American Culture of Violence & It's Related Politics

[Tecumsehsbones]

Trump claims strong congressional support for strengthening background checks for gun buys, at odds with GOP statements
��I think we can do very meaningful background checks,�� President Trump told reporters shortly before departing for campaign fundraisers in New York. The president and Congress are under intense pressure to act after two mass shootings this past weekend left 31 dead and dozens injured.
In response, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Kentucky Republican has not endorsed any legislation at this point.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...l_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
........well..Trump says a lot of thing........most of which have no factual basis or a solid relationship with reality.

He also just came out saying Colin Kaepernick should have the chance to play in the NFL. You know, the guy he was calling an SOB and demanding the firing of a couple of years ago.

Donny Dodger has literally forgotten he ever had a beef with Kaep.

He threw out the background checks thing because it's what he thought people wanted to hear in the moment. That's what he does. It means nothing.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Utter psycho babble bullshit.

Take your Ritalin and settle down, Walter.

 

[Danbones]

We don't tell YOU to through out your pills.

WE KNOW you are a natural.

 

[Cliffy]

 

[Walter]

No such thing as an assault rifle.

 

[Hoid]

they are called assault weapons, and include rifles

 

[Hoid]

Assault weapon is a term used in the United States to define some types of firearms.[1] The definition varies among regulating jurisdictions, but usually includes semi-automatic rifles with a detachable magazine and a pistol grip, and sometimes other features such as a vertical forward grip, flash suppressor or barrel shroud.[1][2] Some firearms are specified by name.[3] At the time that the now-defunct Federal Assault Weapons Ban passed in 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice said, "In general, assault weapons are semiautomatic firearms with a large magazine of ammunition that were designed and configured for rapid fire and combat use."[3] The origin of the term has been attributed to legislators, gun control groups, the media and the firearms industry.[1][4][5][6][7] It is sometimes conflated with the term "assault rifle", which refers to selective-fire military rifles that can fire in automatic or burst mode.[5]

 

[Ocean Breeze]

He also just came out saying Colin Kaepernick should have the chance to play in the NFL. You know, the guy he was calling an SOB and demanding the firing of a couple of years ago.

Donny Dodger has literally forgotten he ever had a beef with Kaep.

He threw out the background checks thing because it's what he thought people wanted to hear in the moment. That's what he does. It means nothing.

exactly ......and he swings with the wind so no one can take ANYTHING he says or tweets seriously. I think he does it for theater. and basic attention. The problem is that no amount of attention can fill that void within him. The void where reason, conscience , and compassion should reside.
the tragic things is that he has hurt so many.......with his vulgarity and negativity..verbal cruelty ............and could care less. The degree of narcissism is extremely pathological. He has absolutely NO insight into his own behavior and thinking. and cannot see that there is a problem.

Yet........most of the population refuse to or cannot see the mental dysfunction .........and just rationalize it , justify it or defend it.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

exactly ......and he swings with the wind so no one can take ANYTHING he says or tweets seriously. I think he does it for theater. and basic attention. The problem is that no amount of attention can fill that void within him. The void where reason, conscience , and compassion should reside.
the tragic things is that he has hurt so many.......with his vulgarity and negativity..verbal cruelty ............and could care less. The degree of narcissism is extremely pathological. He has absolutely NO insight into his own behavior and thinking. and cannot see that there is a problem.
Yet........most of the population refuse to or cannot see the mental dysfunction .........and just rationalize it , justify it or defend it.

Don't judge "the population" by the handful of Yanks on this board. Nor by the ones who write oh-so-thoughtful pieces in the press.

 

[Hoid]

There is so much horrible crap happening down there that it's easy to just say **** it.

I still believe that Americans are mainly good people.

 

[Ocean Breeze]

Don't judge "the population" by the handful of Yanks on this board. Nor by the ones who write oh-so-thoughtful pieces in the press.

So where is the outrage??.......that vocal but constructive kind that can makes its point about the situation. A major dysfunctional anomaly in Washington.......and yet.

Silence can be perceived as condoning.

 

[Curious Cdn]

No such thing as an assault rifle.

No such thing as "collision" either but you've made a career out of banging the old "collusion" drum day and night.

 

[Walter]

No such thing as "collision" either but you've made a career out of banging the old "collusion" drum day and night.

Yet the Deems still think it’s something to cite to impeach Trump, Russian collusion was a hoax from start.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Russian collusion was a hoax from start.

Selling out to the Russians is no hoax.

Trump is a traitor.

 

[Ocean Breeze]

Selling out to the Russians is no hoax.

Trump is a traitor.

When you remove all the BS........what you get is the bare bones facts. and you stated them.

The US pop.....is less free because of the authoritarian in office.....and the magnitude of violence that rules there.

 

[Hoid]

Russian interference has been proven beyond all doubt.

 

[Ocean Breeze]

Russian interference has been proven beyond all doubt.

proof does not matter to the Trumpian cult. They create their won version..

 

[Curious Cdn]

Yet the Deems still think it’s something to cite to impeach Trump, Russian collusion was a hoax from start.

No, the Republicans bang on about "collusion". It is specifically a Republican taking point that is written into Republican scripts. If you want to figure out the source of something and the word "collusion" is included in it, you know that it was written by a staff Republican propaganda writer.

 

[Ocean Breeze]

Yet the Deems still think it’s something to cite to impeach Trump, Russian collusion was a hoax from start.

Can you see that part of the problem is that you BELIEVE what you say in an inflexible way........AND you think in terms of them vs US. That is divisive and counterproductive.

 

[Hoid]

Can you see that part of the problem is that you BELIEVE what you say in an inflexible way........AND you think in terms of them vs US. That is divisive and counterproductive.

Racists are by definition divisive.