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Originally posted by Adrift View PostEh, I wasn't impressed. The reporter had a right to be ticked after being sucker punched. A busybody getting in my face to tell me to calm down after I was the one who got punched would probably tick me off more. And then the lady in the back telling her that she's part of the problem, not the solution, is pretty much ignored. The woman who attempted to de-escalate things didn't necessarily do anything wrong, but certainly nothing worth kudos in my book.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostJimmy, we don't have people smashing windows and burning things and leaving trash behind at conservative rallies -- it just doesn't happen. This seems to be a characteristic that breaks out among liberals pretty exclusively. And the anger and hate and the foul language --- it just seems to be a part of liberal protests. And, yes, it's beyond silly.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostOh please, Trump rallies not only had conservatives punching people in the face, they had Trump himself encouraging it.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostThis is just silliness. People are human no matter which side of the issue they are on, and there will always be a few people, who unable to control their emotions, will do stupid things. It reflects badly on the rests of the protesters, but it doesn't define them as the opposition would have you think by pointing those few out.
I really don't understand what's gotten into people lately. The left are the one's who usually pride themselves for being rational and peaceful, and framing the right as a bunch of dull witted barbarians who are prone to anger and violence, yet all of these marches and protests have been marked by periods of violence and vandalism and that along with the incidents like the kidnapping of that mentally handicapped kid have been demonstrating the complete opposite. And even when we've been hearing claims of the right doing something terrible, like hitting someone, yelling horrible things, marking things up with Nazi/fascist graffiti, time and time again it's found to be completely made up, or the actions of people on the left attempting to frame it on the right. It's getting to the point where even if someone on the right does something terrible, no one's going to believe the boy who cried wolf. I've had two far left friends on facebook have to tell other people to stop condoning violence to the right, or that they would unfriend them. My friends shouldn't have to be doing that. People are losing their dang minds, and Trump has been in office for what? Three days? It's craziness.
I think Trump is despicable. I don't vote, but I certainly wouldn't have voted for him. That said, I think Big Joe here makes some really thoughtful points about all of these protests and marches.
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostI agree. But there seems to be a sort of shared sentiment going around that these marches were surprisingly peaceful. Almost as though people were patting themselves on the back for demonstrating how good their behavior was, especially after the destructive displays that marked the Inauguration. People, not just here, but on other blogs and forums I've read have been praising the whole Women's March thing for not a single documented incident of violence or destruction. Which is silly, since this is the way things should be done in any protest or march anyways, but as we can see, it clearly wasn't the case that things were so peaceful.
I really don't understand what's gotten into people lately. The left are the one's who usually pride themselves for being rational and peaceful, and framing the right as a bunch of dull witted barbarians who are prone to anger and violence, yet all of these marches and protests have been marked by periods of violence and vandalism and that along with the incidents like the kidnapping of that mentally handicapped kid have been demonstrating the complete opposite. And even when we've been hearing claims of the right doing something terrible, like hitting someone, yelling horrible things, marking things up with Nazi/fascist graffiti, time and time again it's found to be completely made up, or the actions of people on the left attempting to frame it on the right. It's getting to the point where even if someone on the right does something terrible, no one's going to believe the boy who cried wolf. I've had two far left friends on facebook have to tell other people to stop condoning violence to the right, or that they would unfriend them. My friends shouldn't have to be doing that. People are losing their dang minds, and Trump has been in office for what? Three days? It's craziness.
I think Trump is despicable. I don't vote, but I certainly wouldn't have voted for him. That said, I think Big Joe here makes some really thoughtful points about all of these protests and marches.
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostI agree. But there seems to be a sort of shared sentiment going around that these marches were surprisingly peaceful. Almost as though people were patting themselves on the back for demonstrating how good their behavior was...The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostExcellent point --- it's "news" that the liberals were able to conduct a peaceful protest!
I've been finding the need lately to just disconnect from all of it, tv, radio, internet, even talking to coworkers or family and friends just for a bit of peace of mind. I think I might need to rent a cabin in the woods for the next few months till everything simmers down again.
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Originally posted by JimLamebrain View PostOh please, Trump rallies not only had conservatives punching people in the face, they had Trump himself encouraging it.
Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by MsJack View PostI published an op-ed on this at The Hill yesterday:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blo...vity-of-womens
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostDid you hear paid liar Kelly-Anne Conway wittering on about "alternative facts" re the crowd-size at the Inauguration. So funny!
Donald J Trump cares, obviously, since he's the one who sent his Press Secretary to chastise the pesky reporters for reporting the facts. No wonder he wouldn't allow questions...just like his master.
Indeed it is, but get used to it, we're going to get a lot of it from the Donald; he's a petty, self-obsessed person.
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostIt's sad because I have a lot of liberal friends who are pretty torn up by all of the destruction and violence. Even in the areas that I disagree with them, I know their hearts are often in the right place. I, personally, want to stay unbiased as possible. I don't want to be swayed by opinion, but by facts. I hate the division between the left and the right. So much more would get done if it wasn't "us vs. them". I truly think partisan thinking hurts everyone. In my opinion, it's akin to cultish behavior. But as neutral as I try to remain, people on the left have been doing so many wonky things over the course of the election and now post-election period that have been making it really tough. The right is not guiltless either, but the left seems to be in full meltdown.
I've been finding the need lately to just disconnect from all of it, tv, radio, internet, even talking to coworkers or family and friends just for a bit of peace of mind. I think I might need to rent a cabin in the woods for the next few months till everything simmers down again.I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.
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All these radical liberals who are rioting and smashing things and causing chaos, all they are accomplishing is to drive the core, working class, mom and pop democrats further right as they try to distance themselves from these extremists. Pretty soon all that will be left of the Democratic Party will be a fringe group of crazy extremists that nobody takes seriously. Basically a group filled with Tassman, JimL and Starlight clones.
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