RE: Okay GOP, now is your time to shine and show how much you really love America
July 17, 2018 at 7:58 am
(July 17, 2018 at 7:50 am)purplepurpose Wrote:(July 17, 2018 at 7:10 am)Brian37 Wrote: The GOP are old white cowards still bitter about Nixon and frightened now that they made the mistake of getting Nixon on meth elected.
This is an ignorant answer. Humans literally from an evolutionary standpoint have always competed for resources. But there is a huge difference between living under an oppressive state, and living in an open state. Now, I fucking take Trumps vile rhetoric personally. He has vilified my NON VIOLENT Hispanic neighbors, and he has attacked the press, and I had interned and worked in media myself.
Getting along would be wonderful. But no, the tug of war politically, should pull towards more open societies, not oppressive states. I don't like human tribalism either, but no, bending over to a dictator is not how you foster peace.
I am 51, I am old enough to remember the cold war, and fear of a global nuclear war. Putin is a product of Stalin's KGB, Stalin murdered millions of his own. Putin even today, murders political rivals and reporters.
I think you need to understand the difference between the general population, and the powers that control that population. I won't vilify every individual whom lives in Russia, but Putin is still a dictator, and his population does not have the range of political and press freedom we do in the west. Trump insulted Merkel whom lived under the oppression of the former Soviet Union.
If you expect me to ignore bullies, and authoritarian states forget it.
Putin does not operate in freedom, he is a dictator.
You just want prosperity to your tribe or your family. What Putin's gang does is mundane in politics.
Don't you try to guilt me or shame me. America isn't perfect and I do not like everything we do. But don't fucking dare try to equate our system of government to that as being equal to a dictator.
You can argue the party and conservatives favor bullies in power, your problem is the GOP, not me. Your problem is Trump, not me. Putin is still a dictator.
I've interned in TV, and worked in radio. You are barking up the wrong tree trying to sell me this bullshit argument.
