I think what's amusing to me is how facebook groups like "Occupy Democrats Logic" or "RedPolitics" are still slamming Clinton right now, and liberals in general. Like, come January 20th, Republicans are going to be in the driver's seat, there isn't much you can blame on liberals right now. It's actually just point blank embarrassing.
Also, Mitch McConnell really needs to be thrown out on his ass. I don't know what kind of drugs he is on, but the amount of double talk he is on is just ridiculous. Almost like he doesn't know what the internet is, or how ridiculous he looks. I realize he is a Reagan Republican, all the way to the 11th commandment, but still.
Trump went off today on fake news outlets Buzzfeed and CNN. There are plenty of things that are going to be bad about a Trump presidency, but this campaign that he's running against the garbage in the media is fantastic. Here's the video evidence.
Trump went off today on fake news outlets Buzzfeed and CNN. There are plenty of things that are going to be bad about a Trump presidency, but this campaign that he's running against the garbage in the media is fantastic. Here's the video evidence.
Refusing to take a question from CNN while taking a question from Breitbart is not cracking down on fake news, it's cracking down on oppositional news, and hoping people like you won't be able to tell the difference.
Trump went off today on fake news outlets Buzzfeed and CNN. There are plenty of things that are going to be bad about a Trump presidency, but this campaign that he's running against the garbage in the media is fantastic. Here's the video evidence.
Trump went off today on fake news outlets Buzzfeed and CNN. There are plenty of things that are going to be bad about a Trump presidency, but this campaign that he's running against the garbage in the media is fantastic. Here's the video evidence.
Nobody hear will deny Buzzfeed has a strong lbieral biased, but calling that fake news would be like me calling Fox "fake news".
Trump went off today on fake news outlets Buzzfeed and CNN. There are plenty of things that are going to be bad about a Trump presidency, but this campaign that he's running against the garbage in the media is fantastic. Here's the video evidence.
Refusing to take a question from CNN while taking a question from Breitbart is not cracking down on fake news, it's cracking down on oppositional news, and hoping people like you won't be able to tell the difference.
Yes, I know it's trending.
Yes, I know you can google it.
No, we're not reporting it.
Why?
We can't independently verify it.
Real journalists have standards.
Whatdya know? Turns out that many people don't have a problem with fake news per se, but fake news that pushes a point that they don't like.
Yes, I know it's trending.
Yes, I know you can google it.
No, we're not reporting it.
Why?
We can't independently verify it.
Real journalists have standards.
Whatdya know? Turns out that many people don't have a problem with fake news per se, but fake news that pushes a point that they don't like.
So, long story short, they were right and you didn't notice. Figures.
Yes, I know it's trending.
Yes, I know you can google it.
No, we're not reporting it.
Why?
We can't independently verify it.
Real journalists have standards.
Whatdya know? Turns out that many people don't have a problem with fake news per se, but fake news that pushes a point that they don't like.
So, long story short, they were right and you didn't notice. Figures.
The other way around - what's interesting is the left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing. Since our fact-checking organizations of the future will apparently be Snopes and Pravda, expect fake left news to take off this year.
The other way around - what's interesting is the left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing. Since our fact-checking organizations of the future will apparently be Snopes and Pravda, expect fake left news to take off this year.
Oh, the left does the same thing? Like how Obama never answered any questions from Fox? Oh wait...
Trump is the last person who should be saying anything about fake news considering how much time and effort he personally put into the questioning of Obama's birth certificate.
Trump's entire political career was kick-started by him promoting a fake news story.
The other way around - what's interesting is the left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing. Since our fact-checking organizations of the future will apparently be Snopes and Pravda, expect fake left news to take off this year.
Oh, the left does the same thing? Like how Obama never answered any questions from Fox? Oh wait...
The idiot right loves to try to project. Its possible that he really doesn't understand the difference between reporting on a source and what has actually earned the moniker "fake news", that is garbage that is completely fabricated by the "news" outlet. Its more likely that he's just playing the old "both sides are bad" canard that "libertarians" like to throw out to justify always voting Republican.
The Meaning of Life: "M-hmm. Well, it's nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations"
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Step 1: Identify the problem. What aspect of Magic don't you like? Step 2: Find out how others deal with the problem. How do players deal with this aspect of the game when they run into it? Step 3: Do what those players do. Step 4: No more problem. Bonus: You are now better at Magic. Enjoy those extra wins!
The other way around - what's interesting is the left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing. Since our fact-checking organizations of the future will apparently be Snopes and Pravda, expect fake left news to take off this year.
Oh, the left does the same thing? Like how Obama never answered any questions from Fox? Oh wait...
No, talking about fake news.
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The idiot right loves to try to project. Its possible that he really doesn't understand the difference between reporting on a source and what has actually earned the moniker "fake news", that is garbage that is completely fabricated by the "news" outlet.
It's terrible journalistic ethics to publish (or in CNN's case, ideologically promote) explosive allegations with no corroboration. I'm fine with the description 'fake news.'
The idiot right loves to try to project. Its possible that he really doesn't understand the difference between reporting on a source and what has actually earned the moniker "fake news", that is garbage that is completely fabricated by the "news" outlet.
It's terrible journalistic ethics to publish (or in CNN's case, ideologically promote) explosive allegations with no corroboration. I'm fine with the description 'fake news.'
CNN has not been promoting the legitimacy of the 'dossier'. Their coverage has actually been fairly restrained and critical of it. They just mentioned it existed before buzzfeed published the damn thing.
I'll accept what Buzzfeed did with publishing the dossier itself is at least something like fake news though.
I don't want to comment on the content of the report until I get better verification, but the business consultant and former MI6 member who has been publicly named as the author of this dossier of allegations has gone into hiding. So that's a thing. [link]
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It's terrible journalistic ethics to publish (or in CNN's case, ideologically promote) explosive allegations with no corroboration. I'm fine with the description 'fake news.'
Is that what's got you all riled up? I get that you're giddy about seeing the lamestream media taken down a peg or whatever, but how about getting your facts straight first?
The other way around - what's interesting is the left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing. Since our fact-checking organizations of the future will apparently be Snopes and Pravda, expect fake left news to take off this year.
Oh, the left does the same thing? Like how Obama never answered any questions from Fox? Oh wait...
No, talking about fake news.
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The idiot right loves to try to project. Its possible that he really doesn't understand the difference between reporting on a source and what has actually earned the moniker "fake news", that is garbage that is completely fabricated by the "news" outlet.
It's terrible journalistic ethics to publish (or in CNN's case, ideologically promote) explosive allegations with no corroboration. I'm fine with the description 'fake news.'
It's nice that your fine with an incorrect description, but that just proves you don't care about being correct.
Thanks for the flag btw, if your bs argument gets called out,the mature thing to do is try to censor the response, right?
The Meaning of Life: "M-hmm. Well, it's nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations"
Onering's 4 simple steps that let you solve any problem with Magic's gameplay
Whether its blue players countering your spells, red players burning you out, or combo, if you have a problem with an aspect of Magic's gameplay, you can fix it!
Step 1: Identify the problem. What aspect of Magic don't you like? Step 2: Find out how others deal with the problem. How do players deal with this aspect of the game when they run into it? Step 3: Do what those players do. Step 4: No more problem. Bonus: You are now better at Magic. Enjoy those extra wins!
It's terrible journalistic ethics to publish (or in CNN's case, ideologically promote) explosive allegations with no corroboration. I'm fine with the description 'fake news.'
Interesting to see how easy you fall into Donald's spin on this news. As explained CNN only mentioned the existence. CNN already had that stuff for a long time and didn't publish anything about it until it becamse a thing in a briefing.
Imagine Breitbart having stuff like this on Clinton. Would have headlined immediately.
We're all pretty clear about what Breitbart is. The difference is that Breitbart didn't have any power... until now.
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Is that what's got you all riled up? I get that you're giddy about seeing the lamestream media taken down a peg or whatever, but how about getting your facts straight first?
These are words that would have been useful when fake news outlets USA Today and NBC News were writing inflammatory articles labeling Milo Yiannopoulos a white nationalist last week. You see, sometimes people are falsely accused of racism.
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It's nice that your fine with an incorrect description, but that just proves you don't care about being correct.
People have differences of opinion on words and phrases. Why is it so hard for the left to get that? You can redefine racism and sexism as you have and start using your own wacky definitions, you're allowed. But you don't get to tell other people how to use language. If you want to convince them to do so, you can do that. But this is still America, so you don't get to impose that on everyone.
Fake, not genuine, made up, concocted - it's what this report is and I'm fine using the phrase fake news to describe it.
Thanks for the flag btw, if your bs argument gets called out,the mature thing to do is try to censor the response, right?
I can only recall flagging one single post in my 11 years on this forum. Don't flatter yourself, you aren't worth it.
People have differences of opinion on words and phrases. Why is it so hard for the left to get that? You can redefine racism and sexism as you have and start using your own wacky definitions, you're allowed. But you don't get to tell other people how to use language. If you want to convince them to do so, you can do that. But this is still America, so you don't get to impose that on everyone.
Fake, not genuine, made up, concocted - it's what this report is and I'm fine using the phrase fake news to describe it.
So your explanation for why you would say, "left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing" is that the left vilifies the right for producing and promoting fake news, and you have chosen to redefine the term "fake news" to mean something substantively different from what the right does. You therefore conclude that because you use the same words "fake news", it constitutes the same thing. Tell me, have you also redefined the term "same" to mean something new that would make any of this make even the tiniest bit of sense?
People have differences of opinion on words and phrases. Why is it so hard for the left to get that? You can redefine racism and sexism as you have and start using your own wacky definitions, you're allowed. But you don't get to tell other people how to use language. If you want to convince them to do so, you can do that. But this is still America, so you don't get to impose that on everyone.
Fake, not genuine, made up, concocted - it's what this report is and I'm fine using the phrase fake news to describe it.
So your explanation for why you would say, "left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing" is that the left vilifies the right for producing and promoting fake news, and you have chosen to redefine the term "fake news" to mean something substantively different from what the right does. You therefore conclude that because you use the same words "fake news", it constitutes the same thing. Tell me, have you also redefined the term "same" to mean something new that would make any of this make even the tiniest bit of sense?
No sir, this is not a totalitarian state run by your sociology professors. You do not have the authority to decide what words are/aren't allowed to mean. I'm placing them in the same category because they're both news stories that are entirely make believe.
No sir, this is not a totalitarian state run by your sociology professors. You do not have the authority to decide what words are/aren't allowed to mean.
No one is telling you that you can't use words as you see fit. I get that that's a fight you'd desperately like to pick, but it's not happening here. This isn't even a good attempt.
I'm placing them in the same category because they're both news stories that are entirely make believe.
Good for you. You can categorize them however you'd like. But your accusation was that "left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing". The left isn't vilifying anyone under your definition of "fake news". Whether or not CNN's reporting fits your definition is irrelevant - because your definition isn't what "the left" is using when they do the vilifying. In order to demonstrate any hypocrisy here, you'd need to show that CNN's reporting fits the definition of "fake news" used to vilify Breitbart and friends. It very clearly doesn't.
I'm placing them in the same category because they're both news stories that are entirely make believe.
So you are currently trying to deny that CNN, The Guardian, numerous other news outlets and Senator Mccain were all handed a doissier that contained a number of very explosive allegations concerning Donald Trump and his possible links to Russian attempts to subvert the recent Electoral Process.
If you are doing the above in attempting to claim the CNN story is in the same class as the recent story Democrat run Kiddy fiddly ring being run out a D.C Pizzeria then Tiax is quite correct you are not using the same definintion as the rest of the world. Hint yours is the wrong one.
The 'dodgy dossier' exists and is currently with amoungst other people the relevant sections of the FBI. This is news and once they felt that there was enough basis to warn both the President Elect and the Outgoing President there is a legitimate reason to atleast report on its existence and once Buzzfeed had published the dossier in full there was also a legitmate reason for other new outlets to report and comment on that fact.
If you were actually interested in the story and not engaged in some blinkered attempt to discredit it at all costs you would have noticed that the 'liberal press' have not exactly rallied round to defend Buzzfeed for publishing the full doisser. Rather they have called it foolish.
Largely because people are getting hung up on the details and at least publically not asking other important question related to it like if it was handed over to the FBI how much did Director Comey know about it and if he did know of its existance what colored his disicion not to announce its existance and an investigation into it to the world like he did that botched final investigation into Hillary's email servers thats only result was to foolishly project his organisation into the political arena at a very sensitive time when it should have remained politically neutral.
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Yo, if y'all want to stick a fork in goldenshowergate, maybe you could discuss how Trump is breaking nepotism laws by appointing his son in law, or how his nominees keep skipping their pre-appointment ethics reviews, or how Trump still hasn't sold his businesses.
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Those people who voted for Trump in the hopes that he won't get involved in a war with Russia hold be happy.
Pity he is pressing all the right buttons to piss China off.
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The war of words between China and Donald Trump flared again as China urged the US not to let a Taiwanese delegation attend his inauguration.
Trump previously broke decades of diplomatic protocol by speaking directly with Taiwan’s president after winning the US presidential election in November.
China said it opposed the Taiwan delegation’s attendance, which could “disturb or undermine Sino-US relations”.
“We once again urge relevant parties in the US to allow no delegation sent by the Taiwan authority to attend the inauguration ceremony of the president, and not to have any official contact with Taiwan,” said Hua Chunying, a foreign ministry spokeswoman. “This message has been delivered to the sitting US administration and the Trump transition team.”
China will send its ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, to the inauguration.
China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province and has often used military threats to discourage a formal declaration of independence. Trump has infuriated China by suggesting the “one China” policy – a diplomatic status quo under which Beijing’s claims are not contested – could become a bargaining chip in future trade talks.
Meanwhile, Betsy DeVos probably doesn't know enough about education or government finance to do her job as Secretary of Education. [link] other link
Trump, and parts of his cabinet, are also still under investigation for treason/financial misbehavior. [link]
And we were supposed to be afraid of Trump supporters being violent...lol. So much projection.
Violent protests (and violence at protests) don't change the fact that the number of hate crimes spiked last year, coincident with the US election and Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric (and, judging by the data, with the Republican Party's related push in anti-transgender laws). [link]
While I'm chewing holes: according to the reports I've read, ~100 people have been arrested. For context, there are at least twenty groups of protesters (and probably that many informal groups of pro-Trump celebrants) currently active in Washington DC, with numbers per group ranging from like 10 people to several thousand (seriously, the DC Women's March is planning to involve at least ten thousand people just by themselves). [link] 100 people arrested, of unclear allegiance, out of a population of at least twenty thousand, isn't quite as huge.
Now, if all those protesters were violent and anti-Trump, you'd be seeing some *****.
Trump, and parts of his cabinet, are also still under investigation for treason/financial misbehavior.
Even in the worst-case scenario they are not guilty of treason. Aaron Burr was acquitted for treason, and he conspired to carve an empire for himself out of American territory. The Rosenbergs were never even tried for treason, and they gave the USSR the atomic bomb at the height of the Cold War. In all, there have been less than thirty treason prosecutions in United States history. Treason is a very, very specific crime:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
Is a hypothetical Russian-Sleeper-Trump levying war against the United States? No. There is no war. Is Russian-Sleeper-Trump adhering to enemies of the United States? He's certainly adhering to a foreign power, and that foreign power is hostile to U.S. interests, but it is not legally an enemy of the United States. If, God forbid, we do go to war with Russia and Trump sells us out, then he would be guilty of treason. But that's what it would take. The allegations against Trump et al., if true, may merit a host of charges up to and including capital espionage (see again the Rosenbergs)... but it's still not treason.
Violent protests (and violence at protests) don't change the fact that the number of hate crimes spiked last year, coincident with the US election and Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric (and, judging by the data, with the Republican Party's related push in anti-transgender laws). [link]
Let's be careful with our figures. The number of hate crimes didn't "spike". It's up 6%. The number of violent crimes in general is up 5% or so. This is a troubling development, and we don't know why it's happening after a decades-long downward trend, but it does rather change the significance of that 6% hate crime statistic. The specific surges in crimes against Muslims and transgendered people are more credible indicators of a real problem, but there too we must be cautious. When I see that a stat has gone up 67%, that certainly looks like a dramatic spike. But when I see that it has gone up to 257, in a country with a population of 325 million, that number is so low that even a 67% change could be a result of mere noise. Think of it this way: If just a single bigot snaps and starts beating up a Muslim a day for a month before he gets caught, that one guy alone could account for almost twenty points of that 67%. If nothing like that happens next year, the figure would drop down again just as "dramatically". So it's really, really hard to take changes in such small numbers as conclusive evidence for a particular narrative. (And believe me, I would be saying the same thing in reverse if somebody were citing a 67% drop in anti-Muslim hate crime as sign of a positive cultural change.)
Also, Mitch McConnell really needs to be thrown out on his ass. I don't know what kind of drugs he is on, but the amount of double talk he is on is just ridiculous. Almost like he doesn't know what the internet is, or how ridiculous he looks. I realize he is a Reagan Republican, all the way to the 11th commandment, but still.
The GJ way path to no lynching:
Refusing to take a question from CNN while taking a question from Breitbart is not cracking down on fake news, it's cracking down on oppositional news, and hoping people like you won't be able to tell the difference.
Nobody hear will deny Buzzfeed has a strong lbieral biased, but calling that fake news would be like me calling Fox "fake news".
The GJ way path to no lynching:
Potentially false and libelous opposition news.
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Whatdya know? Turns out that many people don't have a problem with fake news per se, but fake news that pushes a point that they don't like.
So, long story short, they were right and you didn't notice. Figures.
The other way around - what's interesting is the left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing. Since our fact-checking organizations of the future will apparently be Snopes and Pravda, expect fake left news to take off this year.
Oh, the left does the same thing? Like how Obama never answered any questions from Fox? Oh wait...
Trump's entire political career was kick-started by him promoting a fake news story.
The idiot right loves to try to project. Its possible that he really doesn't understand the difference between reporting on a source and what has actually earned the moniker "fake news", that is garbage that is completely fabricated by the "news" outlet. Its more likely that he's just playing the old "both sides are bad" canard that "libertarians" like to throw out to justify always voting Republican.
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No, talking about fake news.
It's terrible journalistic ethics to publish (or in CNN's case, ideologically promote) explosive allegations with no corroboration. I'm fine with the description 'fake news.'
CNN has not been promoting the legitimacy of the 'dossier'. Their coverage has actually been fairly restrained and critical of it. They just mentioned it existed before buzzfeed published the damn thing.
I'll accept what Buzzfeed did with publishing the dossier itself is at least something like fake news though.
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Is that what's got you all riled up? I get that you're giddy about seeing the lamestream media taken down a peg or whatever, but how about getting your facts straight first?
It's nice that your fine with an incorrect description, but that just proves you don't care about being correct.
Thanks for the flag btw, if your bs argument gets called out,the mature thing to do is try to censor the response, right?
Onering's 4 simple steps that let you solve any problem with Magic's gameplay
Step 1: Identify the problem. What aspect of Magic don't you like? Step 2: Find out how others deal with the problem. How do players deal with this aspect of the game when they run into it? Step 3: Do what those players do. Step 4: No more problem. Bonus: You are now better at Magic. Enjoy those extra wins!
We're all pretty clear about what Breitbart is. The difference is that Breitbart didn't have any power... until now.
These are words that would have been useful when fake news outlets USA Today and NBC News were writing inflammatory articles labeling Milo Yiannopoulos a white nationalist last week. You see, sometimes people are falsely accused of racism.
People have differences of opinion on words and phrases. Why is it so hard for the left to get that? You can redefine racism and sexism as you have and start using your own wacky definitions, you're allowed. But you don't get to tell other people how to use language. If you want to convince them to do so, you can do that. But this is still America, so you don't get to impose that on everyone.
Fake, not genuine, made up, concocted - it's what this report is and I'm fine using the phrase fake news to describe it.
I can only recall flagging one single post in my 11 years on this forum. Don't flatter yourself, you aren't worth it.
So your explanation for why you would say, "left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing" is that the left vilifies the right for producing and promoting fake news, and you have chosen to redefine the term "fake news" to mean something substantively different from what the right does. You therefore conclude that because you use the same words "fake news", it constitutes the same thing. Tell me, have you also redefined the term "same" to mean something new that would make any of this make even the tiniest bit of sense?
No sir, this is not a totalitarian state run by your sociology professors. You do not have the authority to decide what words are/aren't allowed to mean. I'm placing them in the same category because they're both news stories that are entirely make believe.
No one is telling you that you can't use words as you see fit. I get that that's a fight you'd desperately like to pick, but it's not happening here. This isn't even a good attempt.
Good for you. You can categorize them however you'd like. But your accusation was that "left does the same things that it vilifies the right for doing". The left isn't vilifying anyone under your definition of "fake news". Whether or not CNN's reporting fits your definition is irrelevant - because your definition isn't what "the left" is using when they do the vilifying. In order to demonstrate any hypocrisy here, you'd need to show that CNN's reporting fits the definition of "fake news" used to vilify Breitbart and friends. It very clearly doesn't.
So you are currently trying to deny that CNN, The Guardian, numerous other news outlets and Senator Mccain were all handed a doissier that contained a number of very explosive allegations concerning Donald Trump and his possible links to Russian attempts to subvert the recent Electoral Process.
If you are doing the above in attempting to claim the CNN story is in the same class as the recent story Democrat run Kiddy fiddly ring being run out a D.C Pizzeria then Tiax is quite correct you are not using the same definintion as the rest of the world. Hint yours is the wrong one.
The 'dodgy dossier' exists and is currently with amoungst other people the relevant sections of the FBI. This is news and once they felt that there was enough basis to warn both the President Elect and the Outgoing President there is a legitimate reason to atleast report on its existence and once Buzzfeed had published the dossier in full there was also a legitmate reason for other new outlets to report and comment on that fact.
If you were actually interested in the story and not engaged in some blinkered attempt to discredit it at all costs you would have noticed that the 'liberal press' have not exactly rallied round to defend Buzzfeed for publishing the full doisser. Rather they have called it foolish.
Largely because people are getting hung up on the details and at least publically not asking other important question related to it like if it was handed over to the FBI how much did Director Comey know about it and if he did know of its existance what colored his disicion not to announce its existance and an investigation into it to the world like he did that botched final investigation into Hillary's email servers thats only result was to foolishly project his organisation into the political arena at a very sensitive time when it should have remained politically neutral.
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Pity he is pressing all the right buttons to piss China off.
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Trump, and parts of his cabinet, are also still under investigation for treason/financial misbehavior. [link]
Violent protests (and violence at protests) don't change the fact that the number of hate crimes spiked last year, coincident with the US election and Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric (and, judging by the data, with the Republican Party's related push in anti-transgender laws). [link]
While I'm chewing holes: according to the reports I've read, ~100 people have been arrested. For context, there are at least twenty groups of protesters (and probably that many informal groups of pro-Trump celebrants) currently active in Washington DC, with numbers per group ranging from like 10 people to several thousand (seriously, the DC Women's March is planning to involve at least ten thousand people just by themselves). [link] 100 people arrested, of unclear allegiance, out of a population of at least twenty thousand, isn't quite as huge.
Now, if all those protesters were violent and anti-Trump, you'd be seeing some *****.
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Is a hypothetical Russian-Sleeper-Trump levying war against the United States? No. There is no war. Is Russian-Sleeper-Trump adhering to enemies of the United States? He's certainly adhering to a foreign power, and that foreign power is hostile to U.S. interests, but it is not legally an enemy of the United States. If, God forbid, we do go to war with Russia and Trump sells us out, then he would be guilty of treason. But that's what it would take. The allegations against Trump et al., if true, may merit a host of charges up to and including capital espionage (see again the Rosenbergs)... but it's still not treason.
Let's be careful with our figures. The number of hate crimes didn't "spike". It's up 6%. The number of violent crimes in general is up 5% or so. This is a troubling development, and we don't know why it's happening after a decades-long downward trend, but it does rather change the significance of that 6% hate crime statistic. The specific surges in crimes against Muslims and transgendered people are more credible indicators of a real problem, but there too we must be cautious. When I see that a stat has gone up 67%, that certainly looks like a dramatic spike. But when I see that it has gone up to 257, in a country with a population of 325 million, that number is so low that even a 67% change could be a result of mere noise. Think of it this way: If just a single bigot snaps and starts beating up a Muslim a day for a month before he gets caught, that one guy alone could account for almost twenty points of that 67%. If nothing like that happens next year, the figure would drop down again just as "dramatically". So it's really, really hard to take changes in such small numbers as conclusive evidence for a particular narrative. (And believe me, I would be saying the same thing in reverse if somebody were citing a 67% drop in anti-Muslim hate crime as sign of a positive cultural change.)
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