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This is not a government issue. It is a Republican government issue. Democrat governments don't seem to purge information. Republicans are so infantile that th

This is not a government issue. It is a Republican government issue. Democrat governments don't seem to purge information. Republicans are so infantile that they literally display a picture of an Autopen instead of Biden as President in the historical presidents wall. Republicans are so infantile as to want to erase the reality of slavery. Republicans are so infantile that they want to erase evolution from textbooks. Republicans are so infantile that they want to erase the Jan 6 coup from memory. Republicans are so infantile that they want to erase real jobs data from BLS site. I could go on. But this is a Republican problem. No both-sides here.

GaryBluto 1y ago
>No both-sides here. At risk of sounding rude, this entire comment sounds exactly like something you'd see on the top of r/all. January 6 wasn't a coup, as (if I remember correctly) Joe Biden was president for 4 years. I actually welcome the new administration, as they do everything government has always done but are far too incompetent to divert attention away from it. For a notable case of your holy, angelic Democrats doing something less than moral, here is a link about their pressuring of Google: https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5521897-google-admits-biden-pressure/ https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5521897-google-admi...
- thomassmith65 1y ago
  January 6 wasn't a coup; it was a failed coup. A successful coup lasts longer than seven hours.
- nine_zeros 1y ago
  Jan 6 was a brazen attempt at a coup. It was Mike Pence who refused to break the country for the narcissist's demands - which was the only reason Biden could be sweared in. We were very close to a third world level coup thanks to Trump back in 2021. This time around, the call could be in JD Vance's hands - the same person supporting Republicans blocking the swearing in of a house representative. For all the dirty partisan things you point out about democrats, they have never attempted a coup. If you think our country and constitution is worth fighting for, you too will not support coup candidates, pedophiles, unitary executives, and separation of church and state. As it stands, if you support republicans, you are against the above principles, regardless of your whataboutism.
  - frumplestlatz 1y ago
    I think it’s fascinating that you actually believe a coup is even remotely possible, much less the actual intent. I wonder if the country has ever been so bifurcated in its belief in basic objective facts. A majority of voters reelected Trump. If anything, that just shows how deeply the disagreement about these facts runs.
    - nine_zeros 1y ago
      > I think it’s fascinating that you actually believe a coup is even remotely possible, much less the actual intent. Once again, are you not aware of Jan 6? What do you think happens in a third-world coups? Do you think its tanks protecting the coup-master like some blockbuster movie? No. Most coups are subtle - simply by a narcissist not letting go of their seat. Once that happens and people inevitably come to revolt, they call on to their own supporters to protect "freedom" - causing riots or even a civil war - a war caused not for any good but only for that one tyrant's own narcissism. This was America on Jan 6, 2021. We'll see how the next one transition fares.
      - frumplestlatz 1y ago
        Have you watched any of the videos from January 6th? All I saw were a bunch of clueless morons behaving badly, but not violently, in the capital building while Trump literally told them to go home. Embarrassing, ridiculous, stupid, and wrong — but not a coup.
        tehnoble 1y ago
        They were breaking down the doors of the capitol building to stop certification of a presidential election, blocking the peaceful transition of power. Took 3 hours for Trump to politely ask supporters to stop. What are you talking about it being non violent?
        frumplestlatz 1y ago
- vharuck 1y ago
  >as they do everything government has always done but are far too incompetent to divert attention away from it. This kind of attitude only increases and normalizes corruption. It's not a binary situation. And having an openly corrupt President at the top is the worst scenario of all, because now all of his lackeys are being pardoned for past crimes and given passes for current ones. >here is a link about their pressuring of Google The Democratic administration pressured social media companies to take down what they believed to be COVID misinformation. Note that this doesn't personally benefit them in any major way (maybe a little, because the Republican party has de facto adopted RFK Jr.s wacky medical beliefs). The Republican administration: - Publicly said that if ABC did not remove Jimmy Kimmel from the air, they would open investigations into the network. - Withheld funding from multiple universities under flimsy pretenses. - Indicted multiple enemies of Trump for the crime of being enemies of Trump, as evidenced by Trump's own social media post directed to the Justice Department. - Sued private law firms that were involved in cases against the sitting president. - Is withholding funding of state projects, but only for states that went Democratic in the last election - Sent the military into cities with Democratic leadership under flimsy pretenses. Don't point out the splinter in a person's eye when there's a whole log sticking out from yours.
wdr1 1y ago
> Democrat governments don't seem to purge information. This flies in the face of what we all lived through during the Biden administration. All the major tech outlets[1, 2, 3] have come forward to say that Biden administration pressured them to remove content, including things like the negative impact on children of school closing during COVID. [1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/zuckerberg-says-biden-administration-pressured-meta-censor-covid-19-content-2024-08-27/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/zuckerberg-says-biden-adm... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Files [3] https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/google-says-biden-admin-pressured-153001820.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/google-says-biden-admin-...
- Jugglewhoa 1y ago
  This is a lost cause. The person you're replying to does nothing but make comments about how evil Republicans are. Hence why your comment will be lost on them and mentioning things like Clinton making the first attempt at internet censorship, or Obama supressing whistleblowers, tracking journalists, or him legalizing propaganda by intelligence agencies will be completely ignored. No idea why they'd be on hackernews when they just sound like a run of the mill reddit bot.

GaryBluto 1y ago

>No both-sides here. At risk of sounding rude, this entire comment sounds exactly like something you'd see on the top of r/all. January 6 wasn't a coup, as (if I remember correctly) Joe Biden was president for 4 years. I actually welcome the new administration, as they do everything government has always done but are far too incompetent to divert attention away from it. For a notable case of your holy, angelic Democrats doing something less than moral, here is a link about their pressuring of Google: https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5521897-google-admits-biden-pressure/ https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5521897-google-admi...

thomassmith65 1y ago
January 6 wasn't a coup; it was a failed coup. A successful coup lasts longer than seven hours.
nine_zeros 1y ago
Jan 6 was a brazen attempt at a coup. It was Mike Pence who refused to break the country for the narcissist's demands - which was the only reason Biden could be sweared in. We were very close to a third world level coup thanks to Trump back in 2021. This time around, the call could be in JD Vance's hands - the same person supporting Republicans blocking the swearing in of a house representative. For all the dirty partisan things you point out about democrats, they have never attempted a coup. If you think our country and constitution is worth fighting for, you too will not support coup candidates, pedophiles, unitary executives, and separation of church and state. As it stands, if you support republicans, you are against the above principles, regardless of your whataboutism.
- frumplestlatz 1y ago
  I think it’s fascinating that you actually believe a coup is even remotely possible, much less the actual intent. I wonder if the country has ever been so bifurcated in its belief in basic objective facts. A majority of voters reelected Trump. If anything, that just shows how deeply the disagreement about these facts runs.
  - nine_zeros 1y ago
    > I think it’s fascinating that you actually believe a coup is even remotely possible, much less the actual intent. Once again, are you not aware of Jan 6? What do you think happens in a third-world coups? Do you think its tanks protecting the coup-master like some blockbuster movie? No. Most coups are subtle - simply by a narcissist not letting go of their seat. Once that happens and people inevitably come to revolt, they call on to their own supporters to protect "freedom" - causing riots or even a civil war - a war caused not for any good but only for that one tyrant's own narcissism. This was America on Jan 6, 2021. We'll see how the next one transition fares.
    - frumplestlatz 1y ago
      Have you watched any of the videos from January 6th? All I saw were a bunch of clueless morons behaving badly, but not violently, in the capital building while Trump literally told them to go home. Embarrassing, ridiculous, stupid, and wrong — but not a coup.
      - tehnoble 1y ago
        They were breaking down the doors of the capitol building to stop certification of a presidential election, blocking the peaceful transition of power. Took 3 hours for Trump to politely ask supporters to stop. What are you talking about it being non violent?
        frumplestlatz 1y ago
vharuck 1y ago
>as they do everything government has always done but are far too incompetent to divert attention away from it. This kind of attitude only increases and normalizes corruption. It's not a binary situation. And having an openly corrupt President at the top is the worst scenario of all, because now all of his lackeys are being pardoned for past crimes and given passes for current ones. >here is a link about their pressuring of Google The Democratic administration pressured social media companies to take down what they believed to be COVID misinformation. Note that this doesn't personally benefit them in any major way (maybe a little, because the Republican party has de facto adopted RFK Jr.s wacky medical beliefs). The Republican administration: - Publicly said that if ABC did not remove Jimmy Kimmel from the air, they would open investigations into the network. - Withheld funding from multiple universities under flimsy pretenses. - Indicted multiple enemies of Trump for the crime of being enemies of Trump, as evidenced by Trump's own social media post directed to the Justice Department. - Sued private law firms that were involved in cases against the sitting president. - Is withholding funding of state projects, but only for states that went Democratic in the last election - Sent the military into cities with Democratic leadership under flimsy pretenses. Don't point out the splinter in a person's eye when there's a whole log sticking out from yours.

wdr1 1y ago

> Democrat governments don't seem to purge information. This flies in the face of what we all lived through during the Biden administration. All the major tech outlets[1, 2, 3] have come forward to say that Biden administration pressured them to remove content, including things like the negative impact on children of school closing during COVID. [1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/zuckerberg-says-biden-administration-pressured-meta-censor-covid-19-content-2024-08-27/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/zuckerberg-says-biden-adm... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Files [3] https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/google-says-biden-admin-pressured-153001820.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/google-says-biden-admin-...

Jugglewhoa 1y ago
This is a lost cause. The person you're replying to does nothing but make comments about how evil Republicans are. Hence why your comment will be lost on them and mentioning things like Clinton making the first attempt at internet censorship, or Obama supressing whistleblowers, tracking journalists, or him legalizing propaganda by intelligence agencies will be completely ignored. No idea why they'd be on hackernews when they just sound like a run of the mill reddit bot.