@hightor,
hightor wrote:that guy wrote:A demand to be allowed to murder police officers with impunity has nothing to do with racial justice.
- This is simply a declaratory statement and establishes no relevant facts.
That is incorrect. The fact "a demand to be allowed to murder police officers with impunity has nothing to do with racial justice" is highly relevant since the article in question wrongly characterized such a demand as a movement for racial justice.
hightor wrote:a partisan wrote:They were stopping Al Gore's blatant attempts to cheat.
- This is a prejudiced claim not supported by facts,
The claim is very much supported by the facts.
That facts and reality are prejudicial against progressivism is a sign that progressives are bad people.
hightor wrote:as counting legitimate votes is not "cheating":
It is when they are only counting legitimate Gore votes and not counting legitimate Bush votes.
- Wikipedia wrote:Media organizations later analyzed the ballots and found that, under any considered criteria, the originally pursued, limited county-based recounts would have confirmed a Bush victory, whereas a statewide recount would have revealed a Gore victory.
This Wikipedia claim is untrue. Only a few extreme and unlikely recount scenarios would have resulted in a Gore victory. Most statewide recount scenarios, including any scenario that would have actually happened had there been a statewide recount, resulted in a Bush victory.
In addition to being untrue, the Wikipedia claim about a statewide recount is not particularly relevant to the question of whether Al Gore was trying to cheat in the earlier Miami/Dade recount.
hightor wrote:a revisionist wrote:Bill Clinton did everything he could to prevent the budget from being balanced.
- This is a revisionist lie:
Wrong. It is the truth.
- thebalance.com wrote:- Clinton created 10 years of U.S. economic growth by raising taxes on top income earners, reforming the welfare program, and signing NAFTA.
That is incorrect. Newt Gingrich is responsible for that economic growth. Bill Clinton fought to prevent it.
hightor wrote:a Bush supporter wrote:Blaming Mr. Bush for the damage caused by a hurricane is preposterous.
- But that's not what the article said. The Bush administration was faulted for its
response to the storm.
A distinction without a difference.
Extremely hypocritical as well, given the way progressives acted towards Mr. Trump for trying to marshal federal resources to protect people from the riots this summer.
hightor wrote:a purveyor of political fiction wrote:The Republicans tried to work with him.
- This is a lie
Wrong. It is the truth.
The fact that Democrats falsely accuse Republicans of refusing to work with them is actually a pretty good reason for Republicans to refuse to work with Democrats in the future though.
Why should anyone try to work with Democrats when the Democrats will just turn around and falsely accuse them of refusing to work with them?
hightor wrote:in reality:
- Roger Draper wrote:During a lengthy discussion [at a private dinner on Inauguration Day], the senior GOP members worked out a plan to repeatedly block Obama over the coming four years to try to ensure he would not be re-elected.
In reality the Republicans tried to work with Mr. Obama, and it was Mr. Obama's own extremism that undermined the deals that he had reached with Republicans.
hightor wrote:a confused person
Wrong. I am immune to confusion.
hightor wrote:- This is another example of a rather stupid generalization which, in the light of the "stolen election" fantasy could be applied to Trump-supporting conservatives.
I've not been paying attention to most of the election claims, since as far as I'm concerned Joe Biden is illegitimate even if he didn't cheat.
However, I suspect that most delusional statements on a2k come from progressives.
hightor wrote:a still-confused person
Still wrong. I am still immune to confusion.
hightor wrote:- This is another sweeping and unsubstantiated generalization which merely amounts to an opinion.
That is incorrect. My statement is factual in nature. It is substantiated by looking at progressive behavior.
True though that my statement is a sweeping generalization.
hightor wrote:a Trump lackey wrote:He boasted of willing consent.
- So what?
So the article was wrong to say that he boasted of committing assault.
hightor wrote:a white Trump supporter wrote:Like I say [ 
], BLM goons are all about preventing white people from defending themselves when black people try to rape and murder them.
- This is just another example of a someone who simply repeats the same unproven opinions on a near-daily basis.
Wrong. That is a fact, not an opinion.
And I am always happy to back up my facts with cites if anyone has any questions.
Progressives never bother to ask me for cites because they know that what I say is true and I can back it up.
hightor wrote:"Like I say" should actually read, "Like I pretend".
No it shouldn't. What I say is the truth.
hightor wrote:a person who doesn't understand BLM
I understand those thugs perfectly.
hightor wrote:- True, but it certainly doesn't apply to many of the cases which have figured in the news.
Sure it does:
Trayvon Martin was shot in justified self defense as he tried to murder the captain of his local neighborhood watch.
Michael Brown was shot in justified self defense as he tried to murder a police officer.
Eric Garner died from injuries that he sustained in a struggle while he was resisting a lawful arrest.
Oscar Grant was accidentally shot in a struggle while he was resisting a lawful arrest.
Philando Castile was shot because he ignored clear commands to keep his hands visible and reached for an unknown object.
Terence Crutcher was shot because he ignored clear commands to keep his hands visible and reached for an unknown object.
Tamir Rice was shot because he pointed a very realistic looking toy gun at police officers.
Sandra Bland committed suicide in her jail cell.
hightor wrote:George Floyd wasn't killed by someone who was defending himself.
I didn't pay much attention to that case. I was too busy opposing the lynching of Amy Cooper.
But given BLM's track record of trying to lynch police for justified shootings, I wouldn't trust anything that they have to say about the case.
hightor wrote:a joker wrote:Had any of these clowns tried to prevent Mr. Trump from doing that, they would have been rightfully fired.
- That's just conjecture. "Clowns" can't be fired for performing their duties according to the Constitution.
There is no such thing as a duty to prevent the President from exercising his constitutional powers to protect the American people.
And actually the Constitution gives the President unlimited power to fire anyone in the executive branch for any reason (or for no reason).
hightor wrote:someone ignorant of history
My historical knowledge is better than anyone else who posts on a2k.
hightor wrote:- Actually it is.
No it isn't. The Democrats just spent the past four years fighting a holy war against Mr. Trump. There is ample precedent for now doing the same to Mr. Biden.
hightor wrote:The investigations into the connections between Russian operatives and the Trump campaign did not affect the transition between the Obama and Trump administrations. Trump met with Obama in the White House and was supplied with the information and support needed to install his new team.
That does not change the reality that the Democrats have just spent four years rejecting and undermining Mr. Trump.
It is perfectly fair to now do the same to them.
hightor wrote:a blatant apologist wrote:Actually what Mr. Trump has done is brought early vaccines to the world.
- Bullshit.
Progressives hate facts and reality, but no. Facts and reality are not BS.
hightor wrote:How about distributing them to the citizens of the USA?
They are being distributed to American citizens as we speak.
hightor wrote:And it has been medical science which has developed the vaccines -- if Trump had been in charge we'd still be discussing light therapy and taking disinfectant internally.
Mr. Trump provided funding that allowed a number of promising vaccines to be mass produced even before they had completed testing.
Without this funding they would not be ready anywhere near as fast as they are currently being produced.
hightor wrote:an unashamed liar wrote:Those deaths are all Joe Biden's fault.
Progressives don't like facts and reality, but no. Facts and reality are not lies.
