Convince Me
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LogGrad98
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Good post. I have been thinking about this and I have a hard time coming up with much actual hate for anyone or anything. Hate is a very strong word and concept imo, one that I personally reserve for people, acts, situations, attributes, etc. that are truly despicable. And aside from things like 9/11, the Holocaust, the acts that take human life, and the people directly responsible, I don't have a lot of hate. To me it takes a lot of my energy to hate, so why waste it where it isn't warranted, it even why engage in it when I have way better ways to use my energy. Maybe I'm taking too heavy a stance on hate but that's how I feel. I think if you levy that judgement against someone you need to be prepared for any fallout that may occur as a result, whatever that may be.
I guess there is a difference in degree for the word hate. I mean we all flippantly say "I hate that..." And really probably don't mean it on the level I'm addressing above. I think there is a qualitative difference between "I hate it when people don't use their turn signal" and "I hate that person".
Archie Moses
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Were Obama supporters concentration camp supporters then too?
Obama did not make fighting immigration in this manner a central part of his platform nor his administration; there are also considerable differences in their policies regarding detainment.
Still, your point is correct to a degree. If you fully supported Obama, you also supported his camps.
Archie Moses
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I don't agree that if you support a president or are for a president you necessarily support all of their policies. You can support someone and still disagree with certain things.
True, which is why I used "fully".
Would you agree that Trump has made immigration more of an issue than Obama did, and therefore support for Trump indicates more support for his policies on immigrants than support for Obama indicates?
Archie Moses
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Yes
Pretty hard to get the facts here. He's done some things that certainly look successful. He's in show biz, for sure. And he does very well in that business. But honestly, I don't think you're big on "capitalism" and probably should be ignored when talking about it.
So, listening to Sonnie Johnson's program this weekend on XM 125 The Patriot, she had a guest in who has studied politics some. Now, for context, Sonnie is really hopeful for the Black Race entrepreneur class. She wants her people to just take care of themselves, and get filthy rich doing it. That's why she rejected progressivism, and has moved on, outta the ghetto, outta the drug culture, outta the gangs, outta the Dem politics.
Her guest stated that Karl Marx invented the term "Capitalist", and hung it on his book Das Kapital. Before that, in the English language, it was called "Freedom". The Right to take care of your own damn ***.
This is a thing in black America now. Recent polls indicate the Black vote will go more than 15% for Trump, because black folks like having jobs better than welfare.
you da past, man. Yo politics is done.
dammit, where is Ain't when I need to appropriate myself some classy black lingo.
I'm not big on capitalism. lol
babe, go **** yourself!
You're not very big on making any sense, so you should definitely be ignored.
did I tell you to go **** yourself yet? because you should definitely go **** yourself.
Zombie
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Be careful Gameface, or someone might start a whole thread about how terrible you are.
Archie Moses
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I've always wondered why we say go **** yourself instead of go masturbate.