Controversial Political Opinions

[JasonBlack]

(05-06-2022, 09:42 AM)David Horn Wrote: What makes inner city gangs Democrats?

voting Democrat....

Quote:Or the Hollywood predator crowd either, for that matter?

 same as above....and donating to democrats 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/g...s-1151392/

Quote:That some affiliate with Democrats is not defining.  Many also affiliate with Republicans -- our most famous predators among them.  Worry about the actual politicians.

I worry about those making the campaign contributions (ie, the ones who really have the most power), not just the puppets enacting the laws.

Quote:At the moment, the Republicans are, to quote Joe Scarborough quoting Aristotle: crazy as shithouse rats.  No one in the Democratic Party is half as nuts as Marjory Taylor Greene or Madison Cawthorn or Paul Gosar or Lauren Bobert or ... I can't sit here long enough to finish this list.  Even the semi-sane ones are nuts.  It's scary.

Biden pushing us into war with China certainly qualifies as "nuts".






Anyway, I'm falling into the whataboutism trap. The point isn't who is worse. I will return to the original premise: your questions I was answering:

Quote:That said, we're in an odd spot here.  

Quote:Advocacy is assumed to be self-serving, and the more strenuous it is the less any message is received in the intended manner.  I try to keep my message to anyone tied to their life experience, to the extent I'm able to know it.  Am I making gains?  Are any of us?  I guess we'll see in a few months.

Yes, they are assumed to be self-serving. No, none of them are making any gains precisely for the reasons I mentioned, which you have already more-or-less admitted here. 

Quote:Are the Dems preachy?  Yes they are.  Are the Reps dangerous reprobates?  Also yes.  So which is the greater concern, the Republican Snowflake arsonists or the Democrats on their soapboxes?
The question answers itself.

ie...you don't believe that most of what they're doing is working, but you think they are justified in being both ineffective and extremely disrespectful because the Republicans are worse.