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Exclusive Content => Editorials => Topic started by: Richardtavor on August 31, 2016, 07:29:45 pm
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Jim Robinson lamenting the fact that his freepers are lambasting Mark Levin...maybe he learned how many he lost when he went all in for Trump and decided to stifle any contrary opinions. Any comments? More censoring on the way?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3464746/posts
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I don't think he is lamenting the loss at all.
Near the end he say"Join or Die!!"
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(rolls eyes)
Poor JimRob.... this is what he gets from banning anybody and everybody with the temerity to express an independent opinion.
Reminds me of the "Two Minutes Hate" from 1984:
The Two Minutes Hate, from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, is a daily period in which Party members of the society of Oceania must watch a film depicting the Party's enemies (notably Emmanuel Goldstein and his followers) and express their hatred for them for exactly two minutes.
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Near the end he say"Join or Die!!"
YIKES!
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The Two Minutes Hate, from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, is a daily period in which Party members of the society of Oceania must watch a film depicting the Party's enemies (notably Emmanuel Goldstein Ted Cruz and his followers) and express their hatred for them for exactly two minutes.
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Jim Robinson lamenting the fact that his freepers are lambasting Mark Levin...maybe he learned how many he lost when he went all in for Trump and decided to stifle any contrary opinions. Any comments? More censoring on the way?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3464746/posts
He has lost a great deal more than than he will EVER realize! That place was a bastion of conservative thought on the internet at one time and HE has allowed it ALL to be frittered away!
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The Two Minutes Hate, from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, is a daily period in which Party members of the society of Oceania must watch a film depicting the Party's enemies (notably Emmanuel Goldstein Ted Cruz and his followers) and express their hatred for them for exactly two minutes.
THAT'S IT!
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Those two-minutes never seem to end.
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TOS battle cry:
Oh no, it's CRUZ!!!!!!!!!!!ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
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YIKES!
@mystery-ak
You do know that slogan was the unifier for the American Revolution....
(http://www.usflags.com/images/thumbs/0004030.jpeg)
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@mystery-ak
You do know that slogan was the unifier for the American Revolution....
(http://www.usflags.com/images/thumbs/0004030.jpeg)
You're either for us or 'agin us.
As Rooster Cogburn said to Ned Pepper: "Which'll it be?"
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The full quote:
[Rooster confronts the four outlaws across the field]
Ned Pepper: What's your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?
Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?
Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!
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@mystery-ak
You do know that slogan was the unifier for the American Revolution....
(http://www.usflags.com/images/thumbs/0004030.jpeg)
Yea, but JR is no Washington or Jefferson either and FR is not a reveloution.
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(rolls eyes)
Poor JimRob.... this is what he gets from banning anybody and everybody with the temerity to express an independent opinion.
Reminds me of the "Two Minutes Hate" from 1984:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KeX5OZr0A4
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Yea, but JR is no Washington or Jefferson either and FR is not a reveloution.
Only one problem with your comment, and sorry you can't see it, but this election is a revolution. The first non-establishment, non-politician to muscle his way pass the GOP party regulars to give voice to the people's concerns -- NOT the K-Street or Wall Street darlings' wish list.
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You do know that slogan was the unifier for the American Revolution....
Really....NO!.......of course I know..just amused that someone like JR would use it...
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Only one problem with your comment, and sorry you can't see it, but this election is a revolution. The first non-establishment, non-politician to muscle his way past the GOP party regulars to give voice to the people's concerns -- NOT the K-Street or Wall Street darlings' wish list.
I was happy with our first revolution.
I could care less who's in charge, as long as they respect its results.
I'm not completely sure your 'non-establishment non-politician' does.
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I was happy with our first revolution.
I could care less who's in charge, as long as they respect its results.
I'm not completely sure your 'non-establishment non-politician' does.
Revolutions almost always result in oppression. The American revolution was an exceedingly rare event in its success and its result.
Fresh off a successful revolution, Americans cheered the great revolutionary leader Napoleon.......for a while. The names Napoleon and Robespierre should mean something to Americans.
People's revolutions have about the worst track record.
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You're either for us or 'agin us.
As Rooster Cogburn said to Ned Pepper: "Which'll it be?"
I call that bold talk for one eye'd fat man!
Robert Duvall was great in that movie.
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People's revolutions have about the worst track record.
Revolutions are funny things. Generally speaking, they occur because some sufficient number of people have legitimate complaints, and have finally had enough of the current regime. Thus, the French Revolution, in which the aristocracy lived very high on the hog at crushing expense and injustice to the peasantry -- this is the usual dynamic.
What set our revolution apart from the others, is three things:
First, the Americans of the time were John Adams' "moral and religious people," and as individuals they were highly self-sufficient -- a combination that leads to a good deal of common sense and responsible action.
Second, the revolution came about as Britain tried to reassert its authority over the colonies, which had in large part been self-governing for decades during the English Civil War and the unrest that followed. It wasn't really a "revolution" in the same sense as the French Revolution -- it was more an armed consummation of a long-existing state of affairs. The American colonists figured they could do a better job themselves. But a large number of loyalists were left out in the cold....
And third, Americans had (and took) the option of moving west -- there wasn't the same "pressure cooker" dynamic as occurred in densely-populated and confined France.
Trump's approach is far more similar to the French revolution -- his demagoguery is aimed at inflaming the pre-existing frustrations of a particular segment of the population.
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Really....NO!.......of course I know..just amused that someone like JR would use it...
Oh, okay. Sorry, that didn't come across to me in the "Yikes!" ..... @mystery-ak
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Jim Robinson lamenting the fact that his freepers are lambasting Mark Levin...maybe he learned how many he lost when he went all in for Trump and decided to stifle any contrary opinions. Any comments? More censoring on the way?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3464746/posts
@Richardtavor
Yet Jim himself had harsh words for Levin only a few weeks ago:
6/30/2016, 5:38:46 PM · 110 of 136
Jim Robinson to CSM
If our two “top conservative” senators are going to stand around pouting with their thumbs up their butts and allow the America-hating Hillary Clinton to get elected to the presidency where she will have the power to completely destroy our country, then I guess they’re actually not that conservative are they? Same goes for our old friends Levin and Limbaugh. Wake up and smell the coffee. It’s a lot later than you think.
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Only one problem with your comment, and sorry you can't see it, but this election is a revolution. The first non-establishment, non-politician to muscle his way pass the GOP party regulars to give voice to the people's concerns -- NOT the K-Street or Wall Street darlings' wish list.
I know you see this as revolutionary, but not everyone sees this the same as you.
...and as you know, a lot of us see that very differently. We do see someone from the political class, just like George Soros is considered in the establishment political class even though he never held office-- (except this isn't Trump's first run for President so he has more election experience than Soros). He is and has always been part of the donor class which is part of the establishment. He has used politics for his gain, he has created PACs to push out competition. He has bought off politicians and played the game longer than most.
Many of us see his 'anti-establishment' character he is playing now as, frankly, hooey. No more honest than a persona a WWE character creates for the audience.
We see a long time establishment, political manipulator, cronyist, buying and acting his way through the election.
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YIKES!
@mystery-ak
Lord knows I'm no JimRob defender, but I think his use of that phrase stems from his habit of peppering his screeds with cliches and catchphrases in place of creative thought. It's a wonder he didn't include "Where's the beef?" and "Nothing runs like a Deere."
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You're either for us or 'agin us.
As Rooster Cogburn said to Ned Pepper: "Which'll it be?"
@aligncare
Shouldn't you know the answer to that by now?
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...and just to add a bit to my last comment to AC...
I understand that is why passions are so high and divisions are so deep. You do see this as a revolution, a people's revolution, and you see yourself as a revolutionary in that..
...but you should understand, with the same passion you see this as a revolution, many of us see it as a con job. We see this like we see a friend who is out of work being manipulated into buying into a MLM. Worse, but probably closer, we see this similar to what I saw on a friends Facebook account last week when he announced he had cancer. He actually had people popping up trying to sell him essential oils, alkaline water, or other pseudoscience woo.
That's how we see it, so of course, we are going to have just as much passion opposing the con job as you have passion supporting the revolution.
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You're either for us or 'agin us.
As Rooster Cogburn said to Ned Pepper: "Which'll it be?"
No, this was a visual representation of Franklin's quote:
"We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
It was not 'with us or against us'.
It showed that our Founding Fathers had to stand together or the King of England would have them killed.
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Revolutions are funny things. Generally speaking, they occur because some sufficient number of people have legitimate complaints, and have finally had enough of the current regime. Thus, the French Revolution, in which the aristocracy lived very high on the hog at crushing expense and injustice to the peasantry -- this is the usual dynamic.
What set our revolution apart from the others, is three things:
First, the Americans of the time were John Adams' "moral and religious people," and as individuals they were highly self-sufficient -- a combination that leads to a good deal of common sense and responsible action.
Second, the revolution came about as Britain tried to reassert its authority over the colonies, which had in large part been self-governing for decades during the English Civil War and the unrest that followed. It wasn't really a "revolution" in the same sense as the French Revolution -- it was more an armed consummation of a long-existing state of affairs. The American colonists figured they could do a better job themselves. But a large number of loyalists were left out in the cold....
And third, Americans had (and took) the option of moving west -- there wasn't the same "pressure cooker" dynamic as occurred in densely-populated and confined France.
Trump's approach is far more similar to the French revolution -- his demagoguery is aimed at inflaming the pre-existing frustrations of a particular segment of the population.
But I think Trump is running on several themes which conservatives/Republicans have been asking for, for years. Non-violent revolution:
1. Stronger border security.
2. Fewer refugee type immigrants.
3. Economic common sense, regarding trade. Fair trade, instead of Free Trade as it has been implemented lately.
4. Americans first, before illegal immigrants, refugees, etc.
5. Supreme Court not going further left.
6. Stop sanctuary cities.
7. Peace through strength.
So along he comes, with policies many have asked for, and since they don't like his personality, or don't like every aspect of his life history, they mentally shut down like sniveling infants and throw tantrums.
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He has lost a great deal more than than he will EVER realize! That place was a bastion of conservative thought on the internet at one time and HE has allowed it ALL to be frittered away!
Allowed? Nay he encouraged it. He poured gasoline on it and handed out matches. He and many others there have forsaken everything they once claimed to believe. Now they push a totalitarian state and want dissenters to die. THAT is un-American.
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You're either for us or 'agin us.
As Rooster Cogburn said to Ned Pepper: "Which'll it be?"
I'm against a totalitarian state. You want me to die, bring it on sport.
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So along he comes, with policies many have asked for, and since they don't like his personality, or don't like every aspect of his life history, they mentally shut down like sniveling infants and throw tantrums.
Oh, pooh. Trump doesn't even mean what he's saying -- he's a narcissist and a demagogue, and will say whatever it takes to keep his supporters in line.... until he can say anything at all, and his supporters will still support him.
And don't you dare talk to us about sniveling infants throwing tantrums -- that's you and your pals.