TexasAggiesWin said:

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I think the "we" the OP is talking about are below.......

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There are videos that are a much better comparison than these still images of movements that didn't have a chest tap that immediately preceeded them.

Now Macron. This Hitler salute is getting out of hand. pic.twitter.com/TojYAejTnm

— PNW Conservative (@UnderWashington) January 24, 2025

This video is a good Musk "heart goes out" comparison.

But Bannon was almost certainly trolling for clout with that gesture. He wants his name in the headlines, and his following to grow. It's a risk free strategy, nothing to lose.....unless it's covered for what it actually is.

I do not recognize your handle.

Where were you the past 4 years and during the 8 years of Obama while they were implementing openly racist policy based on Marxist ideals. Ideals that murdered millions of people at levels that dwarf what the Nazis did.

Where have you been for those 12 years?

YouBet said:

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I do not recognize your handle.

Where were you the past 4 years and during the 8 years of Obama while they were implementing openly racist policy based on Marxist ideals. Ideals that murdered millions of people at levels that dwarf what the Nazis did.

Where have you been for those 12 years?

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But whadda bout Biden???

Premium board.

True. He's a noted segregationist and open racist.

Francis Macomber said:

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YouBet said:

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I do not recognize your handle.

Where were you the past 4 years and during the 8 years of Obama while they were implementing openly racist policy based on Marxist ideals. Ideals that murdered millions of people at levels that dwarf what the Nazis did.

Where have you been for those 12 years?

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But whadda bout Biden???

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The point is your hypocrisy.

Athanasius said:

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Steve Bannon at CPAC.

Link below

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I don't know, could we all wave like the King?

Logos Stick said:

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Francis Macomber said:

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YouBet said:

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I do not recognize your handle.

Where were you the past 4 years and during the 8 years of Obama while they were implementing openly racist policy based on Marxist ideals. Ideals that murdered millions of people at levels that dwarf what the Nazis did.

Where have you been for those 12 years?

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But whadda bout Biden???

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The point is your hypocrisy.

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No it's not. I'm not the appointed defender of everything anybody with a D by their name has ever done. I hate the extremist in both parties. If this board was posting everyday about "Believe all Women" or arguing men should play women's sports, then I would be commenting on that as well.

This board is full of extremist on the right, and therefore that is what I comment about.

But even then, the message that started this thread was "Can we stop throwing up the Nazi salute?"

All I did was post more clips of people at cpac throwing up the salute and then made a comment about how brainwashed some of you are that try to deny that is exactly what they're doing.

You can argue their motives all you want, but when you try to post pictures of people waving and say that's the same thing you just look like a full on kool-aid drinker that has completely given away your independent thought and rationality to the MAGA crowd.

Francis Macomber said:

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Logos Stick said:

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Francis Macomber said:

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YouBet said:

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I do not recognize your handle.

Where were you the past 4 years and during the 8 years of Obama while they were implementing openly racist policy based on Marxist ideals. Ideals that murdered millions of people at levels that dwarf what the Nazis did.

Where have you been for those 12 years?

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But whadda bout Biden???

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The point is your hypocrisy.

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No it's not. I'm not the appointed defender of everything anybody with a D by their name has ever done. I hate the extremist in both parties. If this board was posting everyday about "Believe all Women" or arguing men should play women's sports, then I would be commenting on that as well.

This board is full of extremist on the right, and therefore that is what I comment about.

But even then, the message that started this thread was "Can we stop throwing up the Nazi salute?"

All I did was post more clips of people at cpac throwing up the salute and then made a comment about how brainwashed some of you are that try to deny that is exactly what they're doing.

You can argue their motives all you want, but when you try to post pictures of people waving and say that's the same thing you just look like a full on kool-aid drinker that has completely given away your independent thought and rationality to the MAGA crowd.

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Yes, it is your hypocrisy. Whataboutism is an intellectual lightweight response to anything.

I prefer to use the words people have tried to negate, reduce, and co-opt with it: hypocrisy or double standards.

And, in these cases, I will continue to point it out whenever I see it because we get leftists and trolls from other boards who will come on here and throw jabs at conservatives while never doing so against Democrats. We have 12 years of Marxist, racist history implemented by the Democrat party that all of us have lived through.

Show me some examples where you have come on here and pointed out the daily, far left extremism perpetuated by the Democrat Party under their last two Presidents.

We will await your evidence. I hope to be proven wrong and I can apologize to you.

Bunk Moreland said:

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TexasAggiesWin said:

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I think the "we" the OP is talking about are below.......

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Still photos don't equate to a clear video. Elon has aspergers and makes very hurky jerky physical moves all the time. That can be explained away.

Bannon is a gutter trash opportunist who knows exactly what he's doing. And everyone on the Trump train should be disgusted by him and that and be comfortable saying it. Instead most are avoiding, deflecting, whatabouting, and a select few are laughing.

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No, most are saying, "sticks and stones...", only the weak minded allow others to dictate and define who they are. What were his words and actions that would remotely make this gesture a nazi salute? The mental weakness of the same crowd who cried, "but who's going to think about the independents, oh.... the independents, the independents", are on this thread.

And, a picture speaks a thousand words. So those pictures are just as relevant as a video. Worry, worry, worry!

Oh we all see who's weak minded on this subject.

The point is, why help the enemy in deceiving the weak-minded so much? Why play into it?

At a political convention. Trolling here and there is fine --- but conventions tend to be taken as defining.

It is weird to see how all the push back is about semi-intelligent and reasoning people when the whole point is not helping the MSM excessively in playing the weak minded or uncritical thinking.

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Remember when we were told the OK hand signal was a white supremist signal? Same example here never let the opponent define the rule of the game and don't apologize to what they accuse you of

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This is true, you should not. But you also have a real difference here. That was invented and made-up in the past decade. Whereas even our grandparents have a conception of the Nazi salute and ask about what's up.

The distinction is important.

Believing in the Constitution and the rule of law is not extreme. Being thankful to God for the gift of being born in the greatest, most benevolent country in world history is not extreme. Celebrating the genius of the men who founded this great nation is not extreme. Except to people who are themselves extreme.

hth

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The point is, why help the enemy in deceiving the weak-minded so much? Why play into it?

At a political convention. Trolling here and there is fine --- but conventions tend to be taken as defining.

It is weird to see how all the push back is about semi-intelligent and reasoning people when the whole point is not helping the MSM excessively in playing the weak minded or uncritical thinking.

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Personally, I agree with you and I believe I already said this was an own goal. It's stupid and unnecessary and is just a distraction.

However, I'm still going to call out people who come on here crowing and lying about calling out both sides for stuff like this while also proclaiming this board as right wing extremists. This board is a diverse group within the parameters of what most consider conservatism and then we have 5-10 regular leftists that post here who simply enjoy being wrong over and over.

These drive by posters need to give us proof they are as objective as we are in calling out our own.

Couldn't agree with you more about calling out and dismissing faux-concern from those who never showed before, like the press conference ridiculing the fact the MSM never pressed a Biden official on anything.

This is more a perception thing and something that can become an own-goal if get too careless. Especially in context of wisecracks about a non-existent third term run or notion.

I can only imagine the meltdown when people were hailing taxis after it was over.

"Only the weak-minded" completely misses the strategic point. The snapshots and sound bytes.

People are forgetting that between the MSM and the education system you have a large bulk of the country just that kind of `weak minded' or easily deceived from gaslighting. That is what you must factor in, not things as they `should be.'

Ellis Wyatt said:

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Believing in the Constitution and the rule of law is not extreme. Being thankful to God for the gift of being born in the greatest, most benevolent country in world history is not extreme. Celebrating the genius of the men who founded this great nation is not extreme. Except to people who are themselves extreme.

hth

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If only that described this board, that would be awesome.

But it doesn't.

A+ troll from Bannon

CDUB98 said:

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Steve Bannon is a ****ing idiot.

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Why would let that clown speak at CPAC?

Francis Macomber said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Believing in the Constitution and the rule of law is not extreme. Being thankful to God for the gift of being born in the greatest, most benevolent country in world history is not extreme. Celebrating the genius of the men who founded this great nation is not extreme. Except to people who are themselves extreme.

hth

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If only that described this board, that would be awesome.

But it doesn't.

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Citation needed

You seem to worry a lot about F16, maybe you should join the smooth brains on Bluesky or Reddit

You have no credibility, but if you say so.

Ellis Wyatt said:

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You have no credibility, but if you say so.

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Francis Macomber said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Believing in the Constitution and the rule of law is not extreme. Being thankful to God for the gift of being born in the greatest, most benevolent country in world history is not extreme. Celebrating the genius of the men who founded this great nation is not extreme. Except to people who are themselves extreme.

hth

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If only that described this board, that would be awesome.

But it doesn't.

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Still waiting for evidence on my earlier post....

Ellis Wyatt said:

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Premium board.

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Yep. Some of the greatest hits.

https://texags.com/account/profile/171741/popular

And that's all well and good. But definitely no expert on F16.

Bunk Moreland said:

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Oh we all see who's weak minded on this subject.

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You looking in a mirror?

Francis Macomber said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Believing in the Constitution and the rule of law is not extreme. Being thankful to God for the gift of being born in the greatest, most benevolent country in world history is not extreme. Celebrating the genius of the men who founded this great nation is not extreme. Except to people who are themselves extreme.

hth

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If only that described this board, that would be awesome.

But it doesn't.

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Quick scoreboard update.

"We" have the White House, the USSC, the Senate, the House, the majority of governors, state houses, and electoral votes. Not to mention the popular vote. That makes us the majority or the mainstream. More people are currently voting for Republicans and identifying as Republican than democrat.

The majority of those that post here support the policies and agenda that President Trump is implementing, as do a majority of Americans as evidenced by the election.

I have little to no concern as to how you label us. Extreme right wing? Nobody cares.

My assumption would be that you, like most liberals, suffer from a lack of self awareness and outward thinking that is multiplied by the media you consume which 80-90% left leaning, much of it far left leaning. And when I say "media" I mean all media - news, sports, social, entertainment. This constantly reinforces the notion that you are the mainstream and therefore most people are like you. They're not.

Are some idiots on here seriously suggesting that Elon or Bannon is secretly a Nazi sympathizer, and in a moment of unbridled joy, accidentally did the Nazi salute betraying their ultimate goal of eradicating Jews from the planet?

Do you see how stupid this all sounds? This is such a nothingburger of a story but since Dems have no meaningful ideas or platforms I can see where they embrace it for their liberal sheep.

Silent For Too Long said:

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There are a lot of truly repulsive trolls that I wish would get booted off the conservative ship.

They do not add anything of value and force the party to explain their bizarre behavior and rants.

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Steve Bannon is a massive,MASSIVE part if everything good that is happening in this country right now.

Some of you are helplessly clueless about what made this movement possible.

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He's a disgusting fat fraud.

General Jack D. Ripper said:

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Silent For Too Long said:

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BoydCrowder13 said:

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There are a lot of truly repulsive trolls that I wish would get booted off the conservative ship.

They do not add anything of value and force the party to explain their bizarre behavior and rants.

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Steve Bannon is a massive,MASSIVE part if everything good that is happening in this country right now.

Some of you are helplessly clueless about what made this movement possible.

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He's a disgusting fat fraud.

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Frauds don't go to jail defending conservative values.

Seriously, you are merely displaying your embarrassing ignorance here. Bannon has done more to advance the Republican Party then every person on this board combined.

Francis Macomber said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Believing in the Constitution and the rule of law is not extreme. Being thankful to God for the gift of being born in the greatest, most benevolent country in world history is not extreme. Celebrating the genius of the men who founded this great nation is not extreme. Except to people who are themselves extreme.

hth

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If only that described this board, that would be awesome.

But it doesn't.

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Hey Donnie, you realize you stumbled into the middle of a thread where mostly people on the right are openly debating a political topic. Try reading the room a bit before opining.

Silent For Too Long said:

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General Jack D. Ripper said:

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Silent For Too Long said:

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BoydCrowder13 said:

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There are a lot of truly repulsive trolls that I wish would get booted off the conservative ship.

They do not add anything of value and force the party to explain their bizarre behavior and rants.

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Steve Bannon is a massive,MASSIVE part if everything good that is happening in this country right now.

Some of you are helplessly clueless about what made this movement possible.

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He's a disgusting fat fraud.

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Frauds don't go to jail defending conservative values.

Seriously, you are merely displaying your embarrassing ignorance here. Bannon has done more to advance the Republican Party then every person on this board combined.

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No, but they do plead guilty to it.

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The four were charged with money laundering and conspiracy after being accused of deceiving donors who had contributed millions of dollars to the fundraising drive in 2019.

According to the indictment, Bannon told donors he was "kind of a volunteer" to the We Build the Wall non-profit, which raised more than $25m (22m) from thousands of people.

Despite his vow that "not a penny" would be pocketed by him or others, he diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars to two associates, prosecutors alleged.

Under the agreement, Bannon entered a guilty plea to just the first degree scheme to defraud charge.

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Robert C. Christian said:

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Silent For Too Long said:

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General Jack D. Ripper said:

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Silent For Too Long said:

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BoydCrowder13 said:

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There are a lot of truly repulsive trolls that I wish would get booted off the conservative ship.

They do not add anything of value and force the party to explain their bizarre behavior and rants.

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Steve Bannon is a massive,MASSIVE part if everything good that is happening in this country right now.

Some of you are helplessly clueless about what made this movement possible.

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He's a disgusting fat fraud.

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Frauds don't go to jail defending conservative values.

Seriously, you are merely displaying your embarrassing ignorance here. Bannon has done more to advance the Republican Party then every person on this board combined.

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No, but they do plead guilty to it.

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The four were charged with money laundering and conspiracy after being accused of deceiving donors who had contributed millions of dollars to the fundraising drive in 2019.

According to the indictment, Bannon told donors he was "kind of a volunteer" to the We Build the Wall non-profit, which raised more than $25m (22m) from thousands of people.

Despite his vow that "not a penny" would be pocketed by him or others, he diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars to two associates, prosecutors alleged.

Under the agreement, Bannon entered a guilty plea to just the first degree scheme to defraud charge.

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Not a fan of Bannon in the least. He's a giant piece of **** and I wish he would fade into Bolivian, but .... people sometimes will take the hit on a lower crime just to get it all over with in situations where they realize they're ****ed, and not necessarily due to their actions but "the system" has it out for them.

That being said, it has nothing to do with the "salute" and the idiotic pearl clutching. The left actually does fascist things and they try and obfuscate that fact by claiming anything the right does is symbolic of fascism.

GMAFB