@kmax87 said1...Making political capital about not knowing or wanting to know the truth about anything is his greatest fault.
What I wrote to Joe also applies to this conversation with you.
"So yeah I don't really have much in terms of positive things to say about Trump. Making political capital about not knowing or wanting to know the truth about anything is his greatest fault. Being confidently wrong about so much, so often, is definitely a problem. You don't have to burn books when you make rea ...[text shortened]... -intellectual as a badge of honor. You can't make America great again by first making America dumb."
2...Being confidently wrong about so much, so often, is definitely a problem.
3...You don't have to burn books when you make reading or having a considered opinion the problem.
4...He wears being anti-intellectual as a badge of honor.
5...You can't make America great again by first making America dumb.
expand on each...you made a lot of claims
@Mott-The-Hoople saidIf you can't see the observations as self evident then where have you been? Obviously not present.
1...Making political capital about not knowing or wanting to know the truth about anything is his greatest fault.
2...Being confidently wrong about so much, so often, is definitely a problem.
3...You don't have to burn books when you make reading or having a considered opinion the problem.
4...He wears being anti-intellectual as a badge of honor.
5...You ...[text shortened]... make America great again by first making America dumb.
expand on each...you made a lot of claims
And now you want me to do your legwork, so you can disagree by asking for more evidence? lol.
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@mchill saidAlthough you seem to be a few years older than me, when we built forts in the woods there were no blankets involved.
One summer when I about 6, a few of us kids from the neighborhood took some worn out blankets and threw up a makeshift blanket fort in a vacant lot nearby. We'd crawl in, make up little clubhouse rules, tell silly stories, and sometimes trade things, such as toy pistols or baseball cards. We felt so exclusive at first but slowly became bored with it. After 1 summer the blanke ...[text shortened]... rew our little blanket fort by age 7. It's sad to see that so many adults are still living in theirs
[However, back in the day of foldable card tables (not to mention Canasta under patio lights), we did put a blanket over ours at home when we were little to make a little fort.]
As for "Liberal" -- I think the one thing some "Conservatives" dare not call "Liberals" for the sake of disambiguation is "Progressive".
(Kind of on a tangent, and as some might know, a certain Russian party branded itself as the "Bolsheviks" even though they were in the minority at the time, which led to the opposition being called the "Mensheviks".)
@Mott-The-Hoople saidYou wanted honesty, I gave you honesty. Trump IS a Cancer on the US, now wanting Greenland BECAUSE the DANISH GOVERNMENT did not give him the Nobel prize. The PM of Denmark had to tell him the Nobel prize committee and such are not government agencies, but private ones and you keep on supporting this POS who would not pass an 8th grade class, ANY 8th grade class and his whole rationale of attacking Greenland was because of his poor overworked EGO? He is allegedly blaming the whole deal on the fact he is SO FKING STUPID he didn't even know it was a PRIVATE HONOR.
is this a comment a reasonably normal adult person would make?
And you continue to support him, come up with more and more ridiculous rationales for his behavior but you are bound to lose THAT competition.
Try defending just ONE thing, when for instance he said THEY EAT DOGS, THEY EAT CATS........
@AverageJoe1 saidHe asked for honesty and I gave it in ALL HONESTY.
Tsk tsk , there’s that personal angst erupting…… you see, we conservatives don’t do that.
I wonder why that is.
But since it wasn't really about honesty now was it, now that you moved the goalpost and you wonder why I bother responding to a known Trump propagandist at the very least, I don't have to repeat all my crap.
@kmax87 saidYour pretense of having economics all figured out is difficult to suggest, given it is totally opposite from that of Reagan. I go with Reagan, sorry.
If you truly believe in the mantra that a rising tide raises all boats, then Trump's reliance on reducing corporate taxes and taxes on the wealthy in general, can be seen as a good thing. Though the evidence to support that general conservative economic claim is simply not there.
The theory says that if you tax less, then there is more money available to be injected into t ...[text shortened]... i-intellectual as a badge of honor. You can't make America great again by first making America dumb.
And you just can’t stand the concept of political capital. OK so in your mind, no one should make political capital. Dreamworld. Geez.
Then you say that money should be there for social programs. That is not in the constitution. So you’re wrong on that score as well. And it is becoming boring. And why do you ‘free stuff’ libs hate rich people getting rich. There are only 700 billionaires in this country and I have a feeling that they benefit our country. Tell us how they do not benefit our country.
You say some other things that I would disagree with, but your post is too long , reading something like that makes me dizzy. Sun house would read the whole thing through..
@AverageJoe1 saidReagan had a wonderful folksy charm but he also set in motion the tax policies that would lead to the demise of the middle class and social policies that would lead to the incarceration of generations of black men. Prison planet. That's you guys. Who helped really getting it underway?
Your pretense of having economics all figured out is difficult to suggest, given it is totally opposite from that of Reagan. I go with Reagan, sorry.
But that's American politics for you. The right only analyses what the left does but swallows what its leaders say uncritically. No wonder you hate the idea of critical thinking!
@kmax87 saidIgnorance on display…
Reagan had a wonderful folksy charm but he also set in motion the tax policies that would lead to the demise of the middle class and social policies that would lead to the incarceration of generations of black men. Prison planet. That's you guys. Who helped really getting it underway?
But that's American politics for you. The right only analyses what the left does but swallows what its leaders say uncritically. No wonder you hate the idea of critical thinking!
“The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly known as the crime bill, was sponsored by Joe Biden 26 years ago. It is often blamed for extending tough-on-crime policies that overly criminalized Black Americans”
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/did-the-1994-crime-bill-cause-mass-incarceration/
@Mott-The-Hoople saidDid you ever hear the phrase "welfare queens" and who pray tell, popularized that little nugget? And what did that lead to? Basic American politics for 500 Alex....
Ignorance on display…
“The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly known as the crime bill, was sponsored by Joe Biden 26 years ago. It is often blamed for extending tough-on-crime policies that overly criminalized Black Americans”
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/did-the-1994-crime-bill-cause-mass-incarceration/
@mchill saidIts a good analogy. MAGA goes along with rumor and innuendo like teenage gossip and they don't even care if it's true or not. They tell ghost stories with the flashlight pointing at their face about the scaaary immigrants eating pets and committing fraud.
One summer when I about 6, a few of us kids from the neighborhood took some worn out blankets and threw up a makeshift blanket fort in a vacant lot nearby. We'd crawl in, make up little clubhouse rules, tell silly stories, and sometimes trade things, such as toy pistols or baseball cards. We felt so exclusive at first but slowly became bored with it. After 1 summer the blanke ...[text shortened]... rew our little blanket fort by age 7. It's sad to see that so many adults are still living in theirs
Adults they are not.
@Mott-The-Hoople saidThanks, Mott. I am not much on research and clicking on links, I am a more shoot-from-the-hip Clint Eastwood kinda guy. That's usually all it takes on the Forum. Plus, I like for everyone to see what I think, not what I link.
Ignorance on display…
“The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly known as the crime bill, was sponsored by Joe Biden 26 years ago. It is often blamed for extending tough-on-crime policies that overly criminalized Black Americans”
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/did-the-1994-crime-bill-cause-mass-incarceration/
@kmax87 saidUhhh, was it the welfare recipients that popularized that nugget? Why would we, who give them the welfare, call it something other than it is. The word 'queens would not be all encompassing, given the various individuals and nationalities who receive the money and the stuff.
Did you ever hear the phrase "welfare queens" and who pray tell, popularized that little nugget? And what did that lead to? Basic American politics for 500 Alex....
@wildgrass saidMany nations eat pets. 190 nations crash our borders. Some of them are mixed in with the crashers. Trump is correct. He is correct about 94% of the time.
Its a good analogy. MAGA goes along with rumor and innuendo like teenage gossip and they don't even care if it's true or not. They tell ghost stories with the flashlight pointing at their face about the scaaary immigrants eating pets and committing fraud.
Adults they are not.
@kmax87 saidAhh…so you cant back it up because you are repeating talking points you got from the media? 😂
If you can't see the observations as self evident then where have you been? Obviously not present.
And now you want me to do your legwork, so you can disagree by asking for more evidence? lol.