(01-31-2021, 04:19 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(01-31-2021, 02:57 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: You seem to be contradicting yourself.  You say, the left will use Taylor Greene as the face of the right, the same way the Republicans use AOC as the face of the left.  But then you say you don't want to oust Taylor Greene from the public sphere until the Dems oust AOC.  But if AOC is bad for the left, why do you want them to oust her?  You say, "The right is always the one that must concede or condemn..." but wouldn't getting rid of Taylor Greene be GOOD for the Republicans?   Wouldn't you want the Dems to KEEP AOC?

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But wouldn't the Republicans want AOC to gain influence over the Democratic Party?  It would seem to be in the Republicans' best interest to, as you put it, keep feeding the troll. 

I'm a moderate.  So I wish they would BOTH go away.   But it seems like the right would want AOC to stay and say more stupid stuff, and the left would want Taylor Greene to stay and say more stupid stuff.

How exactly am I speaking out of both sides of my mouth? The dems had a chance to go after AOC when she showed up. They didn't. She says crazy [BLEEP] on the regular. Now the right gets one and we have to all stop and kick her out? For what? For AOC to continue her schtick unchecked? She will be the face of the democratic party. It's only a matter of time. Until the left starts tamping down it's rhetoric or gains enough power to marginalize and oppress their opponent, things will only continue to escalate. It's not rocket science.

I thought I explained it pretty well.  You said the left would make Taylor Greene the face of the right, and the right would make AOC the face of the left.  But then you said you don't think the right should get rid of Taylor Greene until the left gets rid of AOC.   You don't see the contradiction there?  If the left is going to make Taylor Greene the face of the right, it seems like it would be good for the right if they got rid of Taylor Greene.  But you seem to be resisting the idea, even though you said the left would make her the face of the right.  

Did I misinterpret what you wrote?

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