Politics and Religion

Nice dodge Matt, per usual.
HappyChanges 45 reads
posted
2 / 26

I hear only bashing of hillbillies and the so called fly over america voters from the lefty snowflakes. Everyday I read post from the libs about the dumb electorate that voted for trump. Apparently the left knows what is best for everyone. Lol.

JackDunphy 81 reads
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3 / 26
mattradd 40 Reviews 31 reads
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4 / 26

I see it as a warning not to repeat a very, very dark time in history! ;)

If a people replicate a dynamic, that was operationalized in the past, they will harvest the same results!
It's not rocket science Jack! ;)

GaGambler 32 reads
posted
5 / 26

I am sure he plans on invading them, just like Hitler in the Thirties, right?  

 
Talking to Matt has become just like talking to fg Hadji or LTM&L. I bet you he has the most RawDog links of anyone on the board, and RawDog makes the DailyKook look objective in comparison.

JackDunphy 53 reads
posted
6 / 26

Something I don't think FG would even do.

 
Amazing...

 
And he thinks that only I "see it that way."  

 
I wonder what he will say when he realizes that many people "see it that way?"

mattradd 40 Reviews 20 reads
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7 / 26
mattradd 40 Reviews 31 reads
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8 / 26

"And he thinks that only I 'see it that way.'"

Where did I say that only you see it that way? ;)

Let me help you out. Just because I'm addressing your response to me, does not mean I believe only you "see it that way." It just means I'm responding to you, not everyone who believes as you do! ;)

GaGambler 31 reads
posted
9 / 26

You do realize I hope, there is a HUGE difference between the two?

 
Or do you even care as long as it's something insulting to Trump?

 
As for the RawDog "article" I don't bother reading them any more than you would read something written by Alex Jones.  It's usually much easier to ask me what parts I do NOT consider bald faced lies than what parts I contest.

JackDunphy 23 reads
posted
10 / 26

Care to comment NOW on what the ADL, along with what many, many others, has said about trivializing the holocaust as you did?

Jinx_The_Cat 33 Reviews 28 reads
posted
11 / 26

It gives Trump way to much credit by holding that his actions were thought out and are the work of some intelligent thought process.   Trump is an idiot put into office by idiots.  That's not to say the GOP is entirely idiotic.  Most Republicans voted for him because he was their candidate and would assumedly push their agenda.   But those GOP voters alone would not have carried the day.  So the tactic was always that Trump, being a brash moron, would appeal to the lowest common denominator of the electorate.  Hillary killed herself by alienating those LCDers by calling them the "deplorables".  That moment was her end and every political junkie like me knew it then.

No, Trump didn't plan any of this.  The level of his "projection" is and always will be at the lowest level of an 8 year old spoiled doofus saying" I know you are, but what am I?" Over and over again.

The other thing the article is correct about is that the similarities between Hitler's and Trumps's tactics are as astounding as they are alarming, even if unintentional, although they reek of Bannon.  I could go on for pages about this point, but I would either be preaching to the choir or trying to teach pigs to sing, the time and effort for which I will not do.

mattradd 40 Reviews 35 reads
posted
12 / 26

When she made the deplorable remark, I believed that may to big a pothole for her to clime out of. The Russians and Comey made certain she'd stay there. One thing you don't try to do in politics, is shame someone into your way of thinking; particularly when a group of people take pride in being shameless! ;)

BuffetBoy 3 Reviews 27 reads
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13 / 26

I disagree with Trump on 90% of the issues, I believe him to be a vile, self indulgent and a truly despicable man, and someone who embarrasses our already great country on an all too often basis, but lets not lump him in with the Nazi's or communists. That just tunes many people out, and especially hurts my many Jewish friends on both sides of the political spectrum. Hitler should be compared to Mussolini, Hussein and the old Soviet regime leaders as those are apt comparisons for they murdered many, but not to people with whom we have political differences. When we go down this road, we are no better than Trump and his "the media is an enemy of the people" hateful incitement. I think you should read up on this issue as knowledge can lead to enlightenment as I don't think you meant to be hateful, but your words/link can certainly be construed that way.  Just my two cents.

mattradd 40 Reviews 35 reads
posted
14 / 26

Or, at least autocrat-in-the-making! Perhaps, he leans a little more to the oligarcy side, much like what Russia has now, since he and the Republicans seem quite cozy with them! Perhaps, Russia can allow him to finally built a Trump tower, in Moscow, or approve a bunch of copywrites, like China did, and he will return the favor.

I'll take your last response as a dodge or white flag! ;)

mattradd 40 Reviews 31 reads
posted
15 / 26

frivolously, which both sides do. However, the author is discussing a psychological process, and communicative technique, which Hitler is famous for. How would you have this discussion, and have people stay tuned in, detached from it's author: The Big Lie?" This, in my very is extremely important to focus on and discussion.

mattradd 40 Reviews 24 reads
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16 / 26

Oh, btw! Perhaps you can contact the ADL and ask them if the article trivializes the holocaust! Or, if that's just your opinion! ;)

BuffetBoy 3 Reviews 29 reads
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17 / 26

Let me ask you honestly Mattradd. Do you believe groups who have condemned Hitler/Nazi comparisons, like the Anti-Defamation League, would approve of the one RawStory.com made? By leaving the question open ended as you are doing seems like an attempt to try to justify your/their ill conceived and misinformed comparison. The more apt comparison for Trump would be Nixon possibly, not totalitarian despots who commit mass murder and engage in genocide.  Again, I would kindly ask you not go down this road, as it makes our side appear totally oblivious and uncaring to the all too real horrors committed against the Jewish people by the Nazi regime.

BuffetBoy 3 Reviews 32 reads
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18 / 26

A "man" who has reservations about whether the mass shooting of young children at Sandy Hook even took place is a man that traffics in hate and fake news. I would hope we are in agreement on this one, Gambler.

BuffetBoy 3 Reviews 33 reads
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20 / 26

Any and all comparisons to Hitler are frivolous and an exercise in futility, unless the person you are comparing him to is a mass murder. The way to have this discussion, without mentioning Nazi's, Hitler, communists, is to use other American or foreign democratic leaders, and believe me, there are enough of those to choose from.  
Nixon comes to mind with his deceptions, as well as Bush the younger, through his selling of the Iraq War with his misleading and troubling arguments about WMD. Many others have used the "big lie" to justify their policies, or hide them altogether, and we should choose those as more appropriate comparisons and not use psychotic and demented causers of genocide as examples for the points we are trying to make. We are Democrats. We can, and should, strive to be better Mattradd.

mrhuck 15 Reviews 23 reads
posted
21 / 26

you & ADL are off base on this one, the ADL's two year old article (are we never to mention Hitler again) when we find his behavior comparative to someone who is attempting to control America with similar tactics. Like Hitler Trump is a control freak & he played on the weakness, fears, & gullibility of the american voting public.

mattradd 40 Reviews 20 reads
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22 / 26

"How would you have this discussion, and have people stay tuned in, detached from it's author: The Big Lie?" This, in my very is extremely important to focus on and discussion."

Again the discussion is about a communication strategy, and a psychological dynamic being used,  not how many people Hitler killed. ;)

macdaddy1944 51 Reviews 34 reads
posted
23 / 26

i need some fucking Ripple..

GaGambler 50 reads
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24 / 26

I would no more quote Alex Jones than I would accept RawStory as a valid source.

 
Matt "claims" to be an Independent, but independents don't quote either Alex Jones or RawStory.

 
I equate "reservations" about Sandy Hook to be just as delusional as claiming we never put a man on the moon or that the Holocaust never occurred, so yes we are in agreement. One rational statement deserves one in return, wouldn't you agree?

HappyChanges 23 reads
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25 / 26
mattradd 40 Reviews 57 reads
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26 / 26

You can really go high class and mix it with Colt 45. That and Ripple were the 'poor starving student' mainstays in my day! ;)

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