Politics/Religion Consolidated Megathread Extravaganza

[Oerdin]

Long but very interesting.

[Frood]

Maybe later when my attention span is up to it.

[Oerdin]

How Tru-dump and Biden worked together to attack and smear legal peaceful protesters is a dictatorial conspiracy.  To silence their critics, to smear them, to literally steal the money out of their bank accounts, and to lie that they were terrorists, racists, and misogynistic.



Tru-dump, of course, lied about everything.

[Odinson]

So they are admitting that if you died of a heart-attack while covid-positive, your death was marked as a covid-death.



If you have had a positive covid-test in the last 30 days = Covid-death.

[DKG]

Long but very interesting.

[DKG]

How Tru-dump and Biden worked together to attack and smear legal peaceful protesters is a dictatorial conspiracy.  To silence their critics, to smear them, to literally steal the money out of their bank accounts, and to lie that they were terrorists, racists, and misogynistic.



Tru-dump, of course, lied about everything.

[DKG]

I wonder how many Canadians didn't support the Freedom Convoy protest against lockdowns and restrictions, but are now waving a Chinese flag in support of protests against lockdowns and restrictions?

[DKG]

A recent report by CriticalRace.org found that 58 of the top 100 medical schools in the United States force mandatory student training or assignments related to critical race theory, Fox News Digital reported.

[DKG]

The U.S. has sent nearly $20 billion in first-world weaponry to Ukraine since its invasion by Russia. House Republicans, poised to take control of Congress in January, are now pressuring the Biden administration for greater accountability and transparency about these weapons transfers as well about other aid packages sent to the embattled Slavic nation.



The push for greater oversight comes after it was revealed that there have only been two in-person weapons inspections conducted by U.S. monitors since February.



Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told CNN in early November that there "has to be accountability going forward."



Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) suggested that oversight has been long been regarded as necessary for weapons shipments to countries far less corrupt than Ukraine. According to Transparency International's 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index, Ukraine ranked 122nd out of 180 countries.



According to the State Department, included among the largely uninspected weaponry and systems committed to Ukraine are:



Over 1,600 Sting anti-aircraft systems;

Over 8,500 Javelin anti-armor systems;

Over 38,000 other anti-armor systems;

Over 700 Switchblade drones;

142 155mm Howitzers plus 924,000 155mm artillery rounds;

4,000 precision-guided 155 mm artillery rounds;

36 105mm Howitzers plus 180,000 105mm artillery rounds;

1,500 tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missiles;

8 national advanced surface-to-air missile systems (MASAMS) and munitions;

4 Avenger air defense systems;

20 Mi-17 helicopters;

45 T-72B tanks;

200 MII3 armored personnel carriers;

Over 11,000 grenade launchers and small arms;

Over 84 million rounds of small arms ammunition;

58 coastal and riverine patrol boats; and

plenty of other defensive, offensive, protective, and explosive equipment, systems, and military vehicles.

While downplaying the possibility that unaccounted-for weapons might end up on the black market, the State Department conceded both that ensuring American weaponry makes it into the right hands can be "difficult"



Waltz said, "With the volumes of goods that we're pushing, it's our responsibility to have third-party oversight. We do it all over the world."

[Dove]

Yep.

[Oerdin]

Long but very interesting.

[Dove]

I really want to watch this, but I will not have the time until Saturday.

Biden is pushing ESG into everything.  Instead of getting the best return for investors ESG puts political goals ahead of investor returns and it requires lenders and insurance companies to give lower rates to companies which comply to leftist political goals and either much higher or no loans to companies or people who do not support leftist political goals.



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 They sure love coercion and punishment of people who reject them.  It's just how they "defend THEIR democracy".

[Oerdin]

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[Dove]

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 Sad :/



 A good group of left wing activists are claiming that these people who are attacking and plotting attacks on gay clubs ARE right wing and it's a lie that they are not....and part of some plan to attack the left.



 Did I say that right?  Its unhinged LOL

[Dove]

What do you guys consider extremism and why?



 Here is the definition I use



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 How do you guys decide what is extremist policies and stances?  



 I tend to go on what's a traditional and constitutional norm for America and I view heavy deviations from that to be extreme.  And I do see what I consider extremism on both ends of the spectrum....but maybe not in the way others would.



 What I consider right wing extremism would be abolishing all over sight entirely. Pure anarchy.  Or making it illegal for gay people to have legally recognized unions (i know Lok disagrees with me on that).  I dont think a same sex union should be "marraige" because marriage is a religious ceremony, with religious meaning and religious language.



 I think making substances illegal is kinda extreme. I get the logic behind it.....but ultimately we as individuals should decide what to put in our bodies. And I think laws on this and the war on drugs has made addiction and crime worse....rather than allowing addiction to be a regular health crisis that doctors and therapists can treat.  



 I view dems/progs as extremists who have mainstreamed their extremist views in the form of "hate speech" laws and censorship, insane government regulation, attacks on checks and balances like states rights vs federal power (i would definately call Roe extreme, federal over reach as well as the SCOTUS ruling on gay marriage being a federal over reach), the electoral college, the filibuster....the balance of powers and trying to turn us into a democracy when we are a constitutional Republic that recognizes the rights and liberties of individuals.



 The trans laws are extreme and disturbing. Allowing minors to legally seek medical intervention.  Labeling additional counseling to safe guard people who may just be confused as "conversation therapy" and putting males into female spaces....all extreme.  Using school districts to recruit activists and politcal support is extreme.



 Pretty much everything that takes us off course from being the beautiful Constitutional Republic we are that compromises our constitutional rights and human rights....I consider extremist.



 I figured I'd ask this because this word is used SO often and I dont think many people are using the same definitions and standards.  So I thought it would be an interesting topic.



 What say you guys? Who are some elected officials and/or policies you find extreme and why?