THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY

[Fry Guy]

Sorry Rootilda,
Don't read my next post.

Its a great idea. Ideological echo chambers have no conflict, a lot of agreement, you get to virtue signal and be rewarded. Head pats and hair ruffles are the order of the day. You can predict how people respond. You know what sources you are allowed to respond to and what to dismiss and who to listen to and who not to. You don't need to worry too much about facts or truth if you know the narratives. Whatever the narrative becomes your new truth.
You lose the ability to think critically and willingly keep yourself ignorant but it is a small price to pay for head pays, hair ruffles and people agreeing with your every pronouncement.

I don't mind debating with people. I don't mind debating with people with differing ideas. I appreciate learning another perspective.

But you like to call people stupid, liars, and other names. It just takes the enjoyment out of it. Call me weak. I don't care. I don't feel like engaging like that.

I will call you weak.

No so much weak but cowardly. I will tell you why. In the comfort of your diary you can express any idea , no matter how honest or dishonest, no matter how ill-thought out or as reprehensible. Why does it matter? It may be that you wish to vent without exposure to alternate opinions or any one to challenge views.
With your family and friend to some extent, you can be a little looser with truth, be a little more off-colour, be a little more controversial or not think through your positions. You will get some pushback but these people know you and are inclined to allow you the benefit of the doubt.
You are on a forum. People with little knowledge or connection to you. If you choose to interact (and it is a choice) you also must acknowledge that you CHOOSE what you say. If you choose what to say and say it to people with less connection to you, then venting in a diary-esque way, wanting to have everyone accept what you say without challenge or calling you out WHEN you lie because you were not meaning to be taken literally but rather to convey your feelings or talking bullshit because you were ill-informed, this will not happen.
We do not have that connection and you chose to say whatever you said. If it is exposed as complete bullshit then what you ought to do is make better choices about what to say. Not claim victim points for being rightly called out. We do NOT have to humour lies? I call out lies whenever I see them. It DOES sometimes make people uncomfortable. People often feel awkward being exposed doing so but the solution is to make a better case for what you are saying without lying. Let's face it, if you have to lie in order to sell an idea, it probably was not that great to start with.

So yeah, it is weak and cowardly. A better way is to be honest. To sell an idea with facts and reason not feelings and hyberbole and/or lies. I sure as Hell will always call it like I see it. Good or bad. Right or wrong and regardless of who says it.

I believe racism in the US has not increased since the 60's but I do believe the media want's people to believe it. I just do not see it. I see people not being responsible for their own actions and others trying to blame racism on their own mistakes but racism in itself has not "increased" The media sure likes to stoke the fire though and idiots following the talking heads like children eating candy.

I wish this were true Maggot. But I cannot believe it. I thought the 80's and 90's were nice. But as a white person-I cannot really comment on how blacks or any person of color was treated. When I looked back on my highschool days I realized that it was still very racist, it just seemed more okay to make jokes and assume everyone was laughing.

I have seen racisim first hand through my friends eyes. It still exists. 

There are improvements-yes. But there is still a long long way to go. I don't ever want to stop making improvements in these areas until each person can have the same experience without the color of their skin being an issue.

No, no one says racism does not exist. Every race has people who are racist. Every race has people in that are murderers and thieves and pedophiles and degenerates of every stripe. There will NEVER EVER be a time where no racism will exist. End of. Fairy tale over.

Sorry Rootilda,
Don't read my next post.

I don't mind debating with people. I don't mind debating with people with differing ideas. I appreciate learning another perspective.

But you like to call people stupid, liars, and other names. It just takes the enjoyment out of it. Call me weak. I don't care. I don't feel like engaging like that.

I like to hear different opinions but I'm not seeing anything that resembles opinions here, just comments like "progressives are at fault for mass shootings" and "white guilt is responsible for keeping racism alive."  It's all finger pointing and refusing to accept part of the blame for this fucked up country.  There's no political ideology on the right anymore, just a bunch of trolls trying to piss off the left.

So your country is fucked up? Okay two question: firstly, why would someone like me accept blame for YOUR country? Secondly name me another country in the world and time in history that offers you more in convenience, status, comfort, safety and opportunity. No? Dumarse whiner.

Let's be honest "but I'm not seeing anything that resembles opinions here, just comments like "progressives are at fault for mass shootings" and "white guilt is responsible for keeping racism alive." , either you ARE reading the comments or you have the quotes blocked.

IF you have these opinions blocked, you are not seeing them at all and this is a lie.
If you are reading the comments you are supposed to have barred yourself from seeing then you are lying there.
But even better I ask ANYONE here to look for where THIS was said "progressives are at fault for mass shootings"....if you are struggling, don't worry, it is a lie.

Do you notice a pattern here?

This boo-hoo "I got called out for lying" is rather easily fixed through the gentle art of telling the truth. If you say things that are blatantly untrue then you OUGHT to be expected to be called on it and if you have not told a lie it is rather easy to prove.

Just find where anyone here said "progressives are at fault for mass shootings" as you said and IF you can't then be humble enough to accept that what you said was untrue and consider why you are lying and seek not to lie.

It is rather simple. That does not make you a victim in exactly the same way as a thief caught stealing or a conman getting exposed does not make them a victim. Got it? Great - now find where anyone said "progressives are at fault for mass shootings"