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RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Bob Butler 54 - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I have lots of integrity and cold logic. If you define integrity as loyalty to red ideals, you have integrity. I have a more scientific world view, and matching one’s theory to reality is kind of a big deal. When you are willing to sacrifice meshing with reality in order to maintain the ideals, the perception is one of a lack of integrity. (04-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: What they recognized was they couldn't win without doing what I did which was allow myself to come to your level and kick some ass and knock some sense into peoples heads. Do you see many hardcore liberals other than yourselves? In Massachusetts? Silly question. Some areas see the problems that come with a high population density and wish to solve them. Unfortunately, doing this on the national scale imposes on more rural populations in such a way to force changes they don’t prefer. If you don’t encounter the problem, why would one wish to pay to solve it? On the forums, I certainly do see as many or more progressives than conservatives. You can’t ignore problems indefinitely. This is especially true of the Coronavirus, where if you don’t recognize the virus it kills. You can’t fake news or hoax it away. Sometimes I wonder how well the rural idiots would last in the urban centers. If things could be settled by knocking sense into people, the rural idiots would get into trouble real quick. This is just not the place for idiots. The theory is not advanced by spouting ideologies or making silly threats of violence. Turning theory is supposed to be part of a scientific world view, making predictions in the real world. Putting your ideology ahead of how well the theory fits reality or threatening violence when you can’t defend your ideology is not helpful. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 09:58 AM)David Horn Wrote: There is the old lawyer's joke that has wider meaning if you let it. The joke: If you have the law against you, you pound on the facts, and if you have the facts against you, you pound on the law, but if you have the law and the facts against you, you pound on the table. There's a lot of table pounding by the right these days.Dude, when I pound my fist on your table that's a wake up call. Yes, the right is pounding on lefts table a lot lately and the left is in a bit of a quandary as to what that means for them. We're seeing the leftists who used to spend their time pulling the strings and doing the dirty/nasty work behind the scenes. You can sugar coat them, try making them smell like roses, say it ain't so about them but that doesn't change our views of them. You have a problem, you have half of a country that see right through them and you have about half a party that plugs their nose and votes for them because the other half of the country has them covered so to speak. Joe Biden proved that I've been right about progressives all along. The progressives are on their way out nationally and locally for the most part. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - pbrower2a - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-12-2020, 02:47 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(04-12-2020, 01:00 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I used my judgement like everyone else. Do you have a problem with that? I can't stand Rachel and the heavy barrage of criticism at the beginning turned me off. Now, you can put your words in my mouth and your beliefs in my head and fuck up like every idiot who did it before you and disappear like they did when life for them became more miserable and the integrity among the group was gone. I could hammer you with truthful terms that you don't like at anytime. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 03:27 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:Integrity has a meaning. I suggest that you look it up and learn what it means. I noticed that you spent more time advancing TFT theory and using it to advance the progressive agenda then you spent listening to me and other critics/skeptics back then and not caring much about the long term results or immediate impacts they'd have on millions of other people than us.(04-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I have lots of integrity and cold logic. To be honest, I'm not impressed with science right now. Science seems to be all over the place right now. I've seen multiple models and multiple contradictions between scientists and multiple projections and multiple ideas of how the virus is able to spread and a few short term solutions that some scientists, medical people and the liberal media vehemently reject as a viable solution. So, you represent the scientific worldview and scientific values, I'd say that they're both messed up right now. So, I'm going to stay with mine. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Eric the Green - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 06:42 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-12-2020, 03:27 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:Integrity has a meaning. I suggest that you look it up and learn what it means. I noticed that you spent more time advancing TFT theory and using it to advance the progressive agenda then you spent listening to me and other critics/skeptics back then and not caring much about the long term results or immediate impacts they'd have on millions of other people than us.(04-12-2020, 02:40 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I have lots of integrity and cold logic. Corona virus 19 is too new for science to have definitive information on it. Cures are being worked on, but what is certainly not viable and certainly dangerous is for Trump to trumpet a cure that no science supports in the hope it might persuade America to lift shelter in place and go back to normal and thus allow the virus to spread even more. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Bob Butler 54 - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 06:42 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Integrity has a meaning. I suggest that you look it up and learn what it means. Just did. My computer’s dictionary definition includes truthfulness. That would totally exclude you. (04-12-2020, 06:42 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: I noticed that you spent more time advancing TFT theory and using it to advance the progressive agenda then you spent listening to me and other critics/skeptics back then and not caring much about the long term results or immediate impacts they'd have on millions of other people than us. I advocate a real arrow of progress. Each Crisis solves a particular problem in which the conservative faction would prefer to stick with the old ways of doing things. Thus, I support democracy, the abolition of slavery, and the end to fascism. Is it much of a surprise that I support saving the planet, saving lives, and honoring the scientific reporting? The Agricultural Age was horrible. Removing traces of it is a good thing, which I care about a lot. Thus I speak against people who would rather stick to the ugliness than solve problems. I do care a lot. (04-12-2020, 06:42 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: To be honest, I'm not impressed with science right now. Science seems to be all over the place right now. I've seen multiple models and multiple contradictions between scientists and multiple projections and multiple ideas of how the virus is able to spread and a few short term solutions that some scientists, medical people and the liberal media vehemently reject as a viable solution. So, you represent the scientific worldview and scientific values, I'd say that they're both messed up right now. So, I'm going to stay with mine. Not shocked. People will stick firmly to their values unless they see a collapse of the scale of Atlanta towards the end of the Civil War or Berlin towards the end of World War II. You almost have to force people to recognize the new values, as dedicated as they are to the evils of the earlier time. That it essentially how strong an event has to be to cause a culture to change, to make people change the world view. I try to do what I can over the internet, but don't expect a lot. The changes forced on the culture by the Coronavirus obviously do more than I can. We will see if it is enough to wake up the sleepers. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 04:46 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: I remember a fellow on the old Forum who told a fellow poster to commit suicide. I not only reported such egregious behavior; I warned the fellow to rescind that post and apologize. He stood his ground and had his posting privileges deleted.Yes. I told a fellow poster of yours that I was bored to death with the guilt trips in a way intended to wake him up and let go of the liberal way getting what they want from us and upset you (not him) and got me temporally banned. I see that you're still breathing and posting and still looking for victims to join the liberal cause. I recently told you that if you can't handle the heat then you better get out of kitchen for your own sake. If you can't handle being around adults, you shouldn't be hanging around with real adults. You seem to be the sort of person who will use that handicap of yours to your advantage. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 08:20 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(04-12-2020, 06:42 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Integrity has a meaning. I suggest that you look it up and learn what it means. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 08:56 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:You still don't believe that you're a bigot or a hypocrite and lack integrity. I'll donate more time and try and prove it to you. If it doesn't work with you, that's OK, I'm not here to change your opinion or convert liberals.(04-12-2020, 08:20 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(04-12-2020, 06:42 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Integrity has a meaning. I suggest that you look it up and learn what it means. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 06:57 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Corona virus 19 is too new for science to have definitive information on it. Cures are being worked on, but what is certainly not viable and certainly dangerous is for Trump to trumpet a cure that no science supports in the hope it might persuade America to lift shelter in place and go back to normal and thus allow the virus to spread even more.Is that Trumps fault? Is it Trump's fault that science doesn't have a magic wand or book with all the answers? So, when do we start lifting shelter in place and get back to normal so to speak? When does blue America think/feel will be the right time to start? I know blue America likes to drag it's feet more than Red America. I know that science is learning as we're going through this and it's hampered by lack of sound information and pretty much guessing at this point and most likely will not have any definitive answers for months and no vaccine for a year at least if not longer. I'm in the essential worker category but it is impacting my business right now. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Bob Butler 54 - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 10:15 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-12-2020, 06:57 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Corona virus 19 is too new for science to have definitive information on it. Cures are being worked on, but what is certainly not viable and certainly dangerous is for Trump to trumpet a cure that no science supports in the hope it might persuade America to lift shelter in place and go back to normal and thus allow the virus to spread even more.Is that Trumps fault? Is it Trump's fault that science doesn't have a magic wand or book with all the answers? So, when do we start lifting shelter in place and get back to normal so to speak? When does blue America think/feel will be the right time to start? I know blue America likes to drag it's feet more than Red America. I know that science is learning as we're going through this and it's hampered by lack of sound information and pretty much guessing at this point and most likely will not have any definitive answers for months and no vaccine for a year at least if not longer. I'm in the essential worker category but it is impacting my business right now. Yes, it is Trump's fault. China provided a lot of the answers and he ignored them. It was less the science than China's autocratic regime, but the conservative values of placing the economy and Trump's reputation as more important than saving lives meant the well known answers were not implemented. A lot of the reason science is guessing is the lack of testing. This was caused by Trump dropping the ball. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-12-2020 (04-12-2020, 10:41 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:Did you get that information from China or Rachel?(04-12-2020, 10:15 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-12-2020, 06:57 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Corona virus 19 is too new for science to have definitive information on it. Cures are being worked on, but what is certainly not viable and certainly dangerous is for Trump to trumpet a cure that no science supports in the hope it might persuade America to lift shelter in place and go back to normal and thus allow the virus to spread even more.Is that Trumps fault? Is it Trump's fault that science doesn't have a magic wand or book with all the answers? So, when do we start lifting shelter in place and get back to normal so to speak? When does blue America think/feel will be the right time to start? I know blue America likes to drag it's feet more than Red America. I know that science is learning as we're going through this and it's hampered by lack of sound information and pretty much guessing at this point and most likely will not have any definitive answers for months and no vaccine for a year at least if not longer. I'm in the essential worker category but it is impacting my business right now. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Bob Butler 54 - 04-13-2020 (04-12-2020, 11:52 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-12-2020, 10:41 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Yes, it is Trump's fault. China provided a lot of the answers and he ignored them. It was less the science than China's autocratic regime, but the conservative values of placing the economy and Trump's reputation as more important than saving lives meant the well known answers were not implemented.Did you get that information from China or Rachel? It is available from many news sources, including Rachel. If you accessed resources at all you would be aware of it as well. I have not tried to directly access China's claims, but they have been reported by various media. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - pbrower2a - 04-13-2020 (04-12-2020, 08:25 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-12-2020, 04:46 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: I remember a fellow on the old Forum who told a fellow poster to commit suicide. I not only reported such egregious behavior; I warned the fellow to rescind that post and apologize. He stood his ground and had his posting privileges deleted.Yes. I told a fellow poster of yours that I was bored to death with the guilt trips in a way intended to wake him up and let go of the liberal way getting what they want from us and upset you (not him) and got me temporally banned. I see that you're still breathing and posting and still looking for victims to join the liberal cause. I recently told you that if you can't handle the heat then you better get out of kitchen for your own sake. If you can't handle being around adults, you shouldn't be hanging around with real adults. You seem to be the sort of person who will use that handicap of yours to your advantage. I may be excessively literal in my understanding of many things, but telling someone to commit suicide goes far beyond the line of decency. I was not the only person offended. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Bob Butler 54 - 04-13-2020 (04-12-2020, 09:15 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: You still don't believe that you're a bigot or a hypocrite and lack integrity. I'll donate more time and try and prove it to you. If it doesn't work with you, that's OK, I'm not here to change your opinion or convert liberals. Have you ever tried to shift someone with a scientific world view and a pet theory? Have you encountered a scientist, engineer or a college professor in real life? While threats of violence over the internet might work for some, and quoting a political ideology might work for others, to shift someone with a scientific world view try disproving something that his theory counts on, or questioning the logic of his theory. Provide a link to a non ideological source that shows part of the theory does not work. This sort of person will shift much easier than someone centered on a violent or ideological approach. Those who enjoy violence enjoy violence. Those into a political ideology are hopeless. You just have to approach someone with a more scientific world view in the right way. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-13-2020 (04-13-2020, 03:04 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: I may be excessively literal in my understanding of many things, but telling someone to commit suicide goes far beyond the line of decency. I was not the only person offended.I can do that too. I can hammer you for anything that's remotely offensive to anyone. I can even make stuff up and accuse you of anything. I don't want to be a liberal but I can pretend to be just like one anytime. It's not like I have more important things to do right now or the foreseeable future. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-13-2020 (04-13-2020, 04:33 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:Nope. I'm not used to communicating with a robot that's been programmed with a scientific world view and a theory to use to advance an ideology associated with the former Soviet Union that China is now benefiting from today.(04-12-2020, 09:15 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: You still don't believe that you're a bigot or a hypocrite and lack integrity. I'll donate more time and try and prove it to you. If it doesn't work with you, that's OK, I'm not here to change your opinion or convert liberals. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Eric the Green - 04-13-2020 (04-13-2020, 02:16 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(04-13-2020, 04:33 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:Nope. I'm not used to communicating with a robot that's been programmed with a scientific world view and a theory to use to advance an ideology associated with the former Soviet Union that China is now benefiting from today.(04-12-2020, 09:15 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: You still don't believe that you're a bigot or a hypocrite and lack integrity. I'll donate more time and try and prove it to you. If it doesn't work with you, that's OK, I'm not here to change your opinion or convert liberals. But you are used to being a robot yourself and thus associating today's green new deal with regimes long past and discredited by the left. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Bob Butler 54 - 04-13-2020 (04-13-2020, 02:16 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Nope. I'm not used to communicating with a robot that's been programmed with a scientific world view and a theory to use to advance an ideology associated with the former Soviet Union that China is now benefiting from today. I thought so. You are clearly an ideologue and don’t know how to handle someone who is focused on learning from reality. You also are not speaking truth, again, showing your lack of integrity. The old meme, saying all Democrats are Communist going with the opposite all Republicans are Fascists have been left behind even by most American extremist ideologues. Even the communists don’t believe in communism anymore. Communism has been replaced by an odd hybrid of capitalists running the equivalent of corporations and autocrats dominating the government. My arrow of progress suggests even more change is coming. Thus, I am not advocating for the long dead system of government. Your ideology is quite obsolete and inaccurate. Anyone who is paying the least attention to what I say would know that. But that suggests that you care about reality not your ideology. This again counts as spouting ideology and ignoring reality, which I already warned you is not effective against the scientific mind. RE: The Partisan Divide on Issues - Classic-Xer - 04-13-2020 (04-13-2020, 03:22 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:I'm aligned with an American based ideology but I'm not an ideologue as you claim. I'm not a Neo Conservative or a Neo Liberal. I'm not a compassionate conservative or a bleeding heart liberal. I'm not a born again Christian/Evangelical or a devoted agnostic or atheist. I'm not a Marxist Communist or a Marxist Fascist. I don't have a preference for any particular group associated with the Democratic Party these days. I'm a Classical Liberal or small r Republican who believes in free and fair trade who wouldn't have signed the trade deals that gutted the country. Do we need New England for anything other than its historical significance and as an ally during times of world war like Canada? Now, you live in a region that's way more populated than Canada and way smaller than Canada land mass wise.(04-13-2020, 02:16 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Nope. I'm not used to communicating with a robot that's been programmed with a scientific world view and a theory to use to advance an ideology associated with the former Soviet Union that China is now benefiting from today. |