From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: I Hate Being Right All The Time
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 09:14:48 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Fri, 5 Sep 2025 10:32:02 -0700, Alan says...
>
> On 2025-09-04 21:18, AlleyCat wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 21:50:20 -0700, Alan says...
> >
> >> <https://youtu.be/tMIaezURPKw?si=clBQPFINvalhFRLp&t=369>
> >
> > Sorry... never looked.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >>>
> >>> Aaah... none of it matters. The E.O. doesn't make it illegal to burn
> >>> the American Flag, per se, AND there HAVE been riots sparked by the
> >>> burning of the American Flag, so... what's the problem?
> >
> >> And now comes the shift!
> >
> > Coming from the QUEEN of "shift"... I'll take that as a compliment!
> >
> > Now, I'll ask again.
> >
> > Is something wrong with what Trump said?
> You now admit he said it, right?
Nope.
I'll admit nothing to you.
You're not even a blip on the RADAR screen.
If I admit something, it'll be to the OP, which I disagreed with, not you.
You are too insignifican't.
Also, IF I admit anything, I'll also ask this: was he right to say it?
Yes... I PROVED it.
There have been MANY riots during and after American Flag burnings.
Me doubting Trump said "it", has no bearing on whether he was right or not. The OPs acted as if what he said wasn't true.
It IS true.
Riots and Flag burning go hand in hand.
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"Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike
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Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into
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