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Wildling
Umm.. as I ALREADY SAID, the OP's hyperbole doesn't detract from the point, you're only focusing on it because either you are consciously resisting getting past your internal partisan bias or are completely incapable of doing so. It appears that you refuse to see the bigger picture because cognitive dissonance is a more comfortable state for you than questioning your own strongly held opinions.Yes they are and have been for quite a while, remember the Tea Party? how it was demonized, slandered and mocked simply for peacefully expressing its viewpoints? remember how members of the press went after the children of George W. Bush and Sarah Palin? remember all the non-so subtle allegations regarding John McCain's children? What about the continuous personal attacks on the Trump Family? These are just a few examples of the harassment tactics the left has engaged in and you know what the result of these tactics has been...
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP , his election is a direct response by the ranks of the Republicans trying to fight "fire with fire" regardless of whether or not everyone gets burned.
...and if this petty childishness keeps up a decade from now you'll look back and say to yourself "Gee, compared to the douche bag in office now Trump was pretty reasonable".
The Republicans are certainly not blameless and engage in their own petty harassment tactics but the case in point illustrates why the National Dialog has devolved into a picayune pissing contest.
The OP doesn't represent a National News outlet, so I for one don't think the hyperbole is unwarranted or destructive, in fact it might serve to facilitate a constructive conversation since he/she didn't attack ANYONE here personally, right? You're the one that is personalizing it.You don't de-escalate by overstating a case with cartoonish commentary; do you?
Don't you see that the fact you can itemize the attacks that you're making my point for me? Do you have examples for every Republican? Of course you don't. Especially when you consider the shrill snowflake in the OP said it was the media harassing the every republicans.
Really? So far all you've done is object to the thread title while completely bypassing the point that the current trajectory that is exemplified by that idiotic OpEd represents a completely UNACCEPTABLE state of affairs that will only result in further escalation of this sort of nonsense.The totality of the argument in the OP is what I'm referring to.
Typical partisan response, attempting to advance the old "two wrongs make a right" argument in order to deflect from the reality that this escalation of childishness is being instigated by "your side".And, by the way...if you're talking about people being unfairly harassed by the media, is anyone questioning the birth certificates of these poor republicans?
Stop personalizing it and evaluate the situation honestly & objectively, or at least try to.
I have. You have not.
LOL, okay, I guess "honestly and objectively" has a completely different meaning on your planet than it does here on Earth.
That being the case, far be it from me to attempt to interfere with another individuals freedom to remain willfully ignorant of the obvious.
Ciao