(08-07-2018, 09:05 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(08-07-2018, 08:15 PM)mikesez Wrote: There are a lot of reasons why you're wrong.
But this is a personal topic and I'm a man. I come across as enough of a know-it-all without attempting to explain something I'll probably never experience to another person who is probably a man and also probably will never experience it.
in my opinion people like Candace Owens want to be in the news for pissing liberals off. their target audience often has the thought process of "I don't know if they are right or wrong but they're pissing the right people off." Candace Owens gets a clear benefit from being in the news this way.
On the other hand, when a man says, "she was asking for it," in a sexual assualt context, it usually doesn't make any sense.  What does the woman gain by "asking for it" sexually and then denying that consent was offered later?

I am not familiar with Candace Owens other than what I've read recently, but I doubt she wanted to be attacked like she was. I see you are still using the "she asked for it" rationalization.

Can you at least admit that the physical and verbal confrontations of politically-oriented people going about their daily business is predominantly (overwhelmingly) a Left attacking Right phenomenon?

Lately, yes.  Sometimes I could argue that a certain vice is on both sides of the political spectrum, but in this case the two sides are too different.  Some on the left have decided that Trump is on the verge of establishing himself as a fascist dictator, so new means of political resistance are called for.  The conclusion is reasonable if you accept the premise.  People on the right didn't have that same fear about Obama.
The other difference is that ever since Rush Limbaugh became famous, the right has over-indulged in politics as entertainment and are now used to the idea that they can insult and mock their opponents while giving them no opportunity to respond.  The Left doesn't do this.  Left leaning programs and hosts are nearly always deliberate about inviting competing perspectives, or, failing that, they make it clearer that their program is comedy and entertainment, not information. Too many on the right believe these hosts are sincerely offering complete information and they build up a whole false system of belief around these hosts without realizing it. People on the left see this and want to break the echo chamber in the name of truth and justice and the American way.  Chanting in front of restaurants seems odd, but think about it more deeply.  Part of these hosts' schtick is that they never have to respond to a sincere, informed, and articulate person with a competing perspective.  They seem tough.  Even President Trump had to do debates with his opponents.  Candace Owens? Not so much.  If you wanted to take her down a notch and show that she was not so tough and not so smart, how else can you go about it?

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