DaveFoster
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Why are republicans racist?Why are republicans racist?
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Why are republicans racist?Why are republicans racist?
that is new to me. i am sure you can link the to this new administerd laws from all of europe. Must be a very new law. Besides, why are you always talking about europe. i showed you a list of countries from the whole world where people enjoy more actual freedom then in the US.I think you need to read up on the history if the second amendment.
and for the 100th time its not just about guns. Why don't you explain to me how much freedom of speech you have if all of Europe has made speaking out against unrestricted immigration a hate crime.
Germany springs to action over hate speech against migrantsthat is new to me. i am sure you can link the to this new administerd laws from all of europe. Must be a very new law.
That is what I have been saying from my first post, which you objected to.I think we are not talking about the same subject. i am talking about the freedom citizens enjoy in their live NOW. You are talking about which country is best equipped to defending the existent freedom (how big or small it may be) in the future. That is an interesting question of course but was never my point. All the links i posted were about freedom up to date not limited to your preferences.
Because, unlike Bill Clinton, most Republicans don't have $20,000 to blow golfing at an all white golf course to prove we're not racist- THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Democrats; Clinton Says Golfing at All-White Club Was MistakeWhy are republicans racist?
Germany springs to action over hate speech against migrants
New Swedish Law Criminalizes Anti-immigration Internet Speech
UK cops arrest man for “offensive” comment about Muslim migrants
That is what I have been saying from my first post, which you objected to.
As I said before, please give me the name of the country that has a higher level of individual freedoms and is better able to preserve it than the US.
Why don't you explain to me how much freedom of speech you have if all of Europe has made speaking out against unrestricted immigration a hate crime
so actually you proclaimed both: US has the highest level of individual freedom and is better able to preserve it. But when it comes to arguments you nearly always took arguments for the preserving one.
the right to be left alone was easily compromised by the patriot act( talking about preserving)
Debunking the Patriot Act as It Turns 15
i gave you enough examples where people have a higher level of individual freedom. Also a lot of these countries have enough private gunpower to preserve it in case of a dictator and have a constitution that preserve these basic human rights.
As for the links you postet. I am not sure that you have read more than their headlines as i can find nothing that proves your statement
and don´t start with what you can get arrested for. just google for what US citizens are getting arrested ;-)
My original and consistent point throughout is that with the world's increasing restrictions on individual liberties, America is the best positioned of any country to defend those liberties.
America is "exceptional" in that it is the one country left that holds freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to bear arms and the right to be left alone at the top of its societal goals. These rights are not only protected by the constitution but more importantly are strongly supported as a fundamental belief of the American public. In addition to many other facts I provided, a detailed public opinion survey from Pew Research shows that this is not the case with many of the top countries you and I think of as free.
I never said that America was the greatest or best place to live. My point is that the combination of the above four rights enables Americans to best defend all other liberties from potential tyranny. In particular without an armed citizenry, liberty, instead of being a gift from God inherent in all men, becomes a gift of the State that can be revoked at anytime.
Wise words, my friend. I hope that I can do the same.I seriously have to stop clicking on this thread.
you forgot to "drink a beer with friends in the park" or ordering some p-LSD or dont get arrested for smoking a little bit of weed.Instead of bragging about your freedoms to get high or have a late term abortion, I would suggest you take a look at what is really going on in your own country. It is this creeping Fascism that all of us, America included, are most susceptible to.
The far right is on the march again: the rise of Fascism in Austria | Daily Mail Online
Why Austria almost elected a fascist president
The rise of "respectable" fascism in Austria
You must have looked pretty hard to find a single quote that you could use to change what I am arguing for. Again I am not saying that America is the best place to live or that we are perfect. My point from the beginning is that America’s combination of its strong freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to be left alone and the right to bear arms are best able to defend its existing liberties. But even in that quote you found, I am still saying the same thing. I did not say name a country that has more individual liberties than America but one that also has the ability to defend them.
As I said before, please give me the name of the country that has a higher level of individual freedoms and is better able to preserve it than the US.
I didn't say America is a paragon of freedom but that it was the last bastion of freedom
Thank you too. It was a good run and I learned a lot too.you forgot to "drink a beer with friends in the park" or ordering some p-LSD or dont get arrested for smoking a little bit of weed.
So you proclaim that all europe has made it a hate crime to speak out against unrestriced immigration and then you say that facism is rising . what do you think had the alomst elected president in Austria said all over his campaign? your arguments are inconsistend.
political correctness: now we have a president who dont believes in god. try to say that in the US and see for what you can get elected with that.
yeah sorry i misinterpreted that:
anyway thanks for the conversation. i learned quite a bit :)
now lets talk about trump..
well said. I completely agreeThis has been an interesting thread.
The US is unique in that it has never been invaded. It has never been under a dictatorship either. The framers of the constitution, with their collective knowledge of history, and their experience of being under the oppressive control of an empire, valued freedom enough that they encoded in the constitution what they considered vital to its upkeep. There was no entrenched nobility nor a landed class to get in the way of what they deemed laws that would give opportunity to all.
This is a tradition and a mindset that is very much woven into the character of the country. The more inland the populace, the more preserved this character is. The more exposed to other countries, as in the coastal areas, the less this character is retained.
But because the US has never been invaded and its populace never been subjugated, its population is short of a perspective that other countries have. The lack of this perspective shapes how it elects its leadership. In its history, a foreign policy that considers itself beyond reproach has made it act more like a bully than a benevolent neighbor. The Monroe Doctrine is never gone. And its belief in a "manifest destiny" is very much alive.
While its population generally abhor the methods of its leadership, it generally is powerless to prevent doing unto others what it doesn't want done into itself. It is only when the damage done has become excessive, does the population wake up to oust its leaders. That was the case with the US interfering too much in Vietnam. It is the case now with what is happening in the Middle East.
So long as the violation and the violence is not directed inwards, the leadership can be confident that its people can turn its gaze the other way.
Much of this prophesy from 2011 has come true:
Actually was this uploaded by Charlie and discussed in an earlier thread? Oh well here it is again if you missed it.