Why is it necessary to denigrate those with different political views?

[FA_Q2]

Are we not entitled to our own opinions? Are we so certain of the righteousness of our beliefs? Never been wrong? Is it not the height of arrogance to disparage others with different views? Is condescensing sarcasm a good idea? How is this country going to fix the many problems we have if we treat each other like shit?

I see it all the time on this board: ridicule, dehumanizing, demagoguery. It ain't cool and it never helps your argument. Do you want to be that kind of person that resorts to such behavior? Or do you admit that you lack the temperament and ability to participate in a debate by articulating your opinions instead of attacking the other side? What, you can't agree to disagree without badmouthing somebody or what they wrote in a belittling way? If that is the case, then that doesn't say much for you, does it?

The Democrats really don't have that much to say nowadays, except to badmouth people.

Back in the day, FDR ran hard against Wendell Willkie- but he didn't call him Literally Hitler.

All the badmouthing on this thread is coming from Trumpers

Odd that huh?

It would be odd if it were true.

Willful blindness.

It's how we get our kicks.

Honesty.
Winner.

More willful blindness.

Are you really saying that only Trumpsters are badmouthing others in this thread? You know we can all read the posts here, right?

 

[Coyote]

You know, this country isn't going to come together again until after we can get the politicians to cease with the demagoguery and rhetoric. And, one of the main offenders is Trump, because while he says that he wants the country to come together in one breath, he then tears down whoever he thinks wronged him that day and demonizes them. Sorry, but until the leadership calms down, the country won't.

Trump is a counter-puncher. Very unlike previous Republican Presidential candidates, who didn't respond when the libs called them racists, or fascists or Literally Hitler or worse.

Why does the man, holding the highest office in the country, the most powerful figure in the world, NEED to counter punch the "little guys" who are bad mouthing him just as they have bad mouthed every other president before him.

Why?

Its not that the liberals are just attacking him, the Media also attacks the tens of millions of ordinary Americans who support him.

As an individual, Trump's a good sport, no doubt about it. But when you call the millions of little Trumpsters out their "crazies" (like McCain did) or "Deplorables" , then he is committed to defending his people and showing loyalty.

Its not just about him

There is considerable doubt about that.

However - I saw Obama and his supporters viciously attacked by conservatives and their media. Bush by the liberals. Didn't see them stoop to the crap Trump stoops too and no...it's not defending his supporters. Most of the time it's reacting to some sort of pathetic insult directed at him or even just normal criticism.

So...yes it is about him.

The Media attacks Trump worse than anyone by far, in my view. The number of Fake News stories they just make up out of whole cloth is incredible.

But the thing with Trump is that if a Fake News story comes out about him at 3 a.m. ET, by half past 5, he can respond on Twitter. Instantaneous response if he wants to.

I think a lot of what you call "fake" stories aren't.

 

[Coyote]

Are we not entitled to our own opinions? Are we so certain of the righteousness of our beliefs? Never been wrong? Is it not the height of arrogance to disparage others with different views? Is condescensing sarcasm a good idea? How is this country going to fix the many problems we have if we treat each other like shit?

I see it all the time on this board: ridicule, dehumanizing, demagoguery. It ain't cool and it never helps your argument. Do you want to be that kind of person that resorts to such behavior? Or do you admit that you lack the temperament and ability to participate in a debate by articulating your opinions instead of attacking the other side? What, you can't agree to disagree without badmouthing somebody or what they wrote in a belittling way? If that is the case, then that doesn't say much for you, does it?

Agree, we need to all shake hands and stop the negative stuff...let bygones be bygones.

What has happened is we've lost that ability in large part.

Rhetoric, memes, etc now portray the other as not the opposition, but as something far worse for simply disagreeing.

We are labeled with:
traitor
treason
enemy of the state
satanic
racist
anti-semite


and so forth.

Something is broken.

 

[OldLady]

Are we not entitled to our own opinions? Are we so certain of the righteousness of our beliefs? Never been wrong? Is it not the height of arrogance to disparage others with different views? Is condescensing sarcasm a good idea? How is this country going to fix the many problems we have if we treat each other like shit?

I see it all the time on this board: ridicule, dehumanizing, demagoguery. It ain't cool and it never helps your argument. Do you want to be that kind of person that resorts to such behavior? Or do you admit that you lack the temperament and ability to participate in a debate by articulating your opinions instead of attacking the other side? What, you can't agree to disagree without badmouthing somebody or what they wrote in a belittling way? If that is the case, then that doesn't say much for you, does it?

The Democrats really don't have that much to say nowadays, except to badmouth people.

Back in the day, FDR ran hard against Wendell Willkie- but he didn't call him Literally Hitler.

All the badmouthing on this thread is coming from Trumpers

Odd that huh?

It would be odd if it were true.

Willful blindness.

It's how we get our kicks.

Honesty.
Winner.

More willful blindness.

Are you really saying that only Trumpsters are badmouthing others in this thread? You know we can all read the posts here, right?

No, that is not at all what I was saying! I was commenting that the mudslingers -- no mention of which side -- do it for kicks! That is all.

 

[iceberg]

The Democrats really don't have that much to say nowadays, except to badmouth people.

Back in the day, FDR ran hard against Wendell Willkie- but he didn't call him Literally Hitler.

All the badmouthing on this thread is coming from Trumpers

Odd that huh?

It would be odd if it were true.

Willful blindness.

It's how we get our kicks.

Honesty.
Winner.

More willful blindness.

Are you really saying that only Trumpsters are badmouthing others in this thread? You know we can all read the posts here, right?

No, that is not at all what I was saying! I was commenting that the mudslingers -- no mention of which side -- do it for kicks! That is all.

i took it as just rolling with the flow as i intended it to be. people just get their kicks out of kicking others. people seem to need to read their own agendas into these things we say and at times, it's deserved.

other times, you just wanna tell someone "lighten up, francis".

near as i can tell OldLady - you got what i was saying.

 

[FA_Q2]

The Democrats really don't have that much to say nowadays, except to badmouth people.

Back in the day, FDR ran hard against Wendell Willkie- but he didn't call him Literally Hitler.

All the badmouthing on this thread is coming from Trumpers

Odd that huh?

It would be odd if it were true.

Willful blindness.

It's how we get our kicks.

Honesty.
Winner.

More willful blindness.

Are you really saying that only Trumpsters are badmouthing others in this thread? You know we can all read the posts here, right?

No, that is not at all what I was saying! I was commenting that the mudslingers -- no mention of which side -- do it for kicks! That is all.

Well, I stand corrected then.

I have no idea how it provides 'kicks' though.