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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1239213)	6/13/2020 6:12:43 PM
From: Land Shark	Respond to of 1573546

Total drivel, such a waste of bandwidth

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1239213)	6/13/2020 6:23:45 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573546

Mindmeld, Sure they are. You are your own boogie man. Brumar is right, but for the wrong reasons. There is little reason for Antifa to exist anymore as a terrorist organization. Their might-makes-right ideology has already been adopted by the Democratic Party. Their motto might as well be "We are all Antifa now." Tenchusatsu

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1239213)

6/13/2020 7:43:04 PM

From: Brumar89

Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573546

I don't support liberal positions ... Trump and YOU do. We already showed that when you admitted you were more liberal than me.

Remember, you want gun control and think humans are killing the planet.

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From: mindmeld

2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 1239256

Very interesting. I've never claimed to be conservative. I've always been very clear that I am conservative on some issues and liberal on others. In short, I am Unaffiliated and a centrist with right leanings. I am most clearly Libertarian and Conservative on monetary and economic policies.

From: mindmeld	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 1239257

Sure. I'll take it, but then you must take my litmus test. 1) Are you pro-abortion? In general, no, but in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother, yes. Ultimately, I do not believe this should be state funded. Remember, I'm a Catholic. 2) Do you want gun control? I have a nuanced answer for this too. Yes, I want gun control. I don't think the average citizen needs a fully automatic machine gun or anything close. So no bumpstocks or things more commonly found in the military. In addition, I want strong background checks and a central database that tracks this stuff for law enforcement. I don't think any person who has a violent felony on their records should ever be allowed to have a gun again. However, I'm a strong believer in the 2nd amendment. People with no record and with no mental disability should be allowed to buy as many as they want and engage in open or concealed carry. We have now seen with COVID and with the BLM riots that normal, law abiding citizens can not count on 911 or the police when the shit hits the fan. We can only count on ourselves to defend our families, homes, and businesses. So I am now more a believer in 2nd Amendment rights than I have ever been in my entire life. I've never felt like a needed to own a gun, until I saw the BLM rioters looting, stealing, killing people, and destroying our communities. 3) Is global warming real? yes, it is. And more than that, people's activities are the cause of it. And I'll double down. We are polluting our rivers and oceans and land with toxic chemicals, plastic waste, and denuding our land of forests. We have to recognize that we only have one planet and we should be good stewards of that planet. It's the most beautiful gift that God gave us. It disgusts me that we allow people to routinely engage in its destruction. 4) Do you want socialized medicine? No, because socialized medicine almost always results in the worst possible care for the vast majority of people. I want a decentralized, level playing field, and free market for medical care of all kinds, so that all the innovation and genius of American companies can be brought to bear to bring high quality care to the most people possible. That is going to require vast deregulation, decentralization, and transparency in pricing, as well as Federal laws that guarantee transport of health insurance across state lines and a uniformity of laws and rules across local, state, and federal. Lastly, we need to ban health care and medical companies from lobbying Congress or otherwise engaging in bribery of our elected officials.