RE: Member of Congress Among 5 Reportedly Shot at Baseball Field
June 17, 2017 at 11:43 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2017 at 11:55 pm by henryp.)
(June 17, 2017 at 10:57 pm)Nymphadora Wrote:(June 17, 2017 at 10:49 pm)wallym Wrote: They don't. I'm politely'ish declining.
So then you have zero grounds to stand on for which to make your point. Why bother to participate in a discussion if you aren't willing to explain your views? This isn't third grade, ya know.
Khem responded to a post I made replying to Thump out of context and tried to bait me into some good old fashioned internet bullshitting. Some people like that, but it doesn't seem appealing to me at this time. There are plenty of people here willing to go to bat for team "Trump isn't really a Nazi." And they can both repeat the same thing over and over at each other just fine without my participation.
(June 17, 2017 at 8:04 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:That wasn't really my argument. As I've said a few times, anecdotally, I've found people I'd expect to not partake in the extreme rhetoric diving in head first. All of these people are on the left, but the sample group was also overwhelmingly on the left. I found it relevant to the discussion, because as it relates to violence/hate, these are also the people I'd least expect to buy into that as well.(June 17, 2017 at 3:55 pm)wallym Wrote: Sure, there are moderate politicians. They know the rhetoric is all a part of the game. I'm sure a few of them drink their own kool-aid, but for the most part, they know it's just a tool they hand out to the masses to try and win elections. That's why W, who was 100% a racist war criminal is somehow able to be friends with Obama a Kenyan who hates america and vice versa.
My point is that arguing that there are moderate Republicans but no moderate Democrats is silly. There are moderates and extremists on both sides of the aisle.
Unfortunately, if you say anything bad about the left, the response is "YEAH BUT REPUBLICANS..." and down the rabbit hole we go.
I don't know many moderate republicans. Maybe they are delving into the absurd as well. But that's not a particularly relevant to the original point, and I can't speak on it, because I have no idea. What was relevant to the discussion I responded to was that the group I'd least likely expect to start celebrating death and violence is celebrating death and violence. That strikes me as a bad sign.
