nigel99
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True it maybe an exaggeration, but the message comes across loud and clear that Trump is more than just tolerated.
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Honestly yes I do think Trump is his hero. It’s like the politicians and preachers who are homophobic and yet turn out to be gay. When EVERYONE is more distasteful than Trump without any justification, it shows an affinity and bias. “Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort a person feels when their behaviour does not align with their values or beliefs. Cognitive dissonance is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when a person holds two contradictory beliefs at the same time.” I have no doubt there is some serious cognitive dissonance as he probably finds Trumps behaviour repugnant at some level. Ultimately people resolve cognitive dissonance by changing their beliefs or behaviour. Time will tell if he stops always comparing Trump favourably to all other pollies or goes full Elon.
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Growing up in Zimbabwe it’s something that so many people didn’t understand. Mugabe “won” elections using these tactics. His policies generally appealed to the poor and uneducated (I’ll take away farms and businesses and give them to you, despite you not having the capital or skills to run them), and police and military present at voting booths. We always had elections and many times UN observers declared them free and fair. Dictators don’t simply not hold elections, they rig the system in their favour and create fear and uncertainty around voting “the wrong way”.
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Is the reason the US is now a laughing stock.
nigel99 replied to Phil1111's topic in Speakers Corner
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If you suspend belief and rationalise enough it makes sense I guess? Trump is the biggest snowflake out there and whitewashing history, yet his true believers think he’s a hero.
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Yet your “un woke” hero is on a war that anything remotely uncomfortable must be removed. Slavery in museums, words they don’t like, comedians they don’t like, war hero’s they don’t like. Sorry but your position is indefensible. There’s nothing wrong with being against Harris for her policies. Keith has articulated his argument quite clearly without having to defend Trump and hide behind fig leaves. It sounds like you’re happily going to vote for Trump in 2028, because your lord and saviour is anointed by god to overturn the constitution that others hold dear.
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Pretty screwed up set of values to place a racist criminal over someone else because of her gender and colour.
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I wonder if anyone ever told him that the definition of a museum is “collection of artefacts of historical interest”. Babbling fool wants museums to be about the future, and it’s interesting how acknowledging slavery as bad gets under his skin.
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I’m conflicted over keeping a FB account and don’t have Ticktok. In Australia FB are in the process of requiring government ID to maintain your account, due to recent legislation changes. I’ve had identity theft before and I don’t just hand out my ID. The problem is that I’ve got FB friends and relatives around the world where I’m interested in their major life events that they post, but it’s not like we phone or text each other.
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In reality how much worse is a Chinese platform than a US one? The US platforms are taking every bit as much info and selling it on for consumption. There’s a fair amount of evidence that the US government is consuming that data.
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https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/18/7526682/ Russia propaganda video of an armoured vehicle flying the US and Russian flags into battle.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/s/NAt8x0wXHR This is an interesting rant about the second amendment and liberals lack of backbone to take action. He also talks about Jan 6 with a few interesting points.
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I’m really sorry Wendy. Feel free to vent or reach out anytime and please remember to take time for yourself.
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He would have cum in his pants if he got a state visit to Saddam Hussein. A strong leader with a gold fetish!
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Watching the body language and tone of Trumps press conference he was very deferential and submissive to Putin. Putin dominated the show. He talked longer and not once did Trump look bored or try to take over as he normally does. Another Trump stunt is to make people walk to him to shake hands, yet he crossed the stage to Putin. His signature game of trying to dominate handshakes was also far more submissive. It was interesting how much Putin emphasised how often they talk and how good their relationship is. All in all if Trump is a Russian asset he got an A+ on his performance review.
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Ok $50 Australian dollars (not American rubles) to a charity.
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$10 because the same thought crossed my mind
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For what it’s worth American soldiers based in Aus that my son works with aren’t held in high regard. Poor discipline and lots of petty theft, to the extent the Aussie’s lock up their valuables when American troops are around. There have been a number of rapes and fights that have occurred and been swept under the rug as America protected them. Last year in California I had a retired US Marine tell me a story of how he got in a fight he started/got into in Sydney and how they got away with it - granted his story was from the late 90’s early 2000’s.
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This is an interesting one. Either he’s completely lost the plot and talking rubbish or he’s genuinely angry and out for blood. I remember he was very respectful when he said that Trumps phone call would send chills down your spine but he wouldn’t share details.
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It seems like he’s firing them out as fast as Trump does. I don’t have twitter so only see what others post. little Johnson is gold
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It’s always amused me too. Your guns aren’t going to be very effective against an Apache helicopter and other tools the government has at its disposal. Talking of Don the real estate mobster, perhaps the meeting in Alaska is an open house to show Putin what he’s getting given https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/08/13/trump-to-present-minerals-deal-to-putin-in-alaska/
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It’s entertaining seeing Gavin Newsom taking trump on in his own turf. "DONALD TRUMP HAS 24 HOURS LEFT TO RESPOND TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S LETTER. IF HE DOES NOT STAND DOWN, THERE WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK WITH A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER."
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Well on a happier note, at least your king has court jesters at the palace and provides entertainment for the rich and famous. “Donald Trump has handed his daughter Ivanka an unexpected job: hosting a UFC cage fight on the White House lawn.“
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By that interpretation, is it reasonable to expect that the population should be starting to assemble an independent militia? Interestingly the saying one man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist is fitting. I have no doubt that the proud boys and ICE thugs would see themselves as fitting that description.
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I’m curious as to where you stand on your 2nd amendment for this whole situation? It’s sad seeing what’s happening. I don’t think that there will be much meaningful resistance. Because it happens one step at a time. Each little step is not big enough to warrant action by the majority and so you go along with it or a few “radicals” draw the line and get vilified. One thing is certain over the next 4 years, the US second amendment is going to be shown to be a poor excuse to leave gun nuts alone, or it’s going to be evidence that it was a truly valuable instrument in preventing tyranny.
