I've been noticing a trend on political debate message boards over the past 8 years or longer...And It's a shift from actually debating a policy, or issue, to simply what I call, "agree or die"....
The liberal, or 'illiberal' if you will, left has turned things on their head, by either ignoring anything inconvenient to their positions, to outright attack of their political opponents....Which means that the marketplace of ideas has failed....
Don't believe me? take a look at any topic in this particular message board....within the first page, if not the first couple of postings, the debate is over, and the name calling, or worse begins...These are tactics of fascists....That's right, democrats have embraced fascism, even as they dishonestly try and label their political opponents of the very same....
The question of this thread, which I am sure will be devolved into name calling, and lies about one side or another, which will prove my point, is, can we any longer debate the facts? I don't think we can....
It is HILARIOUS that you start a thread to discuss clean debating and use it to attack people who disagree with you on other threads.
IRONY MUCH?
Worthy of the classic
But the truth is you and your fellow, what word would you like to use?
MAGATS is current
TEABAGGERS was about 14 years ago
tell ya what, in honor of your complete disconnect from reality let's call you
CONSERVATIVES
Since 2002 you CONSERVATIVES have been wholly disconnected from reality.
you live a completely fact free existence.
WMD
The American economy is strong
Birth certificate
Every word from Trump's mouth
COVID
HB's dick...
There is no lie you will not tell and no fact to which you will admit.
You can't have a frank, honest, AND POLITE discussion when one side simply makes it up as they go along.
CONSERVATIVES start a thread with a lie, ALWAYS
CONSERVATIVES respond on threads with lies, ALWAYS
CONSERVATIVES use sources like HOTAIR.COM and GATEWAYPUNDIT as "fact sources" when, in fact, the only facts ever appearing on these sites are only there to support the lies.
And when called on their lies, CONSERVATIVES invariably resort to insults and whining to their favorite moderator.
There is almost no attempt from CONSERVATIVES at serious discussion. Almost every thread they start is designed for "HEAT" rather than information exchange. Look at the current "New" list.
5 out of the 6 top threads are nothing more than what I call "
MAGAT Butthurt of the Day" threads. They're not there for discussion but strictly for the chance to hurl insults and whine to the MODS.
So, OP, if you don't like what is going on, change what you are doing.
This was a serious attempt at a serious discussion
So with trump's indictment perhaps we should talk about the GOP after Trump. For the sake of discussion let's assume, for whatever reason, on dec 1, 2023 Trump is no longer running for President. What happens next in the GOP? This is not about Trump and attempts to discuss him will be...
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But you CONSERVATIVES couldn't handle an actual discussion.
Of the first 20 posts, 4 by me, only 1 other post actually tried to address the topic.
The rest were off topic insults and lies.
CONSERVATIVES are the problem.