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Cirsium

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57. strawman
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 07:41 PM
Yesterday

No one is disputing that "not every crime is committed because of your upbringing or environment."

"You best be prepared for a question or two about it." I think she is very well prepared and did a great job fielding that question. She was much more considerate than I would have been. Apparently, you see that as a weakness.

"Instead her statement is passive, noncommittal and more about societal norms than HER belief on the matter."

Her "belief" on what "matter?" She is not "non-committal," she is talking about something different than "what should we do with murders?" Ironically, bringing up that issue is a passive and noncommittal way to ignore what she is saying, and a dishonest way to avoid openly defending the existing system, which asking that question certainly does.

Darializa Avila Chevalier: "We need to overhaul the entire system."

Josh Greenman: "What about murderers?"

You can't see the problem with that? It is pretty obvious.

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Your post should be the reason Maher is banned here, he's now advocating dem4decades Yesterday #1
That didn't immediately occur to me, but you're right. Wiz Imp Yesterday #13
I'm not saying your post should be removed, just that Maher should be banned dem4decades Yesterday #15
I understood what you meant. Wiz Imp Yesterday #25
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I'm sure the cruel fascism of what is left of the Hey Joe Yesterday #3
The perfect description of Maher, a swarmy lickspittle. dem4decades Yesterday #17
Nasty Nellie Oleson is a smarmy lickspittle Ponietz Yesterday #27
A lickspittle is a suck up. Hey Joe Yesterday #53
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Pretends to be smart - perfect. dem4decades Yesterday #19
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That's the problem when I read Israel is spending millions for influence here in the US Ponietz Yesterday #7
Pretty Shocking LessAspin Yesterday #8
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Thing is, it makes no sense to be kissing up to Vance. Wiz Imp Yesterday #30
What is Bill's kompromat? lame54 Yesterday #10
why would you think he's not being his authentic self? WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #14
Because he hated Bush for... lame54 Yesterday #18
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Boy. Good thing he has such staunch support here! 3_Limes Yesterday #11
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Darializa Avila Chevalier who won a primary for Congress in NY this week Wiz Imp Yesterday #28
She avoided the question at each turn. Bristlecone Yesterday #32
She avoided the "gotchas" Cirsium Yesterday #33
Yes, perhaps she means the prison complex/Private Prisons Bristlecone Yesterday #35
That's a "gotcha" Cirsium Yesterday #38
"not every crime is a result of a cyclical societal root cause" Bristlecone Yesterday #44
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He sounds like Fetterman. MineralMan Yesterday #22
Fetterman doesn't have the sneering arrogance. mr715 Yesterday #23
He's far worse than Fetterman Wiz Imp Yesterday #29
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Fetterman like themaguffin Yesterday #40
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So Maher trashed the Dems to Vance? senseandsensibility Yesterday #45
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Maher is RICH so why should he care about anyone else ? dave99 Yesterday #55
I don't care what he does, as long as it's not here. dem4decades 22 hrs ago #58
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