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I think that’s much more a function of upbringing than era. The men that raised me and boys I grew up with handled rifles, ate kills, could parse Greek and Latin, write letters, do laundry, had read classic history, and repair everything from small engines to farm equipment. They haven’t and I haven’t chosen to make war on tyrants because no one has asked. They did ask the founders. In fact, they threatened to kill them if they made peace with Britain, which was their original goal. That, by the way, IS the logical approach unless and until enough of the populace rises in arms. It might be right or best to do that earlier on, but one cannot do more than attempt to persuade or influence a populace. You ultimately can’t force them to realize the staleness of the bread or that the circuses are boring and repetitive. Just because the tools are now the products of borosilicate vessels, circuits, software, and drones does not mean a select subset of the population is capable of what they did. And they were a select subset.

Different culture producing a different kind of people with a different way of thinking. We aren’t even close to resembling the American’s of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They had higher expectations for their youth and responsibilities/work started much younger. They were seemingly a very disciplined group of people with far fewer distractions as we have today. So yes, the mental maturity and overall ability of a 20 year old back then is probably similar to that of a 30 year old today and that’s being nice.

Just found out the leader of Patriot Front, Thomas Rousseau, is 27. I’m a year older than him and can admit that only a natural leader with absolute conviction and determination could pull something like this off at such a young age.

@s2_underground Shocking perhaps only the boomers still living, one Rahul Sidhu struggles to grasp Western mores and traditions while holding a position of immense authority and influence over American freedoms. -sighs- I’m so tired.

First of all no, we're not doing this. I do not answer DMs from a company that is trying to do damage control AFTER they have ruined the trust of Americans. I do not have "good faith" debates with people who want to enslave me in a fishbowl that they can monitor at all times. Guess what guys: We don't actually have to give anyone the benefit of the doubt, or engage in "good faith" debates with bad actors. I don't have to justify my concerns about Flock to anyone. But since this condescension pissed me off, I will respond publicly, since Flock seems to want to keep our voices in the shadows and out of the public eye. Note the argument: "You see, King George specifically authorized quartering troops among you, I don't know what you're complaining about it's ALL LEGAL". Well, golly gee guys, I guess it's all right then, they made it legal. That's exactly the problem. Notice how nobody has a problem with standard security cameras. Public security cameras are not the problem...directly pumping the feed of every square inch of the country into a centralized federal database is one HELL of a problem and we must do everything within our rights as Americans to push back against efforts like this, if we are to have a future as a nation. Flock, much like Palantir, took the decently good idea of improving security, and implemented it in the most cartoonishly evil way possible at nearly every single step. They are working directly for all levels of government....not the citizenry. They use subterfuge, legal technicalities, and every single trick in the book to put up hundreds of cameras every single day. They constantly mislead the public about what databases their sensors feed into, and who they sell the metadata to. They have so little oversight that it's laughable, and ALL oversight involves the classic case of "we investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing". Flock has been caught lying MANY times, and misleading the public regarding what their cameras actually do. Newsflash...they don't just read license plates. They are also concealing which agencies purchase their data specifically so as to avoid getting warrants, and in doing so they have turned the ENTIRE COUNTRY into an open air prison....where THEY get to provide the intelligence data to those who enforce the laws as selectively as they please. And their defense for doing so? "Aww look at the cute puppy we rescued" or "We arrested one guy using our camera network, we're so AWESOME". You don't get to arrest one genuine criminal, and use that as justification to set up and entire Minority Report-esque surveillance system to surveil the entire country. You don't get to betray trust, and then be sad that people don't trust you. You don't get to cozy up to the boot of tyranny so much that you become the boot yourself, and then pretend to be just "one of the guys". We will not fall for this gaslighting, no matter how hard they try. For some reason, many people think that private companies can't be tyrants, which could not be further from the truth. At a certain point, a private company can be so heavily embedded within government, that they might as well BE the government. Except they are worse, because we don't even have the tiniest way to hold them accountable except for taking the billion-dollar company to court. That's my problem with Flock, Palantir, and pretty much every single other defense contractor in existence. I will NOT accept every single facet of my life being monitored, just in case a criminal commits a crime somewhere near me. I will NOT live in "ze pod", no matter which politician is in power, and I will not accept a future where people like this will dictate to me what my country should be.

Wow. Not worried about optics *at all*, are we? I've heard of "tone deaf", but this is ridiculous. Do you have any idea how many Americans are sick and tired of seeing mysticism in government? Whether Jewish or that "Christian" female spiritual advisor freak Trump has wandering around?

My friend Rabbi Katz called after seeing threats following our H-1B fraud investigation announcement. Though I’m not Jewish, he said I needed a mezuzah for blessings, wisdom, and protection. He drove from NY to deliver it. May it bring protection to all @DOLOIG.

I knew what ballistic-rated armor was at age 12. I also owned my own rifle and had killed things and eaten them. She chose to take a high profile position and then use it to so obviously violate the Constitution and her oath she's infuriated a tremendous number of usually moderate, quiet people. All I can see is King George III whining about colonists not liking his unilateral taxes -- except her decision was far, far worse for the American people than taxes could ever be.

Clarence Thomas: "I'd rather die than withdraw. If they're gonna kill me, they're gonna kill me." Amy Coney Barrett: "I'm scared for my life." Women should not be justices.

@DoDeportations So does Missouri. I've personally checked.

We have discovered that Florida reports ALL hispanic sex offenders as White on the sex offender registry. This significantly skews sex offender statistics as Florida has the third largest hispanic sex offender population in America after Texas and Arizona.

Not quite so, at least on a 1:1 historical basis. The Founders polished off the establishment of the New World by making it a nation. Logistically it was much less feasible for the nation claiming ownership to move men and material. Natural resources and the means to use them were more commensurate with the task at hand. All things are possible, but creating a more 1:1 situation today would involve declaring the independence of Luna or Mars.

@jedpharm @ImpalerUSA @winningpizza Of course there is, but that involves willingness to act. To destroy as one tills a field.

@DoDeportations Every single Hispanic in the MO database is listed as white. They don’t even have a Hispanic or “south of the border” option.

Our current rough analysis of sex offender databases shows that 40% of hispanic sex offenders are listed as White.

@thebarkingsnail @ImpalerUSA @winningpizza I think in willingness to act only, for many of us. The other side of the coin is there’s really no new world to go carve out. At least not that I’ve seen.

@jedpharm @ImpalerUSA @winningpizza We're stunted in comparison. That's the point.

@ImpalerUSA @winningpizza How does that logic work?

@winningpizza True and very impressive. Although, completely different time in history. A 20 year old back then is like a 30 year old today.

@iAnonPatriot Low bar. Robert E. Lee was an American. The Somalian you mentioned has never been and never will be American.

Robert E. Lee was a better American than Ilhan Omar.

The Ten Commandments are divine and not the works of Jews or any other group of men. The great stories of the Old Testament are of a God who specifically chose the least of the peoples of earth so no one would mistake their success for other than His glory, not their merit. It’s goodness is His and not theirs, any more than salvation is man’s goodness rather than God’s. God’s goodness provided the necessary counter example for slavery. Not a people that continue racial prejudice through belief in self-supremacy even today. Fate is meted by God, not you, and the west came into being and flourished under a Christianity that nigh unto universally feared and repudiated Jews and their practices. Rejecting false religions is commanded in the New Testament by Christ as the voice of God Almighty. The only religion He specifically repudiated Himself on earth was Judaism. Christ was and is God of Jew and Gentile, subject to no bloodline and born of a virgin. In completely missing every vital point in Scripture you underline the necessity of rejecting any joining of the faith with a false faith. There is no Hindoo-Christianity, no mahometanist-Christianity, and no judeo-Christianity. There is Christ, the one true and only Messiah, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, who sits on the right hand of the Father and who will return with the army of saints to final victory over the nations, over whom he will then sit in judgment. Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Christ is King.

With regard to "Judeo Christian": The 10 Commandments are Jewish. The great stories of the Old Testament are Jewish. The Jews developed the idea of subsidiarity as the alternative to tyranny and slavery. The Jews established the cultural preconditions for the rise of universal literacy. The fate of Israel at the hands of the Islamists is the fate of the West. This rising tide of anti-semitism sickens me. Those of you engaging in it for your oh-so-moral reasons—you're despicable. And remember, you proud "Christians" objecting in all your purity to the term: Christ Himself was a Jew.

Billy Graham method. Avoid even the appearance of evil and stay above reproach. As my daughters have aged it’s been good to set an example. Young women, especially those with poor male role models in their lives (or none) seek attention from males they see as trustworthy. Not always in a healthy way. It’s wise to keep your interactions with your children’s peers to situations where their thoughts and feelings along those lines have no space to become actions.

you have every right to distance yourself if you do not feel comfortable with the situation

@PapaJoesBucket @BigOrangeMack And there’s the boomer take. Thanks, grandpa.

@BigOrangeMack Kid just gave up twenty years of his life for felonious assault with a weapon or even attempted murder with the hit to the head when the other guy was defenseless.

He was going to town with that boat paddle 😂

Best Lindsey Graham post I’ve seen so far.

@RebelPartisan @RealJarTaylor @SerenaJB3 The looks, scent, behavior, or educability of any I’ve known put them out of the running. The only one I ever found tolerably attractive had offspring from multiple mates by age 20. Hard no. The Lord said not to be unequally yoked.

@RealJarTaylor @SerenaJB3 As a white man, I find it difficult to be aroused by a black female. I know there are exceptions for other white men, and I also understand that there are many sexual deviants in the world. However I would suppose that a majority of normal white men agree with me.

First, Toni, a white man actually has to rape a black woman.

@RealJarTaylor To convict a white man of raping a black woman from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

@romanhelmetguy with the logic hammer again.

Is it so bad if we just want a home, @elonmusk?

@Djkeene1 Daniel, the current administration supports this. You’ve got to stop dreaming that any part of the current system listens to or cares about anyone that just wants their country to be successful for the common man. You and I will have to do it. Nobody is coming.

Please, for the love of God someone get the administration’s attention on this.