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I Don't Feel Safe

Journal by The Mighty Buzzard

It used to slightly tweak my nose when the weaponized outrage mob on the left complained of not feeling safe. Primarily because they'd say it in response to someone doing nothing but disagreeing with them or even simply saying something they didn't want to hear. Since neither of those remotely implies impending violence, I figured they're either lying or so paranoid that they need to be institutionalized and medicated.

Nowadays though, I count it as a happy thing. Turns out it's usually a combination of them lying and being extremely fragile little pussies. That sets me up to call them out on both counts and I genuinely enjoy doing so.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 22 2019, @02:36PM (23 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday July 22 2019, @02:36PM (#869964) Homepage Journal

    It is not. It's an observable, measurable, and very real switch on my gun.

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 22 2019, @06:37PM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 22 2019, @06:37PM (#870031)

    Best get ready to use it, didn't you know the US government is being subverted??

    1. Obstructing Justice

    The trail of evidence starts with Trump’s attempt to get Comey to drop an investigation into National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn. When he refused, Trump fired James Comey, the FBI director responsible for overseeing the investigation into Trump’s relationship with Russia during the 2016 election. Trump made two more attempts at stopping the investigation by trying (unsuccessfully) to fire Robert Mueller, Comey’s predecessor. Read more about Donald Trump’s obstruction here.

    2. Profiting from the Presidency

    The Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause prohibits the president from accepting personal benefits from any foreign government or official. Trump has retained his ownership interests in his family business while he is in office. Thus, every time a foreign official stays at a Trump hotel, or a foreign government approves a new Trump Organization project, or grants a trademark, Trump is in violation of the Constitution. For example: shortly after he was sworn into office, the Chinese government gave preliminary approval to 38 trademarks of Trump’s name. Then, in June, China approved nine Donald Trump trademarks they had previously rejected.

    And every time he goes to golf at a Trump property, he funnels taxpayer money into his family business—violating the Domestic Emoluments Clause.

    3. Collusion

    In the middle of the 2016 election, Trump’s son was invited to meet with a Russian national regarding “information that would incriminate Hillary and…would be very useful to” Donald Trump The Russian, Natalia Veselnitskaya, had ties to high-ranking Kremlin officials.

    Trump Jr. took the meeting. He said, “I love it,” when told Veselnitskaya may have had dirt on Clinton. Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner also attended.

    Federal law prohibits campaigns from soliciting anything of value from a foreign national.

    After journalists broke this story, Trump personally dictated a public statement on behalf of his son that lied about the intended purpose of the meeting.

    This relationship between the Trump team and the Russian national raises questions of whether the campaign aided a hostile foreign power’s active operation against the United States.

    4. Advocating Political & Police Violence

    When Trump gave cover to the neo-Nazis who rioted in Charlottesville and murdered a protester, he violated his obligation to protect the citizenry against domestic violence.

    When Trump encouraged police officers to rough up people they have under arrest, he violated his obligation to oversee faithful execution of the laws.

    When Trump shared anti-Muslim content on Twitter, he violated his obligation to uphold equal protection of the laws. This represents a pattern of disregard for some of the president’s basic responsibilities as defined by the Constitution.

    5. Abuse of Power

    President Trump’s decision to pardon Joe Arpaio amounted to an abuse of the pardon power that revealed his indifference to individual rights and equal protections.

    Joe Arpaio was convicted for contempt of court after ignoring a court order that he stop detaining and searching people based on the color of their skin, which constitutes a violation of their rights. Pardoning this conviction goes against the Fifth Amendment, which allows the judiciary to issue and enforce injunctions against government officials who flout individual rights.

    6. Engaging in Reckless Conduct

    High-ranking administration officials involved in foreign affairs have signaled that Trump does not have the capacity to make informed decisions in the event of a military crisis.

    Even worse, his actions could spark a needless confrontation stemming from misunderstanding or miscalculation. We see this in full effect every time Trump tweets or makes a public statement taunting and threatening the North Korean regime.

    The president may be the “Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States,” but that does not give him the right to behave in reckless or wanton ways that put millions of lives at risk. If he is unfit to perform his duties as Commander in Chief, he cannot be allowed to remain in the position.

    7. Persecuting Political Opponents

    President Trump has repeatedly pressured the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate and prosecute political adversaries like Hillary Clinton.

    This is not based in concerns with national security, law enforcement, or any other function of his office—it is an attempted power play, plain and simple.

    There’s no question that this constitutes an outrageous and inappropriate abuse of executive branch powers and serves as clear grounds for impeachment.

    8. Attacking the Free Press

    President Trump has repeatedly attacked the concept of an independent press.

    He’s called critical coverage “fake news” and journalists “the enemy of the American people,” made threats to change libel laws and revoke licenses, and his battles with CNN led him to try to interfere in the AT&T/Time Warner merger.

    This demonstrates his unwillingness to respect and uphold the Constitution, and disdain for the crucial foundations to our free society.

    Thanks to Free Speech for People, whose white paper, ‘The Legal Case for a Congressional Investigation on Whether to Impeach President Donald J. Trump,’ served as the basis for this list.

    9. Violating Immigrants' Right to Due Process

    Enforcing its new “zero tolerance” policy, the Trump administration separated as many as 3,000 immigrant children from their parents at the southern border. This policy was meant to deter families from attempting to cross the border.

    The children and their families have been held in internment camps and cages with what lawyers call “inhumane conditions” Due to negligence, the Trump administration has no plan to reunite all children with their families, even deporting some parents while their children remain detained.

    Thanks to Free Speech for People, ‘New ground for impeachment hearings: cruel and unconstitutional imprisonment of children and their families,’ served as content for this impeachable offense.

    10. Violating Campaign Finance Laws

    Donald Trump knew disclosure of his extramarital affairs with Stephanie Clifford (A.K.A. Stormy Daniels) and Karen McDougal could hurt his chances at winning the 2016 election.

    At the direction of Trump, Michael Cohen and American Media, Inc. (AMI), the publisher of the National Enquirer bought the rights to the women’s stories and forced them to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements to prevent them from going public.

    Cohen admitted to making illegal, hush-money payments to hide Trump’s affairs in the fall of 2016, just weeks before the election. Federal prosecutors, and Trump’s co-conspirators Cohen and AMI, all say that Cohen made the payments at Trump’s direction, “in concert with the campaign,” and with the intention of helping Trump win.

    Trump is unindicted co-conspirator because he directed Cohen to “cause an unlawful corporate contribution” and an “excessive campaign contribution” by paying the two women hush money with the intent to influence the election.

    11. Threatening Behaviour

    Several threats made against Mueller, Democrats and even the country of Iran with 'obliteration'.

    C'mon, show that backbone you're always on about!

    • (Score: 2, Touché) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 22 2019, @09:40PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday July 22 2019, @09:40PM (#870091) Journal

      You can see it if you look. It's mostly his cervical spine though, as he's curled up in the fetal position sucking his own dick 24/7, as this post is a prime example of.

      --
      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday July 23 2019, @04:39AM (4 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday July 23 2019, @04:39AM (#870213) Homepage Journal

      tl;dr

      --
      My rights don't end where your fear begins.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 23 2019, @04:48PM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 23 2019, @04:48PM (#870384)

        Well, you are a Libertarian, it's not like any of that info should concern you right?

        You're such a morally bankrupt twat.

    • (Score: 2, Troll) by Reziac on Tuesday July 23 2019, @06:07AM (3 children)

      by Reziac (2489) on Tuesday July 23 2019, @06:07AM (#870235) Homepage

      Copypasta from https://www.needtoimpeach.com/impeachable-offenses/ [needtoimpeach.com] and various other leftist parrots.

      --
      And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 23 2019, @03:18PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 23 2019, @03:18PM (#870348)

        It is surrounded by the quote tag and you are trying to dismiss it because it is just too true.

        • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday July 24 2019, @03:05AM (1 child)

          by Reziac (2489) on Wednesday July 24 2019, @03:05AM (#870574) Homepage

          The quote wasn't sourced, and anything so loaded with bias needs to have its sources exposed. I will note that I did not find an original source, but did find dozens of circle-jerks with large chunks of the exact same content, so just linked the nearest match.

          As to its purported truth, I'm reminded of how an airliner crash in the 1980s was reported. I forget the model of plane but I'll call it the XV-10 for efficiency.

          Honest reporters noted that in that "In its long history, the XV-10 has had very few crashes."

          Sensationalists reported it as "The XV-10 has a HISTORY of CRASHES!!!"

          [Actual stats: crash rate somewhat lower than average.]

          --
          And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.

          • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @06:27PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @06:27PM (#870802)

            What a compelling story about airline reporting!

            I'm sorry common sense and reality are such difficult concepts for you, I'll see if infowars will be willing to publish stories for you so you can have a, uh, trustworthy source.

  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Monday July 22 2019, @06:39PM (11 children)

    by RS3 (6367) on Monday July 22 2019, @06:39PM (#870033)

    Begs the question: are you more safe with the safety ON?

    • (Score: 2, Funny) by RandomFactor on Monday July 22 2019, @11:41PM (6 children)

      by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 22 2019, @11:41PM (#870133) Journal

      Ahhh, the rare double troll. -1*-1 is +1 right?
       
      Misuse the fallacy for the pedants AND hang some juicy red meat out for the 2a folks at the same time. A double shot, well done indeed.

      --
      В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды

      • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday July 23 2019, @12:21AM (5 children)

        by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday July 23 2019, @12:21AM (#870143)

        I'm going to revisit the definition of "troll". I don't think my comment fits, other than your context, and somehow I touched a hyper-nerve in you. I was only trying to make humor, btw. Way to be buzzkill.

        • (Score: 2, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Tuesday July 23 2019, @12:50AM (4 children)

          by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 23 2019, @12:50AM (#870150) Journal

          Hmmm, maybe mine came off wrong. It was meant entirely in jest. As a rule, the majority of my posts are meant in fun/snark/pun-pain in some fashion (although i can get riled up by the clownboys on occasion). I even tossed in a 'double shot' and 'well done' reference to the 2a and red meat aspects.

          --
          В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды

          • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday July 23 2019, @11:40PM (3 children)

            by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday July 23 2019, @11:40PM (#870528)

            Thank you so much. Sorry I misunderstood you. I love sarcasm / sardonic humor, but it's difficult to discern sometimes, especially because there are so many haters and flame throwers here. Especially about topics like, well, anything that becomes a political thing. Sorry to lump you in with them. A few have attacked me and I don't like it. Esp. now- I'm very sick, and my dad is super-sick in hospital, so I should not post online.

            When I first read your post I was amused, but then I got caught up in being butt-hurt. I'm pleased to say I did no down-mods, and I very rarely do them anyway.

            Thanks again!

            • (Score: 2, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Wednesday July 24 2019, @02:14AM (2 children)

              by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 24 2019, @02:14AM (#870563) Journal

              Best of wishes for you and your father for as speedy and complete a recovery as possible.

              Same on the humor. I like it cringeworthy but I also like it subtle.

              It's the joy of teh interwebs, it can be easy to fail to convey the intended emotional content. I should have added some roflcopters or something.

              On the bright side, maybe this discussion disappointed someone that broke out the popcorn in anticipation of a different outcome. (Lurkus Disappointus?)

              And yeah, I haven't thrown a downmod in six months or so myself. Now it's become a point of pride. If someone gets me to throw one before my one year downmod-clean anniversary it's REALLY gonna piss me off.

              --
              В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды

              • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday July 24 2019, @03:07AM

                by Reziac (2489) on Wednesday July 24 2019, @03:07AM (#870575) Homepage

                +1, All's Well That Ends Well

                --
                And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.

              • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Sunday July 28 2019, @02:07AM

                by RS3 (6367) on Sunday July 28 2019, @02:07AM (#872157)

                Thanks so much for the good wishes. I had fever and D for 11 days. Worst ever. Could not eat. Lost 13 lbs. Now I'm at an ideal weight, if I can maintain it. A few sit-ups away from having to hire armed guards to keep the women off me. Well not that last thing. A guy can dream, right? Dad's not so good. Improving in many ways, better than Monday, but in other ways getting tired, possibly discouraged, and now a sibling problem rearing ugly head... gonna need $ for lawyers...
                 

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday July 23 2019, @10:03AM

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday July 23 2019, @10:03AM (#870264) Homepage Journal

      Yup. The Roomie could trip over the pattern in a persian rug, so it's far more likely that he'll bump into me than that I'll need to shoot something very, very quickly.

      --
      My rights don't end where your fear begins.

    • (Score: 2, Troll) by aristarchus on Tuesday July 23 2019, @10:08AM (2 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday July 23 2019, @10:08AM (#870266) Journal

      Oh, Fark, again? People, learn the proper usage!

      Begging the Question [wikipedia.org] is NOT to "raise a question" [dailywritingtips.com], as much as you may think you are being erudite by using a turn of phrase you might have heard educated persons using, but do not quite actually understand.

      Do not do this again, or I will mock you endlessly. Locked AND loaded. Lock comes first. But it could be Something of a Damp Squid [telegraph.co.uk]. Yes, squid are most always damp, being sea creatures and what not. But English, being sometimes put on a Pedal Stool [youtube.com], not always a blind spot, a paragon of virtue. What's a squib?

      • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday July 23 2019, @11:44PM (1 child)

        by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday July 23 2019, @11:44PM (#870529)

        It was meant in jest.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @06:35PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @06:35PM (#870806)

          Jesters and pedants were the first foes.