@Background Pony #9659
Your sarcastic response only works if you acknowledge that the overall logic behind the point I’ve conveyed to you actually cuts both ways, regardless of which side of the political spectrum is on the business end of the point’s edge.
@Background Pony #7E8D
Or it is a comment on how moronic it is to pretend that things used to be more civil “back then”.
The burden of proof is on the claimant, not those disputing the claim.
@Ciaran
That is correct, and I am not the one who made the claim that things “weren’t “more civil” back then”. That would be Ereiam of whom you’re referring to:@Background Pony #7E8D
Or it is a comment on how moronic it is to pretend that things used to be more civil “back then”.Which means that by your logic, he should be the one providing the proof for this claim of his.
It was not always like this. In ages past it was possible to have a discussion. The two sides in western countries were not as far apart in the past. Then we entered the current era of hyper offensiveness, political correctness and identity politics. Debate is no longer possible on many subjects and any attempts to talk quickly evolves into a metaphorical fecal matter slinging championship in minutes. Hyper toxicity and personal attacks are methods of our time. The subversion of democracy runs deep.
@Ereiam
The only reason things seemed to be civil back then was because of moral guardians censoring anything remotely progressive, meaning many people didn’t know about the other side.
the point of my post wasn’t to go all “both sides are bad”, but to point out that silbasa’s “only the side I don’t like is bad” is flawed.
You feel like of those people that can’t help but say “all lives matter” when seeing someone say “black lives matter”. Or that go on about the evils of communism whenever someone says fascism is bad.
@Background Pony #7E8D
Like how civil things were when JFK was shot? Or when Reagan was shot? Or when the Oklahoma federal building was blown up? Or when Nixon very civilly spied on political opponents then dragged the credibility of the US government through the mud for a year? Or when Boehner and Graham and McConnell and every other career GOP politician pretended the US democracy was dead because they failed to kick out Clinton after impeaching him over a blowjob?
What sort of “evidence” are you looking for?
Have a look through political cartoons, editorials, readers’ letters, etc. Shit hasn’t changed, it’s just now you’re more aware of it, and more importantly, currently living through it.
@CaptainXtra
It isn’t limited to just the EU. It’s perfectly rational for the majority of people to be ignorant to politics. It takes a lot of work to be informed and when you are the power you wield as an individual is little. Twitter does a great job of showing this since it’s so easy for people to flaunt that ignorance, people can just post or comment on whatever thing comes to mind, then other people will link to whatever dumb thing is posted to show how uninformed the poster is, while being no better.
Well, for one thing, that there is absolutely zero truth to what silbasa’s saying, and that is literally exactly what I mean, word for word.
“Right now our top priority is locating that child safely,” Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said Monday.
To be fair, if the baby had only complied then the officers wouldn’t have had no choice but to shoot him. But hey, at least the kid ain’t kidnapped no more!And before you ask, of course they were black.Also,“Right now our top priority is locating that child safely,” Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said Monday.
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