tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post420678197705739951..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Somebody Get Him Off TwitterRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86678362248829742912016-12-04T00:21:17.286-05:002016-12-04T00:21:17.286-05:00I rather prefer speech, even offensive speech. I d...I rather prefer speech, even offensive speech. I do find it amusing that Trump's position now is the same as Hillary's position about 10 years ago. Don't know if it was her public or private position though.Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057058763094040058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-75298859118579547132016-12-01T09:28:18.833-05:002016-12-01T09:28:18.833-05:00"I'll make you stop."
*snort*
Come..."I'll make you stop."<br /><br />*snort*<br /><br />Come at me, bro. :)<br />Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62605254109802680142016-12-01T09:26:40.464-05:002016-12-01T09:26:40.464-05:00"I fall on the strange side of I fully suppor..."I fall on the strange side of I fully support your right to burn the flag. But if you do it near me, I will make you stop."<br /><br />Replace 'burn the flag' with 'say the Lord's prayer' and play that back.<br /><br />"Oh, that's different!"<br /><br />No it's not. It's the same damned Amendment.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-6186214198074282972016-12-01T08:10:26.599-05:002016-12-01T08:10:26.599-05:00"This is a president different than any other..."This is a president different than any other to date. Would you rather have the alternative?"<br /><br /> Yes; I voted for alternative, Gary Johnson.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-39383799116831035542016-12-01T07:49:59.220-05:002016-12-01T07:49:59.220-05:00Most commenters appear to have missed the anything...Most commenters appear to have missed the anything-not-compulsory-is-forbidden slant to Mr. Trump's comments.<br /><br /> Others shrug off his his Twitterings (etc.) as mere hyperbole. All well and good -- but he has the full might of the United States federal government behind his offhand musings. I don't much care how the Press takes them but foreign heads of state are another matter.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-39885873473178050492016-12-01T07:46:03.949-05:002016-12-01T07:46:03.949-05:00"...what would be you opinion on the "ha..."...what would be you opinion on the "hate crime" laws that add years to a crime sentence?" That has nothing to do with the subject of this post.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-51217720486873833682016-12-01T00:07:52.578-05:002016-12-01T00:07:52.578-05:00I fall on the strange side of I fully support your...I fall on the strange side of I fully support your right to burn the flag. But if you do it near me, I will make you stop. I know, that is wrong of me, but I can't help it, many of my family and friends fought and died for the things that the flag represents, and I am a throw back kind of person. So I might go to jail. I will live with that, if it happens. I won't argue here, I know all the reasons that I am wrong. pigpen51noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86082579522544089442016-11-30T18:58:56.830-05:002016-11-30T18:58:56.830-05:00I have been nice more than once. I agree with Jos...I have been nice more than once. I agree with Joseph about the link to Hillary, as he has done this several times before. I think we have Kellyanne Conway to thank for some of these hijinks. Eainsdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717453071510226866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-30310925475530063692016-11-30T17:58:35.153-05:002016-11-30T17:58:35.153-05:00I would hope any push to criminalize flag-burning ...I would hope any push to criminalize flag-burning would hit a Constitutional wall hard and as a result, fail. I don't like flag-burning as a concept but I dislike abridgement of free speech even more, and didn't Voltaire or someone talk about "I may disagree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"?<br /><br />(And anyway: whether or not speech you DON'T like is defended is the real test of freedom of speech)<br /><br />Also: Now I kind of want a t-shirt saying "Don't blame me, I voted for having a toenail removed."fillyjonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13016436113169230368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-43342338623859541632016-11-30T14:05:58.477-05:002016-11-30T14:05:58.477-05:00"So thus we come to the President-elect's..."So thus we come to the President-elect's recent Twittering that flag-burning should not be allowed, and so doing ought to lead to loss of citizenship or maybe a year in jail (a rather interesting spectrum of choices)"<br /><br />It's bombast. Bombast with nuance. This article explains it:<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/opinions/journalists-stop-taking-trump-seriously-todd/index.html<br /><br />Meanwhile, in your neck 'o the woods, I hear about 1,000 out of the 1,400 folks at the Carrier plant are happy to still have a job. (Yeah, I know Pence being governor was a big part of that). <br /><br />This is a president different than any other to date. Would you rather have the alternative? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-67460969066555803282016-11-30T14:04:03.653-05:002016-11-30T14:04:03.653-05:00Totally agree with you. Now, what would be you opi...Totally agree with you. Now, what would be you opinion on the "hate crime" laws that add years to a crime sentence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-36871060351518041602016-11-30T11:08:25.153-05:002016-11-30T11:08:25.153-05:00Or....he was trolling the "OMG WE'VE JUST...Or....he was trolling the "OMG WE'VE JUST ELECTED HITLER!!!11!" crowd by bringing up an issue that was last championed by.......<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Protection_Act_of_2005" rel="nofollow">Hillary Clinton, in 2005</a>.<br /><br />Not particularly a Trump fan, but if this is the game he is playing, color me entertained.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984513515777297544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-26494400695900021682016-11-30T09:21:04.189-05:002016-11-30T09:21:04.189-05:00I just checked, my (non-expiring) oath of enlistme...I just checked, my (non-expiring) oath of enlistment doesn't have the word flag in it anywhere. So burn away you America hating asshats, I helped defend your right to do so. Robert Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475193874676131196noreply@blogger.com