John, when I see you having difficult with this fact, it reminds me of another super bright person, Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., co-chair of the Human Genome Project. If anyone in this world should understand DNA and its origins, it would be Collins. He knows that all living things on earth share the same DNA - plants, animals, insects, etc., all coming down from LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor) that existed about 3.5 billion years ago. There was no "Adam and Eve." Still, knowing that, Collins is a fundamentalist Christian. Why? What is it that causes him to reject the obvious science in favor of a fantastic notion about our existence, or, our future? As to Trump, white Nationalism is the dominant force and when it comes down to democracy or power, white Christian Nationalism will choose power every time. It completely subverts Christian morality.
Um, I have to consider the possibility that you are rambling.
Do you think that the mob that rioted at the capitol building on Jan. 6 had the power to "overthrow the government"?
I remember reading, in a 2007 magazine interview, that Trump said that he refused to consider joining a South Carolina golf course because they wouldn't allow Blacks and Jews as members.
And then the centrist Trump put himself at the head of the conservatives and got into the White House, and after that the centrist Biden put himself at the head of the liberals and got into the White House.
John, William F. Buckley, Jr., a Conservative, is dead and gone. There are no more Conservatives today. Terms mean something. Trump heads the white Christian Nationalists. They have no agenda except to exercise power over everyone else. Essentially, we're dealing with Fascism, no Conservatism.
I admire your patience, Richard, but it is of no use. John is a trollski and only feigns to engage in a serious discussion: heтАЩll never admit that he was (and is) wrong.
Dutch, what intrigues me is that, on the one hand, John is clearly brilliant, yet on the other hand he turns what would appear to be a blind eye to the Trump insurrection issue. What is causing this "blind spot?" What we know about the run-of-the-mill MAGA Republican is that he./she is a white Christian Nationalist. MAGA is, IMO, the 20th century KKK revived. So, the question is: is John a MAGA Republican? Did he vote for Trump, twice? Would he vote for Trump if he's on the ballot in 2024?
MAGA is definitely the reincarnation of the KKK: the white supremacy, the extremism, the racism, the love of violence - it's all there. I don't know if John is MAGA Republican: a lot of his language comes directly from the "Russian troll handbook": always on the side of Putin and Russia, dismissing HCR's quite fact-based writings as "baseless propaganda", insinuating that Ukraine is the aggressor against Russia, and is led by a nazi regime; look at how he's triggered whenever Zelensky is mentioned...
"Overthrow the government"??
John, when I see you having difficult with this fact, it reminds me of another super bright person, Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., co-chair of the Human Genome Project. If anyone in this world should understand DNA and its origins, it would be Collins. He knows that all living things on earth share the same DNA - plants, animals, insects, etc., all coming down from LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor) that existed about 3.5 billion years ago. There was no "Adam and Eve." Still, knowing that, Collins is a fundamentalist Christian. Why? What is it that causes him to reject the obvious science in favor of a fantastic notion about our existence, or, our future? As to Trump, white Nationalism is the dominant force and when it comes down to democracy or power, white Christian Nationalism will choose power every time. It completely subverts Christian morality.
Um, I have to consider the possibility that you are rambling.
Do you think that the mob that rioted at the capitol building on Jan. 6 had the power to "overthrow the government"?
I remember reading, in a 2007 magazine interview, that Trump said that he refused to consider joining a South Carolina golf course because they wouldn't allow Blacks and Jews as members.
And then the centrist Trump put himself at the head of the conservatives and got into the White House, and after that the centrist Biden put himself at the head of the liberals and got into the White House.
John, William F. Buckley, Jr., a Conservative, is dead and gone. There are no more Conservatives today. Terms mean something. Trump heads the white Christian Nationalists. They have no agenda except to exercise power over everyone else. Essentially, we're dealing with Fascism, no Conservatism.
Do you think that the mob that rioted at the capitol building on Jan. 6 had the power to "overthrow the government"?
John, what I think is irrelevant. Clearly, Donald Trump thought that they could. That's what matters at this moment.
I admire your patience, Richard, but it is of no use. John is a trollski and only feigns to engage in a serious discussion: heтАЩll never admit that he was (and is) wrong.
Dutch, what intrigues me is that, on the one hand, John is clearly brilliant, yet on the other hand he turns what would appear to be a blind eye to the Trump insurrection issue. What is causing this "blind spot?" What we know about the run-of-the-mill MAGA Republican is that he./she is a white Christian Nationalist. MAGA is, IMO, the 20th century KKK revived. So, the question is: is John a MAGA Republican? Did he vote for Trump, twice? Would he vote for Trump if he's on the ballot in 2024?
MAGA is definitely the reincarnation of the KKK: the white supremacy, the extremism, the racism, the love of violence - it's all there. I don't know if John is MAGA Republican: a lot of his language comes directly from the "Russian troll handbook": always on the side of Putin and Russia, dismissing HCR's quite fact-based writings as "baseless propaganda", insinuating that Ukraine is the aggressor against Russia, and is led by a nazi regime; look at how he's triggered whenever Zelensky is mentioned...
You actually think that Trump thought that the mob that rioted at the capitol building on Jan. 6 had the power to overthrow the government?