During a Tuesday hearing at the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the DOJ urged a three-judge panel to issue an emergency stay of a lower court order and allow the Trump administration’s deployment of the California National Guard to continue in Los Angeles — going so far as to argue a president’s federalization of militia can’t be second-guessed by the courts, even if the chief executive mobilized forces from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., simultaneously.

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    9 days ago

    How do you read “take responsibility for their impact” and then jump to “solely to blame.” I swear people just hear what they want so they have a reason to be angry.

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      Are they to blame, or are they small enough to ignore?

      Which one? I get that you want both. But you only get one.

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        I never said either. I called out your contradiction and you got really defensive and made assumptions for some reason…

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        I’m curious as to why you think you have the kind of authority in anyone’s life to tell them they have to decide between two dipshit choices you present them.

        These dumbfucks made an incredibly stupid decision, whether they ended up being too small a group to make the difference or not. They’re still dumbfucks that chose their own perceived moral superiority over the wellbeing of their country.

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          I’m curious as to why you think you have the kind of authority in anyone’s life to tell them they have to decide between two dipshit choices you present them.

          Choosing both is logically inconsistent. I get that you hate progress and anyone who opposes genocide and want to ignore them so you can move to the right and have your genocide. That’s disgusting, but fine, if you want to choose that, it’s all centrists do. But if you do it on the grounds that the people you hate for not being republican-adjacent enough for your liking aren’t a big enough group to matter, you don’t get to act like they matter after the fact just so you don’t have to stop moving to the right.

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          That’s the assumption whenever someone contradicts centrist orthodoxy.

          It’s wrong, but centrists never let that stop them.

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            You mean like the assumptions you made about me in your comment above? A bit hypocritical. But I guess you never let that stop you.

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                I didn’t want their votes?

                How did I personally earn this loss?

                Just pile on the hateful assumptions till you craft the world view you desire I guess. It seems like reality and truth are just inconveniences for you. MAGA thinks the same way. Do you by chance think America is great again too?

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                  MAGA thinks the same way. Do you by chance think America is great again too?

                  And we’re back to the standard centrist standby. “anyone to my left is all the way to my right.”

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                    And we’re back to the standard centrist standby. “anyone to my left is all the way to my right.”

                    I’m beginning to think this isn’t just you building strawmans, maybe you’re unable to understand what I’m saying.

                    Let me try again:

                    You sound like MAGA, not because of your political views, but because of your relationship with the truth. Which is: make wild claims to support your stance with no evidence, then layer in some insults. That’s how MAGA operates, and it’s what you’re doing right now. Never once did I mention your political views or you being left or right. Nor have I mentioned my political views. Just your wild claims and assumptions, and how they are very much how MAGA chooses to communicate as well.

                    For example, you said I didn’t want their votes. What proof do you have to make such a claim?

                    You said to have fun with the loss I earned. How exactly did I earn this loss?

                    I had already asked these questions to better understand the assumptions you are making, but you seemed to avoid them because they were inconvenient. Much like MAGA does as well.