(02-28-2019, 12:27 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(02-28-2019, 09:21 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: So I'm going to take my own advice, and instead of counterattacking your post, instead just ask a few questions.  

1. What, in your opinion, is the reason some people adopt a "left-wing" political position?  

2. Are you at all concerned about the federal budget deficit?  

3. Do you think there was ever a case where "liberals" were right and "conservatives" were wrong?   In other words, have liberals ever done anything good?   

4. When you post in this message board, do you care about whether you can actually change anyone's mind about anything?   Do you think it's possible to change anyone's mind?   Why do you post political arguments here?   What's the point?

Good questions. Note that my response to Sammy was to ask him what particular policies of Trump he considered "right wing." I still haven't got an answer, but that in itself is a telling response.

1. Two reasons. First are a contingent of people who consider themselves victims and want someone to use force to redress their suffering. The other group are the elitist experts who know better than the "deplorables" who just want to run their own lives. Basically, the Left wants to use the guns of government to force people to do what they deem correct behavior.

2. Absolutely. However, there is no one electable who will do anything about it. It's as if I were dying of an incurable disease. Complaining about it solve nothing.

3. The clean air and clean water acts were good. There are still a few environmental issues where I think the Left is right. The problem here is that 95% of the current environmentalist alarmism is wrong. DeSantis claims to be for the environment. I hope he addresses the problems with the Everglades and Florida springs.

4. SOMETHING SAID ON THE INTERNET WAS WRONG! I certainly don't expect to change the mind of the person I'm replying to, but maybe others will view things differently after reading what I wrote. Also, others who agree with me might find my arguments useful in their later discussions.

So I know Trump has repealed a lot of regulations.   Are there any regulations in particular that he has repealed that are your favorites?   I mean, what regulations do you most appreciate his repealing?  

Also, what do you think will be the end result of our running trillion dollar deficits?   How do you see the end game there?   My opinion: we will eventually have to monetize the debt, and that will cause hyperinflation.  

From your answer to #4, it seems like you see your role here as bolstering your fellow conservatives, and definitely not changing anyone's mind.  I would encourage you to go over to the liberal echo chamber at the Huffington post, and talk to those extreme left wing socialist progressives in the comments.  They are really clueless, and in dire need of some basic facts.  We need to defend capitalism.  I think you'd do a lot more good over there than you can do here.  Do it gently.  On this message board, you are only bolstering half a dozen people.  You're wasting your horsepower.  Over there, you can actually engage with thousands of extreme left wing progressives.    

I really miss William F Buckley.  He brought an intellectual rigor to the political debate.  Now, it's all just low-grade simplistic talking points.

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