The Derp
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You're absolutely right. We did try to amend the state constitutions to keep the government from interfering in same sex relationships. Which is precisely what you are supposed to do with a state issue. Unfortunately the federal government once again usurped state power and is now involved in regulating marriage and same sex relationships.
How is marriage a state issue? Do people in Texas get a different kind of married than people in Illinois? Another stupid "states' rights" argument that falls flat. Explain the sense in not recognizing a marriage at the state level, yet recognizing it at the federal level? Also, the 14th Amendment kinda blows a giant hole in your argument too, as the Obergefell and Loving decisions clearly show. Sorry you hate the Constitution that much, that you don't think the 14th amendment applies to marriage despite two court decisions over the last 50 years that says it does.
The fact that you think this some is constitutional while keeping the federal government out of it and preventing a government power grab is bad tells me how badly educated our nation is as to what the constitution says.
How is government recognizing gay marriage a "power grab". What power did you lose? The power to be a bigot? That's not a power reserved for you. Get over yourself.
Taking a knee doesn't talk about racism. Yelling "F you" to the men and women who have sacrificed their lives, limbs, and families to give us a free nation. Taking a knee is no sacrifice at all. It's a way self centered spoiled rich cowards scream out for attention.
Who has screamed "F you" to soldiers? Are you having to go back to the days of Vietnam to invoke that bullshit? And yes, kneeling is having a conversation about race. Here we are, talking about it. So what I want to know is do you think that Jim Crow is a legitimate grievance? Because it seems like you'd have been one of those standing beside George Wallace as he blocked students from entering a school. Maybe you actually don't see anything wrong with that. And because you don't, that's why I don't consider you a fully functional human being. Kaep is taking a knee to start a conversation about Jim Crow. But you say it's not appropriate because it doesn't give you comfort. You're a pussy.
And yes too many Republicans lie. No one claimed otherwise. That doesn't mean shouldn't seek honest conservatives for high office.
There is no such thing as an "honest Conservative" as this thread proves. Conservatism relies on lies and innuendo to proliferate. Name any of your core beliefs and I will happily deconstruct and dismantle them. Honest Conservative is a paradox. You all lie about your economics. You all lie about your religion. You all lie about everything. There is nothing you tell the truth about. We can start with the cornerstone of your belief system; faith. How it's fucking stupid to have the faith that rich people and corporations will trickle down if we give them a tax cut. That is a faith-based belief system that has never delivered on any promises made of it, yet you still push it. So what that means is that you're a sophist; pushing bullshit you know is false or misleading is sophistry.
Cutting taxes for everyone does lead to more prosperity. It's common sense dude
No, it's not common sense. It's a con that you bought into because you're gullible as fuck. We've been cutting taxes for 40 years and the only people who have prospered have been those at the top. Your policy is so shitty that even Republicans in Kansas reversed the tax cuts because the promises made of them -that jobs would be created, that the economy would grow, that the deficit would be reduced- have all been disproved and unfulfilled. Same thing happened with the shitty Bush Tax Cuts 16 years ago. Bush cut taxes, and the economy cratered. Even before the subprime crisis, Bush's economy was garbage. He relied on debt and deficit financing to sustain his garbage economy. Without people having to dip into the equity of their homes, Bush's economy was shit...so it's no wonder why in 2004 he unleashed wall street by having his regulators back off enforcement of lending standards. And even then, his economic growth was garbage. Bush lost 460,000 jobs net over 8 years of his tax cuts. He doubled the debt. He erased a surplus and produced four record deficits. All a result of the bullshit philosophy and faith-based belief system you still inexplicably push...probably because your family tree looks like a stump.
If you have to pay less if your hard earned money to the government you are going to have more for yourself. You are going yo be able to purchase your needs, some wants, and pursue your dreams creating jobs and raising prosperity.
Only that never happens and what happens instead is the wealthy save their tax cuts, holding them out of the economy, and everyone else goes into debt. But hey - one of these days your stupid policies have got to work, right? Who goes on an 0-for-infinity slump anyway? Here I go again, posting facts...
How can something self evident be a lie?
Because the people who filled your head with this bullshit are liars and you're a gullible knave for buying into their bullshit lies.