The Conservative Cave

He has a point.

Here are some more opportunities for selective non-enforcement of federal law:

Target has a famous logo protected by US trademark laws. If Target is cool with federal immigration laws not being enforced, I’m cool with allowing any retailer to use Target’s logo without any enforcement of federal trademark laws.

3M is an industrial powerhouse that has prospered from its development of patent-protected products. Perhaps the federal government should “de-escalate” enforcement of 3M’s patents when competitors sell knock-offs?

Red Wing Boots is a market leader in premium-priced work boots. Since its CEO is advocating for federal laws not to be enforced, there is a great opportunity to sell cheap imitation boots with Red Wing branding, and have the federal government stand down in protecting Red Wing’s trademark.

US Bank relies on the federal government to enforce laws that protect banks from criminal fraud. Enforcing these laws requires federal manpower and taxpayer money. Since US Bank’s CEO is advocating for the federal government not to enforce immigration laws, perhaps we can extend the same courtesy and have US Bank exempted from federal protections against bank fraud.

If Best Buy’s CEO is going to advocate for the non-enforcement of federal law, I might in turn advocate that any electronics retailer be allowed to put up a sign identifying their store as a Best Buy.

General Mills sells Cheerios, among other cereals, and other well-known consumer products such as Pillsbury and Betty Crocker, which are all protected by trademark law. It seems to me that by signing the letter requesting that immigration law not be enforced, General Mills’ CEO is also announcing that federal laws protecting its trademarks can be ignored too. Selling generic oat cereal as authentic Cheerios sounds like a good business opportunity.

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PCIntern (28,068 posts)

I am good and *******ed sick and tired of reading or hearing the following clause:

“Today, President Trump said…”

Since what he says or doesn’t say is either a bald-faced lie or fronto-temporal-influenced gabble -degook, what the actual **** does it really matter at all whatsoever what he said?

It reminds me of the time just prior to the Gulf War when all the news outlets would “report”: “Today, Saddam Hussein said…”

Yes, I am well aware that reportage must needs include the quotation, but isn’t it “something” that our press does not add the proviso “let it be stated for the record that this President has told tens of thousands of lies and gross exaggerations, so it might be prudent to take today’s statement with the proverbial grain of salt until it can be verified.” Or better, “ Our staff has thoroughly researched the validity of this statement and found it to be, as many of his pronouncements are, false in many (all) respects.”

But no. Even though this sociopathic ephedrophile has never knowingly told the truth in his lifetime, it is reported as a fact upon initial presentation, and since we have a torrent/firehose of lies, no amount of evidence to the contrary can possibly make up for the initial statement/lie/untruth/prevarication/bullshit. I had a member of my former family of acquisition who considered himself very bright and informed who bought into this nonsense and was exasperated by sane individuals’ contradictions. Very stupid and frustrating. And moronic. And worthy of gnashing of teeth.

But my favorite thing on the news shows is when they’re interviewing a Democrat and ask him or her “Well, the President said such and such.” and the Democrat responds to the lie with the Truth, the interviewer then says dismissively , “Well, we are going to have to leave it there.” And so without discussion, the topic and victory go to the President/Liar. Now when a Republican is interviewed and asked about a Democrat, he or she is given full rein to blather on and on and ascribe not only the “evil motive” to this Democrat, but every ill in the USAand around the world is the fault of the Dem and of course, the Party at-large. **** these assholes.

Rant complete.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220988349

Another stupid word salad rant from the janitor

'Anxiety' used to have a clinical operative definition.

Now days, it tends to more often mean 'i'm a present/future would be AWFL' and i want to be sedated or otherwise have my mood altered.

Scaremongering children with Progs' dystopian fantasies has consequences.

sinkingfeeling, when has DU ever been a place of compassion? Find the DU threads about the deaths of Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford, who died around the time you claim to have joined DU. They are filled with venom and hate. DU was founded on hate and continued in hate. The hatred may have waxed hotter in the OhBummer!, Trump 1.0, LIEden, and Trump 2.0 years, but DU's history is 25 years of continual hatred.

RandySF , even in the SF Bay Area there are enough Rs and conservatives that if any wanted to "exterminate" you, you would not still be posting on DU.

RockRaven (18,908 posts)
4. I am neither shocked nor disappointed that people have run out of empathy for suicide bombers.

And that is what Trump supporters are.

RockRaven, name one. I could name several suicide-by-police shooters with Lib/Prog views, but every time there's a mass shooting, two things are predictable: 1. DU-folk knee-jerkingly blame MAGAs, Rs, etc. before facts are known; 2. when facts do become known the shooter turns out to have Lib/Prog views or to be incapable of coherent socio-political views.

Takket (23,535 posts)
5. i'm very empathetic, but my empathy has a few not too unreasonable conditions

one of those conditions is you don't support Nazis ...

Remind me, which political party harbors and support members who publicly hate on Jewish people? Which political party labels blacks, Hispanics, etc. of the other political party as "race traitors" and phony name of ethnic group here? Which political party supports universities discriminating against and supporting attackers of Asian People and Jewish people?

Johonny (25,713 posts)
9. Nah, **** Trump voters

They voted for fascism.

Libs and Progs have ridden that epithet into the dust of meaninglessness for 6 or more decades. Johonny, where are the concentration camps ... except for museums where FDR located his internment camps for Japanese, Italians, and Germans?

usonian (23,997 posts)
14. You'll have plenty of time in concentration camp to feel sorry for Trump supporters.

Unless they are overwhelmed not so much by hate as RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.

They voted for rape, child sex, blackmail, money laundering AND WILL VOTE AGAIN FOR IT

usonian, are those concentration camps the ones you Stalinist thuglings plan to build for your political opponents and insufficiently Stalinist traitors? Or the concentration camps you fantasize conservatives will build?

As for "rape, child sex, blackmail, money laundering," Dems and other Progs are the ones defending illegals who did and do these. Dems and other Progs are the ones releasing domestic criminals who did/do things out to the streets to predate even more. Dems and other Progs are the ones who support Dem pols caught doing these and other criminal things. That is what the Dem pols DU-folk vote for do.

maxrandb (17,258 posts)
34. Some of us took the "high road" and now see people being murdered in the streets by a Stasi style secrer police

In the real world, the shooting of Renee Good was self-defense, and the shooting of Alex Pretti was, at worst, justifiable homicide, and may have been self-defense.

Also, ICE and CBP are enforcing US law by lawful means. Don't like the law they are enforcing? Ask your Dem Congress-Critters why they have never repealed that set of laws.

yaesu (9,108 posts)
35. I'm not ready to give hitler 2.0 or his supporters a big wet kiss, ...

Trump 1.0 did not build concentration camps in those 4 years. Your fulfillment of Godwin's Law is impotent and disproven. While I'm speaking of Trump 1.0, ya know those Covid boosters DU-folk seem to get every 6-12 months? Guess whose Administration got Covid vaccines developed and authorized. Hint, it wasn't LIEden. Even the Novavax vaccine authorized in, IIRC, 2022, was developed and started testing during Trump 1.0.