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Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by intimigator1, Feb 10, 2023.

  1. g8trjax

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    Now that's thinking outside the box, gotta give Adams an A for effort...but alas, lib NIMBY rears it's head again! :emoji_joy:
     
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  2. enviroGator

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    And yet you will vote for him if given the chance. Just like you did Trump.
     
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  3. enviroGator

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    Hahaha... so when you asked him a question about where he lived, and he answered you.... HE was the one that was off topic. Too funny....
     
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  4. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    And you will vote for a politician that panders, lies and does stuff you disagree with too.

    Its almost like thats how it works. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
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  5. enviroGator

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    Well I haven't voted for an authoritarian accused of human trafficking. But hey, you do you.
     
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  6. g8trjax

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    Human Trafficking...:rolleyes:
     
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  7. tilly

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    Human trafficking... c'mon man.
    Thats an insult to those who endure the real thing.

    But whatever...Many on the left calling him had no issue voting for a known sexual preditor from Arkansas.
     
  8. enviroGator

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    From the United Nations website, Human-Trafficking

    "Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people through force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them for profit."

    Please point to which part of that definition isn't applicable to what Desantis did.

    Sure there are degrees, but what Desantis did meets that definition 100%.
     
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  9. tilly

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    Did you interview these alleged victims.... And again, calling it that is an insult to women (and men) held via violence to act against their will and held captive.

    Are these people being held hostage anywhere? Are they forced into any labor against their will?

    No. It was a stupid stunt but "human trafficking" is just drama.

    I used to be involved with an organization fighting human trafficking. There were no plushy AC'd greyhound busses involved my friend. No freedom at the end of the journey... More like people dying in shipping containers and never a hope of seeing families again.

    But again...no stones from the elected a predator side please.
     
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  10. enviroGator

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    Were people recruited? Yes.

    Were they lied to? Yes.

    Were they transported? Yes.

    Did DS do it for political profit? Yes.

    As I said, there are degrees. If I do 65 in a 55 MPH zone, I'm speeding. I wasn't doing 130... but I would be speeding none the less.

    And you voted for a guy who had been accused by what 16 different woman of sexual harassment/rape. Was caught on tape saying how he treats women. So please....
     
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  11. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    Yeah... And Im not the one preaching at everyone.

    I bring up Captain Blue Dress only when you guys hurl your stones as a reminder that we all vote for people that we dont approve of.

    I'll take a guy putting immigrants on a comfy bus over a sexual preditor all day.

    And perhaps you are unaware, but i have been very frank about my failure to use good judgement in voting for Trump in 2016. I regret it and I hate that I did it.

    I had to correct my mistake as I watched my daughters (12 and 10 in 2016) mature under such a terrible human. They were 16 and 14 in 2020 and I had no interest in them seeing their dad set that terrible example again.
     
  12. enviroGator

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    Nope, I'm fully aware. I think I and some others here see hope with you and are trying to help you avoid making a similar mistake w/ DS. I'm not holding my breath because you have also made it clear you are a classical one-issue voter.
     
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  13. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    You "see hope" for me? To what?
    Go full liberal? I hope holding your breath isn't your strategy.;)

    Did you vote for the preditor?
    Did you vote for the one who attacked his victims?

    Just curious.
     
  14. dangolegators

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    He's not a one issue voter. He votes for his tribe, pretty much no matter what. He uses abortion as a rationale for voting against things he professes to support, like public healthcare.
     
  15. G8trGr8t

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    not support a petty vindictive authoritarian with no respect for opposing opinions, the rule of law, or the constitution..he is just like DT in so many ways and worse in others
     
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    As did many on the right who voted for a known and even admitted sexual predator from New York and a large percentage of those voters refer to themselves as Evangelical Christians.
     
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  17. enviroGator

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    Voted for Bush Sr. the first time, and Bill C the second time. In case your memory isn't so strong the Monica issue wasn't brought to light until after his second election. I also believed he should have been removed from office after the Monica story came out. Not for what he did (consensual sex) but for lying to every man woman and child when he looked into the camera and said, "I did not have sex with that woman."

    I would have voted for just about anyone before I would have voted Trump. You have already admitted that your voting for Trump was a mistake, so I'm not really sure what points you have to score with that issue.

    As to hope, we hope that you will see the light about DeSantis. He is a really really horrible person, but because he has an R by his name you seem blind to his abuse of power and authoritarian traits.
     
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    Top of the ridge
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    When he started in in the 2A stuff because he forgot what thread he was in is when he was off topic….
     
  19. tilly

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    Exactly. Who Is debating that?
    I literally said that we have all done it and beat myself up for doing it for a predator myself.
     
  20. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator VIP Member

    Monica wasnt a victim of his predatory behavior. She was a willing participant.
    Im talking way before that. (FOUR women accused him of rape... Dating back to college)

    His history was well known. The left just excused it away. The Monica stuff just ended the ability for many to continue defending his behavior.
     
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