The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose

[rightwinger]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

 

[Care4all]

You sound, well, brain washed. Reduce your consumption of radical left talking points immediately.

Please explain the flaw in my argument.

You have made no argument.

Do you think the 1st amendment is as important as the 2nd amendment. I am sure your answer is yes.
Trump is trying undermine the freedom of the press.

Pretty simple.

It's the FIRST amendment in the Bill of rights.....the founders chose it to be even .MORE important than the second......it's why they chose it to be first.

 

[martybegan]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

The press is mostly asking questions for it's progressive base. It's amazing how interested progressives become about the efficiency of the press when a non-progressive is in office.

How was he ignoring them? He took their questions. The difference is he isn't playing the usual game the press expects from non-progressives, i.e. mewling submission, and they don't have a playbook to deal with it.

 

[rightwinger]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

The press is mostly asking questions for it's progressive base. It's amazing how interested progressives become about the efficiency of the press when a non-progressive is in office.

How was he ignoring them? He took their questions. The difference is he isn't playing the usual game the press expects from non-progressives, i.e. mewling submission, and they don't have a playbook to deal with it.

No they are not

The influence of Russia with the Trump administration is a legitimate issue

Declaring it a non issue and fake news does nothing to resolve it

 

[Ernie S.]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

What the Left considers a free press is the public relations firms that CNN, MSNBC and Democrat Underground were for President obama. Sorry, guy, but the Left lost and you're bitching because President Trump is treating CNN like obama did FOX News early in his administration.

GET OVER IT.

 

[Ernie S.]

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

The press is mostly asking questions for it's progressive base. It's amazing how interested progressives become about the efficiency of the press when a non-progressive is in office.

How was he ignoring them? He took their questions. The difference is he isn't playing the usual game the press expects from non-progressives, i.e. mewling submission, and they don't have a playbook to deal with it.

No they are not

The influence of Russia with the Trump administration is a legitimate issue

Declaring it a non issue and fake news does nothing to resolve it

What is wrong in having some knowledge and a business relationship with someone you will be negotiating with?

 

[Theowl32]

You sound, well, brain washed. Reduce your consumption of radical left talking points immediately.

Please explain the flaw in my argument.

The sound of my farts make more sense than you

 

[martybegan]

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

The press is mostly asking questions for it's progressive base. It's amazing how interested progressives become about the efficiency of the press when a non-progressive is in office.

How was he ignoring them? He took their questions. The difference is he isn't playing the usual game the press expects from non-progressives, i.e. mewling submission, and they don't have a playbook to deal with it.

No they are not

The influence of Russia with the Trump administration is a legitimate issue

Declaring it a non issue and fake news does nothing to resolve it

It's an issue used to fuel the progressive base, which is comical because what Putin is doing is what most of those idiots would LOVE to do to those they consider the political opposition.

Its the Bear Scare, and it ignore the strong words being said at the UN and by the White House regarding Russia's current actions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/world/europe/nikki-haley-trump-ukraine-russia-putin.html

Russia deploys missile in violation of 1987 treaty, White House official says

 

[rightwinger]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

What the Left considers a free press is the public relations firms that CNN, MSNBC and Democrat Underground were for President obama. Sorry, guy, but the Left lost and you're bitching because President Trump is treating CNN like obama did FOX News early in his administration.

GET OVER IT.

We have a freeer press than at any time in our history

Trumps enemy list gets longer by the day. Blocking out questions does not make them go away. The press has a job to do. Trump sneering.....
You better be nice to me
Is not a solution

 

[Ernie S.]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

He spent like 20 minutes with Jim Acosta of CNN yesterday. NO he is not ignoring press he disagrees with. He is telling them that he won't be pushed around by them.

 

[martybegan]

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

The press is mostly asking questions for it's progressive base. It's amazing how interested progressives become about the efficiency of the press when a non-progressive is in office.

How was he ignoring them? He took their questions. The difference is he isn't playing the usual game the press expects from non-progressives, i.e. mewling submission, and they don't have a playbook to deal with it.

No they are not

The influence of Russia with the Trump administration is a legitimate issue

Declaring it a non issue and fake news does nothing to resolve it

What is wrong in having some knowledge and a business relationship with someone you will be negotiating with?

if he didn't have it they would bitch that he was "woefully unfamiliar with the most crucial country when it comes to current foreign policy issues".

Again, the "throw the spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks" method of criticism.

 

[Ernie S.]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

What the Left considers a free press is the public relations firms that CNN, MSNBC and Democrat Underground were for President obama. Sorry, guy, but the Left lost and you're bitching because President Trump is treating CNN like obama did FOX News early in his administration.

GET OVER IT.

We have a freeer press than at any time in our history

Trumps enemy list gets longer by the day. Blocking out questions does not make them go away. The press has a job to do. Trump sneering.....
You better be nice to me
Is not a solution

Think of it as giving an impertinent child a time out. For 8 years the left wing "journalists" you favor and the POTUS kissed each other's ass.
There's a new sheriff in town, pardner. Deal with it.

 

[martybegan]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

What the Left considers a free press is the public relations firms that CNN, MSNBC and Democrat Underground were for President obama. Sorry, guy, but the Left lost and you're bitching because President Trump is treating CNN like obama did FOX News early in his administration.

GET OVER IT.

We have a freeer press than at any time in our history

Trumps enemy list gets longer by the day. Blocking out questions does not make them go away. The press has a job to do. Trump sneering.....
You better be nice to me
Is not a solution

A hyper-partisan press is a free press. Your statement is nothing but fluff. What we don't have is an impartial press, despite the exhortations of the progressive leaning media.

And he did answer questions, you just didn't like the answers.

 

[brummelben]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

Even Fox News has turned against Trump

 

[brummelben]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

What the Left considers a free press is the public relations firms that CNN, MSNBC and Democrat Underground were for President obama. Sorry, guy, but the Left lost and you're bitching because President Trump is treating CNN like obama did FOX News early in his administration.

GET OVER IT.

We have a freeer press than at any time in our history

Trumps enemy list gets longer by the day. Blocking out questions does not make them go away. The press has a job to do. Trump sneering.....
You better be nice to me
Is not a solution

Think of it as giving an impertinent child a time out. For 8 years the left wing "journalists" you favor and the POTUS kissed each other's ass.
There's a new sheriff in town, pardner. Deal with it.

have you seen the sheriff's approval numbers? Be proud of this failure

 

[rightwinger]

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

The press is mostly asking questions for it's progressive base. It's amazing how interested progressives become about the efficiency of the press when a non-progressive is in office.

How was he ignoring them? He took their questions. The difference is he isn't playing the usual game the press expects from non-progressives, i.e. mewling submission, and they don't have a playbook to deal with it.

No they are not

The influence of Russia with the Trump administration is a legitimate issue

Declaring it a non issue and fake news does nothing to resolve it

What is wrong in having some knowledge and a business relationship with someone you will be negotiating with?

Absolutely nothing

That is why Trump needs to answer the questions and provide information that those discussions were strictly business. Trump needs to outright say that there were no discussions involving leaks or the campaign

Then if information comes out he was not telling the truth he can be held accountable

 

[rightwinger]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

Even Fox News has turned against Trump

Fox nation will turn on Shep Smith and he will be out the door

But you could see in his commentary yesterday that "enough is enough"

 

[brummelben]

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

The press is mostly asking questions for it's progressive base. It's amazing how interested progressives become about the efficiency of the press when a non-progressive is in office.

How was he ignoring them? He took their questions. The difference is he isn't playing the usual game the press expects from non-progressives, i.e. mewling submission, and they don't have a playbook to deal with it.

No they are not

The influence of Russia with the Trump administration is a legitimate issue

Declaring it a non issue and fake news does nothing to resolve it

What is wrong in having some knowledge and a business relationship with someone you will be negotiating with?

Absolutely nothing

That is why Trump needs to answer the questions and provide information that those discussions were strictly business. Trump needs to outright say that there were no discussions involving leaks or the campaign

Then if information comes out he was not telling the truth he can be held accountable

At the same time that Russia was hacking into DNC computers, Trump people were on the phone with Russia. This must be thoroughly investigated

 

[rightwinger]

The 1st and 2nd amendments had the same purpose: protections against a tyrannical government.
Donald Trump is trying to take away the 1st amendment.
Most Trump supporters are sticklers on the 2nd amendment.
If you are a true believer in the constitution you should protect the 1st amendment as much as the 2nd amendment.

In today's world the 1st amendment is a realistic tool against a tyrannical government.
I do not feel owning all the guns in the world will protect you from an oppressive government today. Our government has many more weapons than guns.

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

In addition to first amendment protections, Stutzman argued that no real harm came from her refusal because other florists were available and willing to serve the couple.
The judges rejected both claims. They sided with Ingersoll and Freed's argument that their case was about more than access to flowers, just as civil rights cases of the 1960s were about more than access to sandwiches.

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

He spent like 20 minutes with Jim Acosta of CNN yesterday. NO he is not ignoring press he disagrees with. He is telling them that he won't be pushed around by them.

Then let Trump deal in facts and not name calling and bumper sticker slogans

If he thinks CNN's reporting is wrong...he needs to provide the facts to prove his case
Chanting....Fake News, Fake News, Fake News is not a substitute

 

[brummelben]

how is he trying to take away the 1st amendment? Has he silenced any reporter from saying whatever they want to the people via their media? He spent a whole hour taking questions from them during his press conference.

Telling someone what they don't want to hear or can't comprehend is not squashing 1st amendment rights.

The progressive left, on the other hand, is far more selective about what 1st amendment rights they choose to support:

Florist discriminated against same-sex couple - CNN.com

Trump is not trying to take away the first amendment....he is trying to delegitimize it with the American public
Don't trust what the press is saying about me.....Fake news, fake news, fake news
The press hates me....that is why you hear bad things about me

A free press is the biggest challenge to Trumps agenda. Get the American public to not trust what is being said is the easiest way for Trump to do what he wants without media oversight

The actions of most of the press, and their blatant partisanship is to blame for it, not Trump. People have been saying this for the past two decades, or longer. All Trump did was show it to the less politically astute people out there.

The press mostly DOES hate him, at least the ones that are merely Democrats with bylines.

A free, independent press is actually the greatest threat to progressives, who have shown recently they cannot deal with opinions outside of their comfort zone. Some classic liberals, like Maher understand this (even if he is a fucking asshole, he's a principled asshole), but the rest of the progressive umbrella is all about suppression of speech and ideas they disagree with.

We are talking the ENTIRE Press Corps that Trump is calling fake
If you feel a story is fake, then provide REAL FACTS proving a story is fake. That is the way it works. Simply chanting Fake News, Fake News, Fake News ...does not make it so
It has gotten so bad that Trumps is only calling on the Christian News Service and Breitbart as trusted news services

The Press is asking questions for the American people. That is what the first amendment intended
Trump ignoring the media he does not like is not the solution

Even Fox News has turned against Trump

Fox nation will turn on Shep Smith and he will be out the door

But you could see in his commentary yesterday that "enough is enough"

I am sure that Fox new exactly what Shep was going to discuss, and didn't block it