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maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
10. you can try.
Tue May 21, 2019, 07:06 PM
May 2019

I often ask posters to justify comments; I rarely get much of an answer.

we have a discussion crisis; despite the unprecedented amount of communication taking place on the internet, there's little actual discussion. zingers, irony, name-calling, uninformed knee-jerk binary hyperbole, DU has it all.

And I would like to add that Garland is not a partisan skank or else Obama wouldn't of picked him.nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #1
So true. A corrupt individual can be corrupted by either side, after all. He's corrupt! Honeycombe8 May 2019 #17
I find it more ironic than anything. TwilightZone May 2019 #2
You may have a point or you may not. But I think wasupaloopa May 2019 #3
I agree with your points and that Judge Garland isn't interested in revenge. I sinkingfeeling May 2019 #4
Thank you! StarfishSaver May 2019 #5
Did you ever stop and think that... W_HAMILTON May 2019 #6
... TwilightZone May 2019 #7
The whole concept of karma is based on true justice lunatica May 2019 #14
Those comments undermines the upstanding procon May 2019 #8
You might just consider educating on these threads as I have done on 3 or 4, rather than berate. hlthe2b May 2019 #9
you can try. maxsolomon May 2019 #10
... TwilightZone May 2019 #12
at least it's thought-out maxsolomon May 2019 #19
+1... IthinkThereforeIAM May 2019 #51
Lighten up Phoenix61 May 2019 #11
I don't agree StarfishSaver May 2019 #13
That may be true... TwilightZone May 2019 #15
Yep. nt SunSeeker May 2019 #25
It goes to a randomly selected three justice panel. There are 11 justices, a mix of R-appointed and hlthe2b May 2019 #26
I know. Some people are really triggered. Also, factually, the Judges are not all pristine. pdsimdars May 2019 #34
I've been sickened by the too-many references to Mueller as a Repuke, a Rethuglican, and... Hekate May 2019 #16
Agreed and I would just like to add two names:John Paul Steven's and David Souter tymorial May 2019 #53
Thank you jberryhill for you post. Especially since you are more well versed than most to address Thekaspervote May 2019 #18
There is nothing complex about this issue. SunSeeker May 2019 #23
Unless someone is speaking about the law & they're NOT a lawyer. oldsoftie May 2019 #47
I never gave bias or corruption a thought. TNNurse May 2019 #20
I think you missed the point on why most DUers are saying it's karma. SunSeeker May 2019 #21
This. Ilsa May 2019 #55
"What you are, in fact, is a useful idiot..." see, if I said that I'd get a nasty note from monitors NotHardly May 2019 #22
The Other Thing DallasNE May 2019 #24
Correct. SunSeeker May 2019 #35
while this may be true for some it's certainly not true for all. nt Kurt V. May 2019 #27
Garland can't really have any particular beef with Donald fraud anyway unblock May 2019 #28
Perhaps a bit overstated, but I feel your frustration at the level of... TreasonousBastard May 2019 #29
I'll cop to "overstated" jberryhill May 2019 #31
Thank you for this! The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #30
Thank you. See a lot if this thinking here--an inability to imagine that actually some in the emmaverybo May 2019 #32
Agree malaise May 2019 #33
Good point Victor_c3 May 2019 #36
Nonsense moniss May 2019 #37
I have to wash socks. BBL. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #40
However Garland, or any other Federal judge, rules or does not rule, PatrickforO May 2019 #38
K&R. Thank you for posting this. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #39
I remember the OP you have in mind ProudLib72 May 2019 #41
Garland probably won't be making the decision. The usual procedure The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #44
Thank you. Cogent post. Glad to see it in your journal. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #42
Thank-you so much!! SkyDaddy7 May 2019 #43
i just like to think that Karma is indeed a Bitch.... samnsara May 2019 #45
I also don't understand how these people don't understand that if Garland pnwmom May 2019 #46
Some people moondust May 2019 #48
I Think This Poster's Umbrage is Misplaced dlk May 2019 #49
Or maybe sometimes people just get a little overzealous MGKrebs May 2019 #50
Thanks elleng May 2019 #52
Well, it *is* amusing... RichardRay May 2019 #54
While I applaud your reminding people that we don't use situational ethics, that we aren't like ... marble falls May 2019 #56
I agree JonLP24 May 2019 #58
I felt it more as a sense of tentative relief that justice might be served, as opposed to the real JudyM May 2019 #57
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