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RE: Conservatards Sliding Farther Into The Sewer
May 30, 2018 at 10:55 pm
You know, I don't know what to think. Obviously, I've been aware of the "culture wars" since prior to 2000. I guess I figured it was a product of the much-more connected world provided by the rise of the internet. I don't think I ever expected it to get this bad though.
I am to the point where I view Repugnicans with ever-more disgust, loathing and utter lack of respect. These people are vermin to me. Enemies of humanity and friends of ignorance, hatred and stupidity. Yeah, I guess I'm polarized.
There are truly good people out there who manage to rise above it though in ways I have failed to do. Joe Biden is a great man and so is my own Senator, John McCain. Obviously, I have disagreements with McCain on many issues but it doesn't stop me from recognizing what a great man he is and seeing how worthy of respect he is.
The problem is, most of the Repugnicans I see are unworthy of any respect at all. They are either disgusting, low-class, low-IQ idiots who actively advocate a return to the stone ages or gullible fools who have been duped by a man who is OBVIOUSLY nothing more than a shallow, amoral, circus clown.
We really do have a war on our hands - people who have vision vs fucking idiots.
Maybe I'm part of the problem with my own polarization but what am I to do? I absolutely cannot respect cretins like Trump or the fools who follow him.
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RE: Conservatards Sliding Farther Into The Sewer
May 30, 2018 at 11:06 pm
I have the same pair of senators that you do. I'm not all that impressed with either one of them. It's all well and good to issue nasty press releases about the WLB but it would have been nice if they had voted against him. I know all about McCain saving the Affordable Care Act but even there I think he did that more as a favor to his republicunt buddies who were running for re-election and would be spared the problem of having to vote "no" themselves. McCain was not running and would never run again so it didn't matter if he bailed out Lindsey Graham and a couple of others.
Only the real Trumptards wanted to have the collapse of health insurance hung around their necks. McCain saved them from themselves but he didn't do much for the rest of us.
Otherwise I see the same thing as you. It all began with Nixon and that Moral Majority horseshit. It has become a tribe of sanctimonious cocksuckers ever since. They wrap themselves in the flag while they subvert the constitution.
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RE: Conservatards Sliding Farther Into The Sewer
May 30, 2018 at 11:23 pm
We see the world through different glasses, Min, even though we are hoping to see the same thing. I'm an optimist at heart so I have a clearer view (or perhaps a distorted view in your opinion) of my opponent's good side.
I see John McCain as a man who has genuine idealistic aspirations of this world. Some of those are in conflict with what you and I see as worthy aspirations. But he is as honest in his aspirations as we are in ours. And before you say that Hitler was too, I think you can see the difference between Hitler and John McCain. McCain has the best wishes of us all at heart (at least I believe he does) as opposed to an absolute scumbag like Trump who only a fucking fool can fail to see has nothing but his own interests at heart.
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RE: Conservatards Sliding Farther Into The Sewer
May 30, 2018 at 11:26 pm
(This post was last modified: May 30, 2018 at 11:27 pm by Silver.)
The problem with "optimism" is that it's rather subjective.
Everyone hides behind something to deal with the reality around them. Some people hide behind religion, some people hide behind makeup, some people hide behind facial piercings, and some people hide behind smiles. Hiding behind those things doesn't make the world a better place, in actuality. It just makes it better in the mind of the person preferring delusion over reality.
