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Your reply is nonsense and does NOT speak to my post that you were pretending to be replying to. It seems you were refuted and now simply have resorted to insults.
I had hoped for better from you.
I put up solid arguments and reasoning, and yet you just don't accept them.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
Such appears to be the case here.
BTW, there were no insults in my previous post, nor this one.
You made no such argument that was not dealt with by me in response. But feel free to prove me wrong.
Not like this. In the early years, Conservatives supported Bush no matter what and Liberals criticized Bush no matter what, but there was conversation that went back and forth; and many Conservatives and Liberals got along. I had been away from this site for four years. In that time, the average Conservative seems to have become very extreme and very angry. It stems from eight years of Fox News pessimism and it began when the GOP started pushing birther bull crap and encouraging the idea that Obama may be a secret Muslim who wants to destroy America. My very devout Christian parents, who are habitual Fox News watchers, are also not who they used to be.
Please see #67
Every argument you made in 67 has been dealt with many times over and over and over and over again in thread after thread after thread about this subject. And you damn well know that.
You began 67 with a blatantly false premise which I dealt with immediately in my nest post and refuted your erroneous assertion. That false premise doomed your entire argument since popular election is not mob rule as you falsely claimed it would be.
When I invoke the Founding Fathers regarding the EC , I provide the words of Alexander Hamilton in Federalist 68 which tells the nation why we have the EC and how it is going to protect the nation. In your 67, you do no such thing - you simply pretend to spend for the founders and provide nothing to support your false claims.
So your 67 does nothing to support your argument.
A lot of the analysts keep saying Tribal politics is ruining america, or tribalism is worse than it's ever been. After the election Tuesday, which actually felt like a national election, I would tend to agree, especially on the internet.
I have seen more extreme comments than ever before online and underneath all of the hate and all of the rhetoric politics in America has boiled down to, "Na Na Na Na." or "I was right." There is no more discussion about issues. If there ever were and if you do talk about certain hot button topics. EX: Gun Control, Abortion, Global Warming and go in with a different point of view, people don't debate your view. They just call you an idiot.
So the question is, has it always been this bad on DP? In your life?
*Yes I realize I do this too.
A lot of the analysts keep saying Tribal politics is ruining america, or tribalism is worse than it's ever been. After the election Tuesday, which actually felt like a national election, I would tend to agree, especially on the internet.
I have seen more extreme comments than ever before online and underneath all of the hate and all of the rhetoric politics in America has boiled down to, "Na Na Na Na." or "I was right." There is no more discussion about issues. If there ever were and if you do talk about certain hot button topics. EX: Gun Control, Abortion, Global Warming and go in with a different point of view, people don't debate your view. They just call you an idiot.
So the question is, has it always been this bad on DP? In your life?
*Yes I realize I do this too.
Obama Created a Nightmare for Business, says 'Pawn Star' Rick Harrison | Fox Business
Mr. Harrison isn't the only business owner.
:lol: :lol:
Oh the irony. That a reality TV star implies that the best thing that has ever happened to him was a reality TV star became president.
Maybe ole' Rick can throw his hat in the ring next.
No wait - the office of the president has been dumbed down far too much.
Chumlee 2020!!
Did you hear the Ds were thinking about running Oprah in 2020?
Would you like to write a comedy sketch bit with me about how the Chumlee / Oprah debates might go?
Heck, if she gives me a car for voting for her, I am good with it.
:lol:
No, I'd take a hard pass on Oprah for president. I appreciate all that she has done, and she's a media giant, but I'm over celebrities wanting to be president.
I am glad i am not the only one that has recognized this. I feel an on-line forum is a pretty good reflection of the generic population attitude wise.
Sorry. I forgot to insert the little (sarcasm) at the end of that post.
Oh geez, I would hope that was sarcasm :lol: . I couldn't imagine anybody being serious about a Chumlee/Oprah ticket.
Well, let me rephrase. I would never have imagined that before 2016.
It's funny. My boss is the same way as the people you describe here today. He is as "conservative" as you can get, but today he was complaining about Amazon mistreating their workers and making them work like dogs and it took everything not to scream at him, "Isn't this what you want? That's how the people you vote for and champion will treat everybody!" I didn't because I already know all of his counter arguments. It'll start with something like, "well that's lefty Amazon for you."It's always a gothca game with these people. The left does it too, but the way these Trumpsters do it, it's very childish.
A lot of the analysts keep saying Tribal politics is ruining america, or tribalism is worse than it's ever been. After the election Tuesday, which actually felt like a national election, I would tend to agree, especially on the internet.
I have seen more extreme comments than ever before online and underneath all of the hate and all of the rhetoric politics in America has boiled down to, "Na Na Na Na." or "I was right." There is no more discussion about issues. If there ever were and if you do talk about certain hot button topics. EX: Gun Control, Abortion, Global Warming and go in with a different point of view, people don't debate your view. They just call you an idiot.
So the question is, has it always been this bad on DP? In your life?
*Yes I realize I do this too.
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