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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: knighttof3   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: You May Not Be Nazis, But...
Date: 10/01/23 10:45 PM
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To be clear, everyone has a line they don't want their president to cross.
Even immoral materialists like me.
It is when the president is going to actually try to DO something he SAYS (a gaping chasm for Trump), or misusing his power. Trump is a big mouthed New Yorker who says six impossible things before breakfast. You have to know when to sit up and take notice vs when to call him a moron (or worse) and let it go.

My line is as arbitrary as yours. But I won't call you callous if you don't get on my high horse.

Below, Yes means he crossed my line, No means he did not. No doesn't mean it's acceptable behavior. Only that I don't care enough.



Evidently Trump calling the soldiers suckers and losers didn't cross that line.
No


Or Trump suggesting a military officer should be executed didn't cross that line.
I don't know the specifics so can't comment.

Or Trump claiming that the election was rigged even before election day didn't cross that line.
No

Or Trump leaning on Georgia election officials to overturn a state election didn't cross that line.
Yes <-- illegal too

Or Trump attacking Georgia poll workers by name so that they could not leave their houses because of death threats didn't cross the line.
Yes, 100%

Or Trump conspiring to put forward fake electors didn't cross that line.
Did he? I don't know

Or Trump standing by while the Capitol was under siege without making any effort to stop the violence didn't cross the line.
Yes. I kinda wish it had been more decisive with hundreds of attackers killed instead of just one. Would have settled the question once and for alk.

Or Trump saying the Constitution should be suspended didn't cross that line.
No

Or Trump saying he will replace independent career government workers with those who will pledge loyalty to him did not cross that line.
No

Or Trump taking some of the nation's most guarded top secret documents and refusing to return them under subpoena didn't cross the line.
Yes



Again, his wishful thinking out loud doesn't affect reality unless he has the power to do it. Or if he can inspire his supporters to do it and they can get the power.
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