Want more devin the cow? SHOVE IT: Rep. Ted Lieu Responds To Devin Nunes’ Lawsuit Threat

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ch33zw1z

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I *think* the point is there is nothing to understand, no evidence. Ted Lieu said Nunes knew Parnas and conspired with him to smear Joe Biden.
Nunes threatens to sue because for feelings & reasons.
Lieu upped the ante and said please sue me, I look forward to discovery and *may* have implied Nunes was a traitor.
Nunes has said nothing since (to my understanding)

Evidence against Ted is in Print there is nothing to understand about it. Evidence on Nunes requires him to confirm or deny he was working with Parnas.

I like how his response it to ask me to change my behavior / posting experience because he can't control himself.
 

Greenman

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Play it backwards
1. I want to know the entire story
2. I want to see all the evidence.
3. I don't care what any of the evidence is

"I want to hear what you have to say but I don't care what you say"

Your post is poorly worded.
You should think about the common usage of "care".
As it stands, you are forcing the reader to make assumptions.
No no no. I don't care what the evidence is, as in, I don't care which one it hurts.
 

woolfe9998

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For maximum credibility, it's probably better to avoid using that obviously ageist and divisive epithet.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/06/ok-boomer-meme-older-generations
Thank you.

I don't really get the whole blame it on the boomers thing. This isn't a generational thing. It's an ideological thing, and a partisan thing. It isn't "boomers" who ignored climate change. It's republicans of all generations who have blocked every effort to combat it.
 
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I don't really get the whole blame it on the boomers thing. This isn't a generational thing. It's an ideological thing, and a partisan thing. It isn't "boomers" who ignored climate change. It's republicans of all generations who have blocked every effort to combat it.

It's an 'easy' rant that requires no actual thought.
 
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JEDIYoda

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I don't really get the whole blame it on the boomers thing. This isn't a generational thing. It's an ideological thing, and a partisan thing. It isn't "boomers" who ignored climate change. It's republicans of all generations who have blocked every effort to combat it.
C`mon Preach it brother!! Do I hear an "Amen"?
 
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ch33zw1z

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For maximum credibility, it's probably better to avoid using that obviously ageist and divisive epithet.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/06/ok-boomer-meme-older-generations
Thank you.

Meh, its obviously offensive based on the response afterwards. I'll refrain from using it in the future.

The article is very good. My only gripe is still that boomers created the America we live in. I mean, I didn't get to start voting until 2000.

Then you have boomers overall waving a big ole middle finger to America in 2016, just one article about it


Whatever happened to the "times, they are a changin". There is an enormous amount of frustration at my age level. I guess one positive thing is that now our employers have less commitment to us, we have less commitment to the job...making the fight for work/life balance easier.

There is quite a bit to this conversation, just trying to summarize.
 
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Meh, its obviously offensive based on the response afterwards. I'll refrain from using it in the future.

The article is very good. My only gripe is still that boomers created the America we live in. I mean, I didn't get to start voting until 2000.

Then you have boomers overall waving a big ole middle finger to America in 2016, just one article about it


Whatever happened to the "times, they are a changin". There is an enormous amount of frustration at my age level. I guess one positive thing is that now our employers have less commitment to us, we have less commitment to the job...making the fight for work/life balance easier.

There is quite a bit to this conversation, just trying to summarize.
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This boomer bs has been going on in P&N for as long as I can remember, but it took some prolific members on your "side" to realize its bs. People mostly took what was handed to them as they strived for their family well being through the years.
 

ch33zw1z

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This boomer bs has been going on in P&N for as long as I can remember, but it took some prolific members on your "side" to realize its bs. People mostly took what was handed to them as they strived for their family well being through the years.

You can view it as a rally cry for the young electorate to take action and get to the polls. It's a way of saying "yea, you had your time boomers, now the future is in our hands".
 
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You can view it as a rally cry for the young electorate to take action and get to the polls. It's a way of saying "yea, you had your time boomers, now the future is in our hands".

It's also pushback against millennials being called lazy and entitled, when the economic reality is so incredibly different from when boomers were the same age
 

ch33zw1z

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It's also pushback against millennials being called lazy and entitled, when the economic reality is so incredibly different from when boomers were the same age

I agree. There's both social and economic aspects to it. Life is very different from the way the boomer generation experienced it.
 

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Every state needs to look at Nunes’ antics and enact robust anti-SLAPP laws because he’s clearly now abusing the courts to silence criticism of him.

If Nunes’s suits are meritorious then he will have nothing to fear from anti-SLAPP laws. If they aren’t, he better open his wallet.

It says a lot about the state of the Republican Party though where states need to enact laws to protect constituents from their own representatives.
 
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Every state needs to look at Nunes’ antics and enact robust anti-SLAPP laws because he’s clearly now abusing the courts to silence criticism of him.

If Nunes’s suits are meritorious then he will have nothing to fear from anti-SLAPP laws. If they aren’t, he better open his wallet.

It says a lot about the state of the Republican Party though where states need to enact laws to protect constituents from their own representatives.
The reverse of that could be just as accurate. Representatives needing protection from their constituents.

At its heart, the issue is drama. Drama gets people involved without knowledge of the issue, it gets them to pick a side and mindlessly defend it, it sells advertising, it gets clicks. It also works on almost everyone.
I'm going to have to find a book on the evolutionary merritts of runaway emotions. There pretty much has to be one.
 

fskimospy

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The reverse of that could be just as accurate. Representatives needing protection from their constituents.

At its heart, the issue is drama. Drama gets people involved without knowledge of the issue, it gets them to pick a side and mindlessly defend it, it sells advertising, it gets clicks. It also works on almost everyone.
I'm going to have to find a book on the evolutionary merritts of runaway emotions. There pretty much has to be one.

No, the reverse is not true. Nunes is abusing the legal system to financially attack people who criticize him.

If conservatives are about small government they should be outraged at the idea of government reps doing this.
 

fskimospy

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Imagine that. Poor federal government reps being picked on by people teasing them on Twitter so they have to be sued for millions of dollars.

fucking pathetic.
 

JEDIYoda

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The reverse of that could be just as accurate. Representatives needing protection from their constituents.

At its heart, the issue is drama. Drama gets people involved without knowledge of the issue, it gets them to pick a side and mindlessly defend it, it sells advertising, it gets clicks. It also works on almost everyone.
I'm going to have to find a book on the evolutionary merritts of runaway emotions. There pretty much has to be one.
But in this case the reverse is not at all accurate!.
No the issue is not drama! The issue is Nunes is abusing the legal system to financially attack people who criticize him. That is a fact! Whether you agree or not, it is a fact!
No amount ignorance or mindlessness changes the facts!
The fact on both sides have been laid out! There is nothing to see. Nunes either follows through or he backpedals! The ball is solely in Nunes court!
So sorry! Don`t get a TRIGGERED on us....
 
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JSt0rm

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Both Lieu and Nunes can swing their word swords, as both know it will never really get to law suit. Judge will say, kids, go fight your own battles. Or, like my Dad used to say, don't come crying to me, or I'll give ya something to cry about. :D

I have no doubt your dad broke your brain.
 

Zorba

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The article is very good. My only gripe is still that boomers created the America we live in. I mean, I didn't get to start voting until 2000.

Then you have boomers overall waving a big ole middle finger to America in 2016, just one article about it


Whatever happened to the "times, they are a changin". There is an enormous amount of frustration at my age level. I guess one positive thing is that now our employers have less commitment to us, we have less commitment to the job...making the fight for work/life balance easier.

There is quite a bit to this conversation, just trying to summarize.
Boomers catch a lot of shit for things started by "The greatest generation." Saint Reagan started the whole deregulation, cut taxes on the rich, abandonment of renewables, etc. In 2000 when you started to voted, we'd had one Boomer and only one Boomer president.

Old people have always had the most voting power, because the have nothing else to do except vote, and they are always more conservative as a block than America as a whole, and they also tend to vote for themselves and against kids. This has been happening well before the first boomer cashed a single SS check.

The boomer memes from liberals just shows how much humans really want to create an "other" and hate them.

*I am liberal and not a boomer, I just think obvious prejudice is bad, regardless of how the other is defined.