American Politics

**Razors left peg** · 11/09/2025, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

just want to play devils advocate but state voting has little to do with the situation though... right? You know better than me, but aren't most of these cities democrat Mayors (I havent checked the list but my assumption is that "large city" usually = "democrat run" whereas state/rural tends more red) and even at state level, wouldn't a portion of these states have blue Governors? I assume by Republican state you and Tets mean, the state voted Trump...?

Stu quite honestly cities across the world have high crime rates. Its just a load of b0llocks being spun whether its red or blue in any country for most part. The lads here love highlighting Chicago as high crime, but for the most part Chicago is a fantastic city that I love going to. I probably wouldn't spend too much time in the south side of the City though, much like theres parts of Galway I wouldnt wanna be at night.

Anywhere there is poverty there is crime, simple as. If we want to look at poverty rates in the US, the top 10 poorest states are overwhelmingly Republican. Maybe we should be focused on that sort of problem instead of giving tax breaks to billioneers.

Again the 2 lads coming out with statements like the left love murder. Two months ago Melissa and Mark Hortman and their dog were murdered in their home and there was no moment of prayer in Congress, no lowering of flags to half-staff, a Republican senator openly mocked their death and other Republicans just ignored it...and that's only one example very recently.

**joey B** · 11/09/2025, 10:55 PM

An unlikely source for a sensible take!

**SkStu** · 11/09/2025, 11:33 PM

After over a decade of complete chaos and BS, it’s the only reasonable take left. Extremists and dangerous idiots on both sides are w@nkers of the highest order. Fanning flames constantly.

Good post Razor. Will reply in a bit.

**SkStu** · 12/09/2025, 1:18 AM

Originally Posted by Razors left peg

Stu quite honestly cities across the world have high crime rates. Its just a load of b0llocks being spun whether its red or blue in any country for most part. The lads here love highlighting Chicago as high crime, but for the most part Chicago is a fantastic city that I love going to. I probably wouldn't spend too much time in the south side of the City though, much like theres parts of Galway I wouldnt wanna be at night.

Anywhere there is poverty there is crime, simple as. If we want to look at poverty rates in the US, the top 10 poorest states are overwhelmingly Republican. Maybe we should be focused on that sort of problem instead of giving tax breaks to billioneers.

Again the 2 lads coming out with statements like the left love murder. Two months ago Melissa and Mark Hortman and their dog were murdered in their home and there was no moment of prayer in Congress, no lowering of flags to half-staff, a Republican senator openly mocked their death and other Republicans just ignored it...and that's only one example very recently.

Listen, agree with you. If we were to list all of the contributing factors to serious crime and gun crime, they’d be all the socio-economic causes you list and political stripes of the state or city leaders would be far down the list and, at best, an indirect cause. The only reasonable I asked the questions and played devils advocate was because someone raised the connection first as “the reason” and you happened to be the last one to post something on it.

**Neish** · 12/09/2025, 7:12 AM

Originally Posted by mark12345

Guns are regulated to the hilt in America

That is utter nonsense, gun are regulate properly in just about every other country and mass shooting are rare event in just about every other country. Gun law are lax in the USA compare to most other nations and mass shooting are an almost weekly event. Every other country has violent films, violent video game, mental health issues and all the go to reasons the gun lobby use, he reason mass shooting are most common in the USA is the ready access to fire arms. You can dress it up anyway you want that is the sole reason

**Nesta99** · 12/09/2025, 11:07 AM

Guns are so well regulated in the US that a cache of weapons that turned up in Ardee that were purchased from a gun shop in Arizona...

**mark12345** · 12/09/2025, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

Guns are so well regulated in the US that a cache of weapons that turned up in Ardee that were purchased from a gun shop in Arizona...

Looks like criminal activity going on, wouldn't you say? Wonder how those criminals get guns? Could it possibly be that the judges entrusted with enforcing the law are not doing their jobs? If not why not? Can you look into that?

**tetsujin1979** · 12/09/2025, 12:50 PM

Any of those guns could have been legally purchased in the US. Maybe you should investigate that?

**mark12345** · 12/09/2025, 1:16 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Any of those guns could have been legally purchased in the US. Maybe you should investigate that?

Legally purchased and then stolen is that what you mean? Or do you mean guns trafficked by some terrorist organization to Ireland in which case it's an international crime and the authorities in both countries should soon be on top of it?

Let me know how you make out looking into those judges.

**mark12345** · 12/09/2025, 1:19 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Any of those guns could have been legally purchased in the US. Maybe you should investigate that?

And while we're on the subject of guns the anti gun lobby in the US has long since said that it's ok to own a hunting rifle but not a semi automatic pistol or rifle. Well the gun that killed Charlie Kirk was a hunting rifle.

**SkStu** · 12/09/2025, 1:33 PM

Looks like the suspect is in custody.

**tetsujin1979** · 12/09/2025, 1:55 PM

Originally Posted by mark12345

Legally purchased and then stolen is that what you mean? Or do you mean guns trafficked by some terrorist organization to Ireland in which case it's an international crime and the authorities in both countries should soon be on top of it?

Let me know how you make out looking into those judges.

I mean purchased legally

**joey B** · 12/09/2025, 2:11 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

Looks like the suspect is in custody.

Who seems to be from a Republican background,father a minister and a former member of law enforcement ….

**mark12345** · 12/09/2025, 2:16 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

I mean purchased legally

Purchased legally only for the law to be broken thereafter

**seanfhear** · 12/09/2025, 2:16 PM

Originally Posted by joey B

Who seems to be from a Republican background,father a minister and a former member of law enforcement ….

Do you judge everyone, by what their parents are, or what their parents have done ?

Maybe a bit of patience would be the prudent way, for a while at least ?

**joey B** · 12/09/2025, 2:21 PM

Originally Posted by seanfhear

Do you judge everyone, by what their parents are, or what their parents have done ?

Maybe a bit of patience would be the prudent way, for a while at least ?

Merely passing on the information that’s available Sean,I’m judging nothing or anybody……

**Razors left peg** · 12/09/2025, 2:36 PM

Originally Posted by seanfhear

Do you judge everyone, by what their parents are, or what their parents have done ?

Maybe a bit of patience would be the prudent way, for a while at least ?

Patience he says. The guy who instantly posted that the Left loves murder right after the shooting before we had a clue who did it. When it turns out it was a white guy from a good old Republican family its "lets not be so quick to judge".

Absolute fcukin hypocrite

**seanfhear** · 12/09/2025, 2:37 PM

Originally Posted by Razors left peg

Patience he says. The guy who instantly posted that the Left loves murder right after the shooting before we had a clue who did it. When it turns out it was a white guy from a good old Republican family its "lets not be so quick to judge".

Absolute fcukin hypocrite

Be patient.

**Razors left peg** · 12/09/2025, 2:41 PM

Originally Posted by seanfhear

Be patient.

Just like you were huh?

**pineapple stu** · 12/09/2025, 2:42 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Ah lads, don't give seanfhear and mark oxygen in fairness. They've shown time and again they're not interested in debate, just in reiterating someone else's view.

I might just quote myself here I guess...

The Current Affairs section here can be very good when it gets going. But not when seanfhear and mark drag everyone down with their nonsense posting.