10-31-2017, 06:33 PM
(10-31-2017, 05:27 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:(10-31-2017, 03:35 PM)rds Wrote: > I'm very disappointed by that rant, I always thought you had some
> sense. Quoting Brietbart really? Really? I read your site daily,
> and you have excellent observations in your daily columns. You
> argued against the resident Fascist at length, at the old forum,
> and now on this one. I even agree (and have always agreed) that a
> Generational War is coming. I've read and thoughts about a sneak
> attack by the Chinese would be a great opening move.
> But, now with this response dragging out all of the old boring
> tropes, and outright propaganda if the current political climate
> has gotten to you too.
> Shaking my head and sad.
I'm confused. Breitbart is a conservative web site (as I said in my
posting), but are you really claiming that it's any worse than the NY
Times or NBC News? The article that I referenced seems to be pretty
well sourced, so it's probably even more reliable than the NY Times or
NBC News.
By the way, you are aware that I've been cross-posting on Breitbart
since 2010, aren't you? And you are aware that I'm personally
acquainted with Breitbart editor Steve Bannon, and I've worked with
him on a couple of projects in the past, aren't you?
You'd better stop reading my articles, and just stick to Huffington
Post.
Speaking for myself, I read and reference all media sites, all around
the world as needed -- left-wing, right-wing, and everything in
between. If what you're saying is that you read only left-wing web
sites and shun right-wing web sites, then you're going to be ignorant
of a great deal of what's going on in the world. You need to be a lot
more open-minded, for your own good. That's obviously true anyway, if
you think the things documented in those articles are just "old boring
tropes." I can assure you that you don't have a clue what's going on.
Shaking my head, and sad.
I didn't know you were cross-posting on Brietbart, not that I care. I also didn't know that you had personally worked with Bannon. I have to ask, did you introduce Bannon to the idea of the turnings? Bannon would seem to be doing more to give them a black eye than anyone else alive.
As for credibility, yes I trust the NYT, Wapo and NBC a lot more than Brietbart. It's not that I love them all that much, but I don't have to wonder if there is even an iota of truth in any particular article. But more power to you if you trust them as a source. It'll be pretty funny to find out that Hillary and Bush really are both lizard people. I would like to regularly monitor a conservative news site, but they're pretty hard to find (for me at least) on the free web. I use to read the Economist and WSJ, but times have changed and my current finances preclude subscriptions at the moment. As for HuffPo, yes I use them for headlines, very much the same way I use to use Drudge. I forget what got me ticked at Drudge, but I threw in the towel on his babble.
As for having a clue, I'm not convinced anyone has a clue about anything. There are multiple possible outcomes of this turning. Your prediction of the generational war coming is a likely scenario. If it happens, I'll congratulate you if I'm around, but I'm pretty sure I'll be a radio active cinder in the first volley.
