Trump's Taxes
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@taiwan_girl TG, As always, your comments are reasonable and rational, and I enjoyed reading them.
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Education is extremely important.
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I fail to see how trying to argue that, given the long list of pure hate driven bull shit our country is having to put up with, refusing to acknowledge the obvious hate for this nation, its institutions, and its values, is not hate passes for rational thought.
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@Horace For purposes of discourse, I don't see why it's necessary to be dogmatic about applying such an incendiary word, that's all. Some of the people, yes, could be haters, some not. When you slap "hate" on as all-encompassing, you slam closed the gates to any open-minded consideration within yourself (not you necessarily) or any hope for meeting of minds. "Hate" signifies "Talk to the hand!" Where does that get anybody?
Sorry, I didn't rightly intend to go off on that flight.
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@Catseye3 said in Trump's Taxes:
@Horace For purposes of discourse, I don't see why it's necessary to be dogmatic about applying such an incendiary word, that's all.
Left-leaning pop culture accepted the violent overthrow and occupation of a neighborhood in the CHAZ occupation. I don't think that was a light action and I think it merits a heavy word to describe the motivations.
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@Catseye3 said in Trump's Taxes:
@Larry Even more complicated is that hate takes many forms, and often goes unrecognized by the hater within himself. It's so easy to accuse another of harboring hate while remaining unaware of it in oneself.
That's all well and good, please feel free to point it out if and when you see it. But being a word cop is pretty boring.
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I admit that I hate the destruction of the American way of life and American values. I readily and proudly admit that. I do not hate people who are intellectually lacking in the ability to figure out the source of that destruction, nor do I hate the people who refuse to face up to the obvious, for whatever reason that is. But I damn sure will not sit back and let their crippled logic stand as if it has some sort of merit just to go with the flow. Too many people are doing that already.
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@Catseye3 said in Trump's Taxes:
@Horace For purposes of discourse, I don't see why it's necessary to be dogmatic about applying such an incendiary word, that's all. Some of the people, yes, could be haters, some not. When you slap "hate" on as all-encompassing, you slam closed the gates to any open-minded consideration within yourself (not you necessarily) or any hope for meeting of minds. "Hate" signifies "Talk to the hand!" Where does that get anybody?
Sorry, I didn't rightly intend to go off on that flight.
You watch Bernie's CNN interview today? The one where he said Biden would be the most progressive President since FDR?
As soon as they remake the country into a socialist paradise, I'm sure they will be happy.
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Fine, fine, fine. I got in at this point to pass a thought on to TG and then made a small observation on the power of words. Got no interest in expanding that to a whole big thing.
I should have known better.
Good night. Gonna go eat a ham sandwich and go to bed.
