Pack93, I am not you. LOL
Where redeeming quality can be found in argument its uplifted and NEVER have I lashed out at anyone. I might attack or "lash out" if that floats your boat against an idea; but that is 100% different than attacking a person.
Originally Posted by: Barfarn
Glad you are not me and have confirmed it... now I know that other voice in my head isn't you. 😁
First, I like your posts for the most part... same with Uffda and some others that challenge the norm.
Where I think they stray, because you don't always know your audience, is when the challenge also comes with some direct comments directed towards another poster. Sometime subtle, sometimes not.
Why does it matter?
It matters because, even if the one that the comment is directed to accepts or ignores it, the remainder of the audience may not. Some will think it acceptable... some will be discouraged from sharing their thoughts.
And that matters... we want great discussions, that is the basis of a forum. The purpose of its existence.
Comments like this...
Figures...LOL. Don’t be a servile sycophant lemming. do not foster the discussion. Subtle... but that one, builds into another... and the verbal volleyball is off.
If the emotions are in check, then simply frame the response differently.. nothing more. Talks about how you disagree and attack the topic solely.
Personally, that generates more discussion on the topic and less on the petty little sniping back and forth.
Again... I love to read anything that challenges my belief structure, many times it forces one to examine the root of those thoughts and either alters them or reconfirms them.
Pointing back to the topic...
I think Trump a buffoon... A con man that is just now realizing it is going to require much more than he anticipated. Has very little in terms of knowledge how to work within a structure when it doesn't just bend to his will or pocketbook. That said, it is fun to watch the establishment that is DC cringe when he tries to ram his autocratic view down their throats. A simple taste of how we the constituents think about the establishment itself.
But post by post... news story by news story, I can find partial trains of thought that I can agree with or support.
I don't want to simply write him off and hope for a quick impeachment... but I am leery that his lack of knowledge and his propensity to "win" doesn't do irrevocable harm to this nation. I truly hope those that have his ear in the matter of foreign policy have the ability to see the big picture.
Russia doesn't worry me as much as North Korea and the hidden ties that bond them to other powers. That is a scary game of chess we are playing there.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"