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• On the post: Is It Still ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ If All The Predictions Were Accurate?

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2025 @ 02:52am

  If you think it is okay that laws can be ignored in some cases, that also goes for Trump. If you can ignore , he can.

  Oh, fuck off. "Those guys did it first!" is how a child reasons, and a President isn't a king. He's supposed to adhere to the rule of law. If you want your "the rule of law should be respected" clæaim to be taken in good faith, at least criticise the Donald for it as well.

• On the post: Is It Still ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ If All The Predictions Were Accurate?

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2025 @ 12:46am

  Please cite examples of former glory that has returned due to Trump's actions.

• On the post: Gone Fishin’: The CDC Shooting, RFK Jr.’s Conspiracy Theories, And A Sweet Catch In Alaska

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2025 @ 12:38am

  Apropos, weren't they gonna have the answer to what causes autism in about a month? I hope at least one journalist asks them about it, though I doubt it.

• On the post: The Trump Administration Is Deliberately Destroying The Democratic Process

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2025 @ 12:35am

  Until it looks inevitable they won’t do anything about it.

  If it becomes inevitable, it'll be too late, anyway. Unless Congress and the courts relocate their spines, the US is fucked.

• On the post: Federal Judges Have Absolutely Had It With The Trump Administration, DOJ

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2025 @ 12:29am

  Meanwhile, there is nothing wrong with extraditing dangerous MS-13 gang members to their home country. Literally nothing. Countries do this all the time, you’re being stupid on purpose.

  Is there any evidence they've actually extradited any MS-13 gang members yet?

• On the post: The Trump Administration Is Deliberately Destroying The Democratic Process

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2025 @ 11:42am

  There's just one little snag with your plan there, Koward: it assumes that Trump is capable of long-term planning as well as doing something good for someone who isn't him or his ilk. In other words, not gonna happen.

• On the post: Is It Still ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ If All The Predictions Were Accurate?

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2025 @ 09:50am

  I didn’t find it at all clear that’s what Mike meant. And even if the U.S.A. ceases to be democratic, I don’t see any reason to think that democracy will cease to exist entirely.

  He's not claiming that democracy as a form of governance will cease to exist; just the American one.

• On the post: Is It Still ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ If All The Predictions Were Accurate?

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2025 @ 09:43am

  That's the second comment I've seen from you this week with over-the-top anger. I think you need a break from the Techdirt comment section.

• On the post: The Trump Administration Is Deliberately Destroying The Democratic Process

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2025 @ 09:42am

  Why wouldn’t the extermination of people they deem “lesser” or “useless” be on the menu?

  One would hope, and I say that knowing how naïve it sounds, that they realise even they can't just kill scores of people willy-nilly like that.

• On the post: Why False Equivalence Is One Of Democracy’s Most Dangerous Lies

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2025 @ 04:33am

  You have literally been spouting false equivalencies since you started a blog.

  Quite the claim. Got any actual examples?

  “People voted for policies you don’t like” is not fascism.

  No, but that's a strawman argument, anyway. Trump ignoring law, separation of powers, state rights, due process, controlling media, firing people who disagree with his take on reality and using the military for domestic law enforcement is fascism.

  Illegal aliens have to be deported, letting them in was the unlawful activity, not kicking them out.

  It's unlawful to kick them out without due process, and not all of them are illegals.

  No, the government doesn’t have to fund whatever pet project you think should be

  True, but Trump shut down objectively beneficial projects because he didn't understand them.

• On the post: Is It Still ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ If All The Predictions Were Accurate?

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2025 @ 01:50am

  Why? Is your contention that non-democratic or abnormally-democratic government inherently represents an “existential threat”?

  That seems an odd question. If a democratically elected leader chooses to shit on democratic principles and enforce fascistic ones, it seems pretty clear that that's an existential threat to democracy.

  Okay, but that’s putting a lot of blame on “ordinary” people, whereas I’m kind of baffled about how U.S. leadership apparently did nothing for 4 years

  That's whataboutery. A lot of "ordinary" people are complicit in that they voted for him despite his obvious character flaws and tendency to distort reality. That doesn't mean politicians don't also carry part of the blame.

• On the post: Trump Pretends Crime Rates Are Up To Justify Sending Troops To DC Streets. Too Many Americans Believe Him.

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2025 @ 01:01pm

  Great logic! Let's apply that to what Trump is doing, and really see that line skyrocket!

• On the post: Why False Equivalence Is One Of Democracy’s Most Dangerous Lies

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2025 @ 12:57pm

  I can't tell if you don't know how China's social credit structure works, or how cancel culture works. I'm going to go with both.

• On the post: Trump FCC Installs Babysitter At CBS To Ensure The Network Kisses King Donald’s Ass

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2025 @ 12:55pm

  Whatabout-ism is when you’re willing to do something that your political opponents have previously done.

  No, it's not. Whatabout-ism is when you try to deflect criticism by coming up with counter-accusations or trying to change the subject. To wit, your bringing up a black spot in CBS' history as if to say "But what about this bad thing where a bias monitor would have been useful??". It's a bullshit tactic, not a valid argument.

  Also, a monitor isn’t going to shut down anyone’s speech at CBS.

  Well, if you say that, it's definitely going to happen, because that's how the Trump admin operates.

  The Ministry of Truth, on the other hand, is a censorship system. It’s pretty much only a left wing thing nowadays

  Jesus fucking christ, Koward... You would've fit right in in The Party.

• On the post: Trump Pretends Crime Rates Are Up To Justify Sending Troops To DC Streets. Too Many Americans Believe Him.

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2025 @ 01:45pm

  Last month, a DC police commander was suspended for cooking the numbers to make crime statistics look better than they actually are. Usually, Techdirt celebrates when police malfeasance is uncovered and held accountable. But I’m guessing that for this one, not so much.

  Why? A singular commander cooking the books doesn't change the stats that the FBI released, you horse's patoot.

• On the post: Disney Scraps Deepfake Dwayne Johnson After Lawyers Panic About The Public Domain

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2025 @ 02:16pm

  I imagine that something like this will happen sooner or later. Once AI gets good enough to follow a human provided script to make whole movies, with some human editing to fix things, why bother to have actors at all?

  Because famous, talented actors draw in customers. I doubt you'd get many cinema-goers to show up for a movie where the credits looked like this:

  • AI Composite Character #1 - Brandon
  • AI Composite Character #2 - Linda
  • AI Composite Character #3 - Hugh

• On the post: DOGE’s “Efficiency” Theater: Wasted $21.7 Billion While Destroying Life-Saving Programs Based On Conspiracy Theories

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2025 @ 12:16pm

  MM and Blumenthal who he cites are just lying

  Prove it.

• On the post: DOGE’s “Efficiency” Theater: Wasted $21.7 Billion While Destroying Life-Saving Programs Based On Conspiracy Theories

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2025 @ 12:15pm

  …You realize X/Twitter is doing pretty great noW?

  Based on what metrics?

• On the post: No, The UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2025 @ 12:05pm

  Did they? From what I can find, two Conservative MPs introduced the bill.

• On the post: RFK Jr. Ends Federal Contracts To Develop mRNA Vaccines

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2025 @ 04:33am

  That's a weird way of saying you can't back up your claim, but okay.

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