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Keep making excuses for extortion. You've been doing it well so far.

It's that, "support us or else" type of extortion we've been seeing. It's the latest thing in the GOP these days.

What confiscation information?

Several counties in Southern Virginia are voting to declare themselves "2A Sanctuary Counties" that will not assist or support the government in confiscating weapons.

You said:



I want to know what makes them think the government is going to try to confiscate their weapons? Is there some information that triggered these counties to do this?

So it stems from whipped up GOPer NRA angst, got it. And you want me to take you seriously, why?

We both know damn good and well any gun legislation has to go through both houses of congress and be signed by the president. Then it will be challenged in the courts all the way to the supreme court. But you think radical right wing overreaction is appropriate behavior to a threat that has almost zero chance of ever happening... got it. And I have always considered you one of the most intelligent right leaning posters here, but can't believe you think this 'confiscation' is a thing.

Radical right wing overreaction to protect their constitutional rights that dems are on record as saying they already plan to chip away at..... got it.

I also find it highly amusing that the people who popularized the notion of a "sanctuary" where it is permissible for locals to not comply with federal law find this so disturbing or an "overreaction"... the right is following the lefts lead on this brother.. and you don't like it... primarily because you still sit high on a horse thinking the left is somehow morally superior.

Hmmmmm...

An unborn citizen Sanctuary State.

Has a nice ring to it.

For some strange reason I hold the AG as a little more important. He just sent a message to an entire nation.

I understand there are certain segments of both parties that are WAY over the top. Extremely liberal and extremely "Trumpian". Heck, I don't even consider the Trump ilk as conservatives. But when you magnify the problem by having one extreme threaten an entire nation in terms of police protection, you just raised things to an entire new level.

Oddly enough he was asked if he would like to clarify his comment to clear up any confusion and he declined.

So if he was taken out of context, he clearly liked that he was and had no problem leaving in doubt what he meant by his comment.

Sorry that is a weak ass defense.

The media portrays things in such a way that anyone that doesn't agree with it (or "you", since "you"(a person that follows a particular set of networks/news sources) continue to consume a particular viewpoint) is seen as the enemy.

The media has always been biased. It always will be. There is no way around that. There are some sources that are less biased and centered around reporting events and news as opposed to offering opinion.... but the opinion based/talking heads with clear political agendas are worse today than it ever was - but I also think that is a reflection of who is in the WH. The message and communication from the highest in the land is one of division and attacking anyone that questions or wants to see accountability.

The trouble with the general theme of your post seems to be that no matter what the story, what they have done, how shamelessly they might have flaunted the law or lied etc - you don't think there should be a head on challenge to the person/event. That to address the issue directly and potentially in a confrontational fashion (and some times there is no other way) is somehow as bad or worse than the root cause. I disagree. Especially at this juncture when the issues are serious and systematic.

Barr warns that communities that don't show respect to law enforcement may not get police protection: report

Attorney General William Barr is warning that communities that protest against law enforcement could no longer be protected by police.

While speaking to a room full of law enforcement officers Tuesday night during a Justice Department award ceremony to honor distinguished service in policing, Barr made the remarks regarding those who don’t show “respect” to authority, according to The Washington Post.

“Today, the American people have to focus on something else, which is the sacrifice and the service that is given by our law enforcement officers. And they have to start showing, more than they do, the respect and support that law enforcement deserves,” Barr reportedly said.

He added that “if communities don’t give that support and respect, they might find themselves without the police protection they need.”

Barr did not indicate what “communities” he was referring to, the Post notes.

Civil-rights activists quickly condemned Barr’s remarks, saying his comments are “revealing.”

“Barr’s words are as revealing as they are disturbing ― flagrantly dismissive of the rights of Americans of color, disrespectful to countless law enforcement officers who work hard to serve their communities, and full of a continuing disregard for the rule of law,” Jeb Fain, spokesperson for liberal super PAC American Bridge, told HuffPost, which first reported Barr's remarks.

Barr also lamented the fact that police officers start their shifts each day to little fanfare, as opposed to the crowds of people who greet deployed troops when they return home.

“When police officers roll out of their precincts every morning, there are no crowds along the highway cheering them on and when you go home at the end of the day, there’s no ticker-tape parade,” he said.

He went on to compare police officers to soldiers returning home from the Vietnam War.

“In the Vietnam era, our country learned a lesson. I remember that our brave troops who served in that conflict weren’t treated very well in many cases when they came home, and sometimes they bore the brunt of people who were opposed to the war,” Barr said, according to the Post. “The respect and gratitude owed to them was not given. And it took decades for the American people finally to realize that.”

Barr railed against Americans who protest police officers, saying they should stop because law enforcement is “fighting an unrelenting, never-ending fight against criminal predators in our society.”

The Hill has reached out to the Justice Department for comment on Barr’s remarks.

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/472946...rcement-may-not

WOW just WOW! This is Murica's top cop... smdh

Here is the original post and report. I read that and do not think it is extreme or disingenuous. So I have to assume you are bringing your own agenda to the floor.

As for Barr - he lied to the world when he rushed to summarize the Barr report and did it in a way that was totally non representative of the report. He did it in such a way that the people who spent months putting the report together were so outraged they felt the need to publicly disagree with Barr. So it's very clear - Barr is a Trump henchman - he does not have the Nation's best interest at heart, he is there to protect Trump. Just my opinion, but that makes him a reprehensible POS.

As a minority, AGs comments sounded like a threat.

Not that they give a crap about our communities anyway.

"They have to start showing more than they do, the respect and support that law enforcement deserves. If communities don't give that support and respect, they might find themselves without the police protection they need,"

I have no idea where you come up with your theory. There's actual video of what Barr said. It's plain as day what he meant unless you try and twist it into something else.



I'm not sure how much clearer he could ave made it. If you don't feel that police protection in communities is "an issue", I'm not quite sure what you think it takes to rise to that level.

As a minority, AGs comments sounded like a threat.

Not that they give a crap about our communities anyway.