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PatSeg

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16. It is hard to judge someone on what they said

Reply to riverwalker (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2021, 03:32 PM

Jan 2021

when they were fifteen years old. In Hawley's case, one needn't go back that far to find extremist views. I'll just take him at face value for who and what he is today and that is very radical and dangerous.

Meanwhile, fifteen year old Hawley did not defend the Oklahoma bombing. He did however defend militias, indicating he thought not all of them were dangerous, just disgruntled Americans concerned with government overreach. I suppose he thought some of them were in fact "very fine people".

Not everyone is the person they were when they were fifteen, but in Hawley's case, it appears he probably is.

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A young Josh Hawley defended OK bombing and Furman racism [View all] riverwalker Jan 2021 OP

Well that's a shock. CentralMass Jan 2021 #1

Rock on central mass bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #4

Hi bottomofthehill. If only I could. I followed a job out to Oregon about 6 years ago. CentralMass Jan 2021 #18

Covid has kept my trips north to zero bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #19

I'm looking forward to making back too. CentralMass Jan 2021 #22

I went to Oklahoma City after the bombing, the sights and smells still remain with me to this day bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #2

There is no way to defend this type of evil bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #3

Disturbing. badboy67 Jan 2021 #5

Prosecutor of that case riverwalker Jan 2021 #6

May he go after the insurrectionists with the same methodical drive bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #15

The question is: will this torpedo a run for the Presidency in 2024? Aristus Jan 2021 #7

Not surprising. Toxic little rat. 58Sunliner Jan 2021 #8

Last thing this country needs is an ambitious, overachieving Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #9

One of my online friends VA_Jill Jan 2021 #10

What he wrote about Oklahoma City: dalton99a Jan 2021 #11

Self-portrait of a Gunhumping Nazi Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #24

He is going to run for the presidency. Baked Potato Jan 2021 #12

Where was all this oppo research when he was running? TeamPooka Jan 2021 #13

+1 dalton99a Jan 2021 #14

It is hard to judge someone on what they said PatSeg Jan 2021 #16

He did not defend the bombing, but he defended the groups that did the bombing bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #20

Yes, I just had a problem PatSeg Jan 2021 #23

My anger often leads me to express myself poorly. bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #25

Oh no PatSeg Jan 2021 #26

#1 trump must be impeached #2. Expose all these traitors to the public as much as possible lunasun Jan 2021 #17

OK bombing was a day before Hitler's birthday alphafemale Jan 2021 #21

If you were to look up the word "tool" in the dictionary, you'd see Josh Howley's picture. Initech Jan 2021 #27