(01-09-2021, 12:16 AM)copycat Wrote:

(01-08-2021, 06:07 PM)Eric1 Wrote: You'd like to think somebody who served 14 years in the Air Force would have a little more common sense than to break the law by storming and rioting the Capitol... 

She's a traitor, a criminal and she died for somebody who doesn't give two [BLEEP] about her. Talk about being brainwashed, but I guess that's usually what happens when you join a cult.

The most frustrating thing in conversations with people on the more liberal side of the spectrum is this.  You folks continue to not understand that Trump is not the cause but a symptom.  Look at what is happening in the wake of Wednesday’s events.  Conservative platforms are being openly banned.  This is nothing new, the left has been silencing conservatives for years.  Disagree with an Obama policy-racist!  Oppose abortion on demand-misogynist!  Witness a democrat do some egregious act-observe silence from the legacy media or worse a blatant cover up.  Trump was championed by the right because he stood up to all of that and gave a disenfranchised segment of society a voice.  To make matters worse we are witnessing the left and their partners in the legacy media double and triple down on it, all the while calling for unity.

You're right that Trump is more a symptom than a cause.
The cause is snowflakery - as you highlight.
The older generation said, if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
If you can't accept that someone somewhere might accuse you of racism, don't discuss politics.
If you can't accept that someone somewhere might accuse you of misogyny, don't discuss politics.
Just because someone accuses you of something, doesn't mean it's true.
And in any case these accusations are usually attached to strawman arguments, in the form, "If you really think [exaggerated version of your beliefs that you don't actually believe], then you are [racist / misogynist / zoroastrian]!".  You can safely dodge such accusations.  "No, I said X.  Not Y."
Make sure you understand what offended you, and make sure the accuser actually understands you, before you just go and feel condemned and excluded.

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