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on Sunday March 17 2019, @07:12AM
from the at-least-the-House-and-Senate-agreed-on-something dept.
from the at-least-the-House-and-Senate-agreed-on-something dept.
breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/15/donald-trump-vetoes-attempt-to-block-national-emergency
President Donald Trump vetoed a bill designed to block his emergency declaration at the Southern Border on Friday, in a ceremony at the White House.
“Today, I am vetoing this resolution,” Trump said. “Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it. And I’m very proud to veto it.”
Also at CBS News, CNBC, and USA Today.
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Donald Trump Vetoes Attempt to Block his Declaration of a National Emergency
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(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Monday March 18 2019, @09:14PM
See, here's the thing about history.
The bad things, we need to remember so we don't do them, or things like them, again. Such as taking everything from a weaker group, or giving them infected blankets to kill them off, or interning everyone of a particular ancestry, or letting the superstitious infect the legal system, or arbitrarily separating children from their parents, or putting people into involuntary slavery. Etc.
The good things, we also need to remember so we can do things like them, or better than them, again. Such as having mostly open borders, taking care of the sick and infirm, preventing corporations from dominating an entire market through repressive methods, or not providing for education, or shooting unarmed college students. Etc.
Having said that, the whole "you should embrace guilt consequent to the sins of your ancestors / parents" thing is utter bullshit. As is the whole "you should claim accomplishment because of the positive actions of your ancestors / parents." We are what we are, not what our ancestors or parents were: that is the entire depth of both our credits, and our demerits.
TL;DR: I didn't destroy anyone's culture. You may absolutely count on it. However — unlike some — I am cognizant of a pretty good range of history's important lessons.
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The three Functional Retardations:
traditional, jingoistic, and religious.