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Gosh, I remember when killing

moat — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:24:03 +0000

In reply to A quibble: I believe you are

Gosh, I remember when killing old ladies was considered outré.
I need to get my eyebrows plucked and my sensibilities recalibrated.

A quibble: I believe you are

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 06:46:44 +0000

In reply to They certainly jumped on to

A quibble: I believe you are being too kind by using Raskolnikov here, moat.

I hope we can again rely on

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 06:40:52 +0000

In reply to In a better world, these

I hope we can again rely on humility, on our need to cooperate, on our dependence on each other to learn how to trust each other again and by so doing better serve the people who elected us. Stop listening to the bombastic loudmouths on the radio and television and the Internet. To hell with them. They don't want anything done for the public good. Our incapacity is their livelihood.

~ John McCain,July 25, 2017 Senate floor speech

There are two major political

rmrd0000 — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:23:18 +0000

In reply to I don't find the idea of

There are two major political parties. The Republicans are in control and have leadership that exacerbate s racist tendencies. If you show up for rallies that support that leadership, you cannot expect to be included as a deplorable. When the group as a hole laughs at a Congress critter body slamming a reporter, and your face is on camera, expect condemnation.

Trump rally organizers tend to remove people in the crowd facing cameras who do not share in the joy of the moment.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-montana-rally-people-replaced_us_5b926b14e4b0162f472c5612

I don't find the idea of

artappraiser — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:09:51 +0000

In reply to At this point in the

I don't find the idea of applying a blanket to any group very useful for much of anything, we'd all be much better off doing a whole lot less of that. Socio-political groupings and more particular things like gerrymandering on based on teevee advertising and zip codes for snail mail. The internet allows people to micro-target and be micro-targeted. And from that we're losing actual tribalism and are like substituing fake tribes, many kicking and screaming they want some tribes back, they need to make an enemy. I'd love it if people left it at hate the Packers or root for them, with no inbetween, and the small amounts of violence that come from that. But too many are not satisfied with that, they need to apply their blanket presumptions/stereotypes, outside of sports games, like a blanky.

You can't convince me all registered Republicans think alike, and are the evil incarnate, NCD. I actually know some, and it's not true about them. I think the most effective thing you do is ridicule the worst of them, because then you might embarrass some in the club to try to control their brethren's worst impulses. But when you start of the serious stereotypical labeling of them as a one-thinking Borg, I think that's counterproductive to your own goals. (I.E. "the Jews are responsible!")

They certainly jumped on to

moat — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:47:02 +0000

In reply to In a better world, these

They certainly jumped on to that bandwagon right quick. The twitchy trigger fingers sort of reveal a sense of shared responsibility for the rhetoric. What a bunch of Raskolnikovs.

Investigators looking into

artappraiser — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:20:01 +0000

In reply to Where's the Civility?- Mail Bombs?

Investigators looking into whether suspicious packages were sent from Florida. https://t.co/o0CTh6nGQE via @WSJ
— Peter Nicholas (@PeterWSJ) October 25, 2018

Have a nice day

rmrd0000 — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:51:43 +0000

In reply to I didn't say that anywhere.

Have a nice day

At this point in the

NCD — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:50:56 +0000

In reply to She was sorely tempted of

At this point in the dissolution of American values, shocked Republicans, disgusted Republicans, former Republicans, OK... but a blanket "decent Republicans" without any further qualification? No. It's an oxymoron.

I didn't say that anywhere.

artappraiser — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:40:19 +0000

In reply to That you see no difference

I didn't say that anywhere. And no my "argument" is not akin to that, NOT AT ALL. I was commenting on YOUR comment to which I replied. And that is all. A suggestion: if you want to argue with a strawman, give him/her a name and write up the quote you are arguing with.