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8BitArchitect 3 points ago +3 / -0

You really ought to start using block-quotes for these, and adding some of your own commentary at the end.

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8BitArchitect 4 points ago +4 / -0

She's a woman. Of course she's outsourcing her protection; that's just how society has operated for thousands of years. But you're right, she's outsourced her protection to an entity that has no concerns for her well-being, and she's paying the price for it.

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8BitArchitect 5 points ago +6 / -1

Reality: A confidential informant said he was an MS-13 gang member.

Fixed that. Confidential informants are criminals who are being granted some form of clemency in exchange for providing information on other criminals. You can judge for yourself how credible they are.

Now, he was here illegally, so I don't have any problem with his removal. But we shouldn't be overselling the situation based on the word of a CI.

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8BitArchitect 1 point ago +1 / -0

It just left a bad taste in my mouth to tell legal non-citizens who hold the same values as us that they should keep it to themselves. [...] I kept thinking about what I'd say to a legal resident of Canada who drove a truck. [...]

When the government is tyrannical you only have three options: comply, resist, or leave. If you're going to choose resistance as a non-citizen, you'd better be assimilated well enough that people are willing to back you up when the government inevitably comes for you.

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8BitArchitect 8 points ago +8 / -0

You're replying to an argument I didn't make, but it's worth addressing.

The right loses because they refuse to use their political power to defeat their enemies out of some combination of a sense of 'fairness' and fear of reprisal (and because an overwhelming majority of those in positions of power/influence are controlled opposition/uniparty establishment.) I don't give a damn about what the left might hypothetically do with this precedent, because the left does what they fucking want, regardless of precedent.

Additionally, Trump's EO on this specifies foreign terrorists/organizations. You can migrate to the US and join the KKK and you'll probably run into feds from every three-letter agency except ICE.

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8BitArchitect 12 points ago +12 / -0

I don't think you're being disingenuous here, but I think you're missing the point

However, lets not pretend that everyone trump is deporting are criminals. [...] We ok with deporting immigrant protestors simply for advocating for Palestinian rights?

I don't care. If you're not a citizen, you should be trying to assimilate into American culture, or at least keeping your head down. "When in Rome" and all that.

Due to his criminal convictions and absence of legal status [...]

This is the most important part of the above paragraph. I'm going to assume you missed it. The article doesn't specify his crimes, but those are irrelevant. What is a government supposed to do with a criminal who is unable to establish a legal right to be present in their or any other country? Let him roam free because he happened to make it inside their borders?

You don't have a right to residence in a foreign country. In modern times we've invented a 'right' for 'refugees' to seek asylum within a nearby country, but this has been so thoroughly abused that, frankly, I don't think it's worth considering whether a migrant is a 'refugee' or not. If they aren't integrating and they aren't contributing to the wellbeing of society, they can leave or they can rot.

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8BitArchitect 3 points ago +3 / -0

When's the last time you had Whataburger? They dropped off a cliff after they got bought out by an investment firm in Chicago (several years ago at this point.)

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8BitArchitect 5 points ago +5 / -0

Judicial precedent says it doesn't, but there's no mention of obscenity in the text of the amendment.

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8BitArchitect 35 points ago +35 / -0

It's a shitty meme from /r/PoliticalCompasMemes, that's why.

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8BitArchitect 1 point ago +2 / -1

"The only absolute evil is the belief in absolutes."

George Lucas (paraphrased)

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8BitArchitect 7 points ago +7 / -0

The rights of criminals who (in addition to their other crimes) entered or remained in this country illegally to continue to remain in this country illegally?

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8BitArchitect 13 points ago +14 / -1

Massie voted against the continuing resolution on the budget, allowing the government to continue operating at existing funding levels, rather than shut down. He was also, to my knowledge, the only representative to do so. Publicly, this is the reason Trump is upset with him, but, as you recognized, there are other areas that they don't align and this could just be cover.

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8BitArchitect 0 points ago +1 / -1

Was he rummaging through your old posts, or did he remember an old post of yours and simply go find the link?

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8BitArchitect 3 points ago +3 / -0

So the fact that I hate every Didney Wars character except maybe Po and Kylo, but love such characters as Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, Lando Calrissian, and Mace Windu means I'm bigoted?

They can fuck off. Their position isn't even worth dignifying with a response.

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8BitArchitect 6 points ago +6 / -0

He runs/owns a private surveillance/intelligence company. What he's building will be abused against the American people. I'm not sure there's a way he couldn't be a lizard person.

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8BitArchitect 6 points ago +6 / -0

I think it's supposed to mimic putting warpaint on the face, but it certainly looks more like an asshole than a face.

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8BitArchitect 2 points ago +2 / -0

... Is this a reference to something in particular? Because if it is, I'd be very curious to see it.

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8BitArchitect 3 points ago +3 / -0

Or, you know, we could give them a fair trial, then cut their vocal cords and put a box of maggots around their heads.

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8BitArchitect 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'm convinced PeTArds are either malicious actors or morons who don't understand what sort of shit PeTA gets up to.

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8BitArchitect 5 points ago +5 / -0

If you're prepping and you don't have training with your equipment, you're just gathering supplies for people who do.

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8BitArchitect 7 points ago +7 / -0

Pedophile that hasn't molested a kid (yet). Specifically, it means 'Non-Offending Minor Attracted Person'.

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8BitArchitect 4 points ago +4 / -0

I've played the game and it's two "spiritual sequels" (Final Frontier, and Civ:BE), but I find the dated interface/mechanics, along with the relative lack of modding capabilities detracts a bit from my enjoyment of it.

But the writing is fantastic. I'll just leave this here.

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8BitArchitect 3 points ago +3 / -0

Nope, I haven't seen many games break down their steam forums like that. But now that you've pointed it out, I've corrected my post. Thanks

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