RE: After 8 years of selling fear GOP wants "civil"?
March 13, 2016 at 8:31 pm
(This post was last modified: March 13, 2016 at 8:34 pm by Brian37.)
(March 13, 2016 at 7:03 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Brian criticizing Trump for saying fuck on twitter and then proceeds to say it 30 times in his post. lol. Who cares if a president curses. I care about how they would run the country. Also what is comparing a politician to Hitler if it's not fear mongering? You guys are constantly on here fear mongering, saying that terrible terrible things will happen if so and so is elected (Trump in this case, but if Cruz is the candidate you guys will be fear mongering about him)
This is the only important failing of Trump as far as I'm concerned: he would be a terrible president.
No again, don't try to equate his roll and mine as being two sides of the same coin.
1. He is in position of power, he isn't a no name like me.
2. I am not running for office, he is.
3. And cussing out the bigot, which is what he is, is not the same as being the bigot.
Blasphemy and even cussing are part of living in a free society. The ability to offend celebrity and politicians and religion are what separates us from theocracies and one party states like North Korea.
Our politicians are not private citizens when running for office or in office. At that point they not just representing those they are trying to get votes from, they are being seen by the entire world, and when in office they don't just represent the people that voted for them, they are there to defend the constitution we all live under.
Offensive speech IS, as it should be, protected by law. But it is a completely different standard for a politician, and part of what you say that would make him a horrible president, would be the damage he has caused himself while running, the world would not take him seriously the way he behaves nor could he be trusted not to do it when in office, which he wont be.
It is up to the private media to be the provokers and blasphemers and offenders, but the public trust of all public offices, from police officer, to judge, to state and congressional office to the White House, is a different roll and are there to defend the idea of protecting free speech while protecting the idea of peaceful transfer of power.
Do not equate me to him. He is a fucking asshole, and a bigot, and he has no business being even a dog catcher.
What is different is that he is no longer a mere entertainer like Jerry Springer or Howard Stern. He is running for public office in a trust that should maintain the attitude of peaceful transfer of power.
