Politicians from both sides have a latent love of authoritarianism and always seek "opportunities"

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Politicians from both sides have a latent love of authoritarianism and always seek "opportunities"

Author: Curly1918 (16697 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 10:48 am on Jul 21, 2025

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to optimize their power.

The beauty of Madison's Constitution is that it was designed to minimize the damage from the inherent factionalism of politics.

Replies to: "Politicians from both sides have a latent love of authoritarianism and always seek "opportunities""

Just a friendly reminder of where libs were only three and a half years ago. [LINK] - MAS - 11:42pm 7/20/25 (36) [View All]
- Politicians from both sides have a latent love of authoritarianism and always seek "opportunities" - Curly1918 - 10:48am 7/21/25
- Public health restrictions are not signs of authoritarianism - Chris94 - 9:46am 7/21/25
  - "Let's lie that there are studies saying we need to do these things &punish those who don't do them" - BaronVonZemo - 3:12pm 7/21/25
    - You do realize that it was your boy who supervised those decisions, yes? - Chris94 - 3:14pm 7/21/25
      - Fauci & govs had control & he’s your boy. - BaronVonZemo - 9:31pm 7/21/25
        Trump was President. He was in control. - Chris94 - 9:32pm 7/21/25
        No. Governors. Had the power & followed your High Sparrow. (Did you llltake HS civics?) - BaronVonZemo - 9:35pm 7/21/25
        Yes the NIH was run by the governors - Chris94 - 10:54pm 7/21/25
        You never read the post. The govs followed Fauci. Fauci followed Dems...not Trump, that is for sure. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 3:02am 7/23/25
  - "Public Health Restrictions"...what could go wrong? Something about "the road to hell..." [NT] [LINK] - TakethetrainKnute - 10:37am 7/21/25
    - Chris is literally Hitler? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 10:39am 7/21/25
      - Well now, that's TOTALLY DIFFERENT! [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 3:13pm 7/21/25
  - Are authoritarian policies like the ones you cite signs of authoritarianism? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 10:29am 7/21/25
  - If your rights can be taken away when someone says "emergency", they're not rights. [NT] - Iggle - 10:17am 7/21/25
    - It was not a random emergency announcement. It was a global pandemic. [NT] - Chris94 - 1:53pm 7/21/25
- Covid was a tyranny and the willingness of the left to instantly turn totalitarian was frightening. [NT] - LanceManion - 7:26am 7/21/25
- Well, considering Rasmussen is a GOP leaning pollster...it's interesting that over 20% of Reps - TyroneIrish - 1:09am 7/21/25
  - No need to look at a poll, Just search posts on here in 2020/2021. [NT] - Iggle - 10:16am 7/21/25
  - Did your programmer tell you to say this? Lot of info from a non expert. - ELP - 9:49am 7/21/25
    - LOL...just look at the many links I've posted on this subject from the best sources in this nation.. - TyroneIrish - 10:26am 7/21/25
- Filling the skate parks in with sand, welding rebar on basketball hoops... - iairishcheeks - 12:20am 7/21/25
  - Remember when Fauci &D’s told families not to invite healthy unvaccinated members to Christmas? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 5:44am 7/21/25
    - Because infected persons can be asymptomatic...and those who are unvaccinated won't - TyroneIrish - 10:46am 7/21/25
      - "Dr. Fauci was doing his best to keep people healthy and alive." - MarkHarman - 8:03pm 7/21/25
      - Natural immunity was and is the best protection. [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 11:38am 7/21/25
        Absolutely. Tell that to Killshot. And my cousin. - Chris94 - 8:59pm 7/21/25
        
        Not true... [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 1:57pm 7/21/25
        From 2023. [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 4:48pm 7/21/25
        
        Mine was 6 months after yours, when idiots were acting like they didn't understand natural immunity. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:27pm 7/21/25
    - Fauci also has a wack definition of being Catholic - Hensou - 9:41am 7/21/25
      - All that Dr. Fauci has done in his life is save millions of lives...literally. Hensou would rather - TyroneIrish - 10:51am 7/21/25
        And yet he cost over 500,000 Americans their lives (per Dr. Risch) - MarkHarman - 8:06pm 7/21/25
        Hey cool Mark is chiming in with his moronspeak [NT] - Chris94 - 9:00pm 7/21/25
        
        Noticed this post as I was logging in. Truly idiotic. - Hensou - 12:30pm 7/21/25
        Just 'happened' to see my post...and read it...what are the odds? So much for Ignoring...just like - TyroneIrish - 2:11pm 7/21/25