Dude kind of died for me when in one spectacularly solemn blast.of blowhard, he announced that the Jan 6 2021 invasion of the Capitol building by glorified yahoos was the *equivalent* of Kristallnacht Nov 1938..
The US has 120 guns per 100 people, the most by far, several times above the next large countries, close to 5x Switzerland.
The “deplorables” who did Kristallnacht 2021, were likely to have even more personal guns than the average American.
If there was intent – how come they didn’t find guns on those supposed trying to overthrow the US government?
Or killed zero people, unlike BLM rioters and contrary to initial claims?
Or maybe they decided to abandon Trump and start following Ashoka, Buddha and Gandhi that day, all of a sudden?
“The US has 120 guns per 100 people, the most by far, several times above the next large countries, close to 5x Switzerland”
Which is precisely why, when in the USA, I will not wander from public tracks, and move slowly, calmly when talking to police, etc. I can’t imagine what the Jun 6th crowd thought was going to happen if they stormed the citadel, chanting for the hanging of Pence, and with the express intent of preventing Congress from certifying result – all of which Trump agreed with, and telling them to ‘fight like hell’, and ‘stop the steal’. Not the brightest people, a pathetic insurrection, but under the law you don’t get many if any points off for incompetence. Trying to rob a bank with a banana under your jacket, or writing the ransom note on the bank of your mother’s checkbook still gets you convicted; and liable to be shot – “it was only a banana”, ‘I’m a fool’, ‘I was only joking about robbing rob the bank’, or ‘the thieves were actually policemen in mufti’ is not an effective defence.
Five people died that day or after the riot, all because the trump cult members wanted to destroy our proud record of the peaceful transfer of power. They were all a disgrace and tried to overturn our democracy. They destroyed very old portraits and smeared their feces on the walls—for someone else to clean up. There is no defense for what they did, which is why hundreds of them went to prison.
Not five, more like several thousand people died that day, all over America.
None of them were killed by the Trump supporters, and if police had shot BLM supporters in the back the way they murdered that woman, there would be a tsunami of outrage.
“destroyed very old portraits and smeared their feces on the wall”
Even assuming that was true, that just means a tiny number of a large crowd behaved obnoxiously.
Firstly, that’s not “insurrection”.
Secondly, by that thinking, all “muslims” should be judged based on terrorist attacks and grooming gangs and should be locked up en masse.
They broke into our house .
Any gun nut knows you can shoot the perpetrators
when they are on the inside of your home.
Forrest Lindsey
7 months ago
I always like Arnie’s movies; escapist comic book epics with humor and self-deprecation. His politics are a mixed bag, but as with anyone, you take the good with the bad. The author sums up his larger-than-life story fairly well but dwells too much on his father’s Naziism. How long should a son or daughter pay for the sins of their fathers?
As is usual, the liberal fiction that January 6th represents a national horror is prominent, as is the obligatory denunciation of Donald Trump. Apparently, the assumption we should all believe in, is that we were all wrong to support and enjoy President Trump and to instead, denounce him and ourselves – and believe with messianic intensity that the conduct of the 2020 election was flawless, unbiased, uninfluenced and everything should have marched forward exactly on schedule, without any investigations or interest.
We go what we deserved, didn’t we?
James Sullivan
7 months ago
“…If you want a self-help book written by someone who hasn’t made any, that leaves you with the Bible,…”
Have you READ the Bible? It’s chock-full of people making horrendous mistakes. Just read Ecclesiastes – it’s Solomon’s lament over a life of mistakes.
Still waiting for a single journalist to accurately contextualize the Other Day which will live in Infamy. The Ahnold stuff was good
Cho Jinn
7 months ago
“The violence the former president inflicted on our nation was abetted by thousands of allies and followers.”
Dutch to Dillon: “It’s all bullshit! All of it!”
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7 months ago
Arnie was primordial soup of the Gigachad meme. The public image he pushed and roles that reflected them in his movies were positive. He played epic masculine heroes that care about those he was loyal to, fought for things they care about, fought against imposable and achieved epic deeds while doing so, as well as the importance of pushing one self to ones limits. The roles he played were traditionally masculine but positive, which made them good role models to emulate despite being exaggerated and unrealistic, because you wont reach the moon trying to achieve them, you’ll end in the stars trying to do so. He inspired a lot people to get into bodybuilding in that regard, and inspired a lot professional bodybuilders. Which makes his films all the more relevant today when both manhood and masculinity under attack by leftist degenerate social arsonists, and there a shortage strong male role models pop culture these days, and pop culture is very hostile towards such things. Plus I cant but admire how successful he is, started as poor immigrant from Austria, became a very successful body builder, parlayed that into movie career, and from that, a political career. Got give credit were it do, and he earned it.
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R Wright
6 months ago
Retched a bit at the obligatory ‘January 6’ bit. No it is not like 9/11.
Nardo Flopsey
7 months ago
I surmise that if the author of this piece wrote a manifesto, it would be entitled “Be Careful!”
Caty Gonzales
7 months ago
Reminds to me re-watch Bill Burr on Arnie. Again.
james elliott
5 months ago
“But who hasn’t made a few mistakes? If you want a self-help book written by someone who hasn’t made any, that leaves you with the Bible, the Qu’ran, the Vedas, and the Buddhist sutras”
Correction:
It leaves you with the Bible – possibly the Vedas, and probably the Buddhist sutras.
Dude kind of died for me when in one spectacularly solemn blast.of blowhard, he announced that the Jan 6 2021 invasion of the Capitol building by glorified yahoos was the *equivalent* of Kristallnacht Nov 1938..
Not in terms of violence, but in terms of political intent.
Yeah, by the hundreds of feds who were tasked with making a common place protest into a riot.
Why did none of the Yippie ’60,s protests turn into riots ?
The US has 120 guns per 100 people, the most by far, several times above the next large countries, close to 5x Switzerland.
The “deplorables” who did Kristallnacht 2021, were likely to have even more personal guns than the average American.
If there was intent – how come they didn’t find guns on those supposed trying to overthrow the US government?
Or killed zero people, unlike BLM rioters and contrary to initial claims?
Or maybe they decided to abandon Trump and start following Ashoka, Buddha and Gandhi that day, all of a sudden?
“The US has 120 guns per 100 people, the most by far, several times above the next large countries, close to 5x Switzerland”
Which is precisely why, when in the USA, I will not wander from public tracks, and move slowly, calmly when talking to police, etc. I can’t imagine what the Jun 6th crowd thought was going to happen if they stormed the citadel, chanting for the hanging of Pence, and with the express intent of preventing Congress from certifying result – all of which Trump agreed with, and telling them to ‘fight like hell’, and ‘stop the steal’. Not the brightest people, a pathetic insurrection, but under the law you don’t get many if any points off for incompetence. Trying to rob a bank with a banana under your jacket, or writing the ransom note on the bank of your mother’s checkbook still gets you convicted; and liable to be shot – “it was only a banana”, ‘I’m a fool’, ‘I was only joking about robbing rob the bank’, or ‘the thieves were actually policemen in mufti’ is not an effective defence.
Five people died that day or after the riot, all because the trump cult members wanted to destroy our proud record of the peaceful transfer of power. They were all a disgrace and tried to overturn our democracy. They destroyed very old portraits and smeared their feces on the walls—for someone else to clean up. There is no defense for what they did, which is why hundreds of them went to prison.
Not five, more like several thousand people died that day, all over America.
None of them were killed by the Trump supporters, and if police had shot BLM supporters in the back the way they murdered that woman, there would be a tsunami of outrage.
“destroyed very old portraits and smeared their feces on the wall”
Even assuming that was true, that just means a tiny number of a large crowd behaved obnoxiously.
Firstly, that’s not “insurrection”.
Secondly, by that thinking, all “muslims” should be judged based on terrorist attacks and grooming gangs and should be locked up en masse.
I hadn’t realised the June 6th people intended the destruction of the Jewish people. Unless you’re just making things up?
Note this was after he told everyone “screw your freedoms” the summer before.
He used Steroids & most of his money
comes from supplements he sells to the Chinese wimps.
They broke into our house .
Any gun nut knows you can shoot the perpetrators
when they are on the inside of your home.
I always like Arnie’s movies; escapist comic book epics with humor and self-deprecation. His politics are a mixed bag, but as with anyone, you take the good with the bad. The author sums up his larger-than-life story fairly well but dwells too much on his father’s Naziism. How long should a son or daughter pay for the sins of their fathers?
As is usual, the liberal fiction that January 6th represents a national horror is prominent, as is the obligatory denunciation of Donald Trump. Apparently, the assumption we should all believe in, is that we were all wrong to support and enjoy President Trump and to instead, denounce him and ourselves – and believe with messianic intensity that the conduct of the 2020 election was flawless, unbiased, uninfluenced and everything should have marched forward exactly on schedule, without any investigations or interest.
We go what we deserved, didn’t we?
“…If you want a self-help book written by someone who hasn’t made any, that leaves you with the Bible,…”
Have you READ the Bible? It’s chock-full of people making horrendous mistakes. Just read Ecclesiastes – it’s Solomon’s lament over a life of mistakes.
He hasn’t read the bible. But hes heard of it.
He said “written by”.
Still waiting for a single journalist to accurately contextualize the Other Day which will live in Infamy. The Ahnold stuff was good
“The violence the former president inflicted on our nation was abetted by thousands of allies and followers.”
Dutch to Dillon: “It’s all bullshit! All of it!”
Arnie was primordial soup of the Gigachad meme. The public image he pushed and roles that reflected them in his movies were positive. He played epic masculine heroes that care about those he was loyal to, fought for things they care about, fought against imposable and achieved epic deeds while doing so, as well as the importance of pushing one self to ones limits. The roles he played were traditionally masculine but positive, which made them good role models to emulate despite being exaggerated and unrealistic, because you wont reach the moon trying to achieve them, you’ll end in the stars trying to do so. He inspired a lot people to get into bodybuilding in that regard, and inspired a lot professional bodybuilders. Which makes his films all the more relevant today when both manhood and masculinity under attack by leftist degenerate social arsonists, and there a shortage strong male role models pop culture these days, and pop culture is very hostile towards such things. Plus I cant but admire how successful he is, started as poor immigrant from Austria, became a very successful body builder, parlayed that into movie career, and from that, a political career. Got give credit were it do, and he earned it.
Retched a bit at the obligatory ‘January 6’ bit. No it is not like 9/11.
I surmise that if the author of this piece wrote a manifesto, it would be entitled “Be Careful!”
Reminds to me re-watch Bill Burr on Arnie. Again.
“But who hasn’t made a few mistakes? If you want a self-help book written by someone who hasn’t made any, that leaves you with the Bible, the Qu’ran, the Vedas, and the Buddhist sutras”
Correction:
It leaves you with the Bible – possibly the Vedas, and probably the Buddhist sutras.