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02-23-2021, 09:04 AM
xubrew

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Originally Posted by bobbiemcgee

Matt Gaetz tweeted from the Florida Beach that Cruz shouldn't have apologized.

Well, he really sucks at apologizing, so maybe he shouldn't have.

Also, I think the uproar is a little overkill. I mean, if someone like Ted Cruz left my state, or even better left the country, I'd be THRILLED!!!
02-23-2021, 09:10 AM
Strange Brew

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Originally Posted by paulxu

Help Mike out here. Buy a pillow.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/m...ion-falsehoods

I just might.

I’m really impressed by the balanced reporting you post here Paul. It’s rare to find such amazing journalism these days. Please keep providing insightful, enlightening content.
02-23-2021, 09:21 AM
paulxu

You're welcome. As soon as I find someone from the other side being sued for a billion for spreading lies about the election, I'll post it right here.
02-23-2021, 10:04 AM
Smails

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Originally Posted by Strange Brew

So, now genocide is just a part of Chinese culture. Goodness, get Xiden a net.

Nothing to see here..move along

https://www.dailysabah.com/world/ame...different-norm
02-23-2021, 10:24 AM
Xville

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Originally Posted by Smails

Nothing to see here..move along

https://www.dailysabah.com/world/ame...different-norm

I think this is one of those things that much like when Trump said basically anything, the media would pounce and it was a nothing burger.

Not saying you, but I think there are a lot of people out there, that spend their day trying to find something to be outraged about that ends up being nothing. Hell, there was an entire economy built up for that when Trump was president.
02-23-2021, 10:56 AM
Strange Brew

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Originally Posted by Xville

I think this is one of those things that much like when Trump said basically anything, the media would pounce and it was a nothing burger.

Not saying you, but I think there are a lot of people out there, that spend their day trying to find something to be outraged about that ends up being nothing. Hell, there was an entire economy built up for that when Trump was president.

So Biden’s policy on China’s human rights abuses is a nothingburger?
02-23-2021, 11:26 AM
Xville

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Originally Posted by Strange Brew

So Biden’s policy on China’s human rights abuses is a nothingburger?

That's not what I said, and this perfectly illustrates my point. Biden said one thing, and someone gets a hold of it and it is sound the alarms, Biden is a genocidal apologist!! It is basically the same as when Trump said something, and it was Trump is a North Korean sympathizer!
02-23-2021, 11:53 AM
boozehound

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Originally Posted by Xville

That's not what I said, and this perfectly illustrates my point. Biden said one thing, and someone gets a hold of it and it is sound the alarms, Biden is a genocidal apologist!! It is basically the same as when Trump said something, and it was Trump is a North Korean sympathizer!

Exactly. You can do this all day long with any President and any one of a whole host of countries. In this specific instance it sounds like Biden, and his State Department, have said that there would be repercussions to China for human rights violations on multiple fronts, including the treatment of Uighurs. We don't know what those are, but to be honest it's not on the list of things that I'm particularly worried about right now. I'm more focused on Domestic policy at the moment, as I think we have major issues on the home front to address.

It's interesting that so many people who praised Donald Trump's non-interventionist stance with respect to foreign countries' infighting would seem to take a very different approach to Joe Biden having a relatively non-interventionist stance to foreign countries' infighting. I wonder what could possibly explain that double standard?

Obviously what is happening his horrible, and similarly horrible things are happening all over the globe (Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, India, North Korea). I would love it if America could put a stop to all of it, but I just don't see how. Generally when we have tried, it has had negative unintended consequences.
02-23-2021, 01:19 PM
bobbiemcgee

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Originally Posted by paulxu

You're welcome. As soon as I find someone from the other side being sued for a billion for spreading lies about the election, I'll post it right here.

http://www.shutupandtakemymoney.com/...t-pillow-meme/
02-23-2021, 01:27 PM
Strange Brew

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Originally Posted by boozehound

Exactly. You can do this all day long with any President and any one of a whole host of countries. In this specific instance it sounds like Biden, and his State Department, have said that there would be repercussions to China for human rights violations on multiple fronts, including the treatment of Uighurs. We don't know what those are, but to be honest it's not on the list of things that I'm particularly worried about right now. I'm more focused on Domestic policy at the moment, as I think we have major issues on the home front to address.

It's interesting that so many people who praised Donald Trump's non-interventionist stance with respect to foreign countries' infighting would seem to take a very different approach to Joe Biden having a relatively non-interventionist stance to foreign countries' infighting. I wonder what could possibly explain that double standard?

Obviously what is happening his horrible, and similarly horrible things are happening all over the globe (Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, India, North Korea). I would love it if America could put a stop to all of it, but I just don't see how. Generally when we have tried, it has had negative unintended consequences.

Um, Trump was pretty darn tough on China policy wise. He used trade and sanctions and not the military.