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We are better than this, over the top rhetoric is only going to make this discussion ugly. I know I had my fair share of hissy-fits, but the idea that some grou

We are better than this, over the top rhetoric is only going to make this discussion ugly. I know I had my fair share of hissy-fits, but the idea that some group of people are inherently evil cannot be logically argued beyond a point.

specializeded 9y ago
like an evil caricature, not actually one. You’re not doing any better going up and down this thread punching straw men and condescendingly misinterpreting comments. They didn’t even characterize a group of people as evil!
- sremani 9y ago
  I was warned (by mods)of comments like that in past, I am not playing a mod, but trying to be a bit helpful. If you take it with worst of assumption, I guess I am a condescending prick who got out of bed, to wag a finger at some comment submitter and feel better. #SoBeIT.
knieveltech 9y ago
This is going to rack up downvotes and idgaf. It certainly can be argued, and quite effectively, your "mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again" response to the faintest whiff of conflict notwithstanding.
davexunit 9y ago
Jeff Sessions is an evil person and that's not rhetoric, unfortunately.
- mythrwy 9y ago
  That is _exactly_ rhetoric. And hyperbole. (As well as subjective opinion). Jeff Sessions is just a guy. An old guy, from a different time with who's opinions you don't agree. He won't be here long so don't get all worked up.
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  - devopsproject 9y ago
    > from a different time There are plenty of decent men from that time. Jeff Sessions isn't one of them https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/12/02/jeff-sessionss-comments-on-race-for-the-record/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/12/...
  - davexunit 9y ago
    >An old guy, from a different time with who's opinions you don't agree. See also "racist"
thebiglebrewski 9y ago
Yeah I tried my non "over the top" arguments a few months ago but this administration just keeps on keeping on so I'm a little sick of just trying to give people the benefit of the doubt. Sessions is the one who thinks things are black and white - drug users are all criminals! See what he says about marijuana for proof...he thinks it's just as dangerous as all other drugs when there are scientific studies that it's not nearly as bad as, say, Heroin, which its apparently in the same schedule as.
Lagged2Death 9y ago
I know I had my fair share of hissy-fits... "Hissy fit" is a gendered insult. You're suggesting that anyone who admits that Sessions has bad intentions is acting like a menstruating woman. It's really offensive. Maybe English isn't your first language, maybe you didn't understand this. You aren't elevating the level of discourse here. ...the idea that some group of people are inherently evil cannot be logically argued... We're talking about one person in this case, and he's had a long career which makes the argument (that he acts with malice aforethought, that he's chosen to do the more-evil option over and over again) more strongly than any "logic" anyone's likely to construct for a message board post.

specializeded 9y ago

like an evil caricature, not actually one. You’re not doing any better going up and down this thread punching straw men and condescendingly misinterpreting comments. They didn’t even characterize a group of people as evil!

sremani 9y ago
I was warned (by mods)of comments like that in past, I am not playing a mod, but trying to be a bit helpful. If you take it with worst of assumption, I guess I am a condescending prick who got out of bed, to wag a finger at some comment submitter and feel better. #SoBeIT.

knieveltech 9y ago

This is going to rack up downvotes and idgaf. It certainly can be argued, and quite effectively, your "mommy-and-daddy-are-fighting-again" response to the faintest whiff of conflict notwithstanding.

davexunit 9y ago

Jeff Sessions is an evil person and that's not rhetoric, unfortunately.

mythrwy 9y ago
That is _exactly_ rhetoric. And hyperbole. (As well as subjective opinion). Jeff Sessions is just a guy. An old guy, from a different time with who's opinions you don't agree. He won't be here long so don't get all worked up.
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- devopsproject 9y ago
  > from a different time There are plenty of decent men from that time. Jeff Sessions isn't one of them https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/12/02/jeff-sessionss-comments-on-race-for-the-record/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/12/...
- davexunit 9y ago
  >An old guy, from a different time with who's opinions you don't agree. See also "racist"

thebiglebrewski 9y ago

Yeah I tried my non "over the top" arguments a few months ago but this administration just keeps on keeping on so I'm a little sick of just trying to give people the benefit of the doubt. Sessions is the one who thinks things are black and white - drug users are all criminals! See what he says about marijuana for proof...he thinks it's just as dangerous as all other drugs when there are scientific studies that it's not nearly as bad as, say, Heroin, which its apparently in the same schedule as.

Lagged2Death 9y ago

I know I had my fair share of hissy-fits... "Hissy fit" is a gendered insult. You're suggesting that anyone who admits that Sessions has bad intentions is acting like a menstruating woman. It's really offensive. Maybe English isn't your first language, maybe you didn't understand this. You aren't elevating the level of discourse here. ...the idea that some group of people are inherently evil cannot be logically argued... We're talking about one person in this case, and he's had a long career which makes the argument (that he acts with malice aforethought, that he's chosen to do the more-evil option over and over again) more strongly than any "logic" anyone's likely to construct for a message board post.