04-23-2019, 01:01 PM
(04-23-2019, 11:45 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: OIC, I should have started yet another thread about Trump so I could maintain the ability to start future threads about similar behavior in others. This makes a lot of sense, if you didn't make your own, individual, thread about a topic you can henceforth never make a thread on a similar topic. Which internet rule is that? I know it's not one, two or thirty-four.
I didn't write that. I suggested there could be more consistency and less selective outrage. It's just my opinion. No need to go all Shakespearean soliloquy on me. Again.
Quote:Not that it makes it any better, but I rather think his statements were directed at people disrupting his rallies. So, not based on their politics so much as their disrupting his event. (yes I get that they were disrupting his rallies based on their politics, still not the same thing as attacking them directly for their politics (again not that this excuses the behavior)). Again, not that it makes it acceptable. I feel the need to constantly state the obvious now based on the myriad obtuse replies to this thread.
How were they disrupting his rally? Words? Shouting? A picket sign? What were they doing which was so disruptive? That's an honest question because I'm not unaware of any behavior that justified Trump encouraging others to kick their ass.
If you're truly upset about others advocating violence I wouldn't expect you to split the finest of frog's hair to make that argument which gives me the impression you're more upset at who advocated violence rather than what they advocated.
Before we travel down the road of swappin' passive aggressive insults, can you do me the favor of making your point without passive aggressive insults such as "myriad obtuse replies"? I know what you're doing. You know what you're doing. Is it really necessary? You're like two posts away from calling me "your ilk" again because I shared a cartoon. I'm not above it and more than willing to participate, but maybe I don't get myself banned on my first day back? Okay?
Quote:No, you'd be, correctly, accused of it regardless as it's precisely what you are doing. It's not that complicated, you can say CBS did an oopsie and not have this be tacit, or explicit, approval, or ignoring of, Trump's statements. See, this thread is about CBS's unacceptable behavior. If we want to discuss Trump's unacceptable, similar, behavior we can do that in one of the myriad threads about it.
Okay. Where did I write CBS committed an oopsie? I didn't. I agreed with your assessment violence shouldn't be advocated based upon what others say. If sharing a cartoon and making a sarcastic joke while agreeing with you makes me guilty of whataboutism; fine, guilty as charged.
Quote:Ironically you and the others with a similar opinion are doing exactly what you're accusing me of. You're ignoring the extremely poor decision by CBS to focus on Trump just as you accuse me of ignoring Trump to focus on CBS. Lot's of projection going on in this thread.
Okay, I'll be sure to think twice and reconsider all the ramifications before sharing the next cartoon.
