07-01-2024, 11:02 AM
(07-01-2024, 10:22 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: The Dems have been playing this game for years, but seems like you only started paying attention to American politics within the last 10 years if you didn't know about the "granny over the cliff" campaign.
Yeah that's pretty much the case. It's about 10 years since I followed the country's politics more closely. Most things I know before that stem from anecdotes I heard.
And btw. I do in no way attempt to whitewash Democrats. They sure have their own set of sins.
(07-01-2024, 10:22 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Calling Trump Hitler and fearmongering about concentration camps is pretty beyond the pale, too. Deplorable smears isn't something unique, much less novel, with Trump.
The point is you can't only be outraged when one side does it and then lament why things never change. Let's stop calling it "whataboutism" and maybe acknowledge it's calling out hypocrisy, because 90% of this board's "outrage" is highly selective and partisan.
Sure. It's just, none of the deplorable things that democrats said and did over the years diminish anything Trump says and does. These matters are not intrinsically connected, except when you try to prove that my outrage is selective. An assessment I do not find entirely fair (certainly a little fair, I am not unbiased) when it comes to my person. In general, sure, but again that's imho a weak argument for not being bothered by Trump's conduct.
The other issue is that many of the things you listed do not stem from an actual candidate for president. That's just of a different importance.