Donald Trump For President

[lewisfk]

Originally Posted by SteffbuiltNOLA

Ahahahaha yo I’m sorry but I think you give the government way too much credit like they are some legit evil geniuses. Politicians just want money and power and they do the same thing over and over and people fall for it religiously. They exploit your emotions and every generation has had the same reactionaries that get caught up in the moment. So let’s jump on your minorities being help down theory. Guess what I am bud. I would be Hispanic. Second generation, by the way, and my family is by no means rich. But guess what! My generation makes twice what our parents make at half the age. Let’s look at why. Because all of us have busted our ass to get where we are today. My wife, the white girl, comes from a low income family. Guess what she’s doing. Busting her ass. The funny thing about history though is that it’s just that. You learn from your mistakes and never forget but you do not dwell on it. This is the issue I have with the far left. They cry about shit that has never for a split second concerned them. And let’s not forget about the white saviors, ya know, the white people that think they are better than minorities so they should think for them. Yea, I hope you can tell I love those people. Anyways I’m rambling and going on a tangent. If your a lib, you think trump is a racist. If your a conservative then you more than likely see trump as a living, breathing internet troll. Anyways, your post, specifically, stuck a nerve.

First, of when I post things like this, I actually do the research. I'm happy your family was able to prosper, but not everyone has that opportunity. There are segments of the population who continue to struggle, and that touches a nerve for me. People should have an equal chance to prosper and have equal rights. People like Susan B. Anthony of the woman suffrage movement and Martin Luther King fought for these rights. I can't stand by and have people slander and demonize poor people because they're born into poverty or don't have the right color of skin. I still have friends, who served in two wars and are not citizens. This Commander and Chief stop the program that gave citizenship to these Patriots. This program was started by President Bush to help bolster troop levels during the war on terror. I'm proud to serve and I'm not blind to this Country History of greatness and miss deeds!

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/front.../etc/cron.html

[SteffbuiltNOLA]

Originally Posted by lewisfk

First, of when I post things like this, I actually do the research. I'm happy your family was able to prosper, but not everyone has that opportunity. There are segments of the population who continue to struggle, and that touches a nerve for me. People should have an equal chance to prosper and have equal rights. People like Susan B. Anthony of the woman suffrage movement and Martin Luther King fought for these rights. I can't stand by and have people slander and demonize poor people because they're born into poverty or don't have the right color of skin. I still have friends, who served in two wars and are not citizens. This Commander and Chief stop the program that gave citizenship to these Patriots. This program was started by President Bush to help bolster troop levels during the war on terror. I'm proud to serve and I'm not blind to this Country History of greatness and miss deeds!

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/front.../etc/cron.html

First, I would like to say thank you because at the end of the day we are just 2 assholes in America. Second, you said that you served so thank you again. Now let’s get back on topic. I’ve done plenty of research but experience is worth more. I went to a public school and I tried my ass off. I got good grades and graduated with honors again because I put forth the effort. The funny thing is I went to college for business but didn’t like the thought of being in an office. I chose to start working as an automotive technician and got really good but it was a choice. My cousin stayed in college and is an accountant as does make more but again it was a choice. I bring this up because the kids, regardless of their race/religion or whatever, that fucked off did nothing with their lives. Those are also the ones that cry about the inequality. I won’t disagree with military members getting citizenship but at the same if you lost that perk but still have the opportunity to work towards it still while your in the US then it kinda comes off as selfish. I agree if you are willing to die for this country, then you should get an easier path but you still have a path none-the-less. Also I will say that it’s a policy he made that you don’t like and I’ll agree with you just like I have a list of policies he’s made that I don’t like but over all he’s done good. That link looked like a history on weed. Guess what, Trump could fuck places like Colorado with the long cock of the law and he’s not.

[exitspeed]

I'll also add Dan O'Donnell's research he posted today.

https://newstalk1130.iheart.com/feat...shooting-myth/

In the wake of the deadly mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso over the weekend, traditional and social media exploded with the astonishing claim that America has had more than 250 such mass shooting incidents in just the first seven months of this year. In fact, with more than 250 incidents in just 219 days, the number of mass shootings has dwarfed the number of days in 2019.

This claim has, of course, been used to bolster arguments that America is an inherently violent place, that it needs stricter gun control laws and even gun confiscation, and that politicians (Republicans specifically) are complicit in this orgy of murder.

This claim is also wildly misleading at best and wholly inaccurate at worst.

The FBI defines a "mass murder" or "mass killing" as "a number of murders (four or more) occurring during the same incident, with no distinctive time period between the murders." There is no standard definition for "mass shooting." The "250 mass shootings in 219 days in 2019" claim comes from data collected by the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as any incident in which four or more people are shot.

This includes shootings in which no one was killed, domestic violence incidents, murder-suicides, gang and drug shootings, drive-by shootings, accidental firearm discharges, and any incident at all in which four people or more are shot. The commonly accepted definition of a mass shooting--an individual randomly opening fire on a group of people--varies significantly from this and thus a great deal of context is needed before the Gun Violence Archive's statistics can be accepted at face value.

The overwhelming majority of the 255 mass shootings in the database as of this writing were either gang-related shootings or domestic incidents that did not target random people. For instance, a full 20 of them (7.8%) occurred in the city of Chicago alone, and nearly all of these were drug and/or gang-related. Nine of the 255 mass shootings (3.5%) occurred in Baltimore, and again nearly all involved drugs and/or gangs. Six took place in Washington, DC, while an additional four occurred in St. Louis. Taken together, four cities accounted for more than 10% of all of the mass shootings in 2019.

Additionally, 34 mass shootings (13%) occurred in California alone. Once again, the overwhelming majority were either domestic incidents or gangland shootings.

129 of the 255 mass shootings the Gun Violence Archive cataloged had no fatalities. In 73 of them, only one victim was killed (though others were wounded). In 11 of them, three people were killed. Only 27 meet the FBI's definition of a "mass killing" of four or more people (not including the gunman) killed in one location.

Of the remaining 27 incidents that do meet the FBI's definition of a mass killing, Nine were domestic incidents. Five were gang or drug-related attacks. One was a homeowner in Houston, Texas shooting five people who were allegedly breaking into his home and may well prove to be a valid use of lethal self-defense.

This means that just 12 incidents this year would meet the commonly accepted definition of a random mass shooting. This is a high number to be sure, but it is a far cry from the 250-plus in 219 days in 2019.

[rvns14]

Originally Posted by exitspeed

I'll also add Dan O'Donnell's research he posted today.

https://newstalk1130.iheart.com/feat...shooting-myth/

El Paso and Dayton are shocking (newsworthy) because of the random nature of the crimes. People who are killed in inner cities are often in the drug business, violence often comes with the business. People who are not expecting it are suburban families with typical suburban lives. If I get killed walking into advanced auto parts it’s very different then me rolling up on someone on the block. It’s a meaning full difference.

And lol @ watching TMZ