@techsouth saidSo when did Biden call republicans traitors? When did he call Fox News the enemy of the people? When did any any democrat senator stand up and claim its time “to start taking down names and kicking ass” after the republicans lost the White House.
So when the left criticizes the right, we are to focus our discussion on whether it is true or not. Nothing more.
But when the right criticizes the left, we are to focus our discussion on what harm may come from saying such things. Nothing more.
Because the left already knows which accusations are true and which are false and have helpfully provided that information as a prerequisite for all future conversations.
The double standards are all in your partisan right wing head because all you have is a comparison between Democrat oranges and poisonous Republican apples.
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They really want to spin it to make Biden look bad and that ONLY because he is dem. If he was repub there would be ZERO in the way of these stupid attacks on Biden.
A way to distract from the FACT JACK that Trump may be fined a quarter BILLION for tax fraud and the MANY other kinds of crimes he has committed and is committing as we speak like the 250 million he got fraudulently by calling it a legal fund to defend himself but just used the bucks to line his own pocket.
Just a couple of examples of the life long criminality of your god king, Trump. Your GODDAM king Trump.
@kevcvs57 saidAw shoot, tech south. I thought your comment was great, as it would not elicit the name of our previous president, since it would have nothing to do with him.
No Biden is not responsible unless he said that people should go out and run down people wearing maga hats.
The perpetrator was / is a drunken idiot who be charged and tried for premeditated murder. Biden spoke / warned against the new potential for political motivated violence not in support of it.
But the right wing in particular needs to curb the tendency to disparage t ...[text shortened]... s of the press and more recently the FBI and DOJ have been singled out by the trump wing of the gop.
As you are OP, can you explain to us how Kev's Trump response has anything to do with your issue? Thanks.
Oh and can you also tell us the mindset of liberal people.
@averagejoe1 saidI’ll explain once more to the resident halfwit that you cannot critique Biden or Trump without referencing the other given that the idea of critiquing a democrat president only makes sense as support for his or her potential alternative in the gop side which is basically Trump if trump wants to be.
Aw shoot, tech south. I thought your comment was great, as it would not elicit the name of our previous president, since it would have nothing to do with him.
As you are OP, can you explain to us how Kev's Trump response has anything to do with your issue? Thanks.
Oh and can you also tell us the mindset of liberal people.
I don’t really expect you to understand / respect my explanation but there it is.
It’s like complaining about the air quality and advocating putting a polythene bag over your head by way of a solution.
@techsouth saidFunny !!
This person not only voted for Biden, but he had been led to believe that he was dealing with a radical extremist who needed to be killed. That is the rhetoric from very prominent Democrats.
Question. Had you even heard of this story before I posted it?
If not, consider that you might be getting your anecdotes with a large amount selection bias, not necessarily by ...[text shortened]... then you are hardly informed enough to trust your subjective judgement of who brings more violence.
I've only heard the term "radical" used by Conservatives.
Trump shouting radical left socialism at rallies.
FOX news using the term till they are blue in the face.
But really, the term exists on both sides of the spectrum.
It is more the right wing trying to bring the US back to the 1950's deluding themselves into thinking they are normal.
1950 USA ?? Now that is radical !!
Let's bring back the steam engine !! We have lots of coal and we don't care about the radical climate change fear mongers.
There you go. Does that make your day ??
@techsouth saidAll this ASCII scat you're vomiting forth is taking as axiomatic that the GOP is still a "normal" political party that has not become extremist to a degree that presents a direct threat to democracy.
First, answer this question: had you heard of this news event before today? If not, don't you consider it an indication that your news sources are hiding things from you? And wouldn't that make it hard for you to make a subjective judgement on this topic?
The goal ought to be to judge by consistent standards.
Another goal would be to convey the facts accurately. ...[text shortened]... 195248.html
My guess is left wing contributors to this forum have not heard of that event either.
But of course the GOP has become a serious threat to democracy, and anyone who believes in democracy is duty-bound to speak up and denounce the threat for what it is, as Biden has done.
You do love to truss up your editorials in robes of reasoned argumentation, analysis and impartiality, but they are nearly always based on at least one whopper of a false premise that makes very clear that, yes, you are just another butter-brained reactionary extremist governed by your passions and prejudices. You are no Noam Chomsky, or even a George Will.
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But of course the GOP has become a serious threat to democracy, and anyone who believes in democracy is duty-bound to speak up and denounce the threat for what it is, as Biden has done.
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You are terrific at repeating Democratic party propaganda, eh? But do you have any idea what you are talking about?
The democrats are in panic mode about the midterms. They know that **on the issues**, they LOSE.
So they whip up this bullwinkles about "losing democracy" if the Republicans take congress. But they never say HOW!!
So, Soothfast, perhaps you can tell us all how Republicans intend to take democracy away from people.
Will the Republicans rig all elections going forward...?
Will the Republicans just eliminate all voting forever?
Please explain. And Good luck, Soothfast.
PS: what really is happening is the Republicans are taking power from the Democrats