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   Message 154,796 of 156,682   
   Wilson to Noah Sombrero   
   Re: on freaking boomernomics   
   07 Feb 26 13:39:28   
   
   From: Wilson@nowhere.invalid   
      
   On 2/7/2026 11:21 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 11:11:32 -0500, Wilson    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/7/2026 10:48 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 09:35:50 -0500, Wilson    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2/6/2026 8:54 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2/6/2026 1:24 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:24:24 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 2/6/2026 11:53 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 11:11:06 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On 2/6/2026 10:51 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:24:47 -0500, Wilson    
   >>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> A nation is not just a patch of land, it's the people. Collectively   
   >>>>>>>>>>> those people have the ability and the responsibility to determine   
   >>>>>>>>>>> who is   
   >>>>>>>>>>> allowed to enter. Our current system chooses who makes the rules   
   via   
   >>>>>>>>>>> election. Biden chose to ignore immigration law and allow   
   >>>>>>>>>>> millions to   
   >>>>>>>>>>> enter illegally. Trump has decided to actually enforce the law   
   >>>>>>>>>>> and has   
   >>>>>>>>>>> effectively ended illegal border crossings.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> TLDR: Illegal border jumpers have trespassed, and as such their   
   >>>>>>>>>>> right to   
   >>>>>>>>>>> be here is forfeit.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> You seem to have forgotten about that "law is the tyrant's will"   
   >>>>>>>>>> part.   
   >>>>>>>>>> And furthermore   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> those people have the ability and the responsibility to determine   
   >>>>>>>>>>> who is allowed to enter.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Himbo might have won a small majority in the election, but he did   
   not   
   >>>>>>>>>> win a consensus.  And so some of us feel it is our responsibility   
   to   
   >>>>>>>>>> stand up and say, you do not speak or act for me, asshole.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> It's not exactly clear if you have any United States rights. As an   
   >>>>>>>>> immigrant, you'd be biased in your opinion anyway. Are you familiar   
   >>>>>>>>> with   
   >>>>>>>>> the phrase "We the people..."?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> That phrase applies when  in fact "We the people" have decided   
   >>>>>>>> something, but not when slightly more than half decides something.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "We the People" are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution's   
   >>>>>>> preamble, establishing that the government derives its power directly   
   >>>>>>> from its citizens, not from states or a Monarch.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> We the people, in order to establish a more perfect onion did   
   >>>>>> something.  Yes we did.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> It's not that complicated. The union is a republic with a representative   
   >>>>> form of government.   
   >>>>>    >   
   >>>>>> We the people did not make current immigration law, and we certainly   
   >>>>>> did not create the forces of govt that currently enforce that law.   
   >>>>>> You, barely half the people, did that.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> Apparently, you have not thought this through.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> We the people means, we choose a representatives form of government. The   
   >>>>> people themselves don't make the laws or directly elect the president.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Clearly Noah hates democracy.   
   >>>   
   >>> What I hate is when people pretend to like democracy and then move to   
   >>> replace it with himbo dictatorship.   
   >>   
   >> He's been on the soft side to be honest. But hey, keep the far-left   
   >> nonsense going and eventually we're going to get someone who actually   
   >> dictates.   
   >   
   > And so it is shown that it is possible to make a reasonable sounding   
   > argument for any proposition whatever.   
      
   The idea that Trump is a dictator is a genuinely stupid thing and   
   unreasonable. Seeing it repeated by all the usual idiots doesn't make it   
   any less so.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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