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"(1) Our border is swamped with illegals,
(2) inflation is at a 40-year high,
(3)we lost our energy independence,
(4)ridiculous mandates are applied that hurt the supply chain,
(5) parents who dissent are called Domestic Terrorists and placed in FBI watch list,
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------(6) Americans who disagree with liberalism are vilified and silenced, and now,
(7) due to the weak president and his killing our energy independence, Putin seized an opportunity to invade another country."
OK, it's Saturday. Let's do a long and tiring autopsy. Always fun.
Let us examine good poster Lisa's whining over the following ( we helpfully offer context in the pulled quote above. Formatted for ease of us) :
(1)"Our borders are swamped": No they are not. Canada is just fine, with traffic now re-opened at the Amassador, Blue Water, and other bridges. Alaska is not reporting issues. Hawaii is not reporting issues. The Mexico border is seeing record numbers of people who want to come to America because of our strong economy, standard of living, and rule of law. Their entry is being administered, adjudicated, and determined per our protocols. Some, who are impatient with our bureacracy for making decisions may peremptorily cross into American territory as undocumented. It has been ever such. And those folks are dealt with per our laws. And, in the meantime, before our law enforcement catches up with them they contribute to America. After all, they are breaking into America, not to steal your scooter.....but to work, and make a better life for their children. They are coming for a job. Albeit they pay a price in that their labor is often exploited, and underpaid, but it is often better than the country they immigrated from.
(2) Inflation is at a 40yr high? At 4.6% -true. But so is Europes, e.g. Belgium 8.04. Russia 8.73. E.U. 5.6, UK 4.6%
(3) America is energy independent now. Was so during the Obama years, during the Trump years, and the Biden years. Our net imports have been less than our net exports. But, there are more than one definition of "energy independence". Perhaps good poster Lisa can share hers with the forum.
(4) Mandates applied that hurt supply chain. Yes, mandates have hurt. Fear of covid and high infection rates have hurt. But that is as true in America as it is in the world. Covid cut across borders. America has not been and is not now......immune from the effects of a worldwide pandemic.
(5) Parents who dissent are put on FBI list. No, that is wrong. Parents who violently threaten elected officials are questioned, perhaps charged, and are likely put on a watch list whether they are just warned or whether they are arrested. So?
(6) American who disagree with liberlism are silenced. I disagree and it is up to good poster Lisa to present a persuasive case that her assertion is broadly true across significant sectors of the American citizenry. Batter up, Lisa.
(7) Lastly, a weak president/loss of energy independence/Putin invades a neighbor. You know, that is a single blanket attempting to stretch over a whole bunch of mistruths, truths, and false causalities.
True - Putin invaded a neighbor.
Untrue--loss of U.S. energy independence.
Partisan rhetoric: Weak President. Under the current Administration our economy is roaring, GDP is zooming; demand is strong; property values are increasing; housing starts highest in 50yrs; corporations are profitable' Help Wanted signs proliferat.
Putin invaded Ukraine because..... because he wanted to control an old ally whose resources he now covets and who he didn't want to join NATO and thus be protected from Russia's designs on those resources. Those realities are the real world, partisan polemics or no partisan polemics.
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OK, with all that said. With addressing that long list of untruths and mistruths and misinformation, let my overworked avatar addressed the poster directly. Poster Lisa558.
Look, poster I would urge you to do homework. To do due diligence. To get onto google and research your allegations and assertions before you come to this venue and display your unpreparedness. It makes you look bad, You can and should do better.
It makes you look under-educated, un-prepared, lazy, and gullible to any RightWingNutJob talking head on the telly, or radio, or podcast.
Really, gurlfriend, do your homework.
It will make your avatar look better.
Trust me.
IMHO
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