Of course people will ask for clarification out of concern when things that sound lefty speak become rules here.

There's always like 5 at a time

The point of this rule is to bring the rules into consistency with how we already moderate. Little to nothing changes in actuality. The rule is there to remind people of who we are as an organization, and bring consistency to our already-employed moderation practices.

Ya know IE on Gab gets more likes for putting up stickers than Anglin does for an angry effortpost almost everytime. He averages 30-40 and we can get anywhere from 30-60.

I worry that different mods/leaders may have different opinions...

"Don't be an edgelord".- Patrick Casey, probably.

@Wood-Ape - OK/MNthats what happens when things are subjective.

@Wood-Ape - OK/MN The mods all answer to me. If you feel you're unfairly moderated, appeal to me. If you feel I'm unfair, appeal to Matt.

Yes, the rules have a certain degree of subjectivity because I'm definitely not going to write an entire body of law detailing every little thing people can and cannot do. People know what IE stands for and what's expected of them. The rules are guidelines. That should be enough for people to behave themselves 95% of the time.

And it is.

"People know what IE stands for & what's expected of them" That's all that needs said.

@Jacob don't act like you don't revel in the slavification of IE lol

If anybody actually doubts IE's commitment to being explicitly pro-white, go watch literally any Patrick Casey rally speech ever. He pulls no punches, but does it without sounding like an unrelatable, deranged lunatic. Do that.

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Big, if happening. What say you?

A supposed draft of the statement: "The massive amount of aliens who unlawfully enter the United States each day is a direct threat to the safety and security of our nation and constitutes a national emergency," a draft of a presidential proclamation reads.

"Now, therefore, I, Donald J. Trump, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C 1601, et seq.), hereby declare that a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States," the draft adds.

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*b a s e d*

Oh man, I can't get my hopes up for a rumor but....I can't help but be hopeful.

I'm sure it's being drafted. What we want now is to hear it will actually be used.

Wonder where they got the draft from and Trump has been saying this for a while now.

Bnl is an aggregator account, right?

"His signature wall" no "fencing" or steel slats but a bug, beautiful wall concrete cast wall?

Something I didn't get was that, in the past, he said he was going with a steel barrier because the border agents wanted to be able to see to the other side. But during this shutdown, he said he's going steel because the democrats want it.

Disclaimer: I'm not intentionally spreading fakenews if this is nonsense.

Don't worry @Johnny B. Populus, you're good.

@sigruna14 Perhaps the "steel barrier" was a rouse?

I mean, the Border Patrol being able to see the other side does make sense. As long as you can't fit drugs between the slats/bollards/whatever.

And can't cut them in half with a freaking hacksaw...

To me barrier is fine either way. More interesting is whether or not Trumo will actually declare emergency and do it or is this an escalation(bluff) to get dems to agree to a deal.

@Johnny B. Populus it may be one of those things where they float it, get the left to unload, and then deny the veracity of it only to actually do it 7 to 10 days later.

Trump did that with the shutdown. If anyone can recall as far back as Dec 2018 you may remember when it seemed the Drumpf was done and had given up on challenging the budget. Pelosi was partying the night before he sprung the shutdown.

Once the wall is up, it would be very hard to get together the political will to tear it down. That's why they're so hard against it. They know the only chance to not have a wall is to prevent one being built. Which is why this fight is so important.

I wanted to piggyback on ServerAdmin's last point about Patrick's speeches. Patrick's Twitter is a really good source for IE's stance on 101 issues as they filter through the news cycle.

Seems like Trump derangement syndrome to me. Dem Congress trying to stand up to Trump. These people already agreed to over 350 miles of barrier and they're fighting 200 something more? Doesn't make sense to be against it.

As a new member for what it's worth I really appreciate that IE doesn't promote or allow actual extremism. Some of us don't want to be associated with the crazies. (and I don't mean rational identitarians)

I get that the left calls everybody crazy but there's still people who are objectively crazy like that Indian guy

His sort of activism sucks

Pretty cool thing happened today. Professor talked about demographic shift and white minority and fully acknowledge while it may be a good thing for some people others will not be happy about it and that it’s a very valid feeling that can be rationally argued against

I'm getting more and more nervous as this government shutdown drags on

I'm worried that Trump might tank his approval rating

moderates who don't really care about the wall are going to see this as Trump shutting down the government for no good reason