(07-24-2023, 04:00 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(07-24-2023, 03:34 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: NYC has a hard time seeing how he's a part of the problem, as do all the moderates on this board. He casually uses words like "far right" and "extremists" without even considering how those words have been distorted by the left. He can't even acknowledge that the leftist media intentionally misleads. There's plenty of examples. These people are mouthpieces, and the problem starts at the top of the party, the same way the problems from the right often originate at the top. He doesn't want to acknowledge that there are forces out there working in the best interests of themselves... who neglect the needs of Americans. They don't even want America to exist. This isn't because they hate America, but because they see a global society as a superior goal, and that means redistributing American wealth and American independence. Not their wealth, of course. They will happily pull people to the top who parrot their talking points and have influence. However, they will suppress and lie and cajole whenever it suits their interests, convincing the people that they are honest and upright, while those who would challenge their narrative are evil and misguided. Disinformation. Russia. Domestic terrorists. Conspiracists. Anyone that doesn't toe the line is given a label and cast into the fire, while the "enlightened" non-thinkers among us are happy to dance and watch it all burn, so long as they don't have to acknowledge that they are the problem.

LOL - 4 pages about a song, and you fly in here and start attacking me out of nowhere.
Did you just wake up and decide to be an [BLEEP] today or something?

Bolded is 100% horse [BLEEP]. Full bologna

Red bit is also 100% horse [BLEEP] - stop misrepresenting and presuming my thoughts and beliefs. I've posted a dozen times to the contrary. Three times in the past week. If you're going to attack me - get your [BLEEP] together. 

As far as all of your paranoia and fear laden tripe about all of the evil forces at work, you just have at it there guy. 
Blather on ad infinitum. 

I know there are bad people doing bad things and bad grande designs being laid, but I don't jump on every little garbage conspiracy narrative that pops up like you do and I feel wiser for it. 
Insult me all you like for not falling prey to conspiracy. 
Have the [BLEEP] at it. 

I'm proud that I'm not so gullible.

(07-24-2023, 06:48 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(07-24-2023, 04:24 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: DeSantis is just an idiot who thinks he can stir up votes by running stunts that piss off the left. 

I don't know or care how you want to classify his politics on some spectrum of left and right. 
Haven't given it much thought. He's more bluster than actual politics anyway.

Also - You're in the wrong thread, dumb [BLEEP]

I can throw a dart and hit a thread where you're being a self-important blowhard. It doesn't really make a difference to me where I call you out. You should own your words. Does it matter if you called him far right in this thread or another? 

I made a specific response to your grandstanding (that I don't believe is exclusive to you, but to many of the moderates), to which you said it was patently false. It's not. You choose to use the buzzwords that have no meaning other than to slander. You choose to repeat talking points without doing your own research. You choose to demagogue and demean your political opponents without caring about the whole of the truth. Imo, you don't properly challenge authority so long as you feel it's the right authority. You contribute to the very same problem you have railed against in at least 5 different threads. So, no... it's not coming out of nowhere. 

I have a problem with you and moderates like you who I believe are good people and don't hate America. I don't disagree with your premise, except you are attacking the "extremes" of both sides while continuing to prop up and defend a system that is destroying our commonality. I think it's this blindness that prohibits you from properly scrutinizing how and why people are becoming divided and standards are deteriorating around this nation. It's not social media. It's not maga supporters. It's not BLM. Sure, yeah... all of those are contributors to the problem, but you're every bit the same as far as I'm concerned. 

I don't care about this song. I think it's a stupid thing to argue about. I believe in free speech. The grand wizard of the KKK could write a song about how the Jews stole Christmas and I wouldn't give two [BLEEP]. If MTV wanted to play the song around the clock, I wouldn't care. I would probably not listen to it, but I mean, hey... if it had a sick beat, who knows? Hell, I WAP, WAP, WAP all the way home sometimes. I don't care about the Barbie movie. I care about who holds the levers of power that shape our collective minds, though. I think, on this front, it's easy to see who has the real power. Instead, we're talking about small towns and the artists "intent," and we say it's a conspiracy when it's pointed out that corporate America is working more and more like a government that picks and chooses what messaging is acceptable.