Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
18 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Did I hear this right? (Original Post) Ohioboy Dec 2021 OP
Yes and he's not the only 1. onecaliberal Dec 2021 #1
Isn't that the same as bank robbery suspects suing the police for investigating them Ohioboy Dec 2021 #6
Yes, it's a fabulous analogy. onecaliberal Dec 2021 #9
That thing JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #2
So is that piece of shit JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #3
It's not funny, gab13by13 Dec 2021 #4
How do the criminals have so much going for them? Ohioboy Dec 2021 #7
Quite possibly. CrackityJones75 Dec 2021 #8
My fear is that certain things can never be undone Ohioboy Dec 2021 #10
Once fascism truly takes root.... CrackityJones75 Dec 2021 #12
They've been brainwashed into thinking masks, CRT and vaccines are the tyranny Ohioboy Dec 2021 #14
Well that is part of what I am talking about. CrackityJones75 Dec 2021 #15
Exactly Ohioboy Dec 2021 #16
Bingo. CrackityJones75 Dec 2021 #18
Criminals using the US court system as a weapon. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #5
Discovery will be fun. mercuryblues Dec 2021 #11
Well, I know that he has filed suit to block the subpoena for documents MissMillie Dec 2021 #13
Yes, you heard correctly. Tune in every week or so and you'll hear of another one. Frustratedlady Dec 2021 #17

Ohioboy

(3,885 posts)
6. Isn't that the same as bank robbery suspects suing the police for investigating them
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 10:51 AM
Dec 2021

Is this not an accurate analogy?

 

onecaliberal

(36,594 posts)
9. Yes, it's a fabulous analogy.
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 11:10 AM
Dec 2021

It’s the Republican montra. How dare you apply your peasant laws to them…

JustAnotherGen

(38,008 posts)
2. That thing
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 10:45 AM
Dec 2021

Is a fuck nut!

It's NOT going to stop the investigation. Son of biscuit eater is getting anxious. They are close folks.

gab13by13

(32,039 posts)
4. It's not funny,
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 10:48 AM
Dec 2021

it's their strategy, to delay. Without direct DOJ involvement the GQPers hope to run out the clock in the courts and then drop the investigations.

If DOJ were doing the investigations, they would continue.

Merrick Garland needs to appoint a special counsel, just like Barr appointed John Durham who is still getting paid to dig up dirt on the Bidens.

Ohioboy

(3,885 posts)
7. How do the criminals have so much going for them?
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 10:57 AM
Dec 2021

Did America already fall and we just haven't been officially notified yet? WTF

 

CrackityJones75

(2,403 posts)
8. Quite possibly.
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 11:04 AM
Dec 2021

Do you see us ever returning from this constant ugliness and strife? I do not. Does it get us anywhere good? I don’t believe so. While we can’t say for sure, I really don’t think this country is headed in a good direction at all.

Ohioboy

(3,885 posts)
10. My fear is that certain things can never be undone
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 11:12 AM
Dec 2021

How can elections ever be the same? Whichever side loses will just declare fraud. The peaceful transfer of power that gave our country a very unique form of democracy will no longer exist. The biggest mob will only have to make sure the election they lost is never certified.

 

CrackityJones75

(2,403 posts)
12. Once fascism truly takes root....
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 11:17 AM
Dec 2021

Once fascism truly takes root and people are really living under it. When they feel the grind if the boot on their necks, then they will get it. And I think somewhere in their minds they know this. Our country has been told stories of the glory of rebellion for so long, and have been brainwashed into how heroic it was to fight for our freedom that is has become a self fulfilling prophecy to inject the same terms we went through in order to provide a means to experience that glory and to engage in that fight themselves. It is a dangerous fantasy that they are engaged in.

Ohioboy

(3,885 posts)
14. They've been brainwashed into thinking masks, CRT and vaccines are the tyranny
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 11:33 AM
Dec 2021

It distracts them from the fascism that is the real threat. Sadly, it will be too late when they realize they have been helping the fascists take their freedom all along.


 

CrackityJones75

(2,403 posts)
15. Well that is part of what I am talking about.
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 11:39 AM
Dec 2021

They are so desperate to be the heroes that they will take literally anything as an act if aggression on the part of the government.

We let our act of freeing ourselves as a country be told as a wonderful thing worthy of hero worship rather than telling it as a story of necessary loss of life and horrors of war that we should never look to re-engage unless absolutely necessary.

Now we have people looking fir excuses to kill fellow Americans and to distrust the government for trying to keep them alive. It is an absolute mind fuck.

Ohioboy

(3,885 posts)
16. Exactly
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 12:14 PM
Dec 2021

In order to grab their glory they will literally make up enemies and seek out fights. I think this pursuit of glory was a driving factor in why Rittenhouse crossed state lines. He didn't need to be there. He wanted to be there. He pursued a path he thought was noble and glorified.

 

CrackityJones75

(2,403 posts)
18. Bingo.
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 02:24 PM
Dec 2021

We have to return to a place where war is not glorified. It is a last resort. Not a way to attain acceptance and righteousness.

MissMillie

(39,630 posts)
13. Well, I know that he has filed suit to block the subpoena for documents
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 11:18 AM
Dec 2021

And he's lost that one and the appeal on that one.

But he filed suit against Letitia James to get her to stop her investigation. He's saying her investigation is only political and amounts to harassment.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
17. Yes, you heard correctly. Tune in every week or so and you'll hear of another one.
Wed Dec 22, 2021, 12:24 PM
Dec 2021

I'd love to know how many suits he's filed and lost, at this point in time. I was going to post a number I believed to be true, but that surely can't be right. I think the "filed" and "lost" numbers will be the same, correct?

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Did I hear this right?