the state Capitol building last week.

WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that protesters who demonstrated at the state Capitol building last week "carried nooses and Confederate flags and swastikas."

"Unfortunately, right now in Michigan, we see a small number of people ... it looks large on television, but when you think about this is a state of 10 million people, this is a small contingent that came out and made political statements. They carried nooses and Confederate flags and swastikas," she said in an interview on NBC's "TODAY" show when asked why some of the protesters who carried guns or violated social distancing mandates weren't arrested.

Everyone is focused on the fact that some of the protesters were carrying firearms, Whitmer said, adding, "The fact of the matter is that kind of rhetoric, that kind of ugly political rallying, is only making it harder for us to re-engage, which is the sad irony, is that demonstrations like that create the need to continue this aggressive stance that we've had to take to save lives."

Images from the protests show that some signs displayed swastikas and that some people were carrying Confederate flags.

Whitmer, a Democrat, was referring to the hundreds of demonstrators who protested the state's coronavirus emergency measures in Lansing last week. She has come under fire for the state's stay-at-home order, which has sparked massive protests in which people violated social distancing guidelines. She has said that she respects people's right to dissent but that they must follow best practices put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The governor has defended the stay-at-home order, saying it has slowed the rate of coronavirus infections. Late last month, she extended the order through May 15 but eased some restrictions on public activities.

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Who would ever give anyone the idea that republicans are racist? (cynical)

Who was talking about "liberal mob"? Here is your mob of degenerates and lowlifes in the republican party....

Republicans (and their guns) don't represent American interests, values and sentiments...

Australian intelligence knocks back US government's Wuhan lab virus claim
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australian-intelligence-knocks-back-us-government-s-wuhan-lab-virus-claim-20200504-p54pk3.html

Excerpt:
In a series of comments last week, Mr Bannon, a former executive chairman of far-right website Breitbart and advisor to President Donald Trump, said China had to be held accountable for a "biological Chernobyl" and accused the Wuhan lab of premeditated murder.

Describing Mr Bannon as the "living fossil of the cold war," the Communist mouthpiece, People's Daily said the Trump administration was engaging in "unprecedented propaganda warfare" while trying to impede global efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Aren't communists one rung below the socialists on the political food chain?

Still puts them head, shoulders, torso and legs above the republican basket of deplorables. And I understand senior members of the Australian intelligence community and the Sydney Motning Herald enjoy the blessings of the gods.

Hey, oralloy's people. deplorables.

Progressive contempt for civil liberties is a great reason to reelect Mr. Trump.

He'll protect our civil liberties and not allow progressives to violate them.

Conservatives' contempt for civil rights is a great reason to elect anybody BUT trump.

No such contempt.

Preventing progressives from outlawing pistol grips on semi-auto long guns does no harm to anyone's civil rights.

Conservatives contempt for civil rights is evidenced by ignoring the gross fatal violations of civil rights due to gun violence, and the sadistic glee they take in the thought of piling up the corpses of those whose civil rights were violated and pissing on them.

Preventing progressives from outlawing pistol grips on semi-auto long guns has nothing to do with gun violence, and nothing to do with civil rights violations caused by gun violence.

Therefore no conservative contempt for civil rights has been demonstrated.

Conservatives love violating americans civil rights by putting guns in the hands of potential murderrs and taking sadistic glee at all attempts to frustrate their campaign to put guns in the hands of potential murderers who then use their guns to commit fatal violations of Americans' civil rights.

That is incorrect. Preventing progressives from outlawing pistol grips on semi-auto long guns does not put any guns into the hands of any murderers, and does not violate anyone's civil rights.

Conservatives love putting any kind of gun in the hands of people who will use that gun to fatally violate someone's civil rights.

That isn't true. Many conservatives are OK with restrictions that can be justified as serving a compelling government interest.

what you think of as compelling government interest is light years more restrictive than most others think of as compelling government interest, and your opinion of the matter counts for nothing in courts' eyes, and they and legislatures decide the matter, not you.

Nice combination appeal to authority/appeal to the crowd fallacy. I take it then that you have no actual response to my facts?

I cigte the facts. You cite your opinion, as usual.

FORMER CHAIRMAN OF MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA DROPS SUPPORT FOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, BACKS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER
https://www.newsweek.com/michelin-north-america-lindsey-graham-1500901

I guess you enjoy the back and forth with Oralloy. I think I understand why he keeps baiting you. He gets your attention, and hours of entertainment.

I’m not sure what you get out of it though. The totally predictable self-aggrandizement; the mindless dedication to defending all things Trump; the stupid right wing “sources” offered up to augment his stupid arguments?

You’ve said in the past you keep feeding this insatiable troll because you “don’t want him to think he’s getting away” with his bullshit. That would be reasonable if only if you were dealing with someone who demonstrated critical thinking or an open mind. There is no evidence of thinking or mind at all - leave alone critical or open.

But you belly right up and keep filling his trough. I really don’t get it.