To impeach, or not to impeach

[David Horn]

(10-08-2019, 03:53 PM)taramarie Wrote:

(10-08-2019, 01:27 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(10-07-2019, 11:07 PM)taramarie Wrote: You know what is amazing here? That some people are gullible enough to believe a grown ass middle aged (at the time) man wouldn't know what the definition of sex is and I find it hard to believe he wasn't having actual sexual intercourse as well as oral. I smell a rat.

Bill is far from the issue.  Pointing at Bill to excuse Trump is the worst form of blame-shifting.  But sure, Bill had sex, and lying about it cost him his right to practice law.  Trump not only lies, but bribes and extorts.  So far: nothing.  Worse, Trump has no compunction about using even the most serious power the US has to cover his ass.  Scary!

I have noticed blame shifting works both ways. Both sides are guilty of this. What is the real problem is it shows neither side listens to each other but rather like children points fingers and whines but you did this and the other side whining but you did that and it was so much worse! What would be preferable is both sides owning up to the bs both sides have done instead of making up excuses and finding ways to fix the corruption but that seemingly will NEVER happen. Trump is just a symptom of the sickness in your country.

There is a real risk in both-sidesism.  If both sides are nearly equally guilty, then, certainly, call it out.  In fact, that's not the case here.  One side lies about everything, does it continuously, and feels no compunction about offering contrasting lies within minutes of one another.  That's the problem.  It makes identifying truth and fiction nearly impossible.  In fact, it's a propaganda ploy to get just the reaction you offered.  This was never as possible in the past, but instant media (Facebook and Twitter more than the others) makes it a successful tactic.  Add hundreds of bogus "commentators", and the confusion is complete.