Look I couldn't care less about point scoring and ''winning'' arguments, I want to have conversations about the things that interest me or affect me personally without having them derailed or bogged down on one specific point.Martin Hash wrote:I half follow you. My suggestion, look at the things Trumpers are actually criticizing, like RyanCare, and pile on there. Ridiculous Tax-Cuts-For-The-Rich is up next, you're definitely going to have cohorts dumping on that one. Lay off the Islamaphobe, Xenophobe, Guns-Kill, stuff because, frankly, there are lots of counter-arguments that are pretty good. And we all know Trump says stupid shit, so pointing that out won't win any arguments. There's going to be glorious anti-Trump dustups you can participate on the winning side in, just wait for it...Montegriffo wrote:I'm suggesting no such thing. I was just pointing out that two months of ''your tears are delicious'', ''I'm never going to get tired of winning'', ''but Hillary'', ''the left does not reason'', ''bye Europe'' along with insults such as child fucker, Marxist, terrorist sympathiser, cunt etc does not encourage worthwhile debate or time spent on posts forming what many feel are valid criticisms.Martin Hash wrote:Monte, what do you suggest we do? Impeachment? R U proposing we impeach Trump?
To be honest I am hoping that Trump's thin skin and his inability to accept criticism combined with his failure to get his own way all the time will lead him to find some excuse to step down. The only problem with that scenario is that the much worse running mate that he chose in order to gain support from the more right wing republican base will only make matters worse.
In conclusion, God/Buddha/Gaia/Allah/Vishnu etc help you all, I'm bloody glad I don't live in America.
Take the recent attack in London, the thing that is currently beginning to bother me most about that situation is the effect that the ''there is no such thing as a moderate Muslim'' panic monkey brigade is having on personal freedoms etc. There are calls today from the home secretary for more invasive surveillance. But I will never be allowed to have this conversation because it will be diverted and bogged down in ''all Muslims are violent radicals'', ''but no go zones and Sharia law'', ''refugees are conquering you'' etc and posters who think ''bye Europe'' is a coherent argument.
I could just avoid these conversations or I could have them elsewhere where it does not get so bogged down.
That's how I feel any way.
No doubt all the time I've spent compiling this post will be rewarded by at least one person who takes 5 seconds out of their life to throw a personal insult my way like Flip did to my last post and I will be even less inclined to bother spending my time here instead of somewhere else.
I am sure there are several people who couldn't care less if I never posted here ever again........