(04-21-2024, 10:49 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(04-21-2024, 07:24 PM)mikesez Wrote: We are not talking about the difference between fact and opinion.  We are talking about bias.  As I already explained, even if a news source only ever publishes facts, there is still a subjective factor or bias when it comes to which stories and facts are "fit to print" or worth setting aside time for.  If that news source goes ahead and also publishes their opinion, they are doing you a favor because they are helping you understand why they selected the facts and stories they select.

What do I stand for? I think I've been pretty clear that I thought Trump's character was not nearly good enough to be President back in 2015.  In 2019 I said he abused his foreign relations power to try to oppress Democrats and that he should have been removed from office because it was exactly the type of thing Putin did to turn Russia into a one party state.  Then Marco Rubio told me it was too close to the election to have the Senate remove him, and the voters should decide if Trump should be removed or not, and I like Marco mostly, so I did as he said and voted Biden.  These are all stances I took.

I'm definitely not getting pissed on.  I am prospering.  I own my house outright and I could buy a few more similar homes with cash if I wanted to.  I don't say that to brag, but only because you said I'm a victim somehow.

Exactly none of this tells us what YOU stand for, only what politicians tell you to believe. 

And you assume you're prosperous because you don't have a victim mentality.

What an odd statement.  What do you stand for? What if you took a little time out of your day to tell me, and then I told you, "oh, that's just what THEY tell you to believe." I wouldn't do that, but maybe I should so you know how it feels.

I'm just constantly surprised how quickly my words get twisted around here.  Copycat said I was getting pissed on, I replied I'm prospering, not to brag, just to explain I'm not a victim, that I'm not getting pissed on, and you somehow translate that I think I'm prospering because I don't have a "victim mentality".  That's not what I said! I never said why I'm blessed financially and I certainly wouldn't chalk it up to "victim mentality" if I did.

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