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Conmander_Jim — 6 years ago(February 27, 2020 07:31 PM)
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(This all started when a forum I frequent had political discussion, and whenever a news story popped up where a Republican politician talked about rape, insane conspiracy theories about birth certificates, fluoridated water, Benghazi (etc.), was found to have ties to some sort of hate group, denied climate change exists, or generally said something without any logic or comprehension… they would respond, "Whatever. You know both sides are just as bad."
Well, I threw down a gauntlet. I didn't believe that was the case, so I challenged the individuals who threw this argument out to go ahead and match me, crazy moron for crazy moron from either party, one a day, to prove their point. The only rules were that they had to only include people who had held, or run for public office within that past 5 years, or at the very least, helped write the party platform within that time. This ruled out most media pundits and celebrities, and let us focus simply on the actual members of the party.
And lo and behold, day one, two, three came and went, and they just whined about how it was still just as bad… but never would name a single insane person from the left. Meanwhile, as I kept profiling members of the modern GOP, and "ran up the score" into double digits, I became distressed. Because… it really was easier than I would have wanted to spot kooky conservatives than I wanted it to be. I thought it was bad… but WOW, has the party I once respected with Reagan, Dole, and the like has lost their collective minds.
With the encouragement of others who thought the, "Both sides are just as bad" argument was ridiculous, the final tabulations ended up putting it at a ratio of almost 35-1, leaning to crazy/stupid Republicans being far worse. Of the handful of Democrats we looked at, the severity of "crazy" was not as staggering as for Republicans (and with the exception of two, I was the one who profiled what Democrats were discussed, as well).
They encouraged me, though, to share the profiles of these politicians as much as I can. Because… frankly, it's shocking how overwhelming how pervasive the problem in the modern GOP is, and there really are psychos you probably haven't heard of, because they're not in your state, or not representing your district. I can only hope you read this, and reconsider your vote in elections when you see a "R" next to someone's name.)
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Soul_Venom — 6 years ago(March 01, 2020 08:30 PM)
Flag Burning
Now don't get me wrong. I think it is stupid and in poor taste to do so as a political statement. However I support the right of people to do so. In fact I'd like to have a bunch of carts scattered throughout all the major muslim cities selling American flags. I would then have a group that posted inflamatory rhetoric online to cause muslim rioting. I'd sell out as they bought flags to burn. I'd end up with a pocket full of cash and those fools would end up poorer with a handful of ashes.
For a long time I was politically conservative. However, I eventually noticed a flaw in the conservative philosophy. Even worse this same flaw is shared by the hated liberals. It is an urge to ban activities that people find personally offensive regardless of an individuals right to practice said activity.
What sense does it make to attempt to defend a symbol of freedom by depriving others of their freedom? I chose to serve, potentially putting myself in harms way. I swore an oath to defend the freedom of others. I may not agree with what those people say but I will defend to the death the right of those people to say it. While our constitution may afford one the right to express their opinion it does not give one the right to curtail them freedom of others to do the same.
Another issue I see is the idol worship mentality. Lets go back a couple thousand years. A man heads into the woods to chop down a tree. He tosses part of the tree in the fire to cook his meal. He carves the other into a idol which he sells at the local market. The buyer takes it home, sets it up in a shrine and worships it as a god. Was the tree divine? What about the part he burned? Can god be bought or sold? And in the old days when an idol was destroyed it was treated as sacrilege. People could get killed for disrespecting this wood carving. Does this not strike you as a primitive nutcase mentality?
Now fast forward. A farmer grows some cotton. The cotton in harvested and baled. One bale is sold to a flag maker another to an underwear maker. Now true, a flag is a symbol of the freedom we cherish but it it just a symbol. It is not the freedom itself. At the end of the day this flag is a piece of cloth. Does the fact that a certain pattern has been printed on it make it sacred? It came from the same field as the cotton that was made into boxer shorts that cover peoples asses. Are the shorts sacred too? What if the the shorts have a flag pattern printed on them? What if they crap their pants? Is that sacrilege? Should they be shot?
Hopefully a light bulb has come on and you have realized that opposition to flag burning is based in magical thinking. It is
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