A Sad Commentary

[Cow Poke]

Why do you hate conservatives so much?

I LOVE liberals! They taste like chicken!

[KingsGambit]

Did you ever get around to my challenge for you to find equivalent republican rants like Maxine Waters' jackass calls for harassment of conservatives?

I'll take up the challenge.

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[Cow Poke]

I'll take up the challenge.

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I mean normal people.

[rogue06]

I mean normal people.

Too be fair, Mad Maxine isn't exactly normal either.

[Cow Poke]

Too be fair, Mad Maxine isn't exactly normal either.

drat

[carpedm9587]

I don't hate democrats. I would NEVER advocate harassing them, and would very vocally oppose causing them harm, or the instigation of causing of harm to democrats.

I was not referring to you specifically. I was referring to the right in general, and especially this forum. The hatred against "liberals" and "democrats" is palpable. Do you really deny that is the case?

I do.

I have.

Then your bias is blinding you...

[Cow Poke]

I was not referring to you specifically. I was referring to the right in general, and especially this forum. The hatred against "liberals" and "democrats" is palpable. Do you really deny that is the case?

I think many of us hate liberal ideas and actions, but I don't hate any liberals enough to wish them harm, or wish then to get cancer and die, or want their heads chopped off....

Then your bias is blinding you...

Yo momma!

[demi-conservative]

I was not referring to you specifically. I was referring to the right in general, and especially this forum. The hatred against "liberals" and "democrats" is palpable.

Fake impartial moderate righteous act again! Maybe we care if you call out yuge hatred of left against President Trump, also 'deplorable' supporters of his.

[carpedm9587]

I think many of us hate liberal ideas and actions, but I don't hate any liberals enough to wish them harm, or wish then to get cancer and die, or want their heads chopped off....

Wow. How wonderfully and personally accepting of you. I'd roll my eyes, but I reserve those condescending emojis for only the most egregious posts!

Yo momma!

Probably...

[Sparko]

I've already made my position on Waters pretty clear.



Which I answered...



Yes, she does.



Again, if people are in public venues, and they are public people (e.g., politicians), they can expect to be demonstrated against and protested against. If violence is being done, if people are being spit on, if private property is being encroached, then the line has been crossed. This is my objection to Waters. She makes no such distinctions, so she invited people to make no such distinctions. That is a problem. It was a problem when Trump did it. It is a problem when Waters does it.

so to be clear, you agree that Waters was calling for harassment, not simple protest, right?

[One Bad Pig]

I was referring to the right in general, and especially this forum. The hatred against "liberals" and "democrats" is palpable. Do you really deny that is the case?

I'd like to see you attempt to make a case. No dog whistles allowed.

[One Bad Pig]

Wow. How wonderfully and personally accepting of you. I'd roll my eyes, but I reserve those condescending emojis for only the most egregious posts!

Way to miss the Cow Poker's point, carpe. I don't think you need me to spell it out for you.

[Mountain Man]

I was not referring to you specifically. I was referring to the right in general, and especially this forum. The hatred against "liberals" and "democrats" is palpable. Do you really deny that is the case?

Really? Hate? Something tells me you're being affected by confirmation bias. I am strongly opposed to the liberal ideology, but I don't hate anybody for being a liberal, even if I am, on occasion, compelled to question their ability to think rationally.

[carpedm9587]

so to be clear, you agree that Waters was calling for harassment, not simple protest, right?

I think Waters was not being clear in her speech, and runs of the risk of being misunderstood. Her comment, which I suspect is the one you are referring to was, "Let's make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere."

AFAIAC, she was fine until the last two sentences. "Push Back" was a bad choice of words because it could mean physically and some won't hesitate. The last part I am somewhat ambivalent about. It's not something I would say, and I think it is counterproductive. But if we're talking about a bunch of people in the street picketing and demonstrating, "you're not welcome anymore" is a perfectly acceptable chant, and better than a lot I've heard. As I said, not something I'm going to engage in, but if someone feels that way, who am I to tell them not to express it?

[carpedm9587]

I'd like to see you attempt to make a case. No dog whistles allowed.

I don't need to, OBP. The site makes the case all on its little lonesome...