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Mar 12 2021 12:46pm
Quote (bogie160 @ Mar 11 2021 01:25am)
Clearly we knew it was going to occur, nor is it a surprise that it happened. But it's nevertheless important to point out how hollow this "the democratic sky is falling" rhetoric has turned out to be.


Can you explain in layman's terms what is undemocratic about firing people from positions that are not subject to a democratic process?
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Mar 12 2021 01:36pm
Biden’s administration enacting fascist organizational policies.

The Pentagon attacks journalist Tucker Carlson for criticizing new military social policy.
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Mar 12 2021 05:57pm
Quote (thundercock @ Mar 10 2021 09:55pm)
I'd have to take a look at this because I don't know much about any of these people. Were they uniquely unqualified? Were they highly partisan picks? Trump destroyed a shit ton of norms so it's going to take some time to determine if something is a reversion or not. Biden's actions should certainly put us on edge and we should NOT give him the benefit of doubt that these firings were warranted.


Agreed.

Why are general counsel of EEOC and NLRB considered non-partisan jobs though? That doesn't make a lot of sense.
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Mar 12 2021 06:14pm
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Where was OPs concerns about this four years ago.

Fake concern is fake.


It's going to be 4 years of "look guys, Biden is doing something that perhaps is sketchy or wrong, which I'm going to pretend is equivalent to the blatant, unashamedly corrupt and wrong things Trump did practically every other day".
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Mar 12 2021 07:18pm
Quote (Skinned @ Mar 12 2021 01:44pm)
Where was OPs concerns about this four years ago.

Fake concern is fake.


Whataboutism, report yourself.
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Mar 12 2021 07:20pm
Quote (bogie160 @ Mar 12 2021 07:18pm)
Whataboutism, report yourself.


It's not lol

He isn't saying Biden's activities aren't concerning (which they aren't, Trump appointed insanely partisan individuals so unless somebody can substantiate a similar partisan nature to the Biden appointees then there's no reason to be concerned) he's calling you out for being a hypocrite.

Quote (IceMage @ Mar 12 2021 05:57pm)
Agreed.

Why are general counsel of EEOC and NLRB considered non-partisan jobs though? That doesn't make a lot of sense.


because things like holding companies accountable for labor law violations has become a partisan issue.

Shame really.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Mar 12 2021 07:21pm
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Mar 12 2021 07:33pm
Biden isn’t, democrats have been catering to the leftists since Trump was in office
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Mar 12 2021 07:37pm
Probably worried about spies, i would be too.
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Quote (Thor123422 @ Mar 12 2021 08:20pm)
It's not lol

He isn't saying Biden's activities aren't concerning (which they aren't, Trump appointed insanely partisan individuals so unless somebody can substantiate a similar partisan nature to the Biden appointees then there's no reason to be concerned) he's calling you out for being a hypocrite.


Lying is a sin.
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Mar 12 2021 07:50pm
It's interesting to me that those outside the cult have to respond in different ways to stories like this.

There's the attempted neutral response, pretending Trump never existed, and norms before him are the same as what they are now. (this is assuming the accusation is even credible)

And then there's the acknowledgement of the reality of the last 4 years, the consequences of those years of norm breaking, and the inevitable accusations we have to throw that the OP didn't give a shit when Trump did things far worse.

This post was edited by IceMage on Mar 12 2021 07:50pm
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