Let's start guessing Trump cabinet picks

Discussion in 'Political Discussions' started by Neuhaus, Nov 9, 2016.

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  1. jhp

    jhp Member

    As the current president said "You don't like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election."

    Trump supporters did. Not so those who are violently opposed to him.
     
  2. Stanislav

    Stanislav Well-Known Member

    Oh posh. To "violently oppose" a President is to try to overthrow him/her, or try to start some kind of insurrection. No one is doing that. What we see is people exercising their 1st Amendment rights, with a usual miniscule dose of boneheaded anarchists and troublemakers.

    More interestingly, the President Elect said in an interview that "if you're President, you can't have a conflict of interest". He isn't in office yet and already delivering Frost/Nixon lines. Terrific.
     
  3. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Stanislav, you make it sound like anarchists are violent, when many are non-violent or even pacifist.
     
  4. Stanislav

    Stanislav Well-Known Member

    You're right; there are many more anarchists than a small band of street fighting enthusiasts self-identifying as "anarchists". Anarchism is a wide stream of political-economic thought, most of it having little to do with violence.
    Interestingly, one of the highest-profile anarchists in Ukrainian history, Nestor Makhno, led a significant military-guerilla force and is remembered as a formidable commander. He held off every other faction in the Civil War for a time, including much bigger foes. He may well be one of the better and most well-intentioned players in that time's basket of deplorables. Not without controversy of course.
     
  5. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  6. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    When Canseco was really on the skids, his website had the option of buying "A Day with Jose" for $2,500. If I were single with no kids at the time, I would have done it; I find Canseco to be highly amusing, as well as an interesting character.
     

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