6 Men Arrested for mocking Grenfell Tower Fire

[Grafenwalder]

There's quite a diatribe on 'Conservative Home', telling the world that the 6 morons should NOT have been arrested.

https://www.conservativehome.com/thetor ... ested.html

It now turns out that several of them were members of the local Conservative Club...

Am I surprised ?

Is being a moron illegal now too?

Talking of morons, shutting down media that doesn't bow before you flies in the face of your 1st Amendment doesn't it?

[Maddog]

There's quite a diatribe on 'Conservative Home', telling the world that the 6 morons should NOT have been arrested.

https://www.conservativehome.com/thetor ... ested.html

It now turns out that several of them were members of the local Conservative Club...

Am I surprised ?

Is being a moron illegal now too?

It helps, especially in Texas, it seems.

http://1063thebuzz.com/texas-moron-comm ... -captured/

He had the right to remain silent. Apparently he lacked the ability.

[Maddog]

There's quite a diatribe on 'Conservative Home', telling the world that the 6 morons should NOT have been arrested.

https://www.conservativehome.com/thetor ... ested.html

It now turns out that several of them were members of the local Conservative Club...

Am I surprised ?

Is being a moron illegal now too?

Talking of morons, shutting down media that doesn't bow before you flies in the face of your 1st Amendment doesn't it?

If you're talking about Acosta, CNN has a bunch of other folks that can do his job. Not everyone with press credentials gets to attend press briefings.

Acosta got what he wanted.

[Grafenwalder]

There's quite a diatribe on 'Conservative Home', telling the world that the 6 morons should NOT have been arrested.

https://www.conservativehome.com/thetor ... ested.html

It now turns out that several of them were members of the local Conservative Club...

Am I surprised ?

Is being a moron illegal now too?

Talking of morons, shutting down media that doesn't bow before you flies in the face of your 1st Amendment doesn't it?

If you're talking about Acosta, CNN has a bunch of other folks that can do his job. Not everyone with press credentials gets to attend press briefings.

Acosta got what he wanted.

He didn't though did he? Trump spat his dummy out and refused to answer Acosta's valid question. Maybe something to do with the hyperbole and hysteria he's been whipping up over your country about to be "invaded".

[Guest]

There's quite a diatribe on 'Conservative Home', telling the world that the 6 morons should NOT have been arrested.

https://www.conservativehome.com/thetor ... ested.html

It now turns out that several of them were members of the local Conservative Club...

Am I surprised ?

Is being a moron illegal now too?

Talking of morons, shutting down media that doesn't bow before you flies in the face of your 1st Amendment doesn't it?

If you're talking about Acosta, CNN has a bunch of other folks that can do his job. Not everyone with press credentials gets to attend press briefings.

Acosta got what he wanted.

How can anyone who supports free speech in the way you do approve of the way Trump acts against the very principle of a free and independent press. Trump seems to think he is the editor of every TV show, newspaper, editorial and blog and that's not his job. Furthermore when a government starts to think that's their job, whether that be as arbiters of tastes or as the ultimate arbiters on what questions can be asked Free Speech is out the window.

I have admired your strong libertarian principles but I guess you're just another conservative hack who has sold out to Trump like Rand Paul. Damn you guys are disappointing.

[Maddog]

There's quite a diatribe on 'Conservative Home', telling the world that the 6 morons should NOT have been arrested.

https://www.conservativehome.com/thetor ... ested.html

It now turns out that several of them were members of the local Conservative Club...

Am I surprised ?

Is being a moron illegal now too?

Talking of morons, shutting down media that doesn't bow before you flies in the face of your 1st Amendment doesn't it?

If you're talking about Acosta, CNN has a bunch of other folks that can do his job. Not everyone with press credentials gets to attend press briefings.

Acosta got what he wanted.

How can anyone who supports free speech in the way you do approve of the way Trump acts against the very principle of a free and independent press. Trump seems to think he is the editor of every TV show, newspaper, editorial and blog and that's not his job. Furthermore when a government starts to think that's their job, whether that be as arbiters of tastes or as the ultimate arbiters on what questions can be asked Free Speech is out the window.

I have admired your strong libertarian principles but I guess you're just another conservative hack who has sold out to Trump like Rand Paul. Damn you guys are disappointing.

Trump and Acosta are combative. Trump doesn't have to answer his questions. I can see your point, if he made this a habit, but in this particular case, you had one reporter, who for 2 years now, has stood out as a giant pain in the ass, to garner attention for himself, more than to cover the president.

If Trump does this again to someone else, I'll switch to your way of thinking on this particular incident.

Or, for a different perspective.


Given the immense amount of energy being directed at such non-events such as Acosta-gate—did the CNN reporter manhandle a White House intern during a post-midterm press conference?—it's likely we as a country are choosing the latter.

This is unfortunate for an infinite number of reasons, but chief among them is the simple idea that whether we pay attention to it or not, the federal government continues to function, to pass laws and regulation, and to spend more money that we don't have. Donald Trump's brilliance in many ways is to make the mundane seem somehow important and out of the ordinary.


https://reason.com/blog/2018/11/08/with ... g-to-get-s

[Cannydc]

If Trump is unable to stand up to a single journalist by answering and moving on, he shouldn't be in the job.

But hey, we all knew that antway.

[Guest]

Is being a moron illegal now too?

Talking of morons, shutting down media that doesn't bow before you flies in the face of your 1st Amendment doesn't it?

If you're talking about Acosta, CNN has a bunch of other folks that can do his job. Not everyone with press credentials gets to attend press briefings.

Acosta got what he wanted.

How can anyone who supports free speech in the way you do approve of the way Trump acts against the very principle of a free and independent press. Trump seems to think he is the editor of every TV show, newspaper, editorial and blog and that's not his job. Furthermore when a government starts to think that's their job, whether that be as arbiters of tastes or as the ultimate arbiters on what questions can be asked Free Speech is out the window.

I have admired your strong libertarian principles but I guess you're just another conservative hack who has sold out to Trump like Rand Paul. Damn you guys are disappointing.

Trump and Acosta are combative. Trump doesn't have to answer his questions. I can see your point, if he made this a habit, but in this particular case, you had one reporter, who for 2 years now, has stood out as a giant pain in the ass, to garner attention for himself, more than to cover the president.

If Trump does this again to someone else, I'll switch to your way of thinking on this particular incident.

Or, for a different perspective.


Given the immense amount of energy being directed at such non-events such as Acosta-gate—did the CNN reporter manhandle a White House intern during a post-midterm press conference?—it's likely we as a country are choosing the latter.

This is unfortunate for an infinite number of reasons, but chief among them is the simple idea that whether we pay attention to it or not, the federal government continues to function, to pass laws and regulation, and to spend more money that we don't have. Donald Trump's brilliance in many ways is to make the mundane seem somehow important and out of the ordinary.


https://reason.com/blog/2018/11/08/with ... g-to-get-s

So as Trump did the same to another person on the very next question you're ........

Going to think of another excuse. I have no illusions about so-called libertarians anymore.

[Cannydc]

"So as Trump did the same to another person on the very next question"

Yes he did.

And no doubt will again, if anyone dares to question his authority.

[wutang]

Neighbours described them as "‘Racists, lager louts, scumbags and EDL wannabes."

Also known as the petit-bourgeois

[Maddog]

"So as Trump did the same to another person on the very next question"

Yes he did.

And no doubt will again, if anyone dares to question his authority.

Trump dispises most of the press. I think everyone knows that. There will be about 50 people in the press corps at the Whitehouse. He will either answer their questions or he won't.

Having a free press doesn't force anyone to answer their questions. No comment is acceptable. Having a free press means that the government can't control what they report.

Nixon was under no obligation to answer Woodward and Bernstein if they asked him questions. He was prohibited from preventing them from publishing their findings in relation to the Watergate cover up.

[Grafenwalder]

Neighbours described them as "‘Racists, lager louts, scumbags and EDL wannabes."

Also known as the petit-bourgeois

Some interesting comments on that guys tweet too.