Originally Posted by spence (Post 1194567)

Now Mattis is directly calling out Trump.


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Originally Posted by scottw (Post 1194583)

he lost me in the first paragraph .."We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers."

maybe he can tell that to David Dorn's ten grandkids.....hopefully Mattis doesn't have a family member that is injured, killed or that has their livelihood destroyed by the "distraction" of the "small number of lawbreakers"....maybe he doesn't watch the news....lotta people in these communities that view it as more than a "distraction"

Originally Posted by PaulS (Post 1194550)

Roly - I don't think you have any real friends. Daddy loves me fine. I just think you are a vile scummy person.

Originally Posted by Pete F. (Post 1194582)

Four U.S. presidents spoke this week about systemic racism and injustice. They used their platforms to illuminate the humanity in all Americans and to decry the dehumanization of some. And they summoned the nation to confront its failures, make change and come together.

Typical high sounding political pablum. Push came to shove, they all used force, against other races, against other ideologies, against others period. I like your rhetorical trick of using the mellifluous high tone to "illuminate" their speeches for us.

A fifth U.S. president spoke instead this week about using military force to dominate Americans who are protesting racial injustice.

Another commonplace rhetorical trick of raising rioters, hooligans, thugs, to admirable "protesters of racial injustice." This is too blatant for any rational person to swallow. You know damned well that Trump wasn't referring to peaceful protesters. I would like to say this kind of cheap fakery is beneath you, but it isn't.

He declared winners and losers among state and city officials trying to safeguard their streets. And, with his reelection campaign in mind, he sought to apply a partisan political lens to the national reckoning over racial inequities.

Originally Posted by spence (Post 1194585)

Take a time out and think. Please.
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Originally Posted by detbuch (Post 1194587)

Originally Posted by Pete F. (Post 1194590)

It’s always easy to expose a malignant narcissistic sociopath.
I find it fitting that Tweety is now being guarded by Bureau of Prisons guards.
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Originally Posted by detbuch (Post 1194591)

Trump is not malignant or a sociopath. That was easy. I like it.

Originally Posted by Pete F. (Post 1194597)

James Mattis just made it a lot easier for many, many other respected defense officials and Republican lawmakers to criticize the president.

Mattis is still holding back, though. He's privately told friends that Trump's behavior is far worse than the reports & that the republic is on shaky footing. He knows so much more than he's currently divulging.

On an unrelated note, Bill Weld ended his (extremely) long-shot primary challenge to Trump in March.

On Tues, Weld won more than 20 percent of the GOP primary vote in several of Maryland's most populous countries.