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Does anyone else think Trump has a point?

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GracesGranMK2 Wed 16-Aug-17 09:03:18

I am really worried about the idea of re-writing history to suit either left or right and am thinking Trump may have a point.

I would not want Nazis or the KKK marching in my town (I would want the organisations banned, if it were in my country) but surely we have to be even handed if people are breaking the law.

lemongrove Sat 19-Aug-17 19:15:00

I did.

durhamjen Sat 19-Aug-17 19:11:34

Okay, don't read the article, then.

lemongrove Sat 19-Aug-17 19:00:46

Ah, a page entitled 'Impeach Trump Now', but that doesn't mean that he is going to be, merely that some wish it.

durhamjen Sat 19-Aug-17 18:56:11

impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org/2017/08/17/huffington-post-congressman-moves-impeach-donald-trump/

lemongrove Sat 19-Aug-17 18:48:04

There has been nothing on the news, so it obviously isn't true.

lemongrove Sat 19-Aug-17 18:46:58

durhamjen you say ' have you seen that Trump is going to be impeached now'?
That would be big news were it true! Wheere did you read that?

durhamjen Sat 19-Aug-17 18:39:47

Sorry, AmMaz, but I don't understand that at all.

AmMaz Sat 19-Aug-17 17:30:24

Well well...so one Gransnetter says my post doesnt make sense, one deems me outright incomprehensible (how's that for a 'personal attack'?), one says I'm perfectly comprehensible and one says nobody responded because the reply to my (deleted) post wasn't clear! Que? grin

One person's confusion is another person's paranoia Oriel?

But if in doubt get it deleted? What triggers that? Somebody reporting it? - Whoever cries victim first?

And then when you get the GN email notifying you your post has been deleted, you cant reply! How's that for (Trumpesque?) autocracy? grin - of which we have all been victims if we value equally each others' opinions and freedom of speech, even when it contradicts or questions our own positions.

whitewave Sat 19-Aug-17 15:35:47

karen exactly so

Karen1959 Sat 19-Aug-17 15:34:09

These statues were installed at least fifty years after the Civil War. They were installed during the Jim Crowe era in order to, in the main part, intimidate black people. They aren't contemporary historical monuments. Would anyone accept a statue of Hitler being erected 50 years after WW2?

whitewave Sat 19-Aug-17 14:15:06

And me smile

Eloethan Sat 19-Aug-17 14:04:22

Tegan smile

Tegan2 Sat 19-Aug-17 13:59:52

Pity that Farage never made it onto the Trump payroll as I might have had the pleasure of seeing him sacked...

durhamjen Sat 19-Aug-17 13:50:31

Only Pence - but he was elected the same way as trump, so can't be sacked.

whitewave Sat 19-Aug-17 12:57:38

Is there anyone left?

durhamjen Sat 19-Aug-17 12:41:12

i2.wp.com/voxpoliticalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/170819-arts-humanities-resignation-letter.jpg

This is from trump's arts and humanities committee in the Whitehouse, resigning because of his stance on Charlottesville.

James2451 Sat 19-Aug-17 10:18:00

I rather like Schwarzenegger jabs at Trump: ‘There are not two sides to bigotry’.

We need to understand that no child is born with prejudices because of the colour of their skin. The poison and bigotry in societies creates so many of the problems and prejudices we face today. That we must continue to tackle and try to eliminate, however, we need to note we even see such views expressed here on our own Gransnet.com from time to time, we are not even squeaky clean in the way we express our own prejudices. I include myself in that criticism.
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Oriel Sat 19-Aug-17 10:12:30

I understood your post perfectly AmMaz - it was patently clear what you meant. That is why I reported it and why it was subsequently removed.

Eloethan Sat 19-Aug-17 10:11:28

Once again, I find your last post completely incomprehensible AmMaz.

AmMaz Sat 19-Aug-17 10:05:28

OK, since compiling my last post I have seen subsequent posts which do suggest that my (deleted) post was not understood. As I thought. So the understanding of it was compiled by funnelling it through a particular frame of reference, the end point of which afforded pressing the button on it (room 101?) grin.

Can't do much about that because a) not enough time and b) no will to understand me.

Please consider the possibility that whilst you did not understand my post Oriel I might have understood yours.

Oriel Sat 19-Aug-17 10:02:18

I wasn't the only poster who felt as I did (a 'well said' from illtellhim) - so...

I have answered the 'well said' post above - not sure if you've read it.

I'm not against discussion but you need to be courteous about it and respect other people's point of view... pretty much what you are asking for yourself really. You seem to have a grudge against me personally but I'm not sure why. Perhaps you can enlighten me?

Oriel Sat 19-Aug-17 09:56:42

This typical girly putting me on the naughty step/sending me to Coventry (deleting me grin) is not going to change my mind is it? It confirms my opinion about what's going on!

No, your post was a personal attack on me. That is why it has been deleted.

AmMaz Sat 19-Aug-17 09:53:58

And deleted my post! I rest my case! Freedom of speech Gransnetters?

My post was as serious as it gets: I believe that PC, insidious as it is, is being hijacked for sanctimonious virtue signalling, policing thought and speech til we 'get our minds right'.

This typical girly putting me on the naughty step/sending me to Coventry (deleting me grin) is not going to change my mind is it? It confirms my opinion about what's going on!

Look at the bile that has gushed forth on this site against Trump (which for all you know I might agree with) - this evidently has been deemed acceptable. But as soon as I question the 'positioning' of the poster's expressed opinions - positioning being critical info to consider - it's not acceptable because Gransnet editor either doesn't understand and/or doesnt like the sound of it!

Here's the thing:
1) I don't want to belong to that kind of club: incrowd/outcrowd

2) I wasn't the only poster who felt as I did (a 'well said' from illtellhim) - so...

3)...you don't know or care who you're alienating?

Eloethan Sat 19-Aug-17 09:46:46

AmMaz I didn't see what the deleted post said but only saw the response about it not being righteous violence that won WWI and WWII but "going over there and kicking the shit out of them". I wasn't quite sure what was meant by that remark - was it support for using the same tactics with Trump or something else? Either way, the point being made wasn't very clear and that is perhaps why people didn't respond.

Hello absent - it's nice to hear from you. I agree with your opinion.

Oriel Sat 19-Aug-17 09:46:02

illtellhim

Well said AmMaz, I was in 2 minds about pointing out to people that it wasn't 'righteous violence' that won the west 2 wold wars it was us going over and kicking the sh*t out of them

I don't think you understand the concept of righteous violence as your illustration is an example of what it is!

People engage in violence when it is the morally right thing to do - in the case of WWI & II it was standing up to an aggressor after failing to negotiate peace. To have done nothing wasn't an option.