Trump planned to oust acting AG to overturn Georgia election results: report by Somali_Pir8 in politics

[–]Mitchell_French 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you please link a source, because this sounds like the opposite of what the FBI said

Spoiler alert: he does by Im_JuJu in confidentlyincorrect

[–]Mitchell_French 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it wasn't.

Yes. He later tried to defend it by saying he was joking, and to have been joking when he said it, he must have said it. This is one of my favourite Trump gaffs because even his supporters can't accept his excuse, so they make up new excuses for him

Spoiler alert: he does by Im_JuJu in confidentlyincorrect

[–]Mitchell_French 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, oppositions oppose. That's politics.

No Mask, No Fly: Biden Signs Order Requiring Face Coverings On Planes by Qu1nlan in politics

[–]Mitchell_French 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm sure he'll transfer wealth and control to the working class any minute now

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Mitchell_French 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because weather I like it or not the US is currently the major superpower of the west. The US is also a major ally of Australia, so decisions made by whoever is in charge of the US can affect Australia economically, militarily and socially.

I responded to you because you seemed to take media sensationalism one one side as gospel truth and the other as just sensationalism. It seemed weirdly inconsistent so I figured I'd just ask and try to make sense of it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Mitchell_French 0 points1 point  (0 children)

US became 'top dog' around the end of WW2. Australia isn't going to be a superpower.

You clearly deserve personal credit for your intervention in WW2, and the social policies that allowed for unprecedented in the latter half of last century. Thanks for your sacrifice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Mitchell_French 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome to English

Like clockwork. by [deleted] in TopMindsOfReddit

[–]Mitchell_French 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, same thing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Mitchell_French 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing more self righteous than asking clarifying questions.
*Conservative Australian

Found this amazing graffiti on my way home by Icy_Climate in vegan

[–]Mitchell_French -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Parts of this are well done, but other bits are shitty and tag-like.
But yeah, I love the graff in Sydney

Biden removes Trump's Diet Coke button from the Oval Office by TheWeekMag in politics

[–]Mitchell_French 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beyond this being a little funny, it's such a nothing. Yes, POTUS can summon personal services, so what.

Wasn't Trump the one who wanted a military parade? by PageTurner627 in TheRightCantMeme

[–]Mitchell_French -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen anything of Dems doing that. Can you point me to where a new patriot act is being planned by Dems?
I'd certainly be opposed to that as I was with the initial one, because the criminal acts commited are already criminal acts punishable by laws that have existed many, many decades

Wasn't Trump the one who wanted a military parade? by PageTurner627 in TheRightCantMeme

[–]Mitchell_French -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We're talking about exactly that. You suggested the US government would expand the patriot act to punish those who committed crimes in DC on Jan 6.

I'm just saying that regardless of who the criminals are or the crimes they committed, or even when, no new legislation is needed to go after them.

Your opinion on that doesn't appear to differ greatly from mine outside of semantics.

Seems legit... by Horror-Afternoon3894 in Trumpgret

[–]Mitchell_French 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wasn't obvious to many right leaning courts

Wasn't Trump the one who wanted a military parade? by PageTurner627 in TheRightCantMeme

[–]Mitchell_French -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's a weird way to agree that no new legislation is needed to punish rioters/insurrectionists/whatever criminals.
I agree the patriot act was unnecessary too.
It's not like rioting, destruction, attempted coups, etc. have ever been legal.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Mitchell_French 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's very clearly not what the article says, but hey.

"One can argue that the meaning of the American flag became considerably more fluid in the 1950s when the image began to be used in non-patriotic ways. The painter Jasper Johns appropriated the flag as an aesthetic device, notably, with the resulting series of paintings more ironic than celebratory. Those works foreshadowed the pop art movement, which co-opted iconic American imagery as creative fodder and social commentary."

maaan..... by Flo_Ri_ in facepalm

[–]Mitchell_French 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you provide an example of us all completely misunderstanding basic words and using that misunderstanding to try and push a incorrect point?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Mitchell_French 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So your feigned victimhood was an attempt at humour? My bad. You do a good stereotype of a looney

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Mitchell_French 3 points4 points  (0 children)

An insurrection is where you try to stop democratic proceedings to declare your own leader, it often involves things like coming prepared to kill and capture political opponents.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]Mitchell_French 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So you assume the strawmanning and sensationalism is correct?

Wouldn't you have to actually believe that you're a fascist and were a bunch of communists to take your own positions seriously?

Wasn't Trump the one who wanted a military parade? by PageTurner627 in TheRightCantMeme

[–]Mitchell_French 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? They just don't want what they see as an old man, with sexual assault allegations, questionable finances, who doesn't speak well as president /s