The disorienting nature of gaslighting.

[Correll]

That's simply not true.

Explain your reasoning.

 

[berg80]

The New York Times is reporting that the IRS is considering pulling Harvard University's tax exempt status. The article goes on to say that it is illegal for the president to order the IRS to take such an action. A White House spokesman who was asked to comment on the story said that the IRS's investigation has nothing to do with trump. Gaslighting just doesn't get any more obvious than that.

 

[berg80]

Explain your reasoning.

You want me to explain why trump's fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of our trade imbalance with China doesn't justify the 145% tariff he imposed, resulting in a tax on consumers and jeopardizing our defense industries?

 

[MarathonMike]

This is rich, a gaslighter, gaslighting the board, on the subject of gaslighting…

Who better to discuss the "disorienting nature of gaslighting" than bergy?

 

[j-mac]

Who better to discuss the "disorienting nature of gaslighting" than bergy?

True dat.

 

[j-mac]

You want me to explain why trump's fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of our trade imbalance with China doesn't justify the 145% tariff he imposed, resulting in a tax on consumers and jeopardizing our defense industries?

Sorry Kamala wasn’t allowed to keep the corrupt gravy train going. You’ll just have to take it.

 

[Mac1958]

You want me to explain...

You can't. You just can't.

Sometimes in real life, if you're lucky, you'll achive some kind of mutual agreement on reality with them. You'll be able to achieve agreement on one tiny little speck of fact. Or you'll catch some non-verbal cue that indicates that something you've said has connected in some way. Often it's worth trying, and I still do. It's easier for me because I do have several basic agreements on issues with them.

Here? No. This is pro wrestling here.

 

[j-mac]

You can't. You just can't.

Sometimes in real life, if you're lucky, you'll achive some kind of mutual agreement on reality with them. You'll be able to achieve agreement on one tiny little speck of fact. Or you'll catch some non-verbal cue that indicates that something you've said has connected in some way. Often it's worth trying, and I still do. It's easier for me because I do have several basic agreements on issues with them.

Here? No. This is pro wrestling here.

You do? When?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

The New York Times is reporting that the IRS is considering pulling Harvard University's tax exempt status. The article goes on to say that it is illegal for the president to order the IRS to take such an action. A White House spokesman who was asked to comment on the story said that the IRS's investigation has nothing to do with trump. Gaslighting just doesn't get any more obvious than that.

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Good to hear. They want to act like a "private" university, let them be treated as such.


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[Correll]

The New York Times is reporting that the IRS is considering pulling Harvard University's tax exempt status. The article goes on to say that it is illegal for the president to order the IRS to take such an action. A White House spokesman who was asked to comment on the story said that the IRS's investigation has nothing to do with trump. Gaslighting just doesn't get any more obvious than that.

The concept of higher education having a tax exempt status, as I understand it, is that they provide a service to the nation and thus should not be taxed.


BUT, the lefty posters on this site have been making the case that HARVARD is for the world and not to serve AMERICAN interests ahead of FORIEGNERS.

If they are NOT providing a service to the nation, but see themselves as neutral or, let's be honest, HOSTILE to America,

then it is fucking stupid of America to cut them a break.


We should just shut them down then.

 

[Correll]

You want me to explain why trump's fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of our trade imbalance with China doesn't justify the 145% tariff he imposed, resulting in a tax on consumers and jeopardizing our defense industries?

You made an assertion, I want to hear your reasoning.

That was clear.

Instead, all you did there, was reassert your assertion.


That is the logical fallacy of Argument by Assertion. Common with the far leftards.

I ask again, explain your reasoning.

 

[berg80]

At the White House on Thursday afternoon, when asked by a reporter whether he would move to return Mr. Abrego Garcia to the United States, Mr. Trump said, “Well, I’m not involved.”

“You’ll have to speak to the lawyers, the D.O.J.,” he said, referring to the Justice Department.

Trump Live Updates: Deportations, Harvard Feud and Ukraine Peace Talks

www.nytimes.com

Not involved? I wonder if that's a sign he recognizes the peril he has put the admin in and is preparing to identify a scapegoat.

 

[Correll]

At the White House on Thursday afternoon, when asked by a reporter whether he would move to return Mr. Abrego Garcia to the United States, Mr. Trump said, “Well, I’m not involved.”

“You’ll have to speak to the lawyers, the D.O.J.,” he said, referring to the Justice Department.

Trump Live Updates: Deportations, Harvard Feud and Ukraine Peace Talks

www.nytimes.com

Not involved? I wonder if that's a sign he recognizes the peril he has put the admin in and is preparing to identify a scapegoat.

To be clear Berg80, you want ALL the illegals to stay and to let more in.


Your policy goal is not to serve the interests of AMERICANS by sending these people home, but to serve THEIR interests at the expense of America and Americans,

correct?

 

[berg80]

BUT, the lefty posters on this site have been making the case that HARVARD is for the world and not to serve AMERICAN interests ahead of FORIEGNERS.

Horseshit.

 

[Correll]

Horseshit.

Are you claiming that you think that AMERICAN universities should have admissions policies that serve the interests of AMERICA and AMERICANS, before that of foriegners?

 

[berg80]

To be clear Berg80, you want ALL the illegals to stay and to let more in.

I don't. Anyone allowed in the country needs to meet the standards we have established for admission. Anyone who crossed the border illegally should be sent back. I agreed with Biden's EO putting more stringent rules on those who qualified for admission under asylum protocols.

 

[berg80]

“The possible transfer of an aircraft for temporary use as Air Force One is currently under consideration between Qatar’s Ministry of Defense and the US Department of Defense, but the matter remains under review by the respective legal departments, and no decision has been made,” Al-Ansari said.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News she wasn’t worried about Qatar expecting something in return for the plane, saying that they know Trump “only works with the interests of the American public in mind."
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/tru...a-luxury-jet-from-qatar-sparks-criticism.html

No one gaslights like Karoline.

 

[healthmyths]

The turtle let the Progs put many Progressive Socialist Communist judges in the last two years. I say to you now. At some point the people will tell the judges to fuck off for pure survival. We have extremists living on the edge and infecting a fair amount of the population controlling the many. Insanity. This is beyond giving people respect and dignity which I agree with.

Think about it. The PSC (Progressive Socialist Communist) continues to jailing nonPSC people will eventually have more people in jail, who will not be making any money but using money, i.e. food, shelter,etc. At some point these PSCs will have destroyed our economy and eventually our country. Check out this movie called "Idiocracy"!

 

[berg80]

Think about it.

Take your own advice.

 

[berg80]

I heard the Felon-in-Chief on the radio today speaking in the ME. He was touting the US economy, saying it's the greatest. You know.......even though we had negative GDP for Q1. Was he lying, delusional, or both?