Republicans and Fascism

[silesian]

Agreed. It isn’t just the taxing and spending but also the liberal part that fit. Republicans are now the party most concerned with protecting the First Amendment and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution.

Protecting the constitution is neither conservative nor liberal. It’s American.

People of both parties incorrectly scream “first amendment” when they get criticized for what they say. This has nothing to do with free speech as constitutionally defined. No evidence that the government is restricting speech. Twitter, however, has issues (not constitutional)

Todays liberals are the leaders in the problematic cancel culture but MAGA and their incessant persecution complex crying is catching up.

 

[silesian]

Agreed. It isn’t just the taxing and spending but also the liberal part that fit. Republicans are now the party most concerned with protecting the First Amendment and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution. The Republicans are the liberal party in America today.

Reckless deficit spending is not just a democrat thing. Trump did nothing to reduce spending. He spent more than Obama, a wasted opportunity when republicans had control of both houses. He was plainly impotent in leadIng the country.

The simple labels “Dems are socialist” have become meaningless.

We’re going to pass our multi trillion dollar deficit to our kids and grandkids. They’ll hate us as our economy weakens.

 

[One Brow]

Decrease. I said Congress can't decrease the money supply. Congress can certainly increase the money supply ...

M1

View a measure of the most-liquid assets in the U.S. money supply: cash, checking accounts, traveler's checks, demand deposits, and other checkable deposits.

fred.stlouisfed.org

Aside from the amusing notion Congress can't undo what they have done, if you want to see who was in charge during in the money supply increase, look to who was in charge in 2020. That would be a Repub POTUS and Repub Senate.

 

[One Brow]

Twitter, however, has issues (not constitutional)

Todays liberals are the leaders in the problematic cancel culture but MAGA and their incessant persecution complex crying is catching up.

Twitter has competition for those who find it too restricting, and does also censor liberals.

I know we all hate "cancel" culture, but how would you feel about an "accountability" culture, where people who say things that a person considers vile would suffer from a lock of business from those who found it vile? How would that differ from "cancel" culture, as you see it?

 

[Bucknutz]

Twitter has competition for those who find it too restricting, and does also censor liberals.

I know we all hate "cancel" culture, but how would you feel about an "accountability" culture, where people who say things that a person considers vile would suffer from a lock of business from those who found it vile? How would that differ from "cancel" culture, as you see it?

Because it’s very subjective when it comes to what some people consider vile.

“The Bodega Bro” gets canceled for making fun of bodegas.

Midwest college grad fired from NYC job after he dunked on bodegas

Recent Midwest college grad, Griffin Green, 24, who recently moved to the Bronx for a job, posted TikTok videos complaining about shopping at bodegas, earning him the moniker 'Bodega Bro.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

“Drag queen shows for kids” gets canceled.

Drag Queen Event For Kids Canceled After ‘Feedback From Citizens’

The mayor of a North Carolina town announced Saturday that a Drag Queen Story Hour event, part of an upcoming pride festival, was canceled.

dailycaller.com

People on this board might find themselves both for, against neither or slit on these two “vile” stories.

I just gave some extreme scenarios to show the subjectivity in decisions. Now you add in culture, location and history and subjectivity becomes blurred.

I don’t know how you can have a true accountability culture to please a majority.

If you don’t want to be canceled, stay off social media a treat people better. Even those you don’t agree with. Still that won’t even come close to solving it.

 

[Al-O-Meter]

Aside from the amusing notion Congress can't undo what they have done...

M1 is a measure of currency. Congress doesn't make currency, the Fed does. As I said before, you don't know enough about this to be worth talking to. Congress does have the power to create assets that it does not have the power to revoke. It has to be that way in order for the debt to be salable. It is technically possible for Congress to undo their actions by defaulting on the debt, which is what the fight over the debt ceiling is about, but it ain't gonna happen. Congress created it and now the Fed is left to figure out how to mop up the damage in the currency, the solution to which is going to plunge the economy into recession.

 

[One Brow]

M1 is a measure of currency. Congress doesn't make currency, the Fed does. As I said before, you don't know enough about this to be worth talking to.

I'd feel really stupid if I were blaming the 2021 administration for the 2020 increase in money supply.

Congress does have the power to create assets that it does not have the power to revoke. It has to be that way in order for the debt to be salable.

Quite frankly, this sounds like a highly garbled understanding of the monetary supply pontificated upon by a person with more confidence than knowledge.

 

[Al-O-Meter]

Quite frankly, this sounds like a highly garbled understanding of the monetary supply pontificated upon by a person with more confidence than knowledge.

I have little doubt you are being honest about not being able to make sense of what I'm saying. How is your Geo Metro holding up? Still good and reliable? I'll bet it gets great gas mileage.

 

[silesian]

Twitter has competition for those who find it too restricting, and does also censor liberals.

I know we all hate "cancel" culture, but how would you feel about an "accountability" culture, where people who say things that a person considers vile would suffer from a lock of business from those who found it vile? How would that differ from "cancel" culture, as you see it?

Excellent Insightful questions.

1. Twitter: Agree but I do see an anti MAGA bias. And I’m extremely anti MAGA.

2. “Measured accountability” is how I would phrase it. We should not destroy someone based on their worst moment. Some extremists deserve to be destroyed, but sometimes people say an incredibly dumb thing that they don’t even believe. Measure the body of work and give decent people a second chance. There is a “herd hunt and destroy Red tooth and claw feeding frenzy” mentality that goes way overboard. okay

Also, some paint their opponents as evil over simple policy differences. I was against student loan forgiveness and got eviscerated about how much I hated poor college grads. Obama had a very nice speech on cancel culture that nailed the problem. The self righteous need to get off their high horses and treat people who think differently with empathy.

 

[Gameface]

AI-O doing that credibility building again

 

[silesian]

Congress does have the power to create assets that it does not have the power to revoke. It has to be that way in order for the debt to be salable. It is technically possible for Congress to undo their actions by defaulting on the debt, which is what the fight over the debt ceiling is about, but it ain't gonna happen. Congress created it and now the Fed is left to figure out how to mop up the damage in the currency, the solution to which is going to plunge the economy into recession.

Let’s unpack this paragraph because some of us are having trouble understanding.

Are you talking about cash assets, physical assets or intangible assets?

Which assets you believe are created by Congress?

How does one revoke an asset?

 

[Bawse Dawg]

I think the last half decade or so has shown that people can be way more 'mask off' than before and still have support. I don't think it's changed as much as it's been brought to the forefront. Now being a vile PoS is their entire platform.