Trump Derangement Is Destroying Political Analysis

[Cow Poke]

None of you would last one minute under the sort of barrage across all the threads I am in as it has occurred today.

wow

[rogue06]

False.



False. I have no interest in denigrating Trump personally. My goal is to provide a push back against things he is doing that are wrong, and against those that try to hide, excuse, or otherwise dismiss the bad things he is doing.

You really think that is how you come across?

[oxmixmudd]

wow

[oxmixmudd]

You really think that is how you come across?

I know what I do rogue. The interactions here almost always go from me trying to discuss some element in the news of the day to me defending myself against personal attacks from a large group of the 'Christian' people that post here. Sometimes I handle that better than others, but the attacks are usually against me personally, not the element in the news that I am trying to discuss.

[lilpixieofterror]

I know what I do rogue. The interactions here almost always go from me trying to discuss some element in the news of the day to me defending myself against personal attacks from a large group of the 'Christian' people that post here. Sometimes I handle that better than others, but the attacks are usually against me personally, not the element in the news that I am trying to discuss.

[NorrinRadd]

... The buzz I'm hearing is that the IG report is going to be devastating and a "career ender" for a number of prominent politicians. I guess we'll see.

I doubt it. It *should* be. But at this point, I never expect that Deep State swamp rats ever really get their due.

[Mountain Man]

I doubt it. It *should* be. But at this point, I never expect that Deep State swamp rats ever really get their due.

I would describe my mood about the matter as hopeful but not optimistic.

[Juvenal]

Trump Derangement Is Destroying Political Analysis

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[Roy]

Jim - the ONLY thing you post about is Trump - day in and day out ...

The only thing anyone posts about here is Trump - day in and day out.

Of the 20 threads on the front page of Civics:
- eight are explicitly about Trump and/or his impeachment[1]
- seven are not directly about Trump, but he's mentioned in the opening post anyway[2]
- two more aren't about Trump but he still gets frequent mentions[3], despite the supposed thread topic (Brexit / taxing churches)

Only three of the twenty threads do not quickly descend into discussions of Trump[4], and one of those is about how to deal with the whistleblower who exposed him. Even the thread about a massacre in Mexico begins with asking what Trump will do about it.

When Trump is the basis or referent for 80%

[Zymologist]

The only thing anyone posts about here is Trump - day in and day out.

Of the 20 threads on the front page of Civics:
- eight are explicitly about Trump and/or his impeachment[1]
- seven are not directly about Trump, but he's mentioned in the opening post anyway[2]
- two more aren't about Trump but he still gets frequent mentions[3], despite the supposed thread topic (Brexit / taxing churches)

Only three of the twenty threads do not quickly descend into discussions of Trump[4], and one of those is about how to deal with the whistleblower who exposed him. Even the thread about a massacre in Mexico begins with asking what Trump will do about it.

When Trump is the basis or referent for 80%

There is a Tweb outside of Civics.

[KingsGambit]

There is a Tweb outside of Civics.

But as of late, there hasn't been much discussion there.

[Zymologist]

But as of late, there hasn't been much discussion there.

Which isn't the same as none. I think there's been some interesting discussion in a couple Christianity threads lately, that has nothing whatsoever to do with Trump.

[Roy]

There is a Tweb outside of Civics.

True. But inside Civics it's all Trump, Trump, Trump.

[Juvenal]

I'm a conservative - absolutely no doubt about it ...

I have my doubts. Conservatives cite the Federalist Papers the way Baptists cite their sacred texts. In another age, but not so distant most of us here can't remember, Buckley, Reagan's favorite publisher, famously crusaded against the Birchers. Conservatives eschew propaganda outlets and conspiracy theorists. I can no more imagine a conservative citing the Federalist blog than a Baptist citing the Dark Bible.

I suppose it could happen, as part of a lesson in bad examples, but certainly not approvingly.

Regarding the article in the o/p, looking beyond the fetid style, there's little to favor beyond the author's equivocations between the difficulties in regaining a good reputation after losing it and losing it after it's been won, which is worth a laugh, so that's something. I'd imagine you know that's not true, or can figure it out once a more careful reader has pointed it out.

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But that's Hillary, a political enemy whom you've declared evil. A preacher calling someone evil should mean something more than that, I'm thinking.

As conservatives go, you're probably a decent preacher, poke. But when you mix your faith with politics, even your preaching is likely to come under doubt. I'm hardly the first to note this, not by millennia.

You've start threads chastising the perceived dishonesties of Obama's press secretaries, but not a peep on Spicer or Sanders; and the same with Warren for discrepancies in speeches separated by decades while mocking Jim as triggered when he applies those principles to Trump and does what you too should be doing and would be doing, if your opposition was based on principle rather than party.

I keep telling myself you mean well.

[Cow Poke]

The only thing anyone posts about here is Trump - day in and day out.

Of the 20 threads on the front page of Civics:
- eight are explicitly about Trump and/or his impeachment[1]
- seven are not directly about Trump, but he's mentioned in the opening post anyway[2]
- two more aren't about Trump but he still gets frequent mentions[3], despite the supposed thread topic (Brexit / taxing churches)

Only three of the twenty threads do not quickly descend into discussions of Trump[4], and one of those is about how to deal with the whistleblower who exposed him. Even the thread about a massacre in Mexico begins with asking what Trump will do about it.

When Trump is the basis or referent for 80%

Your entire post is about Trump.