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originally posted by: bigdaddycruel6699
Let me see, Obama is a secret Muslim, not born here, Michelle is a man which makes Obama gay, pizzagate ..etc All plausible.
Trump likes to be pissed on..no way that is so unbelievable...LOL Not to mention that Trump appears to be attacking this report with a lot of vigor, making me think "he doth protest too much"
Right wingers and cherry picking what is plausible and what isn't LOL
John Wooden : “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” “The true test of a man's character is what he does when (he thinks) no one is watching.”
originally posted by: introvert
originally posted by: Icarus Rising
a reply to: introvert
I this how far we have sunk? What about his character as a human being? What about his behavior? Does it have to be illegal or treason to be wrong and unacceptable?
No one should pretend that Trump will be a normal president. No one should forget the bigotry and racism of his campaign, the naked appeals to white grievance, the stigmatizing of Mexicans and Muslims. No one should forget the jaw-dropping ignorance he showed about government policy both foreign and domestic. No one should forget the vile misogyny. No one should forget the mendacity, the vulgarity, the ugliness, the insanity. None of this should ever be normalized in our politics. - Eugene Robinson
Source
I think one's character should be a trait we look at when deciding if we support someone, but I don't care much about what they do in private, for the most part, and it may not be indicative of their overall character.
originally posted by: Icarus Rising
a reply to: digital01anarchy
Not the entire dossier, just the report of what took place in the suite the Obama's stayed in at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton. You can discount the whole report based on that if you want. I don't.
originally posted by: spiritualzombie
originally posted by: introvert
originally posted by: Icarus Rising
a reply to: introvert
I this how far we have sunk? What about his character as a human being? What about his behavior? Does it have to be illegal or treason to be wrong and unacceptable?
No one should pretend that Trump will be a normal president. No one should forget the bigotry and racism of his campaign, the naked appeals to white grievance, the stigmatizing of Mexicans and Muslims. No one should forget the jaw-dropping ignorance he showed about government policy both foreign and domestic. No one should forget the vile misogyny. No one should forget the mendacity, the vulgarity, the ugliness, the insanity. None of this should ever be normalized in our politics. - Eugene Robinson
Source
I think one's character should be a trait we look at when deciding if we support someone, but I don't care much about what they do in private, for the most part, and it may not be indicative of their overall character.
I agree mostly... but if the golden showers story is true-- it's not about what gets him off- it goes straight to his character because it's about defiling the bed the Obama's slept in... out of his own personal hate for them... and to go THAT far... elevates it from perversion to lunatic sick f*ck.
Yet there's plenty, if not more, evidence to refute these claims. The timing of the post, which is archived here, is interesting, since it was dated before much of the reporting on this intelligence memo began, but that doesn't mean it was before the memo existed. Mother Jones actually began reporting on the document on Oct. 30, days before the anonymous 4Chan user made their post and over a year after the document was supposedly created.
originally posted by: Icarus Rising
a reply to: CynConcepts
If you want to characterize what he did as "owning it", go ahead. I call that rationalization. It is not taking responsibility, it is minimizing and deflecting. What he said is not locker room talk. To call it that is an insult to locker rooms everywhere.
originally posted by: Icarus Rising
a reply to: digital01anarchy
Yes really. My hope is not in whether Trump becomes president or not. I was convinced he was unfit to hold office from the get go. I know he is the worst kind of slimeball regardless of if he has ever let anyone pee on him. I am no fan of Hillary either. I would certainly prefer her to Trump as President though. You believe what you want to believe. I know what I know. There is no doubt in my mind that Trump will make a terrible president and we as a nation will regret electing him and putting into power the people around him.
Furthermore, the 4Chan user's story doesn't line up with any of the facts presented by the U.S. intelligence agencies, or directly explain how the information got from 4Chan to those agencies. If the 4Chan user's claim is true, this is the biggest media conspiracy in American history and the multi-billion dollar U.S. intelligence industry is nothing more than a naive goat that succumbs to the troll under the bridge. Since neither seems likely, and both together seems flat out impossible, one side of Occam's Razor is much more compelling than the other.
originally posted by: Icarus Rising
a reply to: digital01anarchy
Trump is no Hitler. More like Biff Tannen from "Back to the Future II". And I see you haven't responded to my takedown of the 4chan angle. Here's a little more to chew on.
Furthermore, the 4Chan user's story doesn't line up with any of the facts presented by the U.S. intelligence agencies, or directly explain how the information got from 4Chan to those agencies. If the 4Chan user's claim is true, this is the biggest media conspiracy in American history and the multi-billion dollar U.S. intelligence industry is nothing more than a naive goat that succumbs to the troll under the bridge. Since neither seems likely, and both together seems flat out impossible, one side of Occam's Razor is much more compelling than the other.
The 4chan user is lying.
originally posted by: Icarus Rising
a reply to: digital01anarchy
We'll see which one of us is spreading ignorance. For sure you are defending someone who is an indefensible ignoramus, imo. This will all get verified one way or the other, and let the pieces fall where they may.
The key issue here in deciding what to believe is whether you have any trust left in the U.S. intelligence community, and whether it's bigger than any modicum of trust you might have in 4Chan. By simple logic, it seems easier to make up the fact that you made something up, rather than make something up and have the highest ranking intelligence officials in the country believe it. If the 4Chan user's claim is true, this is the biggest media conspiracy in American history and the multi-billion dollar U.S. intelligence industry is nothing more than a naive goat that succumbs to the troll under the bridge. Since neither seems likely, and both together seems flat out impossible, one side of Occam's Razor is much more compelling than the other.