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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (4332)	1/2/2017 5:09:51 PM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 356106

My objection to Trump is primarily based on his agenda. I view him (perhaps wrongly, hopefully) as representing a massive transference of wealth from the public to the private sector. As for his personality, I don't care for him. I think he is a pompous Ass. When dealing with Lemons, I try to make lemonade so I will look to benefit/profit from his agenda. What do you see that is good in Donald Trump? You like his corporate policies?

To: one_less who wrote (4332)	1/2/2017 5:10:21 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356106

Is that how the Germans should have addressed Hitler's rise to power in the 30's? Constructively-lol? The 800 lb gorilla in the room is that we elected the village idiot and he intends to crush us. And you don't seem to see it. Trump has no more redeeming qualities than Hitler or Putin did/have. << >>>How bad does a politician have to be before you feel it is okay to bash them.<<< Depends on what you mean by OK. It is never constructive, at best it provides stress relief for someone who is extremely biased and frustrated in not getting their way, like the relief racists get when telling an off color joke in the midst of like minded folk. That being the case I think it does nothing more than to provide comfort to bigotry and extremism. I don't think that is ever ok. >>cri·tique >>>That is pure nonsense. People should be criticizing Trump. How you can look at his behavior over the last 18 months and think that people are being unreasonable to bash Trump is mystifying.<<< I believe the post was constructive. Your compulsion to dismiss the gist of posts, so you can repeatedly rant this 'Trump is Hitler/Putin and that he will destroy everything' meme was a contribution to the general body of thought when you first posted it, but as a response to every attempt to initiate constructive conversation, it has become tiresome and counter-productive. Not to mention the false attributions you associate to other posters in the process exposes you as lacking, as a promoter of propaganda and as a dishonorable person . I have criticized Trump repeatedly for his harshness and immoral behavior wrt the way he treats people he sees as a threat. It does nothing constructive to post that again and especially not multiple times a day to people who've discussed it at length. Well it might help me to get accepted as a member of some group think set, but I'm not interested in that. I look forward to critiquing his administration if it can be shown to be corrupt. Interesting that you see bashing and critiqueing as synonymous. >>>How bad does a politician have to be before you feel it is okay to bash them.<<< Depends on what you mean by OK. It is never constructive, at best it provides stress relief for someone who is extremely biased and frustrated in not getting their way, like the relief racists get when telling an off color joke in the midst of like minded folk. That being the case I think it does nothing more than to provide comfort to bigotry and extremism. I don't think that is ever ok. >>cri·tique NOUN a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory. synonyms: analysis · evaluation · assessment · appraisal · [more] appreciation · criticism · review · study · commentary · exposition · exegesis VERB evaluate (a theory or practice) in a detailed and analytical way >>bash strike hard and violently: "bash a mosquito with a newspaper" synonyms: strike · hit · beat · thump · slap · smack · bang · knock · [more] batter · pound · pummel · wallop · clout · belt · whack · thwack · clobber · bop · sock · smite