07-20-2021, 03:46 PM
(07-20-2021, 03:15 PM)Dill Wrote: LOL both sides are certainly not fighting fascism. That's the point you drove home.
Correct, neither side is. One side doesn't think there's any fascism to fight (pro tip, there isn't) and the other is a bunch of LARPing a holes who think they're storming the beach at Normandy (pro tip, they aren't).
Quote:And I don't think "my side" is subverting the rule of law by addressing systemic racism. Quite the opposite.
Of course you don't. Equally obvious is your, and your ilks, completely blinkered and extremely exaggerated interpretation of what constitutes that.
Quote:And I can't tell whether ANY side ignores repression and genocide in a regime so long as that regime remains unnamed.
Yeah, you're right. There weren't prominent Dems blaming the Cuba situation on anyone but the Cuban government. You're equally "correct" that the Dems routinely condemn Chinese human rights abuses. I mean it's not like the "woke" entertainment industry, the NBA and other "woke" organizations routinely take their marching orders from China in order to make a buck. Never mind the genocide boys, the real oppression is here in the US!
Quote:But your post teaches us something about how faulty equivalence drives bad judgment.
Pontification mode enabled.
Quote:What percentage of the GOP believe that Biden stole the election from Trump and what percentage of Democrats believe police are on the prowl to murder "people of color," or are engaging in "daily riots"?
Unknown. If you listen to the loudest voice you'd think a lot.
Quote:My post contained examples of mass belief in erroneous Trump claims which are now driving the policies of an entire political party across the U.S. because TENS OF MILLIONS believe them. And belief in those claims indicates a complicit RWM and inadequate vetting by a mass of individual voters. You have presented NOTHING comparable.
Because I don't give a shit trying to convince you of anything. A simple internet search would provide countless examples.
Quote:Your post is a smattering of actions and positions you do not agree with, but which are either unrepresentative of the mass of voters centrist, liberal and left which you comprehensively call "the left," or the kind of positions arising from actual policy research and historical precedent, and about which reasonable people might disagree.
Wait, I call people "the left" and that's a problem, but you routinely engage in the same behavior and it's not? More of "Dill doesn't see it".
Quote:So your comparison here is about as balanced as your "Whattabout Hillary?" on the Big Lie thread.
So, 100% accurate then?
Quote:It's like you decided the claim was that only one side had actors who represent extremes on the current political spectrum, and so you set out to school everyone on that--ignoring the real problem of mass delusion, fed and maintained by both right wing politicians and the right wing press, which my post foregrounded.
Tell you what, the next time you acknowledge wrongdoing by the left (which would be the first time), I'll start giving you more of the benefit of the doubt.
Quote:So still no equivalence, rather an illustration of what goes wrong when people assume "both sides" are simply symmetrical mirror images of one another.
They are not.
Correct, they both have different topics they're full of shit about. Problem is "Dill only sees" the wrongdoings of the far right. Your inconsistency is amazing, especially for an old man who you'd think would have a broader perspective on life. But c'est le vie I guess.
