Can anyone post the dem equivalent? Because both sides are the same? Maybe a video of Obama calling for violence? There must be at least one of Speaker Pelosi? Surely Chuck Schumer? Definitely a current dem candidate for POTUS? Mad man Bernie!
You keep trying to create a discussion no one is trying to have. Who said anything about anyone being equivalent to Trump? Just cause stuff doesn’t rise to Trumps level of nonsense doesn’t mean it isn’t nonsense itself.
Some keep arguing “both sides” are the “same.” I’m arguing they’re not even fucking close to being the same. Believe what you will. “Stuff?” You mean intimidation and threats of violence, right? From a POTUS as candidate and holder of the office. Or is that just “stuff” to you? Like unicorns and ice cream?
Ummm read again. The stuff I was mentioning was not trumps. Easy to read.
and way to deflect and focus on a word instead of the actual topic. You are really good at that.
If I didn't know better, I would think certain people are much more concerned with right wing talking points than they are with a president whose behavior is appearing more and more treasonous with every passing day.
But hey, to each his own.
It's a good thing you know better then. But the reality is that I live in a world that is not a bubble. I see how moderates, indys and conservatives think and take in information. I work in financial services which is fiscally conservative by nature, but socially moderate. I read National Review, Reason, Amcon, and others. I care about winning elections. If you think destroying downtown San Jose helped the cause in 16, you're wrong. If you think destroying Minneapolis advances the cause, you're wrong. And if you're not advancing it, your're hurting it.
There's a huge difference in standing up for a principle and resorting to wanton destruction. Stand up for Kap. Stand up to China and the NBA. Stand up for what's right vs wrong. But destroying property isn't right and if you think a riot is a positive thing, you've lost your damned mind.
Ok, so here’s the thing: I checked National Review, and Reason, and neither one of those outlets is reporting that Minneapolis got destroyed. Nowhere have I read about wanton destruction of property and truth be told I’m not finding too many reports using the word “riot” in reference to what happened in Minneapolis two nights ago. I DID read about the following: *some isolated skirmishes and reports of punches being thrown, including one trump supporter being called a Nazi and getting punched in the back of the head - all completely unacceptable * a trump supporter being spat on - completely unacceptable * reports of objects being thrown at police when they attempted to disperse the crowd - completely unacceptable (USA Today reported one incident of urine being thrown, but no other outlets are reporting it - completely unacceptable if true) * one report of a trump supporter having his maga hat stolen off his head - completely unacceptable if true * reports of maga hats and flags being burned in the street *** *reports of a mostly peaceful day that went sideways at the end forcing police to disperse the crowd w/ pepper spray *several reports of a single (1) arrest and a single (1) citation for disorderly conduct being issued (the local Fox News affiliate was one of the websites I searched for information about this story)
None of these things, or even all of them combined, come close to “destroying Minneapolis” or “wanton destruction.” (If you used that last term only in reference to maga hats being burned in protest, you’re reaching) Also, none of this even comes close to what happened in Charlottesville, if we’re going to go down the road of comparing this to other major protests in recent years.
I welcome any links you can share that may further enlighten me as to what happened Thursday night. Based on what I’ve read however, your comment appears to be little more than hyperbolic nonsense. Hyperbolic nonsense that serves Trump’s agenda by spreading misinformation about the fictional destruction of Minneapolis by “the left.”
I fully support the arrests and prosecution of anyone who broke laws Thursday night. I don’t condone violence or destruction from any political activists, regardless of their allegiance. I also don’t condone the misrepresentation of incidents through the use of hyperbole or exaggeration. If we can’t accurately discuss an incident, how can we respond proportionately?
But hey... congrats on not living in a bubble, I guess.
***I don’t support or advocate the burning of the flag, but my opinion is irrelevant considering it’s protected speech. I would imagine the same applies to the maga hats, provided they weren’t stolen. If they WERE stolen, I fully support the arrest & prosecution of the offenders.
Nowhere did I say that Reason or NRO was reporting on this particular story. I'm saying that I do my best to stay out of the bubble by reading publications that I don't necessarily agree with. Regarding my "hyperbolic nonsense", I'm using terms that get used on the right when given the excuse. And you went straight to my point of defending the non peaceful (better?) protests by comparing to C'ville. It doesn't matter that C'ville was marginally worse than San Jose and much worse than Minny. If you find yourself making that argument, then you've lost the moral high ground. And today the left has the moral high ground. It needs to be protected.
“It’s ok for us to compare Minneapolis to San Jose, but you’re wrong and just playing into our hands by comparing it to Charlottesville in response”
”it’s ok for us to use hyperbolic nonsense and spread misinformation about what happened Thursday’s night, the left just needs to be better at not giving us things to lie and spread misinformation about.”
That’s some bubble you aren’t living in.
I'm sorry, did you just fake quote me, declare me as a right winger and then say I'm living in a bubble? WTF kind of argument skills are you employing? Are you so disingenuous that you have to make up things? SMH.
No apology necessary I thought it would have been obvious I was paraphrasing you, not making things up. Unlike for example suggesting the city of Minneapolis got destroyed Thursday night. Now THAT would be making something up... oh, I’m sorry, you were just “using the terms that get used on the right when given the excuse.” (Aka - right wing talking points)
I apologize for the misuse of quotation marks, I should have made it more clear I was paraphrasing your arguments. If you want me to edit my original comment I will.
Your paraphrasing is inaccurate as well.
I don't understand how it's controversial to say that it's a bad idea to condone violence, even when committed by your team. Seems like pretty common sense to me.
Likewise, I don’t understand your use of hyperbole from the get go muddying up the conversation. Dismissing it as saying you were “just using the terms that get used on the right” is a cop out.
Accurately representing something you’re suggesting is a bad idea seems like pretty common sense to me.
Im not reporting the damn news. Im making a point that riots, assaults and the like allows the Republicans to claim equivalency. And then the marginally engaged voter throws up their hands and says "they're all the same". That's the point. It's not about nuanced arguments and preaching to the choir. It's about maintaining the clear moral high ground and capturing the soft votes. That's how you win. Not by taking hats from people.
I’m not sure why this is a difficult concept to get.
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One can hope that trump gets removed and then the Dems win the 2020 election. But I’m concerned how long till the country is back to a little more normalcy. We can’t be a country of 1 party and the GOP is sinking fast on a national level.
One can hope that trump gets removed and then the Dems win the 2020 election. But I’m concerned how long till the country is back to a little more normalcy. We can’t be a country of 1 party and the GOP is sinking fast on a national level.
It’s still the dominant party. Of course if we’re ever to get back to normal, the GOP is going to have to find its place after being the Party of Trump. But we may just go on with the PoT as the dominant party until we’re fucked in whatever way we end up fucked.
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The blood of the Kurdish men, women, and children is also on the hands of every single person who advises, believes, supports, and votes for the dictator wannabe in the white house....
The blood of the Kurdish men, women, and children is also on the hands of every single person who advises, believes, supports, and votes for the dictator wannabe in the white house....
And at the same time, he announces that we are sending 3k more troops to Saudi Arabia. Now I'm a simple caveman lawyer, but how do you say with one hand that we need to get out the middle east (pulling troops, creating a climate of war crimes) and then send troops to SA? And yet his supporters can somehow square this logic.
The blood of the Kurdish men, women, and children is also on the hands of every single person who advises, believes, supports, and votes for the dictator wannabe in the white house....
And at the same time, he announces that we are sending 3k more troops to Saudi Arabia. Now I'm a simple caveman lawyer, but how do you say with one hand that we need to get out the middle east (pulling troops, creating a climate of war crimes) and then send troops to SA? And yet his supporters can somehow square this logic.
I m trying to play devils advocate but I can’t. This is mind boggling. Lots of crazy videos coming out. The Turkish troops reminds me of the einsatzgruppen.
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While some on here continuously call out the Left for their rhetoric and actions, Team Trump Treason and his deplorables are ratcheting up the rhetoric and shoving it down the Left’s throats. How’s that high road?
While some on here continuously call out the Left for their rhetoric and actions, Team Trump Treason and his deplorables are ratcheting up the rhetoric and shoving it down the Left’s throats. How’s that high road?
If they’re getting worse, good people should shine a spotlight to highlight that gap and how it’s growing as they do. That seems obvious to me.
If you want to close that gap and make it hard to tell one shitty side from another, you’ve got a different strategy on how to influence people than I do. Of course that’s valid, but I don’t think it’s productive for the short or long term.
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I still can’t believe that this freak is president. I might have to check out of paying attention to any of this for my own sanity.
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I still can’t believe that this freak is president. I might have to check out of paying attention to any of this for my own sanity.
Sports and comedy helps. So does loud music.
Yes, thank god it’s fantasy football season. I kind of tuned out for a few days last week and it made me think about some things. Such as, you can’t change people’s minds, and just how many people don’t even consume news or understand nuances of politics. I’m willing to bet that only like 20 to 30% of people know who the Secretary of State is, let alone know he’s a traitor. Maybe im just Debbie downer this morning because I lost my fantasy football this week, lol.
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The blood of the Kurdish men, women, and children is also on the hands of every single person who advises, believes, supports, and votes for the dictator wannabe in the white house....
The blood of the Kurdish men, women, and children is also on the hands of every single person who advises, believes, supports, and votes for the dictator wannabe in the white house....
I can't believe this decision by trump at all. Pathetic. This decision makes the top 3 worst trump moves for me.
It’s maddening. Abandoning our allies, wtf?
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Oh, I remember. -Trump Hotel -They didn’t help us in ww2 -It’s what Putin wants
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The blood of the Kurdish men, women, and children is also on the hands of every single person who advises, believes, supports, and votes for the dictator wannabe in the white house....
The blood of the Kurdish men, women, and children is also on the hands of every single person who advises, believes, supports, and votes for the dictator wannabe in the white house....
I can't believe this decision by trump at all. Pathetic. This decision makes the top 3 worst trump moves for me.
It’s maddening. Abandoning our allies, wtf?
It really makes no sense what so ever. Makes me angry and sad at the same time.
Yeah, I’m all for doing what we can as far as drawing down troops and like to consider myself anti-war or whatever, but doesn’t make sense strategically, idk. It’s going to cause more bloodshed, not less. And Trump wants to talk shit about people who “got us into Iraq” or “they’ve been fighting for 200 years”, while sending more troops to our buddies in Saudi Arabia, yeah right. I wonder how many of our vets worked side by side with Kurdish forces at height of Iraq war.
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and way to deflect and focus on a word instead of the actual topic. You are really good at that.
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That came off as very strange to me.
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Retired Marine Gen. John Allen: 'There is blood on Trump's hands for abandoning our Kurdish allies' https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/13/politics/syria-marine-general-john-allen-trump/index.html
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I kind of tuned out for a few days last week and it made me think about some things. Such as, you can’t change people’s minds, and just how many people don’t even consume news or understand nuances of politics. I’m willing to bet that only like 20 to 30% of people know who the Secretary of State is, let alone know he’s a traitor.
Maybe im just Debbie downer this morning because I lost my fantasy football this week, lol.
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-Trump Hotel
-They didn’t help us in ww2
-It’s what Putin wants
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