The Partisan Divide on Issues

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(04-10-2020, 06:07 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: It seems like most insult on this site.  Most are also so used to insults coming from the other side of the fence that the insults don’t hurt.  You get immune real quick.  It seems that insults are better if you back them with beef.  If you like to an article or news media that supports what you say, or reference a theory, or whatever, the insult can be a tag line to convince the other guy to wake up.  

What is bothering me at the moment is when people go straight to the insult without any backup other than their bias or perspective.

I haven’t thought much of the Evangelicals all along.  One can be Evangelical and a bigot at the same time.  Many Evangelicals do doublethink with Jesus, claiming they know his teachings, but you would not know it by their actions.  While I remain a devout agnostic, the Catholic nuns did teach me a form of morality at a young age, enough to recognize a hypocrite.

Yes, and there is the divide between what a perspective represents and what the other side perceives.  Insults to hypothetical blue folk don’t touch me at all when I have not met any blue folk that actually think that way.  I suspect it works the other way around.  You would suppose if you believe the blues that the folks in the center of the country with their small government, low taxes, low domestic spending bias, do not care if they are poor as long as there are minorities poorer, and do not care if the elites end up with all the money and resources so long as minorities don’t get it.

Is it true?  How much of the small government ideal is based on Reagan’s imaginary welfare queen?  If so, would a really pithy insult wake the bigot up?  Do insults hurt bigots?  Or do insults just slide right off, as they come from the other side?

Yep. Lots of insults. So, why are you preaching to me about it when you are guilty of doing it yourself. You have two types of insults. Insults that are deserved or warranted and those that are not. You shouldn't preach to me about bigots or bigotry either. You see, bigots call people that they don't know and have never met racists. Guess what, you're guilty of doing it. One can a liberal and a bigot at the same time. I see them a lot. Don't believe me, watch The View. I'm sure you will agree with the liberal bigots and disagree with the one telling them they're wrong. We have a lot of people on welfare in this country. We see them every day in every community and we are spending a shitload of money on them, illegals and those with refugee. I call it the welfare state. Others call it the nanny state. If we didn't, the Democrats wouldn't be able to win an election this country. The bulk them are a single women with kids who have boyfriends instead of husbands. Like I've said, I've been around more than you. You see, if you don't take the time to get to know a lot of people then you end up pretty clueless like your politicians and your people like Rachel Maddow. You do know that Rachel is pretty clueless because she doesn't take the time to talk to other people than her people line up for her show.