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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Did you blink, too?


     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Even this is silly.

    He criticized a political activist, who criticized him, from the stage of the Democratic National Convention.

    That's it.

    That's not a history of demeaning or attacking Gold Star families.

    The Democrats used this man, and his wife, specifically because they assumed they would be immune from any criticism. Do you support politicizing Gold Star families in this manner?
     
  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Yes. Hence beginning the post, "I'm going to hate myself for this[.]"
     
  4. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    I'm just trying to keep y'all's crap from getting this thing locked. I'd miss our little community within a community.
     
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  5. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    YF's making a perfectly reasonable point here, and he's right about it. And he's getting accused of "trolling" and people are losing their shit. I don't feel like it's "stirring the pot" to point that out. Republicans, again, control nearly every level of government, from city councils to the White House. So where is all the indignance getting everyone at this point?
     
  6. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Speaking of Gold Star families ...

    CNN Airs Gut-Wrenching Interview with Gold Star Family Who Never Heard from Trump
     
  7. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    More than any of us, Gold Star families have earned the right to make full use of the 1st Amendment. I think families on both sides of the spectrum have used their platform to great effect. They have credibility few leaders do.
     
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  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Again, if Trump claimed to call every family, and didn't then it's fair to point this out.

    I do think it's funny how indignant the press got, immediately, in defense of President Obama (and Bush).

    So, if you're going to point out how wrong Trump was, are you going to contact the families of those who died on their watch, and let us know how often they did call?
     
  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    This is a version of, "The default is to believe the accuser in sexual assault cases." You get to excuse yourself from any obligation to apply critical thinking.
     
  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Sure. But, when you do it from the stage of the DNC, you are immediately and inherently making it political.
     
  11. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    LOL.

    Now that that's out of the way, we DO know one thing: He said something that was considered wildly inappropriate and disrespectful by both the soldier's widow and mother.
     
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    I can't spell or type well! You know that!
     
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