Trump booed at World Series

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(10-30-2019, 03:41 AM)hollodero Wrote: So, Dill's answer is mine to the Baltimorian question. Those at baseball clearly referenced, or say mimicked, the rally goers, so there's the connection to them and their behaviour.

And it's possibly more irony (or mockery) than anything - as I said there are nuances, and I do not equate the two groups 1:1 - but in a certain context that does not matter too much. It's not just about what it is with all nuances - it's also about how it's percieved. Every person on the fence of leaving Trump becaue of his and his supporter's conduct now has a reason to reiterate that they are all the same left or right... and it sure might look like that to such a person, does it not?

Both sides sport a mob demanding jailtime for a political opponent. Of course one of the nuances would probably be that those who demand it for Trump have more basis in fact for that. Also he started it, he sure deserved a taste of his own medicine, I do not dispute all that. But it's still behaviour that is spooky, and how that can not be seen as losing some moral highground is baffling to me. I just can repeat it, one can either be appalled by a certain behaviour (like participating in a "lock her up" chant) or display the same behaviour at the next best chance - but with doing the latter, the first goes out of the window. And a similar logic applies for denouncing the rally goers for their chants and at the same time cheering for the baseball chanters. @hypocrisy question, that is the hypocrisy.

This has been a very enlightening thread.  As you and Bel, two of our most level headed posters, have pointed out there is a clear streak of hypocrisy on display here.  The interesting part comes from the immense level of denial of this fact or the bald statement of "it's ok when we do it because they started it".  The more left leaning posters here have all morphed into GA9 or TommyC but have zero comprehension of this fact.  It really is fascinating how much Trump provokes people to act exactly like him.

But it's ok because he started it.