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originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Cancerwarrior
He has not made a very good start.
Already taking rights away from women, first thing off the bat, first piece of paper he signed. Does not bode well in the least.
Well, the executive order he signed has to do with preventing US aid from being used to provide ANY family planning to 27million women around the world,
so one has to assume, in conjunction with the fact that he is also appointing pro-life judges, that the American female reproductive organ, will shortly become a place he has sway over as well.
Not just grabbing this time, but ordering women to bring fetuses to term, every time, no matter whether they want to, whether they are ready to... enforcing sexual morality, and controlling/abusing women in the process.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Cancerwarrior
He has not made a very good start.
Already taking rights away from women, first thing off the bat, first piece of paper he signed. Does not bode well in the least.
He spoke of a majority, but Mr Trump does not have a majority. He won states, not people.
The primary purpose of the order appeared to be the elimination of the insurance mandate: This provision of the ACA requires all Americans to have health insurance or pay a tax penalty. The mandate was written into the law, however, so an executive order cannot exactly repeal that provision.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: SaturnFX
Well its not as if there is much choice in the matter. You start organising against the government, they pass laws to prevent your protest being effective. You break those laws and the ignorant believe it invalidates the argument. Currently, there is no Congressional or Senatorial support for the protestors, meaning that the street is the only place they can take grievances, and logically speaking, if EVERYTHING is wrong, you protest EVERYTHING. Compromise becomes a dirty word when the government becomes one sided. The people in the streets have no mouthpiece in government, despite being in the majority.
Single issue protests are frankly absurd. They miss more points than they make.
originally posted by: SaturnFX
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Cancerwarrior
He has not made a very good start.
Already taking rights away from women, first thing off the bat, first piece of paper he signed. Does not bode well in the least.
Heres the problem
if the left went out today to protest specific legislation, it would be lost in the noise considering the left has been loudly protesting since the day after the vote. The battles were not chosen, therefore all protests will be just static for awhile..and the longer people protest just on the sheer theory of Trump as president, the weaker and weaker protesting anything becomes.
Imagine the power if people weren't protesting at all since day 1, then Trump signs legislation X..suddenly protests around the country erupt opposing legislation X..100% focus. It would bring tremendous pressure on Trump on that single issue, and make the country, both left and right, really take a minute to consider things from other perspectives and perhaps refine the legislation.
But nope
Its 100% protest on everything for weeks now...which means, if everything is protested, then nothing is.
If I was a conspiracy theorist, I would say that was "their" plan all along...to dull opposition with simple mountains of it...make the opposition weak by making them boring and humiliating.
Today, the vast majority of people with far right, extremist, divisive, racist, and even fascist opinions,
well said. Many people just don't understand this concept. We are a country of 50 individual states, not one state.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: TrueBrit
That was not the "first piece of paper he signed".
The primary purpose of the order appeared to be the elimination of the insurance mandate: This provision of the ACA requires all Americans to have health insurance or pay a tax penalty. The mandate was written into the law, however, so an executive order cannot exactly repeal that provision.
www.salon.com...
Were it "taking rights from women" salon would have written much differently.
And you have the gall to accuse others of "view everything through your partisan attitudes".
Oh and perhaps some education on the us presidential election system is in order. 304-227 was the final tally. Our system is not based on any "popular vote total" despite what the msm would have you believe. It has worked for over 200 years; it is not changing any time soon.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Cancerwarrior
He has not made a very good start.
Already taking rights away from women, first thing off the bat, first piece of paper he signed. Does not bode well in the least.
originally posted by: interupt42
a reply to: TrueBrit
He spoke of a majority, but Mr Trump does not have a majority. He won states, not people.
You know I'm not so certain of that. Hillary and the MSM was caught manipulating the DNC voting process for her to beat Bernie.
I can't simply rule out that they didn't do the same thing for the General.