2 hours ago, DezLez said:

You are remarkably accurate when you make a post describing yourself!

Wow. Look at you, the big boy with the second grade sandbox reply. I know you are but what am I......LOL.

7 hours ago, Tug said:

They aren’t honoring George Floyd ya dunce they are acknowledging the wrongdoing towards people of color….one of the first steps in healing the wounds caused by us whites against them.

Brainwashed you too, huh?

2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

but what am I......LOL.

I cannot answer that truthfully as I would get banned from AN for life.

2 minutes ago, DezLez said:

I cannot answer that truthfully as I would get banned from AN for life.

Wow. What a tough guy LOL

17 hours ago, save the frogs said:

 

Apparently there is (or was) also a right-wing extremist group called Patriot Prayer.

So anyone taking sides may want to take note.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-is-antifa-why-is-trump-targeting-it-2025-09-22/

The most notorious episode involving the movement occurred in Portland, Oregon, in August 2020 when Michael Reinoehl, a self-identified antifa supporter, shot and killed Aaron “Jay” Danielson, a member of the far-right group Patriot Prayer.

 

Ah, so a "self-indentified" supporter of an organization without an organization (in other words, a lone nutter) shoots and kills someone and "antifa" is blamed?

From the article you linked:

 

"WHAT IS ANTIFA EXACTLY?
Antifa (short for "anti-fascist") is not an organized political group in the traditional sense. It is a decentralized movement without a clear structure, command hierarchy or leader, according to a 2020 Congressional Research Service report
Some experts on political extremism, along with former FBI director Christopher Wray, have argued that antifa is better viewed as an anti-fascist, anti-white supremacy ideology than a cohesive entity. As such it would enjoy First Amendment free speech protection under the U.S. Constitution."

14 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Boogeymen exist. 

Of course they do. Now, run along little one.

11 hours ago, Tug said:

They aren’t honoring George Floyd ya dunce they are acknowledging the wrongdoing towards people of color….one of the first steps in healing the wounds caused by us whites against them.

Exactly! But that's not what MAGA lame trolling propaganda would say! 

1 hour ago, BLMFem said:

Of course they do. Now, run along little one.

What? No pearl analogy.......

47 minutes ago, candide said:

Exactly! But that's not what MAGA lame trolling propaganda would say! 

So they want to acknowledge wrongdoings by torching and looting  cities across the US? 

2 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Ah, so a "self-indentified" supporter of an organization without an organization (in other words, a lone nutter) shoots and kills someone and "antifa" is blamed?

From the article you linked:

 

"WHAT IS ANTIFA EXACTLY?
Antifa (short for "anti-fascist") is not an organized political group in the traditional sense. It is a decentralized movement without a clear structure, command hierarchy or leader, according to a 2020 Congressional Research Service report
Some experts on political extremism, along with former FBI director Christopher Wray, have argued that antifa is better viewed as an anti-fascist, anti-white supremacy ideology than a cohesive entity. As such it would enjoy First Amendment free speech protection under the U.S. Constitution."

 

Lol, what a crock of BS.

 

ANTIFA is not a mere "ideology". It is a decentralised network of real people, meeting at real events, committing real crimes.

 

And they will be dealt with.

21 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Lol, what a crock of BS.

 

ANTIFA is not a mere "ideology". It is a decentralised network of real people, meeting at real events, committing real crimes.

 

And they will be dealt with.

Holding my breath, let me know when it's done!

@DezLez

 

Misquoted post removed 

On 9/28/2025 at 2:13 PM, Jingthing said:

People accused me of hyperbole.

Turns out he is much worse than my expectations.

 

You're always complaining about Trump, yet you've lived for at least 20 years in a country where the military rule and they've rolled in the Tanks to oust elected governments at least twice since you've been here. I suppose you have to protect your pension payments from the Mother Land so you can keep living and complaining about it from afar.

Just now, JensenX said:

You're always complaining about Trump, yet you've lived for at least 20 years in a country where the military rule and they've rolled in the Tanks to oust elected governments at least twice since you've been here. I suppose you have to protect your pension payments from the Mother Land so you can keep living and complaining about it from afar.

Take your ad  hominem garbage and stick it where the sun don't shine.

I'm not the topic.

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Take your ad  hominem garbage and stick it where the sun don't shine.

I'm not the topic.

You've made yourself the topic. It's all fact, you're been here since 2006 (or earlier)  and lived though 2 military takeovers, yet you choose to live here and complained about Trump for 9 years. It's a bit rich complaining about your homeland becoming an Authoritarian State, when you choose freely to live in one.

Just now, JensenX said:

You've made yourself the topic. It's all fact, you're been here since 2006 (or earlier)  and lived though 2 military takeovers, yet you choose to live here and complained about Trump for 9 years. It's a bit rich complaining about your homeland becoming an Authoritarian State, when you choose freely to live in one.

Bugger off troll. 

On 9/28/2025 at 3:41 PM, Cameroni said:

 

So public order. No different. Portland is clearly in chaos with ANTIFA rampant. To maintain order and protect ICE facilities, that were attacked by ANTIFA in Oregon why should Trump not send in troops?

 

It has been done for decades. Democrats can do it but Trump cannot? Why?

More nonsense from you. No, Portland isn't in disorder with Antifa rampant. At least in the case of the Reichstag fire there really was a fire.

Since June 2025, more than two dozen people have been arrested in connection with protests outside Portland's ICE building on the south waterfront.

Most of the arrests occurred in the first month. The protests have generally decreased in size over time with reduced levels of confrontation, and law enforcement has maintained a watchful security presence at the building.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/trump-seems-to-back-off-portland-military-plan/283-e9c6bdfb-92d6-4881-bb74-09bb325a5270

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Bugger off troll. 

Don't worry, I'm going to hang around listening to your crap. 

3 minutes ago, JensenX said:

You've made yourself the topic. It's all fact, you're been here since 2006 (or earlier)  and lived though 2 military takeovers, yet you choose to live here and complained about Trump for 9 years. It's a bit rich complaining about your homeland becoming an Authoritarian State, when you choose freely to live in one.

 

11 minutes ago, JensenX said:

You're always complaining about Trump, yet you've lived for at least 20 years in a country where the military rule and they've rolled in the Tanks to oust elected governments at least twice since you've been here. I suppose you have to protect your pension payments from the Mother Land so you can keep living and complaining about it from afar.

Make it personal is the last resort of a know-nothing. 

Just now, Alan Zweibel said:

 

Make it personal is the last resort of a know-nothing. 

You'd be surprised how much I know about JT. I've joined up just before him in 2006, and am well aware of his sentiments with everything Trump. What do you think you know, now that you feel the need to make it personal?

Just now, JensenX said:

You'd be surprised how much I know about JT. I've joined up just before him in 2006, and am well aware of his sentiments with everything Trump. What do you think you know, now that you feel the need to make it personal?

The topic is Trump Rapid Escalation To An Authoritarian State. I don't see any reference to Jingthing there. Maybe you should start a thread on Jingthing. See how long that one lasts.

Just now, Alan Zweibel said:

The topic is Trump Rapid Escalation To An Authoritarian State. I don't see any reference to Jingthing there. Maybe you should start a thread on Jingthing. See how long that one lasts.

I don't start threads.

 

Seriously, you joined up recently, and now you've taken on the role of moderator, deciding what can and cannot be said in a political thread. Good luck with that.  

 

Now you're complaining about a personal post, by making it personal yourself.

 

You can't see the irony of a thread full of members, from the US, complaining about their own country taking on an authoritarian flavour, yet choosing to live in an extremely authoritarian state.

 

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Take your ad  hominem garbage and stick it where the sun don't shine.

I'm not the topic.

Yeah but your hate ridden anti american conpiracist posts are, so your personal hypocrisy is part of the topic.

19 hours ago, uncletiger said:

To answer your first question, when the Posse Comitatus Act is invoked. Yes, Portland not allowing federal ICE agents to do their job is one of the conditions under under 10 U.S.C. § 12406 that allow the President to use soldiers to get it done. You may not like it or agree with it. But it is Trump's opinion that matters. Not yours. He has stated the troops are going to protect ICE facilities, just as was done in Los Angeles, and it seems to be both legal and justifiable.

At least one Federal judge disagrees with your understanding of the Posse Comitatus Act.

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated federal laws and his use of the armed forces must be heavily curtailed in California, a federal judge ruled today in a 52-page opinion that inveighed against the president’s belief that he has unchecked powers to send the military into U.S. cities.

“There were indeed protests in Los Angeles, and some individuals engaged in violence,” wrote Charles Breyer, the judge overseeing the trial. “Yet there was no rebellion, nor was civilian law enforcement unable to respond to the protests and enforce the law.”

https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/trump-national-guard-posse-comitatus/

Just now, JensenX said:

I don't start threads.

 

Seriously, you joined up recently, and now you've taken on the role of moderator, deciding what can and cannot be said in a political thread. Good luck with that.  

 

Now you're complaining about a personal post, by making it personal yourself.

 

You can't see the irony of a thread full of members, from the US, complaining about their own country taking on an authoritarian flavour, yet choosing to live in an extremely authoritarian state.

 

I said nothing personal about you. My comment was entirely about the validity of your comment.

7 minutes ago, JensenX said:

You'd be surprised how much I know about JT. I've joined up just before him in 2006, and am well aware of his sentiments with everything Trump. What do you think you know, now that you feel the need to make it personal?

Strange, that. Your profile says you joined in 2009.

 

"You'd be surprised how much I know about JT."

@Jingthing, stalker alert. Maybe someone who too afraid to come out of the closet?

13 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

 

Make it personal is the last resort of a know-nothing. 

Lot of know nothings in the Trump-hate obsessive crowd

2 minutes ago, JensenX said:

I don't start threads.

No, it appears you just stalk.

2 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Yeah but your hate ridden anti american conpiracist posts are, so your personal hypocrisy is part of the topic.

I think you have it backwards. RFK is the biggest conspiracy loon on the planet, and Trump with his Tylenol claims, bleach and bright lights is right there with him. Get a grip.  

2 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Lot of know nothings in the Trump-hate obsessive crowd

As usual you're shedding heat, not light.