rubber bullets like the ones theyve been shooting can kill and disfigure just the same
cop departments probably been creaming themselves every night hoping an event like this would happen to use all the shiny equipment the pentagon gave them
cop departments probably been creaming themselves every night hoping an event like this would happen to use all the shiny equipment the pentagon gave them
By NinjaFridge Go To PostFreeze Peach Doughthat still took me like 3 minutes
and ofc, bigger cities are letting it happen because $$ time
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-01/lapd-tactics-during-protests-critiqued
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-01/lapd-tactics-during-protests-critiqued
They been playing wargames with peaceful protestors while other people loot. No one should be surprised about that though.
By syrenity now! Go To PostY'all give Trump entirely too much creditNo, I see the pathway being created for someone more competent and far more malicious - but hey...
Just curious - why was Bush so much worse than Trump? Is it because he wasn’t quite so incompetent? Cheney’s influence?
Optics-wise, the current lack of disguise behind grotesque Republican policy coupled with Trump’s sheer ineptitude makes it look as bad as it can possibly get, but I was only 14 by the time Bush was out of office so don’t know too much.
I mean, I can kinda guess. War on Iraq, Patriot Act, Katrina, recession isn’t a great CV...
Optics-wise, the current lack of disguise behind grotesque Republican policy coupled with Trump’s sheer ineptitude makes it look as bad as it can possibly get, but I was only 14 by the time Bush was out of office so don’t know too much.
I mean, I can kinda guess. War on Iraq, Patriot Act, Katrina, recession isn’t a great CV...
By i can get you a toe Go To PostThey been playing wargames with peaceful black protestors while white people loot. No one should be surprised about that though.fixed it for you
It’s well documented that the Cheney influence was largely overblown and Dubya was his own man. But yeah, the Bush presidency was IMO worse than this Trump one, though that’s still able to change...
By batong_doicare Go To PostIf you wanna blame a Republican you should probably point finger at Reagan, N8.blaming long gone presidents, this administration would never.
By n8 dogg Go To PostJust curious - why was Bush so much worse than Trump? Is it because he wasn’t quite so incompetent? Cheney’s influence?He also turned one of the biggest surpluses into a recession without a global pandemic as the catalyst. The mortgage crisis handling ended with a lot of the middle class and minorities in particular being screwed and left to fend for themselves. He used some archaic WW2 shit to force a striking union back to work. The Iraq War did not at all go like he thought it would. America got sick of seeing dead soldiers quick. He also strained a lot of our foreign relations because every country tied into the coalition was forced to hold shit that they didn't want to. Katrina and the Patriot Act were bad too. But people also forgot he had a worse supreme court fukkery pick than Trump did and he was popping Trump-esque tweets from his mouth live at the Olympics. Pro-torture af. Yellow cake. The beginning of CHINA! Etc. Bush's lowest approval rating is substantially below Trump's lowest.
Optics-wise, the current lack of disguise behind grotesque Republican policy coupled with Trump’s sheer ineptitude makes it look as bad as it can possibly get, but I was only 14 by the time Bush was out of office so don’t know too much.
I mean, I can kinda guess. War on Iraq, Patriot Act, Katrina, recession isn’t a great CV…
For all the stuff Trump's done, its been largely either ineffective, bound to happen with someone else or simply with a different tone, or somehow presented like its new (basically anything racist in this country whether it be healthcare, immigration, or law enforcement related).
Not to go too far off on a tangent but like.... people actually brought up Minnesota/Amy's record on police brutality just a few months ago. Before that, Minnesota caught a mountain of shit for killing an Australian citizen while she was trying to report a domestic violence event. Got told to kick rocks.
There's no better solution for anyone holding a seat or office than to blame Trump and say "just wait until he does something even worse!"
By blackace Go To Postboth can be terrible presidents can't they?regarding who's worse? we're still fighting bush's war lol. everyone is. modern terrorism is what it is today because of iraq and afghanistan.
regardless, its not a president thing either way. highlighting trump or the individual cops is a big whiff imo
Thanks, dy.
Who are the good ones? Washington, FDR, Lincoln? Truman, Eisenhower, Wilson bringing up the rear?
Good one is pointless obvs because some motherfucker in here gon say Reagan or fuckin Harrison
Who are the good ones? Washington, FDR, Lincoln? Truman, Eisenhower, Wilson bringing up the rear?
Good one is pointless obvs because some motherfucker in here gon say Reagan or fuckin Harrison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act
Just read that I don't even know where to begin with that mess.
Just read that I don't even know where to begin with that mess.
By n8 dogg Go To PostThanks, dy.Ace is more impartial than me. I'm not the one to ask. All these presidents are varying degrees of fucked.
Who are the good ones? Washington, FDR, Lincoln? Truman, Eisenhower, Wilson bringing up the rear?
Good one is pointless obvs because some motherfucker in here gon say Reagan or fuckin Harrison
Just want to say that the habit of rushing to blame one singular thing, pushing for the fastest feel-good solution typically ends with quick appeasement and long-term dumb shit that gets justified with "but the times".
By i can get you a toe Go To Posthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Actperfect example
Just read that I don't even know where to begin with that mess.
I mean, the thing about presidents and where they stand in history is a juggling act. Did they do what's best for America the country? the people? the economy and so on. No president has perfect marks
is anyone watching cnn (or whatever network you have)?
they're using teargas on people protesting right outside the white house. shit's going down.
they're using teargas on people protesting right outside the white house. shit's going down.
Was Bush worse than Trump? We'll both started quite similarly. Bush was surrounded by neo-conservative shitbags that had already drafted a charter of how to reorganize the geopolitical playing field to establish the US as undisputed imperial superpower by waging preemptive wars (Wolfowitz / Libby).
Not quite unlike the mad delusions of Bannon, but without the strong fascist undertones.
Trump though got rid of so much of his initial team and ideas and replaced it with nothing. If you imagine him as a plane he'd be just a fuselage without wings a cockpit or an engine. Just tumbling about waiting to crash.
So if you rate ineptitude and evil without a plan higher in the "bad rating", than evil with a plan but most of the evil is focused on foreign soil, except for the part of tapping all of your phones and secretively undermine and hollow personal freedom, well than you could say Trump is worse.
Not quite unlike the mad delusions of Bannon, but without the strong fascist undertones.
Trump though got rid of so much of his initial team and ideas and replaced it with nothing. If you imagine him as a plane he'd be just a fuselage without wings a cockpit or an engine. Just tumbling about waiting to crash.
So if you rate ineptitude and evil without a plan higher in the "bad rating", than evil with a plan but most of the evil is focused on foreign soil, except for the part of tapping all of your phones and secretively undermine and hollow personal freedom, well than you could say Trump is worse.
That's the scary part about the Bush admin: as dumb and inept as we all deem GWB to have been, his administration was highly effective. I can't imagine an agenda he lost.
By bud Go To Postis anyone watching cnn (or whatever network you have)?It’s crazy.
they're using teargas on people protesting right outside the white house. shit's going down.
You can hear explosions and helicopters in the audio from the microphones at the Rose Garden, this is absolutely insane.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostWtf is that loud cannon sound in the background of Trump’s speech?They are throwing tear gas bombs at anyone near the White House
cnn's showing trump's speech on the right, and the protests and explosions on the left.
incredible television.
incredible television.
7 o’clock curfew as of now in Washington D.C. That’s 10 minutes away. All the protestors are going to be arrested without even knowing why.
By blackace Go To PostBut Bush!bush never had cameras showing what happened at the superdome
i low key get triggered every time i read "this does not look like america"
what america does everyone else see? lmao
what america does everyone else see? lmao
By FortuneFaded Go To PostApart from the tanks flattening people into a paste.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostDoesn’t that break the curfew?
By DY_nasty Go To Postbush never had cameras showing what happened at the superdomeDoesn't that make Bush better at his job?
Bush abandoned his people under his watch, Trump is ordering in public that his people be harmed... 🤷🏿♂️
totally unrelated, but is anyone else impressed by how wolf still looks so good?
the pen in-between the middle and ring finger, the notebook he's reading off of, the glasses, the thicc grey hair; this man still has the goods.
the pen in-between the middle and ring finger, the notebook he's reading off of, the glasses, the thicc grey hair; this man still has the goods.
By LFMartins86 Go To Postlol he has reached Capcom villainy rank
By You got 14 bricks right there? Go To PostI wonder if Trump has asked about nuking American cities yet.lol