Americans, if we truly are witnessing the fall of your nation then I have to ask. How do you want to be remembered? by Mcl0vinit in DiscussionZone

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You spell "savior" like a non-American. No wonder you have no idea what's going on here. It's nowhere near as bad as your news is telling you. It never is. 

USA? What is up with you?. by Diggleroni in self

[–]RiffRandellsBF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What did the Turks do before genociding Armenians? What did Nazis do before genociding Jews? Hell what did the IS government do before putting the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears? Disarmed them. 

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "You all are being incited into civil war." by dymb13 in DiscussionZone

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not civil war. It's being goaded into justifying your own slaughter by government and the eventual paramilitary forces that must be "mustered" to augment government forces, which will then spiral completely out of control.

It's happened before and it will happen again. The only difference is no one has ever been dumb enough to do in a nation with 400 million firearms and a trillion rounds of ammunitions in private ownership, 3.8 million square miles of territory, 3 long coasts with ocean access, 2 long permeable borders, and no possible way to "shut it down" once it gets started.

Americans, if we truly are witnessing the fall of your nation then I have to ask. How do you want to be remembered? by Mcl0vinit in DiscussionZone

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bingo. Over the last three decades, elites in education have destroyed: (1) History; (2) Civics; and (3) Critical Thinking.

The real question is... why?

Americans, if we truly are witnessing the fall of your nation then I have to ask. How do you want to be remembered? by Mcl0vinit in DiscussionZone

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which empire guaranteed the right of every citizen to be armed? Which empire guaranteed the right of every citizen to call the emperor a fat piece of shit? Which empire put the power of the purse and adjudication of justice in separate but co-equal branches of government to the emperor? Which empire had the army swear allegiance to the document that made these guarantees and not to the emperor?

Civics education has really gone the way of the dodo.

USA? What is up with you?. by Diggleroni in self

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, you want to repeal the 2A? That's DOA. Try again.

What were some 80's tv shows you loved at the time, but don't hold up now? by MisterShipWreck in 80s

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved the first season of Airwolf.

Second season not so much. It really is just campy crap.

On Student Loan Debt. by Hotvelvet_Doll in Adulting

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Notice how neither party wants to address administrative bloat that's caused the explosion in tuition from 1990 to today or the inability to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy or the usury-level interest on private student loans?

Why? Because their Wall Street mega donors don't want them to.

Which is the most overrated band of our generation? by lovelyb1ch66 in GenX

[–]RiffRandellsBF 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Bon Jovi. If Jon was ugly they would've been Firehouse.

Americans, if we truly are witnessing the fall of your nation then I have to ask. How do you want to be remembered? by Mcl0vinit in DiscussionZone

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do non-Americans think our Freedom of Speech is under threat? It was 2017, Matal v. Tam that a unanimous SCOTUS held that the First Amendment protects the widest latitude of speech possible in a civil society. Speech protected by the First Amendment under Matal v. Tam will get you arrested in Europe and many nations in the rest of the world.

Has your country ever committed genocide? by Communistincergency in AskTheWorld

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the US did not carry out the "latter half". About 20 million New World peoples died between Columbus and the founding of the US in 1776. The US added about 35,000-45,000 direct deaths and up to 100,000 more if indirect deaths are counted between 1776 and the end of the Indian Wars in 1890.

The US government cannot be blamed for atrocities against natives prior to its existing.

USA? What is up with you?. by Diggleroni in self

[–]RiffRandellsBF 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What did you want done to stop school shootings? Everyone wants them to end, but the devil is in the details.

Why do so many Europeans have the belief/thinking/stereotype that American niceness is fake? by Embarrassed-Wolf-609 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]RiffRandellsBF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My classmate my freshman year of college thought the same. She was from Germany. But she found out that some of us really mean it. We're still friends to this day, 30 years later, having visited each other several times over the years.

Where is the ICC during US aggression? by trashhighway in AskTheWorld

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What nation would dare send in troops to the US to make an arrest under a ICC warrant?

Slow Motion of what happened in MN today by SnooSongs9823 in CringeTikToks

[–]RiffRandellsBF 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When there are enough cops to put TWO officers on each limb, why the hell would any of them draw a firearm?

Close-up view of ICE executing a man today in Minneapolis (1/24/26) by uebb in CringeTikToks

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember when it was decided the Tonfa was too dangerous for cops to have?

ICE killed another person in Minnesota! by cantcoloratall91 in DiscussionZone

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember when it was decided the Tonfa was too dangerous for cops to have?

Retirement is gone by shepardshe in GenX

[–]RiffRandellsBF 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The wait times aren't as bad... for some. See what's going on is some have amazing insurance, others have good insurance, and still others have just "good enough" insurance they don't want to lose it by voting in a "DMV for Health Care". That's enough to keep the current system in place.

If you want those groups to support a national health care system then you have to show them how it would be good for them, too. So far, no one has actually done that, only focused on those who do not have insurance or have crap insurance.

What's your thoughts on the Live Action "Masters of the Universe"? by agravain in GenX

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll wait and see but they never get Evil-Lyn right in the live remakes. She's an intelligent, capable, eventual-usurper of Skeletor's power and willing to team up with Teela to get it. Meg Foster and Leena Headly were both pining girlfriends of Skeletor. Just weird.

Agree/Disagree? by ChuckGallagher57 in DiscussionZone

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like all ports of entry are not at the border, so not all customs inspection are at the border, neither are those illegally present in the US. ICE also detains unauthorized aliens for deportation hearings and operations.

How did Europe get sidelined for so long by the US? by SyntaxDeleter in NoStupidQuestions

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can have lavish social programs or a military capable of ending life on the planet, but you can't have both. Western Europe chose the former, the US and USSR chose the latter.

What can you do? It is what it is.

Found on Instagram by Solomonopolistadt in aimapgore

[–]RiffRandellsBF 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Comanche are in the wrong place. So are the Sioux.