What Did President Trump Do Now?

Chula Vista · 01-26-2017, 08:53 PM

Steve Bannon: Media should 'keep its mouth shut' - Jan. 26, 2017

Anteater · 01-26-2017, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Steve Bannon: Media should 'keep its mouth shut' - Jan. 26, 2017

He makes a good point.

DwnWthVwls · 01-26-2017, 10:13 PM

Fair enough. I'm pretty naive to the subject, so I'm happy to have people point out flaws in my logic. It's something to think about.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 01-27-2017, 05:50 AM

dude it's so funny to me that everyone on the right seems to jump to complain about how wrong it is that richard spencer got punched, yet gavin mcinnes punches a guy in the face and it's all fun and games.

no really, it's funny, i swear. free speech is all good until it comes back and leads to you getting smacked, lul amirite?

http://www.thefader.com/2017/01/26/n...r-is-losing-it

**Goofle** · 01-27-2017, 08:11 AM

Trump apparently going to de-fund NPR and some publicly funded arts programs. He's on a rampage.

**Frownland** · 01-27-2017, 08:14 AM

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When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding to support the war effort, he replied: “Then what are we fighting for?”

Fake quote but I agree with the sentiment.

**Goofle** · 01-27-2017, 08:27 AM

Why should the public be taxed to fund art? It's bonkers.

duga · 01-27-2017, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Goofle

Why should the public be taxed to fund art? It's bonkers.

Why should the public be taxed to fund a wall that won't do anything but stroke Trump's ego? It's bonkers.

**Frownland** · 01-27-2017, 08:38 AM

It gives us and preserves a society worth living in. That's not to mention how insignificant a portion of the tax burden it takes up (less than half of a percent). If you want to talk about unnecessary taxing why don't we talk about the military fighting illegal wars? Why should people have to pay for that?

**Goofle** · 01-27-2017, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by duga

Why should the public be taxed to fund a wall that won't do anything but stroke Trump's ego? It's bonkers.

I don't agree with the wall in principle. Or increasing the military force/fighting unjust wars @Frown.

I'd argue that the wall is different because it is supposed to achieve a goal. We can agree or disagree (probably agree, most likely) with the end result. Funding arts programs seems to go against the spirit of art itself.

01-26-2017, 08:53 PM	#1451 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Steve Bannon: Media should 'keep its mouth shut' - Jan. 26, 2017 __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

01-27-2017, 08:38 AM	#1459 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	It gives us and preserves a society worth living in. That's not to mention how insignificant a portion of the tax burden it takes up (less than half of a percent). If you want to talk about unnecessary taxing why don't we talk about the military fighting illegal wars? Why should people have to pay for that? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x