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Re: Orlando Magic Gave $50,000 to Never Back Down 

Post#201 » by The Real Dalic » Fri Aug 4, 2023 6:50 pm

JF5 wrote:I used to be heavy into politics but as you grow older you realize a lot of it is theater and manipulation. Most of these guys are friends and have known each other for a very long time whether it be politicians or political analyst themselves. It's really about making money and remaining in power to keep people divided.

I see a couple post here defending Trump. I want to remind everyone that regardless if your team won or lost politically, everyone respected the process of transition regardless because that's how it was since the late 18th century and that's what life separated us from 3rd world dictatorships with constant instability.

Seeing how this man literally has done everything possible to overturn that process is absolutely terrifying. I understand being mad as hell but to put your feelings first sews the seeds of the US exploring the ideas of a King/Dictator to "solve all our problems".

Yes, corporations have a much tighter grip on all essential aspects of out lives and makes things truly difficult and expensive to fight against with congress not necessarily working for us entirely. There needs to be reforms no doubt. But rejecting a transition of power is the first sign of turning a country like Russia or North Korea.

For me personally it feels like in 12-20 years if we don't adjust our attitudes and not fall for extremism and have the majority moderates stand up this country might be a place we don't recognize. I'm still shocked Trump has a base given everything hes done is widely anti-american which that branch of conservatives would reject and not support in prior years. It's just weird to me.
The reason we defend Trump is because he did transfer power over peacefully, he told people to protest peacefully, unlike Leftist leaders who told Antifa and BLM to continue the violence in that very same summer.

Trump also told them to go home. I'm not going to get into what actually happened that day since people on the Left consider it a "conspiracy theory" even though we know people that were involved there with receipts.

But people are acting like he barricaded himself in the White House with weapons and they had to drag him out in handcuffs. None of that happened. It was never going to happen.

He used every legal way to try to make sure it was a legitimate election, I don't believe it was at all for ever a second, but he did everything that was legally allowed and the coward that is Pence didn't even try.

Going through the courts after. That's the big bad thing that Trump did.

Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton to this day hasn't conceded and still lies about Russians being involved in 2016. It's not just her either, Stacy Abrams ran twice in GA for Governor and denied the results both times and also hasn't conceded either time.

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Post#202 » by tooler » Fri Aug 4, 2023 6:51 pm

JF5 wrote:I used to be heavy into politics but as you grow older you realize a lot of it is theater and manipulation. Most of these guys are friends and have known each other for a very long time whether it be politicians or political analyst themselves. It's really about making money and remaining in power to keep people divided.

Suppose they gave a war election and no one came.

I'm still shocked Trump has a base given everything hes done is widely anti-american which that branch of conservatives would reject and not support in prior years. It's just weird to me.

If you're shocked and confused, you could take some time to examine your premises and the perspective you've been given by your social/media spaces to gain a better understanding. If you start with the premise that the people walking next to you in the supermarket buying apple juice aren't actually blood-thirsty fascists desperate to overthrow American ideals, it might open your mind to better to grasp what the movement is really about.

I don't personally care if you do or not, and I don't expect you to agree with any of it. I don't care for most of it. I just throw this out there as an opportunity to anyone that expresses bewilderment over the last 7-10 years of the US political/cultural landscape. Maybe one day someone will give it a try and we'll have increased our connectedness some tiny amount.
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Re: Orlando Magic Gave $50,000 to Never Back Down 

Post#203 » by basketballRob » Fri Aug 4, 2023 6:59 pm

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JF5 wrote:I used to be heavy into politics but as you grow older you realize a lot of it is theater and manipulation. Most of these guys are friends and have known each other for a very long time whether it be politicians or political analyst themselves. It's really about making money and remaining in power to keep people divided.

I see a couple post here defending Trump. I want to remind everyone that regardless if your team won or lost politically, everyone respected the process of transition regardless because that's how it was since the late 18th century and that's what life separated us from 3rd world dictatorships with constant instability.

Seeing how this man literally has done everything possible to overturn that process is absolutely terrifying. I understand being mad as hell but to put your feelings first sews the seeds of the US exploring the ideas of a King/Dictator to "solve all our problems".

Yes, corporations have a much tighter grip on all essential aspects of out lives and makes things truly difficult and expensive to fight against with congress not necessarily working for us entirely. There needs to be reforms no doubt. But rejecting a transition of power is the first sign of turning a country like Russia or North Korea.

For me personally it feels like in 12-20 years if we don't adjust our attitudes and not fall for extremism and have the majority moderates stand up this country might be a place we don't recognize. I'm still shocked Trump has a base given everything hes done is widely anti-american which that branch of conservatives would reject and not support in prior years. It's just weird to me.
The reason we defend Trump is because he did transfer power over peacefully, he told people to protest peacefully, unlike Leftist leaders who told Antifa and BLM to continue the violence in that very same summer.

Trump also told them to go home. I'm not going to get into what actually happened that day since people on the Left consider it a "conspiracy theory" even though we know people that were involved there with receipts.

But people are acting like he barricaded himself in the White House with weapons and they had to drag him out in handcuffs. None of that happened. It was never going to happen.

He used every legal way to try to make sure it was a legitimate election, I don't believe it was at all for ever a second, but he did everything that was legally allowed and the coward that is Pence didn't even try.

Going through the courts after. That's the big bad thing that Trump did.

Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton to this day hasn't conceded and still lies about Russians being involved in 2016. It's not just her either, Stacy Abrams ran twice in GA for Governor and denied the results both times and also hasn't conceded either time.

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Trump conspired to change the election results. It's nothing to do with January 6th.

No one told BLM or Antifa to do anything. That was a result of George Floyd being choked to death.

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Re: Orlando Magic Gave $50,000 to Never Back Down 

Post#204 » by BadMofoPimp » Fri Aug 4, 2023 7:12 pm

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MAGICian619 wrote:
Well I guess that settles that. Based on your narrative, Republicans are evil. Better vote for the terrible policies of the left that improve nothing for no one because CNN told you what to think. Also completely ignore every scandal that comes from the left because that is all 100% Russian Disinformation. #AmericaIn2023

The only thing the left fears is losing power and having people like you wake up.
I believe the left feels like a portion of the right has slipped off into fascism. If it were a conservative Republican it wouldn't be a big deal.



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Yes the left feels like a portion of the right has slipped off into fascism as the left and their supporters continue to act more and more like fascists every single day.

The problem with your commentary on this subject, is it isn't rooted in truth and isn't remotely factually accurate. Rather you seem to just be spewing propaganda talking points that also requires you to keep your eyes and ears closed to what is actually happening.


I think the Left just finally caught up with the Right in terms of fascism and the past 2 years have surpassed them. I am sure the pendullum will swing the other way once the right gets back in power. Typical political bullcrap where the sheep for both sides will bash the other side for every single perceived deficiency as evident by the creation of this thread
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Re: Orlando Magic Gave $50,000 to Never Back Down 

Post#205 » by MAGICian619 » Fri Aug 4, 2023 7:14 pm

basketballRob wrote:
The Real Dalic wrote:
JF5 wrote:I used to be heavy into politics but as you grow older you realize a lot of it is theater and manipulation. Most of these guys are friends and have known each other for a very long time whether it be politicians or political analyst themselves. It's really about making money and remaining in power to keep people divided.

I see a couple post here defending Trump. I want to remind everyone that regardless if your team won or lost politically, everyone respected the process of transition regardless because that's how it was since the late 18th century and that's what life separated us from 3rd world dictatorships with constant instability.

Seeing how this man literally has done everything possible to overturn that process is absolutely terrifying. I understand being mad as hell but to put your feelings first sews the seeds of the US exploring the ideas of a King/Dictator to "solve all our problems".

Yes, corporations have a much tighter grip on all essential aspects of out lives and makes things truly difficult and expensive to fight against with congress not necessarily working for us entirely. There needs to be reforms no doubt. But rejecting a transition of power is the first sign of turning a country like Russia or North Korea.

For me personally it feels like in 12-20 years if we don't adjust our attitudes and not fall for extremism and have the majority moderates stand up this country might be a place we don't recognize. I'm still shocked Trump has a base given everything hes done is widely anti-american which that branch of conservatives would reject and not support in prior years. It's just weird to me.
The reason we defend Trump is because he did transfer power over peacefully, he told people to protest peacefully, unlike Leftist leaders who told Antifa and BLM to continue the violence in that very same summer.

Trump also told them to go home. I'm not going to get into what actually happened that day since people on the Left consider it a "conspiracy theory" even though we know people that were involved there with receipts.

But people are acting like he barricaded himself in the White House with weapons and they had to drag him out in handcuffs. None of that happened. It was never going to happen.

He used every legal way to try to make sure it was a legitimate election, I don't believe it was at all for ever a second, but he did everything that was legally allowed and the coward that is Pence didn't even try.

Going through the courts after. That's the big bad thing that Trump did.

Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton to this day hasn't conceded and still lies about Russians being involved in 2016. It's not just her either, Stacy Abrams ran twice in GA for Governor and denied the results both times and also hasn't conceded either time.

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Trump conspired to change the election results. It's nothing to do with January 6th.

No one told BLM or Antifa to do anything. That was a result of George Floyd being choked to death.

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This is completely false. Trump challenged the election results through the courts due to the NUMEROUS irregularities. The real issue is people shouting from Day 1: NO FRAUD before anyone was ever able to look.

Create the narrative and get your buddies in main stream media to amplify it. Then get your mindless followers to spread it and shame anyone that disagrees. That is the Democrat playbook.
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Re: Orlando Magic Gave $50,000 to Never Back Down 

Post#206 » by basketballRob » Fri Aug 4, 2023 7:42 pm

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The Real Dalic wrote:The reason we defend Trump is because he did transfer power over peacefully, he told people to protest peacefully, unlike Leftist leaders who told Antifa and BLM to continue the violence in that very same summer.

Trump also told them to go home. I'm not going to get into what actually happened that day since people on the Left consider it a "conspiracy theory" even though we know people that were involved there with receipts.

But people are acting like he barricaded himself in the White House with weapons and they had to drag him out in handcuffs. None of that happened. It was never going to happen.

He used every legal way to try to make sure it was a legitimate election, I don't believe it was at all for ever a second, but he did everything that was legally allowed and the coward that is Pence didn't even try.

Going through the courts after. That's the big bad thing that Trump did.

Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton to this day hasn't conceded and still lies about Russians being involved in 2016. It's not just her either, Stacy Abrams ran twice in GA for Governor and denied the results both times and also hasn't conceded either time.

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Trump conspired to change the election results. It's nothing to do with January 6th.

No one told BLM or Antifa to do anything. That was a result of George Floyd being choked to death.

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This is completely false. Trump challenged the election results through the courts due to the NUMEROUS irregularities. The real issue is people shouting from Day 1: NO FRAUD before anyone was ever able to look.

Create the narrative and get your buddies in main stream media to amplify it. Then get your mindless followers to spread it and shame anyone that disagrees. That is the Democrat playbook.
That was Trump's cyber chief that said no fraud, and he was correct. Even Fox News declared Biden the winner well before anyone else.

Trump conspired to change the state's electoral votes with a new electorate.

Biden won by a wide margin.



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Post#207 » by tiderulz » Fri Aug 4, 2023 7:46 pm

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JF5 wrote:I used to be heavy into politics but as you grow older you realize a lot of it is theater and manipulation. Most of these guys are friends and have known each other for a very long time whether it be politicians or political analyst themselves. It's really about making money and remaining in power to keep people divided.

I see a couple post here defending Trump. I want to remind everyone that regardless if your team won or lost politically, everyone respected the process of transition regardless because that's how it was since the late 18th century and that's what life separated us from 3rd world dictatorships with constant instability.

Seeing how this man literally has done everything possible to overturn that process is absolutely terrifying. I understand being mad as hell but to put your feelings first sews the seeds of the US exploring the ideas of a King/Dictator to "solve all our problems".

Yes, corporations have a much tighter grip on all essential aspects of out lives and makes things truly difficult and expensive to fight against with congress not necessarily working for us entirely. There needs to be reforms no doubt. But rejecting a transition of power is the first sign of turning a country like Russia or North Korea.

For me personally it feels like in 12-20 years if we don't adjust our attitudes and not fall for extremism and have the majority moderates stand up this country might be a place we don't recognize. I'm still shocked Trump has a base given everything hes done is widely anti-american which that branch of conservatives would reject and not support in prior years. It's just weird to me.
The reason we defend Trump is because he did transfer power over peacefully, he told people to protest peacefully, unlike Leftist leaders who told Antifa and BLM to continue the violence in that very same summer.

Trump also told them to go home. I'm not going to get into what actually happened that day since people on the Left consider it a "conspiracy theory" even though we know people that were involved there with receipts.

But people are acting like he barricaded himself in the White House with weapons and they had to drag him out in handcuffs. None of that happened. It was never going to happen.

He used every legal way to try to make sure it was a legitimate election, I don't believe it was at all for ever a second, but he did everything that was legally allowed and the coward that is Pence didn't even try.

Going through the courts after. That's the big bad thing that Trump did.

Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton to this day hasn't conceded and still lies about Russians being involved in 2016. It's not just her either, Stacy Abrams ran twice in GA for Governor and denied the results both times and also hasn't conceded either time.

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except he didnt. he told people they had to fight. his people at his rally said they had to fight. he calls white supremacists "good people". he didnt tell people to go home right away, he wanted to see what they would do. they were already looking to hang Pence. that you call Pence a coward for doing his sworn duty shows your views and beliefs.

as to your statement that Hilary never conceded, she did on live TV 8:18 mark, she congratulates Trump on the election, and said they did not win.


oh, and Abrams conceded too. 7:20 mark, she is ending governor campaign.
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Post#208 » by tiderulz » Fri Aug 4, 2023 7:49 pm

basketballRob wrote:
MAGICian619 wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Trump conspired to change the election results. It's nothing to do with January 6th.

No one told BLM or Antifa to do anything. That was a result of George Floyd being choked to death.

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This is completely false. Trump challenged the election results through the courts due to the NUMEROUS irregularities. The real issue is people shouting from Day 1: NO FRAUD before anyone was ever able to look.

Create the narrative and get your buddies in main stream media to amplify it. Then get your mindless followers to spread it and shame anyone that disagrees. That is the Democrat playbook.
That was Trump's cyber chief that said no fraud, and he was correct. Even Fox News declared Biden the winner well before anyone else.

Trump conspired to change the state's electoral votes with a new electorate.

Biden won by a wide margin.



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and his own attorney general. and his appointed judges. and he also was calling secretaries of state in multiple states to "find" him votes, just find the exact number he needed to win those states.
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Post#209 » by MAGICian619 » Fri Aug 4, 2023 8:01 pm

tiderulz wrote:
The Real Dalic wrote:
JF5 wrote:I used to be heavy into politics but as you grow older you realize a lot of it is theater and manipulation. Most of these guys are friends and have known each other for a very long time whether it be politicians or political analyst themselves. It's really about making money and remaining in power to keep people divided.

I see a couple post here defending Trump. I want to remind everyone that regardless if your team won or lost politically, everyone respected the process of transition regardless because that's how it was since the late 18th century and that's what life separated us from 3rd world dictatorships with constant instability.

Seeing how this man literally has done everything possible to overturn that process is absolutely terrifying. I understand being mad as hell but to put your feelings first sews the seeds of the US exploring the ideas of a King/Dictator to "solve all our problems".

Yes, corporations have a much tighter grip on all essential aspects of out lives and makes things truly difficult and expensive to fight against with congress not necessarily working for us entirely. There needs to be reforms no doubt. But rejecting a transition of power is the first sign of turning a country like Russia or North Korea.

For me personally it feels like in 12-20 years if we don't adjust our attitudes and not fall for extremism and have the majority moderates stand up this country might be a place we don't recognize. I'm still shocked Trump has a base given everything hes done is widely anti-american which that branch of conservatives would reject and not support in prior years. It's just weird to me.
The reason we defend Trump is because he did transfer power over peacefully, he told people to protest peacefully, unlike Leftist leaders who told Antifa and BLM to continue the violence in that very same summer.

Trump also told them to go home. I'm not going to get into what actually happened that day since people on the Left consider it a "conspiracy theory" even though we know people that were involved there with receipts.

But people are acting like he barricaded himself in the White House with weapons and they had to drag him out in handcuffs. None of that happened. It was never going to happen.

He used every legal way to try to make sure it was a legitimate election, I don't believe it was at all for ever a second, but he did everything that was legally allowed and the coward that is Pence didn't even try.

Going through the courts after. That's the big bad thing that Trump did.

Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton to this day hasn't conceded and still lies about Russians being involved in 2016. It's not just her either, Stacy Abrams ran twice in GA for Governor and denied the results both times and also hasn't conceded either time.

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except he didnt. he told people they had to fight. his people at his rally said they had to fight. he calls white supremacists "good people". he didnt tell people to go home right away, he wanted to see what they would do. they were already looking to hang Pence. that you call Pence a coward for doing his sworn duty shows your views and beliefs.

as to your statement that Hilary never conceded, she did on live TV 8:18 mark, she congratulates Trump on the election, and said they did not win.


oh, and Abrams conceded too. 7:20 mark, she is ending governor campaign.


You hit on almost every propagandized talking point about why Trump is such a meanie. Congrats. You def are not disappointing your bosses over at the DNC. Trump should take lessons from Biden on how to disparage half of the country and really make sure we are divided. Biden has been doing that since day 1 to conservatives.

God forbid Trump said "there are good people on both sides" of an issue. (ALARMING!) Or maybe that's what a leader would say when trying to bring people together. See that's the issue. You are so convinced that Trump is the second coming of the devil that ANY statement from him can be made to sound vile in your head.

Again, Trump told people to "protest peacefully" and "make their voices heard" on 1/6. That is quite literally the most American statement you can make. But that doesn't stop you from taking that statement and twisting it to fit your narrative.

Do you even care about good policy for our country or is satisfying your feelings priority number 1?
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Post#210 » by theBigLip » Fri Aug 4, 2023 8:13 pm

The Real Dalic wrote:
JF5 wrote:I used to be heavy into politics but as you grow older you realize a lot of it is theater and manipulation. Most of these guys are friends and have known each other for a very long time whether it be politicians or political analyst themselves. It's really about making money and remaining in power to keep people divided.

I see a couple post here defending Trump. I want to remind everyone that regardless if your team won or lost politically, everyone respected the process of transition regardless because that's how it was since the late 18th century and that's what life separated us from 3rd world dictatorships with constant instability.

Seeing how this man literally has done everything possible to overturn that process is absolutely terrifying. I understand being mad as hell but to put your feelings first sews the seeds of the US exploring the ideas of a King/Dictator to "solve all our problems".

Yes, corporations have a much tighter grip on all essential aspects of out lives and makes things truly difficult and expensive to fight against with congress not necessarily working for us entirely. There needs to be reforms no doubt. But rejecting a transition of power is the first sign of turning a country like Russia or North Korea.

For me personally it feels like in 12-20 years if we don't adjust our attitudes and not fall for extremism and have the majority moderates stand up this country might be a place we don't recognize. I'm still shocked Trump has a base given everything hes done is widely anti-american which that branch of conservatives would reject and not support in prior years. It's just weird to me.
The reason we defend Trump is because he did transfer power over peacefully, he told people to protest peacefully, unlike Leftist leaders who told Antifa and BLM to continue the violence in that very same summer.

Trump also told them to go home. I'm not going to get into what actually happened that day since people on the Left consider it a "conspiracy theory" even though we know people that were involved there with receipts.

But people are acting like he barricaded himself in the White House with weapons and they had to drag him out in handcuffs. None of that happened. It was never going to happen.

He used every legal way to try to make sure it was a legitimate election, I don't believe it was at all for ever a second, but he did everything that was legally allowed and the coward that is Pence didn't even try.

Going through the courts after. That's the big bad thing that Trump did.

Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton to this day hasn't conceded and still lies about Russians being involved in 2016. It's not just her either, Stacy Abrams ran twice in GA for Governor and denied the results both times and also hasn't conceded either time.

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You clearly didn’t read the indictment for Jan 6. I’m ok if we differ in opinion about policy, but don’t you dare undermine the will of the voters. That was clearly what was trying to be done.
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Post#211 » by tiderulz » Fri Aug 4, 2023 8:19 pm

MAGICian619 wrote:
tiderulz wrote:
The Real Dalic wrote:The reason we defend Trump is because he did transfer power over peacefully, he told people to protest peacefully, unlike Leftist leaders who told Antifa and BLM to continue the violence in that very same summer.

Trump also told them to go home. I'm not going to get into what actually happened that day since people on the Left consider it a "conspiracy theory" even though we know people that were involved there with receipts.

But people are acting like he barricaded himself in the White House with weapons and they had to drag him out in handcuffs. None of that happened. It was never going to happen.

He used every legal way to try to make sure it was a legitimate election, I don't believe it was at all for ever a second, but he did everything that was legally allowed and the coward that is Pence didn't even try.

Going through the courts after. That's the big bad thing that Trump did.

Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton to this day hasn't conceded and still lies about Russians being involved in 2016. It's not just her either, Stacy Abrams ran twice in GA for Governor and denied the results both times and also hasn't conceded either time.

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except he didnt. he told people they had to fight. his people at his rally said they had to fight. he calls white supremacists "good people". he didnt tell people to go home right away, he wanted to see what they would do. they were already looking to hang Pence. that you call Pence a coward for doing his sworn duty shows your views and beliefs.

as to your statement that Hilary never conceded, she did on live TV 8:18 mark, she congratulates Trump on the election, and said they did not win.


oh, and Abrams conceded too. 7:20 mark, she is ending governor campaign.


You hit on almost every propagandized talking point about why Trump is such a meanie. Congrats. You def are not disappointing your bosses over at the DNC. Trump should take lessons from Biden on how to disparage half of the country and really make sure we are divided. Biden has been doing that since day 1 to conservatives.

God forbid Trump said "there are good people on both sides" of an issue. (ALARMING!) Or maybe that's what a leader would say when trying to bring people together. See that's the issue. You are so convinced that Trump is the second coming of the devil that ANY statement from him can be made to sound vile in your head.

Again, Trump told people to "protest peacefully" and "make their voices heard" on 1/6. That is quite literally the most American statement you can make. But that doesn't stop you from taking that statement and twisting it to fit your narrative.

Do you even care about good policy for our country or is satisfying your feelings priority number 1?

they were white surpremacists marching with torches. anyone in that were not good people. and not twisting anything. Trumps people were up on stage telling the crowd they had to physically fight. remember "trial by combat"?

also, hearing crickets about your claims Clinton and Abrams never conceded. facts are, you know zero about me. you talk about using " propagandized talking points", thats exactly what you are doing. Trump was president to make himself money. thats what he is and what he does. thats why everyone forgets all the democrats he hung around with in the 2000's and registered as a democrat.
In a 2004 interview, Trump told CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "In many cases, I probably identify more as Democrat", explaining: "It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans. Now, it shouldn't be that way. But if you go back, I mean it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats...But certainly we had some very good economies under Democrats, as well as Republicans. But we've had some pretty bad disaster under the Republicans,


and then while president, made money off forcing the military to stay in his hotels overseas. charged the secret service for all his trips to his golf clubs. and his family took the most protected trips than any previous president. staying at his clubs and lining his pockets.

lol, you know zero about me. you talk about "my bosses at the DNC", but you dont know that im not a democrat. you dont know how many years i voted republican, but that was when it was the republican party, not the trump party. anyways, you have shown your colors, no reason to discuss this with you
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Post#212 » by MAGICian619 » Fri Aug 4, 2023 8:31 pm

tiderulz wrote:
MAGICian619 wrote:
tiderulz wrote:except he didnt. he told people they had to fight. his people at his rally said they had to fight. he calls white supremacists "good people". he didnt tell people to go home right away, he wanted to see what they would do. they were already looking to hang Pence. that you call Pence a coward for doing his sworn duty shows your views and beliefs.

as to your statement that Hilary never conceded, she did on live TV 8:18 mark, she congratulates Trump on the election, and said they did not win.


oh, and Abrams conceded too. 7:20 mark, she is ending governor campaign.


You hit on almost every propagandized talking point about why Trump is such a meanie. Congrats. You def are not disappointing your bosses over at the DNC. Trump should take lessons from Biden on how to disparage half of the country and really make sure we are divided. Biden has been doing that since day 1 to conservatives.

God forbid Trump said "there are good people on both sides" of an issue. (ALARMING!) Or maybe that's what a leader would say when trying to bring people together. See that's the issue. You are so convinced that Trump is the second coming of the devil that ANY statement from him can be made to sound vile in your head.

Again, Trump told people to "protest peacefully" and "make their voices heard" on 1/6. That is quite literally the most American statement you can make. But that doesn't stop you from taking that statement and twisting it to fit your narrative.

Do you even care about good policy for our country or is satisfying your feelings priority number 1?

they were white surpremacists marching with torches. anyone in that were not good people. and not twisting anything. Trumps people were up on stage telling the crowd they had to physically fight. remember "trial by combat"?

also, hearing crickets about your claims Clinton and Abrams never conceded. facts are, you know zero about me. you talk about using " propagandized talking points", thats exactly what you are doing. Trump was president to make himself money. thats what he is and what he does. thats why everyone forgets all the democrats he hung around with in the 2000's and registered as a democrat.
In a 2004 interview, Trump told CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "In many cases, I probably identify more as Democrat", explaining: "It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans. Now, it shouldn't be that way. But if you go back, I mean it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats...But certainly we had some very good economies under Democrats, as well as Republicans. But we've had some pretty bad disaster under the Republicans,


and then while president, made money off forcing the military to stay in his hotels overseas. charged the secret service for all his trips to his golf clubs. and his family took the most protected trips than any previous president. staying at his clubs and lining his pockets.

lol, you know zero about me. you talk about "my bosses at the DNC", but you dont know that im not a democrat. you dont know how many years i voted republican, but that was when it was the republican party, not the trump party. anyways, you have shown your colors, no reason to discuss this with you


Lol my god man. You live in in a make believe world my friend.

Trump was not speaking to the 4 guys in hoods with torches. He was speaking to everyone that showed up for an event. There is zero proof that he called anyone that was acting like a Nazi "good people." He said there are "good people on both sides" of issues which is TRUE unless you are determined to play this good vs evil game like you want to.

Also the Trump became President to make money is probably one of the most uninformed takes I have ever heard. Trump's net worth WENT DOWN while President. The only people who made more money under Trump was the American people. Now compare that to Biden, who has been selling out America for YEARS. We already know he got payments from China, Ukraine, African countries, and yet here you are talking about Trump being President to make money. It's laughable.

And if you really are a Trump hating Republican who now votes Democrat because you can't get over yourself, well congratulations but you are the reason the country is in such poor shape and about to get passed by China.
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Re: Orlando Magic Gave $50,000 to Never Back Down 

Post#213 » by basketballRob » Fri Aug 4, 2023 9:02 pm

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You hit on almost every propagandized talking point about why Trump is such a meanie. Congrats. You def are not disappointing your bosses over at the DNC. Trump should take lessons from Biden on how to disparage half of the country and really make sure we are divided. Biden has been doing that since day 1 to conservatives.

God forbid Trump said "there are good people on both sides" of an issue. (ALARMING!) Or maybe that's what a leader would say when trying to bring people together. See that's the issue. You are so convinced that Trump is the second coming of the devil that ANY statement from him can be made to sound vile in your head.

Again, Trump told people to "protest peacefully" and "make their voices heard" on 1/6. That is quite literally the most American statement you can make. But that doesn't stop you from taking that statement and twisting it to fit your narrative.

Do you even care about good policy for our country or is satisfying your feelings priority number 1?

they were white surpremacists marching with torches. anyone in that were not good people. and not twisting anything. Trumps people were up on stage telling the crowd they had to physically fight. remember "trial by combat"?

also, hearing crickets about your claims Clinton and Abrams never conceded. facts are, you know zero about me. you talk about using " propagandized talking points", thats exactly what you are doing. Trump was president to make himself money. thats what he is and what he does. thats why everyone forgets all the democrats he hung around with in the 2000's and registered as a democrat.
In a 2004 interview, Trump told CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "In many cases, I probably identify more as Democrat", explaining: "It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans. Now, it shouldn't be that way. But if you go back, I mean it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats...But certainly we had some very good economies under Democrats, as well as Republicans. But we've had some pretty bad disaster under the Republicans,


and then while president, made money off forcing the military to stay in his hotels overseas. charged the secret service for all his trips to his golf clubs. and his family took the most protected trips than any previous president. staying at his clubs and lining his pockets.

lol, you know zero about me. you talk about "my bosses at the DNC", but you dont know that im not a democrat. you dont know how many years i voted republican, but that was when it was the republican party, not the trump party. anyways, you have shown your colors, no reason to discuss this with you


Lol my god man. You live in in a make believe world my friend.

Trump was not speaking to the 4 guys in hoods with torches. He was speaking to everyone that showed up for an event. There is zero proof that he called anyone that was acting like a Nazi "good people." He said there are "good people on both sides" of issues which is TRUE unless you are determined to play this good vs evil game like you want to.

Also the Trump became President to make money is probably one of the most uninformed takes I have ever heard. Trump's net worth WENT DOWN while President. The only people who made more money under Trump was the American people. Now compare that to Biden, who has been selling out America for YEARS. We already know he got payments from China, Ukraine, African countries, and yet here you are talking about Trump being President to make money. It's laughable.

And if you really are a Trump hating Republican who now votes Democrat because you can't get over yourself, well congratulations but you are the reason the country is in such poor shape and about to get passed by China.
No one is hating on Trump. If he's guilty of the crimes he accused of, then he won't ever be in office again.

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Re: Orlando Magic Gave $50,000 to Never Back Down 

Post#214 » by orlando_joe » Fri Aug 4, 2023 9:03 pm

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ogmagicfan wrote:Most NBA owners politically have the same beliefs as the Devos' family, because they're all rich SOB's, but the Devos family doing something like this is paramount to sabotage to the Magic franchise & fans.

If this affects players going to the Magic thru trades & free agency & retaining talent, I'll have to reconsider my fandom until the Devos family is out.

my goodness if it does ..dont need them anyway ..if you cant seperate work and politics ..please grow up


Why should one separate work and politics? If you work for an entity that is against your beliefs, you don’t have much integrity.

so i should never watch sports movies tv or anything to do with media because they are leaning left ..blacklist any company that leans left..
i dont need a safe space ...lol
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Post#215 » by RookieStar » Fri Aug 4, 2023 9:07 pm

I knew it... it became a left vs right and Trump somehow returned or something.

No wonder so many hates JI when as a Magic player, he should have had our support through his injuries.
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Post#216 » by basketballRob » Fri Aug 4, 2023 9:08 pm

RookieStar wrote:I knew it... it became a left vs right and Trump somehow returned or something.

No wonder so many hates JI when as a Magic player, he should have had our support through his injuries.
I'm one of JI's biggest supporters.

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Post#217 » by JF5 » Fri Aug 4, 2023 9:15 pm

The Real Dalic wrote:The reason we defend Trump is because he did transfer power over peacefully, he told people to protest peacefully, unlike Leftist leaders who told Antifa and BLM to continue the violence in that very same summer.

Trump also told them to go home. I'm not going to get into what actually happened that day since people on the Left consider it a "conspiracy theory" even though we know people that were involved there with receipts.


So we're not going to act like...

1. Trump didn't tell multiple States to Stop/Start votes in order for him to get the victory in those States (Which he himself posted on his Twitter). Also, had his base in multiple states going out to multiple polling locations screaming "Stop the Votes" or "Keep Counting the Votes" which was hilarious to watch.

2. Called Said state officials during the election process to "Find" Votes in his favor and proceeded to threaten them if they didn't do what he said (Which was also recorded in multiple phone calls which is part of his pending indictment)

3. That "Peaceful" Storming of the Capitol where 5 people were killed and many were assaulted including policemen. On top of that leading to said followers trying to hurt Congressmen once they entered the chambers. That has nothing to do with BLM and Antifa (Which you're conflating with the George Floyd protest oddly from a few years before in 2020). He has to take responsibility for that Just like how any other Presidents takes responsibility of anything that happens under their watch or command (I.E. Obama with Syria and Benghazi or Bush with the Iraq war the Economic downturn of 2008).

4. KNOWINGLY telling FOX News to spew out said conspiracies of a stolen election through Tucker Carlson and others. (Leading to Fox News getting SUED AND LOSING 787.5 million dollars to pay out to Dominion Voting for Libel, which also led to Tucker Carlson getting fired. They also have another 1.6 Billion Dollar suite over the same Libel/Conspiracy Allegations as well with another Voting Ballot Company). Funny thing was in those text messages even those at Fox News who were communicating with Trump said it was bullcrap but knew it would get the people watching and fired up (I.E. all about the sensationalism and money.)

5. Trump per last Indictment he was told he was projected to lose in November 2022, and he told multiple individuals that regardless he lost he'd say the election was stolen. There are 6+ witnesses on his team from what I believe who are confirming this conversation took place. On top of that if it was a "peaceful" transition why announce it was a stolen election? Most of the crap that followed and what I just mentioned wouldn't have even occurred if he just conceded. Now he's looking like 4-6 indictments and a **** ton of lawsuits that he'll be unlikely to get out of because of his extreme narcissism. That's probably why he's running for President now, just to avoid getting hit with all these legal troubles.

I'm not even adding the "Stop the Steal" fundraiser that was investigated about in conjunction with the January 6th stuff. ALL 200 Million Dollars never went to any sort legal services on behalf of challenging the decision. It all seemed to be "lost" though it was most likely split up between Trump and Giuliani. I'm not even putting this in my bullet points because we can't certainly prove this happening. But the other aspects of what were mentioned were.

Also, this is is how they get you. You're indoctrinated to an idea or cult like belief/setting. Like any Religion or Group you have to have an extreme/central idea that you believe through and through. You live in an hive mind and then you have an enemy (which in this case is the "extreme left".) I think Trump has evolved his base to the point where its him against the world essentially which is pretty impressive. Everything is everyone else's fault but his and you should only believe him over anyone else (For example Mike Pence who is extremely conservative and went against Trump but Trump's base absolutely despises him). Once you get to the point no logic or sense will hit you until you let go of that defensive fear/anger that you have and you start seeing clearly what's going on.

The Real Dalic wrote:He used every legal way to try to make sure it was a legitimate election, I don't believe it was at all for ever a second, but he did everything that was legally allowed and the coward that is Pence didn't even try.

Going through the courts after. That's the big bad thing that Trump did.

Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton to this day hasn't conceded and still lies about Russians being involved in 2016. It's not just her either, Stacy Abrams ran twice in GA for Governor and denied the results both times and also hasn't conceded either time.


This is honestly the cherry on top as to what I said previously.

I'll go back to my post about I mentioned before. Trump was cool with Hilary and Bill for DECADES up until the election where he just decided to go into a Lane/Base which wasn't being heard and was essentially forgotten about. Once he realized how desperate and un-informed they were he was able to exploit them. I've seen this tactic happen in similar movements (although more niche like Redpill) Where guys who never had the best luck of women and were generally angry and were seen as the lowest common denominators started supporting the Andrew Tates of the world without realizing how horrible of a person he was. And at this point they don't even care because he just panders even though he doesn't generally believe what he says half the time like Trump.

But this iteration its poor to middle class Caucasians in rural/suburban areas who had been **** by NAFTA since the 90s as that transition created the loss of many jobs over the years to Mexico (while also being replaced by AI/Technology/Robotics) + being **** over by career politicians who took more progressive stances and made it seem like they cared about people of color and the LGBTQ community more than them making them feel like they were being left behind in all facets and haven't voted in years. But Trump like Obama for African American demographic was the "saving grace".

My thing has always been for the Trump movement that he's been a Trust Fund Baby since birth. He doesn't doesn't like lower class individuals, and since he's owned and run businesses after being a trust fund child he's actively tried to screw with underprivileged people for by forcing them out in many locations in New York. Given how he is and his general history he's never really concerned himself with any sort of basic social service with his country with the average citizen to understand exactly what they go through. As a matter of fact when he go through his interviews about his policies when it comes to domestic issues like healthcare, taxes for the middle class, and immigration in 2016 it seemed like he had no idea what he was talking about at all. But again, just saying the basic stuff like "Get Immigrants Out", "Drain the Swamp", and "Make America Great Again" without much substance got him the win the 2016 (Outside of Hilary Clinton being a completely knob and a Darth Vader-esque career politician, lol).
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Re: Orlando Magic Gave $50,000 to Never Back Down 

Post#218 » by Bensational » Fri Aug 4, 2023 9:18 pm

America and many other western countries are just a hot mess of instability and heavily polarised ideals right now. Corruption is rife on both sides and the military industrial congressional complex is really the one pulling the strings right now. Money is slowly being filtered back up to these handful or corporations. Congress is basically an insider trading group in general.

I feel like Trump was such a wildcard that even the MICC were worried they couldn’t control him, so they’ve aligned to eliminate him from running. But in reality, I think many things he’s being charged with could also be pointed at many members of congress on both sides, but those people know how to play the game a little better so they get a pass of some kind. I don’t share any alignment of values with Trump or support him in any way, but it would be nice if the level of scrutiny he’s being hit with was delivered to all members of congress.
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Post#219 » by SOUL » Fri Aug 4, 2023 9:29 pm

While there has been spirited discussion, it's delved away from the original talking points. I appreciate most people not going overboard regardless of their political opinions.

If there's any new, notable news involving this stuff, it may be re-opened or talked about again, but leaving this open will only cause issues. If you really want to get into it more, head over to the Current Affairs board. Otherwise we have a lot of FIBA-related stuff about to start in a week or two that is more exciting to talk about.
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