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Haven't heard that. Where did that come from?

Do you doubt her story? I'm not saying infidelity is an impeachable offense. It's not. But what's the point of trying to discredit this person whose account is completely credible?

Who isn't?

Yeah, it's not far-fetched. I think what we know of Trump is that his flaws & vices are many, but they're also obvious. We may already know, for the most part, the extent of his shady dealings.

The Shallow State war is heating up now too. Manafort & Gates shouldn’t make a lot of long term personal plans in my opinion. Wouldn’t it be funny if we go through something of a bipartisan purge in DC over the next few years and among the few left standing is Trump? If it turns out he’s a shyster, a bully and a womanizer, but clean legally speaking? The true Mr. Magoo!

I watched the interview. Stormy seemed very sober & even-tempered to me. Just sayin’

Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.

Me

Obviously, not all speech is protected. Threats, slander, incitement to violence,... But just being a dick and having terrible ideas, people are free to do that. Ideally, we should be grateful to them for so clearly showing us who they truly are.

I'm not disputing any of this.

No calling out you or Tasker. It's just that there was a bit of a climate in here a while back when some had concerns about the AGENDA of some hate groups, being accused of wanting to deny free speech.

Yeah. He's railing against his own fantasy scenario. It's not real.

It’s odd that some of the same people who were in such a hurry to champion freedom of speech when white supremacist groups were protesting now want so badly for these teenagers to shut up.

You need help.

Yeah, holy ****, they might not be able to live up the standard of excellence set by previous generations.

Fair enough. As a practical point, people with power in journalism have always manipulated things according to their interests. But to state that bias as what is to be understood as the ideal of journalism... that's a step further into crazy.

PPP, the rational board.

Yeah, that guy's not helping his case at all. I agree completely that this view of journalism as activism is bonkers.

This entire thread reminds me of that movie with Don Knotts about the field goal kicking mule. I think Tim Conway was in it too. He played the homeless guy with a shotgun...and a heart of gold.

I’ve met some kids who are pretty impressive in terms of personal discipline, sense of themselves, sense of the world,… I’ve also met a few where you’d make sure to put the tidepods away in a safe place. Seems to me that the proportion of dipschidtt to normal to exceptional is about the same as for my generation. And for my parents’ generation. And probably going back all through history. The whole shake your fist and shout “these kids today…!” is a tired cliché.

Let's just leave that folder on Jared's desk.

She's 70. What do you expect? Here's what the lovely Ivanka's gonna look like the day Jared gets out of prison...