"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."

I feel like this quote needs a qualification. You can still fear what someone might say without fearing they are correct.

This is exactly what the quote is saying. You are adding on your own layer of bias by assuming he’s incorrect.

I don't agree; pointing out the words are lies certainly turns the quote on its head for me.

The champions of democracy are suddenly worried about a democratically elected president enacting the will of the people who elected him. Truth is stranger than fiction.

I didn't vote for Trump, but I can completely understand the desire to be rid' of illegal immigrants that do not respect our laws and not looking to get right with the system. Where I am originally from it was basically 8/10 drug related crime arrests was someone that had illegal status and it was such an issue the police force would essentially pull anyone over that even looked Mexican, straight up racial profiling.

This is a problem of our own creation and we have ignored it for 2 generations by letting immigration law go unenforced and while also not improving the path to citizenship for those who are law abiding and want to be a proper citizen or legal resident. Immigration is the primary wedge issue to drive people apart like abortion has been, but now it doesn't have the same luster because it's no longer a federal issue, but a state one.

Temporal? Tell that to people who were coerced into getting vaccinated and are now suffering permanent side effects.

This is a silly way to interpret someone donating over $100B to charity.

Snow White is evidence the money is not what they follow.

I would say it’s exactly what a risk-averse money-following committee would do. Regurgitate remakes of previously successful things to milk the cow until it’s powder dry.

Whether this is a successful strategy is debatable.

One film by isolation doesn't say much either way, as any given film is high-variance — look at the industry as a whole, and not just box office but total revenue.

I don't have stats for that either, so these things might well still support your claim, but that's what you have to look at.

Australia is the worst of all