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If it's pointless, I understand saying it's pointless, but haven't you been arguing that there's nothing wrong with it?
No. Saying Delta was stupid is not saying I support what the GA legislature did. You're just not that bright.
There was a guy who robbed a store, was running from the cops and refused to drop a bag of quarters he was carrying. I was like wow, what a dumb ass.
Your argument is oh your God, kaz supports robbing stores.
It's just butt stupid. There is zero contradictory with saying Delta was stupid for what they did in a red State and I want their special tax break ended regardless. You're obviously not a college graduate
Well, you said this:
And this:Another issue I have is that if specific companies are going to get tax breaks, they should not be hacking politics for either side.
And this:When Delta is getting a perk not given to other companies from the people of Georgia, they should stay out of politics.
And you like to ignore that Delta made the choice to enter politics when they were getting a tax break from the people of Georgia.
Choices have consequences no matter how much you want to pretend they don't.
I misinterpreted those kinds of statements, and the fact you have been arguing with people who are saying the GA government was wrong for the way they used the tax break as a pressure, to be indicating that there was nothing wrong with the GA government using the tax break as a pressure.
You also said this:
Everything you said would be reasonable if we were talking about a negative right. But talking about positive rights as if they are negative rights is a non starter.
If the legislature passed a law targeted at Delta to remove a tax break everyone gets, your argument would be valid. Arguing removing a tax break no one else gets is BS.
That was in response to a post of mine in which I said the issue is not about Delta getting a tax break, but about Cagle and the GA government using a tax break to pressure Delta into giving a particular discount. Again, it seemed to indicate that you don't have a problem with the GA government doing what they did. Again, I may have misinterpreted your meaning.
There are other such statements, as well. Individually, and taken as a whole, those statements and the context they have within this thread give an impression that you do not oppose the way the GA government used the potential tax break to attempt to pressure Delta into reinstating the NRA convention discount. I apologize if that impression was incorrect.
Of course, I find it hard to muster too much contrition, considering the way you so quickly tossed around false assumptions about my political affiliations and how I would react to this situation with the involvement of different organizations; even going so far as to bring up examples I had already used and assuming my stance would be different if those organizations were the ones involved. You also indicated that I have been opposing the NRA when I have done no such thing. Despite having made these sorts of assumptions, I have not been rude to you, nor insulted you, yet you have no problem doing those things. Perhaps you might consider the phrase about stones and glass houses...
I tip my hat to your endurance with the spinning top!
Thank you for coming up with your own insult instead of just repeating what I say to you back to me! Very refreshing.
Note you can't come up with any examples that I've ever argued anything but these two simple points.
1) What Delta did was stupid
2) Regardless of 1, I oppose all special tax breaks
Not seeing the spin in there unless like Montrovant you think that saying a robber who won't drop a bag of quarters when running away from the cops means that I am advocating robbery
The problem here is that nobody you have been "discussing" this topic with are speaking of either of those two things, just the actions of the Govt to try and make one private entity give a financial discount to another private entity.
The one thing that you refuse to address....weird.