Denouement of U.S. Empire

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Originally Posted by Astray

Case in point, really. You aren't capable of discerning jack from shit. The first post is antagonistic, like you were somehow "winning" an unsettled argument. It was bait, not a 'hey let us discuss this' type of opening. Although you don't want discussion, you want an argument. You got multiple and when you failed to do anything but inflame the Politics folder, you went even further into your vacuous fit.

Congratulations, you reap what you sow.

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There you go again with the, "You make me be a dickhead" argument. It's not your fault, you have no control.

Have you even noticed how much you're projecting on me. You've claimed something about my pretending to be intellectual and now you say I was "somehow winning an argument..." blah blah blah. You end up arguing against a fictional character you've created. I see all the comments about me living in boulder, drinking soylatte, wearing birks and smoking pot hippy jokes. You all respond to me but you're railing against someone else that doesn't exist here. I don't know what that says about your psychology but it's not good.

Oh, there we go.

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There you go again with the, "You make me be a dickhead" argument. It's not your fault, you have no control.

Have you even noticed how much you're projecting on me. You've claimed something about my pretending to be intellectual and now you say I was "somehow winning an argument..." blah blah blah. You end up arguing against a fictional character you've created. I see all the comments about me living in boulder, drinking soylatte, wearing birks and smoking pot hippy jokes. You all respond to me but you're railing against someone else that doesn't exist here. I don't know what that says about your psychology but it's not good.

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You're misinterpreting.

The idea that you're above criticism is funny because you're purposely thinking I believe the false narrative of your character that Methais is shit-posting. That's what he does, but the really amusing part is that you think you're above criticism so we're all automatically wrong.

You're delusional if you believe that I'm, for lack of a better word, "attacking" you because of a few posts about how you drink a soylatte and wear birks. No, you're worthy of criticism because of how outlandish and boisterous you are in the delusional perception of your opinions. You're worth me stooping to the level of an asshole because you're an asshole too. In the time I've been here I've only ever really 'attacked' McGuyver because of how much of a failure of a human being that guy was/is.

You and your opinions are on the exact same level as that guy. Someone that made me do what I don't like doing. Hurling insults like I'm back in grade one. Gratsky, you absolute dogshit of an intellectual.

People like cwolff and time4emotions becoming the mainstream for the democrat party is pretty much the equivalent of Westboro Baptist Church becoming the mainstream for the republican party. Both groups are retarded as fuck fringe lunatics and are way too full of themselves to even consider that they might just be a fucking dumbass.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

Bullshit. I started this thread and did not do so with vitriol or sarcasm. I'd also call attention to post #4 in this thread which is also not riddled with sarcasm and vitriol. There are many more but you don't know because you're not arguing with me from a place of reason. You're just arguing with me.

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I don't think you understand the terms "sarcasm" and "vitriol".

The ONE post you held up as an example of how you don't post that way was LITERALLY posting in that way.

371 posts in this thread and you still haven't made an intelligent point.

I just hope you are using Kleenex brand facial tissues... since my 401k has holdings in Kimberley Clark... and not just your shirt sleeve.

This isn't a threat to our democracy. At worst he's a criminal president. The system still works.

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Originally Posted by drauz

This isn't a threat to our democracy. At worst he's a criminal president. The system still works.

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Carl Bernstein and I disagree:

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"I think it’s time to recognize that what we are watching in the Trump presidency is worse than Watergate," Bernstein told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "It's worse than Watergate, as I say, because the system worked in Watergate."

"The heroes of Watergate were Republicans who demanded that the president be held accountable, who demanded that he be transparent, who demanded to know what did the president know and when did he know it, and who conducted bipartisan investigation that led, in fact, to understanding and finding out what Nixon had done," he continued. "Whereas the Republicans on Capitol Hill thus far, have done almost everything they can to impede and undermine legitimate investigation."

"And so, it’s a totally different and much more dangerous situation," Bernstein, a CNN political analyst, concluded. "And also, Donald Trump is a demonstrable authoritarian in terms of his rhetoric, in terms of whipping up his base. Nixon did not do anything similar to that."

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No matter what one thinks of trump I hope that Bernsteins words won't be dismissed out of hand. He's a serious journalist who knows a thing or two about what he's watching.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

Carl Bernstein and I disagree:



No matter what one thinks of trump I hope that Bernsteins words won't be dismissed out of hand. He's a serious journalist who knows a thing or two about what he's watching.

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How exactly have Republicans "done almost everything they can to impede and undermine legitimate investigations"?

Agreeing with someone who just says a bunch of words you want to hear doesn't make for a very strong case.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

How exactly have Republicans "done almost everything they can to impede and undermine legitimate investigations"?

Agreeing with someone who just says a bunch of words you want to hear doesn't make for a very strong case.

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How exactly do you not know this? It's a matter of public record and we've been watching it play out for over a year and half. The nunes memo alone shows a breakdown in the system. These committees in the past have taken their duties seriously. What they did in the house was shameless. Even a right winger should be appalled by that.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

How exactly do you not know this? It's a matter of public record and we've been watching it play out for over a year and half. The nunes memo alone shows a breakdown in the system. These committees in the past have taken their duties seriously. What they did in the house was shameless. Even a right winger should be appalled by that.

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So no answer? Figures.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

So no answer? Figures.

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He's trying to sell you a straw-man but you're noticing the paper mache. Shame on you, Tgo.