candycorn
Diamond Member
No, I really don't. That doesn't mean he is without bigotry, but no one is. He just doesn't have a filter, and that's one of the reasons I've felt he shouldn't have that job.I'm glad you put it that way - "rank and file".Of hate? Are you kidding? You can't think of hate from your side?And of course you can't point to a similar instance on the left.
My guess is that you would perceive hate from your side as some kind of "justifiable passion".
This is why it's so difficult for me to have these conversations. We're speaking two different languages.
I have the same problem with your ideological counterparts.
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No, I can think of several....probably hundreds... but not to where the leader of the Party says X about the opposition and the rank and file of that party not only disagrees but now basically disavows him.
Yes, no doubt the rank & file Republicans start to pucker the minute he opens his mouth, specifically because they're mortified that they'll be labeled a racist or homophobe or misogynist or whatever by association, by you-know-who, and have to spend the next X years trying to wipe off the slime.
Has Trump said things that could easily be construed as "hateful" by those who sense political advantage? Yep.
Has Trump, purposely or not, attracted a cadre of old-fashioned, mouth-breathing racists? Yep.
Has Trump done the bare minimum to distance himself from them, for political reasons? Yep.
Is Trump himself a hateful person? Nope. No more than anyone else, especially those who watch their words.
Is one side of the spectrum really more hateful than the other? Nope. The amount of ugliness that exists on both ends is too close to call.
That's why I so often say the two ends of the spectrum have many similarities. Different on the issues, but similar in behaviors.
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You don’t find Trump more hateful than others? Really?
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So others in the GOP field thought that Cruz’s father was involved in killing JFK but had a filter and didn’t say as much?
So others in the GOP field thought that Ben Carson’s behavior was like a child molester but had a filter and didn’t say as much?
So others in the GOP field thought that Carly had a “big fat ugly face” but had a filter and didn’t say as much?