09-13-2017, 12:10 PM
(09-13-2017, 12:50 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Hank Williams Jr. (admittedly a total asshat) got fired for saying Obama was as bad as Hitler. There is absolutely a double standard at work, only a fool would try and claim otherwise. I've been saying for well over a year that people have gotten way too comfortable hurling heavy accusations at each other, usually with no more provocation than the fact they disagree with them on a political issue.
We are in a world of shit.
I dunno.
Using a public platform to say the POTUS is as bad as a guy who killed millions of people, is as bad as using a public platform to call the POTUS a racist?
I get that Jr wasn't trying to say Obama killed 6 million Jews. Or that he'd taken over huge chunks of Europe. Or that he had a mustache. But it's the kind of ignorant hyperbole that squelches legitimate points. You can have a conversation with someone who says 'the POTUS is a racist, here's the point.' You can't do much with someone who just says 'the POTUS is comparable to the biggest sack of crap in history because he made everyone buy health insurance."