To be explicit about this I do not consider myself to be any different to the 1000s of refugees who call Luxembourg their home nor indeed to the 1000s of others who, like me, for one reason or another, moved to Luxembourg to make a living.
Living in Luxembourg shines a bright spotlight on the immigrant -v- expat question as an astonishing 47%+ of the population of Luxembourg are immigrants (yes, that isn't a typo - the official government figure is more than 47% of Luxembourg residents, were born outside the country making them immigrants like me). Even more surprisingly, taking the population of the capital city alone, more than 70% of population are immigrants - yes 70%!
I never intended to remain in Luxembourg for the 20 years that I have lived here and certainly didn't anticipate retiring here although that is what has happened. At what stage did I morph from being an 'expat' into an immigrant, I wonder? (I'm a white, sedentary, office worker and therefore absolutely "entitled" to call myself an expat according to the way that I have seen it used)
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evidence of their intent, but no not observed effects, intent doesnt always align to effect.
So an example is tapes of him stating his intent to someone else (which is what id expect he cant shut his mouth)
Expiernce. Seeing how their past words and actions have played out and how their claimed intent aligns with their demonstrated intent.
To me it is obvious he lied and manipulated to try to convince people of election fraud. Therefore it is obvious he intended to convince people of election fraud. It is also obvious that Trump is **very** bad at hiding his intent, his lying and manipulation in that regard is transparent.
Yet as far as I know I have seen him do nothing to suggest he intended violence. If he had intended it becaus ehe is so bad at hiding his intent I would expect there to be a mountain of recording of him saying exactly that.
That fact that he never slipped and let his violent intent be known is very strong evidence he had no such intent.
In that case it isnt coded language it is manipulative language there is a difference.
In the case of the pilots they were saying things that would cause people to beleive something contrary to what is said. "everything is fine" implies there is a reason someone might incorrectly think everything is fine and look for it.
In Trumps case its very different. His language didnt convery hidden meanings or coded speech, he didnt say one thing intending to imply another. He said exactly what he intended to be heard, and wanted to incite action (though not necceseraly violent action) as a result. Any reasonable person hearing his speeches before the riots wouldnt go "he just suggested everyone riot and break down the capitol".. a reasonable person would say "He wants to rally people into thinking there is election fraud so they will protest it and fight it, peacefully and gain so much support they will overturn it"...
That said I wouldnt be surprised if he did want violence, I just havent seen any evidence of that. What I did see was evidence of him saying exactly the results he wanted, for the population to fight for a recount and to get election results thrown out so he can win. I think he knows he lost and was being manipulative (and worthy of arrest) in doing so, but not for inciting violent, but for lying about election fraud to win an election.
By that logic those campaigning against Trump at the time (Biden et el) were responsible for the riots they "caused".. sure they never specifically asked for riots, but that was the result of their rallying speeches all the same, so they should be guilty for the nation-wide rioting that lasted months.
Obviously in reality I dont think like that. People are responsible for what they do, not for what they hope they want.
@Drosmel The model i have already (basically this but the less powerful one) does not act as a table. The two screens are amazing though.
@realcaseyrollins I did, and in fact i had seen your proof before and flipped flopped once or twice. I forgot just how obvious it was and that trump just kinda acts a fool all the time and it isnt always directed at someone (even if it is a rather unprofessional way to present himself).
Like I do think he was mocking that guy by mimicking being "retarded". But i dont think he did it just to him or because of his physical disability. I think he is just insensitively mimicking "retarded" people to mock anyone as a way of saying "hahah yoyu act like someone with a disability!".
So yea i agree, he was not mocking that guys disability. But he was acting like a person with a disability as a mannerism as he does to mock anyone and everyone.
@realcaseyrollins You did, and i was satisfied.
@realcaseyrollins for some things there is that.
But more to the point, when you actual discuss real merits and points then it can be debated... but who can argue its ok to mock a disabled reporter? Nearly 100% of these things are an appeal to emotions, not logic.
I just bought the $4K version of this laptop for work (they will reimburse me partly but this is out of budget)... I already own the less specced version of this with intel and loved it.
https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-duo-16-2023-series/
Yea I suspect the esdtimates are wildly pulled out of their ass.
@ThomHartmann Just the right wing billionaires? The right-wing not billionaires arent to blame? Nor are the left wing billionaires? Just to be clear here, that seems oddly specific and biased. Though I do agree with your description of Trump being destructive.
@LouisIngenthron yea, always with a grain of salt.
This is a surprisingly large portion of the population that killed someone.... Not what I expected.
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