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I'm not sure that the way you worded it is really any different. Stating that there were good, well-meaning people in a crowd of hateful rascists after a woman

I'm not sure that the way you worded it is really any different. Stating that there were good, well-meaning people in a crowd of hateful rascists after a woman was killed by a radical maniac is not a helpful statement, and it provides cover for what was, by most decent people's assessment, a despicable display of bigotry and hatred. I also do think that commentators are WAY too quick to impart meaning to Trump's words in situations like this. After observing his actions and statements for 4 years, I'm quite confident that he doesn't think much while he speaks. Words just dribble out in stupid ways "stand back and stand by" comes to mind. Trump never learned to speak or think with any discipline. So it's like he follows a Markov chain of words -- I can't say the phrase you've asked me to say ("stand down") because that makes me look weak. However, "back" and "by" follow the word "stand" with high degrees of frequency, so let's just go from "stand" to "back", and then for extra measure (because saying lots of words makes me look smarter), let's try another phrase - "stand by". No real thought of the meaning behind that. And that's one of the biggest points about this individual. Not only does he have a complete lack of empathy and a complete fixation on himself, he doesn't communicate with enough precision to provide real leadership. No wonder qanon has so much fun searching for hidden meaning in his words; it's effectively just word soup, which can lead to all kinds of interesting crazy conclusions.

Person5478 6y ago
> I'm not sure that the way you worded it is really any different. Stating that there were good, well-meaning people in a crowd of hateful rascists after a woman was killed by a radical maniac is not a helpful statement, and it provides cover for what was, by most decent people's assessment, a despicable display of bigotry and hatred. Do you know what I find most frustrating about the abortion arguments between the left and the right? If you truly truly believe life begins at conception, of course you believe it's immoral to murder the baby. if you truly truly believe life does NOT begin at conception, of course you believe it's immoral to force a woman to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. IOW, there are well-intentioned people on both sides. Does this make it ok for someone to bomb an abortion clinic? No, absolutely not, and the vast majority of pro-life people don't agree with that action, and should not be universally condemned for the actions of a few. But lets look closer at what you said. > Stating that there were good, well-meaning people in a group of __assholes who think they should be able to tell women what to do with their body__. --- It is absolutely __FRUSTRATING__ watching people like you dive headfirst into contributing to the problems this country currently has. It feels as if I have a super power for being able to converse with people from the left and the right equally. The opinions I see from the left about what the right is thinking, as if they would know when they can't even bring themselves to _SPEAK_ to the right. What I'm saying here is that YOU are a part of the problem.

Person5478 6y ago

> I'm not sure that the way you worded it is really any different. Stating that there were good, well-meaning people in a crowd of hateful rascists after a woman was killed by a radical maniac is not a helpful statement, and it provides cover for what was, by most decent people's assessment, a despicable display of bigotry and hatred. Do you know what I find most frustrating about the abortion arguments between the left and the right? If you truly truly believe life begins at conception, of course you believe it's immoral to murder the baby. if you truly truly believe life does NOT begin at conception, of course you believe it's immoral to force a woman to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. IOW, there are well-intentioned people on both sides. Does this make it ok for someone to bomb an abortion clinic? No, absolutely not, and the vast majority of pro-life people don't agree with that action, and should not be universally condemned for the actions of a few. But lets look closer at what you said. > Stating that there were good, well-meaning people in a group of __assholes who think they should be able to tell women what to do with their body__. --- It is absolutely __FRUSTRATING__ watching people like you dive headfirst into contributing to the problems this country currently has. It feels as if I have a super power for being able to converse with people from the left and the right equally. The opinions I see from the left about what the right is thinking, as if they would know when they can't even bring themselves to _SPEAK_ to the right. What I'm saying here is that YOU are a part of the problem.