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@taiwan_girl said in The Lake:
I guess I just don't get it. I don't understand the "hatred" that each side has for the other.
Maybe hatred is too strong a word, but you know what I mean.
You have to think in terms of culture, and the degree to which humans are programmable by it, and the degree to which politics informs culture. When people from one tribe say they "can't understand" people from the other tribe, they mean it. Human minds can be so profoundly wired by their surrounding culture, that the thoughts and feels of others from other cultures can become alien to the extent of incomprehensibility.
That's why an ability to adequately characterize either tribe is actually a good and objective measure of whether one is tribal oneself. Anybody who makes their humble brag claim of not being able to understand how anybody could vote for Trump, for instance, or who boils it down to transparently false value judgments, is admitting to having a tribally indoctrinated psyche. That admission is socially beneficial within the tribe, so it's the opposite of a shameful weakness, or something to be addressed through deeper thought or empathy.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Lake:
I didn't like McCain's approach to foreign policy much, but he seemed like a pretty decent guy to me.
McCain was the politician (and conservative) we needed (and still need) more of. Decent, steadfast, principled, but knew the value of compromise for the sake of the country.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Lake:
I didn't like McCain's approach to foreign policy much, but he seemed like a pretty decent guy to me.
McCain was the politician (and conservative) we needed (and still need) more of. Decent, steadfast, principled, but knew the value of compromise for the sake of the country.
Spoken like a true Romney Rat.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Lake:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Lake:
I didn't like McCain's approach to foreign policy much, but he seemed like a pretty decent guy to me.
In hindsight though he had Putin pegged and I doubt that the latter would have annexed Crimea, started a civil war in the Donbas or gave direct military assistance to the Assad regime had McCain won the 2008 and 2012 elections. Putin would have learned early on that McCain was not one to offer meaningless foreign policy resets or draw imaginary lines the sand.
I actually think McCain could have beat Obama in 2008 if he hadn’t been saddled with that lightweight bimbo, Sarah Palin as a running mate.
“Little by little I am learning the art of being quite content by doing very little slowly” ~ Lionel Hardcastle
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Lake:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Lake:
I didn't like McCain's approach to foreign policy much, but he seemed like a pretty decent guy to me.
In hindsight though he had Putin pegged and I doubt that the latter would have annexed Crimea, started a civil war in the Donbas or gave direct military assistance to the Assad regime had McCain won the 2008 and 2012 elections. Putin would have learned early on that McCain was not one to offer meaningless foreign policy resets or draw imaginary lines the sand.
I actually think McCain could have beat Obama in 2008 if he hadn’t been saddled with that lightweight bimbo, Sarah Palin as a running mate.
I doubt it.
The MSM had already annointed his opposition.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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I must admit I thought at the time that the Palin choice was a huge blunder.
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Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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2022 - After kissing the shoes of President Trump
We don't have any McCain Republicans in here, do we?" eliciting boos from her supporters.
"Okay, if you [are], get the hell out," she added with a laugh.
Elsewhere at the event, Lake again noted that the Republican party was "the party of McCain," sneering her face before saying, "I know. Boy, Arizona has delivered some losers, haven't they?
Am thinking that today Lake might be regretting rubbishing McCain’s memory and legacy to garner favour with the Trump crowd.
“Little by little I am learning the art of being quite content by doing very little slowly” ~ Lionel Hardcastle
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Education is extremely important.
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2022 - After kissing the shoes of President Trump
We don't have any McCain Republicans in here, do we?" eliciting boos from her supporters.
"Okay, if you [are], get the hell out," she added with a laugh.
Elsewhere at the event, Lake again noted that the Republican party was "the party of McCain," sneering her face before saying, "I know. Boy, Arizona has delivered some losers, haven't they?
Am thinking that today Lake might be regretting rubbishing McCain’s memory and legacy to garner favour with the Trump crowd.
2022 - After kissing the shoes of President Trump
We don't have any McCain Republicans in here, do we?" eliciting boos from her supporters.
"Okay, if you [are], get the hell out," she added with a laugh.
Elsewhere at the event, Lake again noted that the Republican party was "the party of McCain," sneering her face before saying, "I know. Boy, Arizona has delivered some losers, haven't they?
Am thinking that today Lake might be regretting rubbishing McCain’s memory and legacy to garner favour with the Trump crowd.
That was a dumb thing to say.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
Warning: I post things that interest me. Read and comment at your own discretion. -
Lake lovers lament loony lady’s loss loudly!
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Lake:
Lake lovers lament loony lady’s loss loudly!
Llama lover laughs loudly.
Education is extremely important.
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