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Did you read the article? He literally gave every example of maliciousness as right wing and provided no examples of how the left is equally manipulated.

crispyambulance 8y ago
So, is there an "equal opportunity" rule now? Do all citations of evil, atrocity, and maliciousness require both a "right-wing" and "left-wing" example just for the sake of fairness?
- AnimalMuppet 8y ago
  In the current environment, yes, they do. Why? Because too often, each side tries to paint the other as the center of all evil. And people of both sides get really tired of being painted that way. They tune out very quickly when they run into something that paints them that way. So if you want both sides to hear you, you have to not shoot only at one side.
  - crispyambulance 8y ago
    We've gotten ourselves into a mess in the USA by electing an authoritarian government, in part, as a result of influence mediated through social networking companies. The news is a now parade of ridiculous government officials, each a unique combination of incompetence, corruption, and malevolence. Sorry, but this one is on the hard right. Don't tune out. Own it. Live it. Take some responsibility for it.
    - AnimalMuppet 8y ago
      Well, we elected a president with authoritarian tendencies, and he's made over the executive branch in his image. > Sorry, but this one is on the hard right. Don't tune out. Own it. Live it. Take some responsibility for it. First of all, I'm not part of the hard right, so no, I don't own it, nor do I take some responsibility for it. I lean right, but not hard right or alt right or racist right, and I didn't vote for Trump. Don't tar me with this mess. Second, though, how is Trump being authoritarian? Well, he's acting through executive orders rather than through Congress. Who else did that? Obama. Now, Obama was more competent and more sane than Trump, but did that make Obama less authoritarian? Or just a better authoritarian? One who was authoritarian in directions that were more to your liking? You may raise the issue of deporting immigrants. Who else did that? Obama did it in large numbers. But people screamed much less. Why? Because Obama was their guy. Don't paint the problems as all on one side. They're not.

crispyambulance 8y ago

So, is there an "equal opportunity" rule now? Do all citations of evil, atrocity, and maliciousness require both a "right-wing" and "left-wing" example just for the sake of fairness?

AnimalMuppet 8y ago
In the current environment, yes, they do. Why? Because too often, each side tries to paint the other as the center of all evil. And people of both sides get really tired of being painted that way. They tune out very quickly when they run into something that paints them that way. So if you want both sides to hear you, you have to not shoot only at one side.
- crispyambulance 8y ago
  We've gotten ourselves into a mess in the USA by electing an authoritarian government, in part, as a result of influence mediated through social networking companies. The news is a now parade of ridiculous government officials, each a unique combination of incompetence, corruption, and malevolence. Sorry, but this one is on the hard right. Don't tune out. Own it. Live it. Take some responsibility for it.
  - AnimalMuppet 8y ago
    Well, we elected a president with authoritarian tendencies, and he's made over the executive branch in his image. > Sorry, but this one is on the hard right. Don't tune out. Own it. Live it. Take some responsibility for it. First of all, I'm not part of the hard right, so no, I don't own it, nor do I take some responsibility for it. I lean right, but not hard right or alt right or racist right, and I didn't vote for Trump. Don't tar me with this mess. Second, though, how is Trump being authoritarian? Well, he's acting through executive orders rather than through Congress. Who else did that? Obama. Now, Obama was more competent and more sane than Trump, but did that make Obama less authoritarian? Or just a better authoritarian? One who was authoritarian in directions that were more to your liking? You may raise the issue of deporting immigrants. Who else did that? Obama did it in large numbers. But people screamed much less. Why? Because Obama was their guy. Don't paint the problems as all on one side. They're not.