Politics Orange Man Great! (A safe space for Trump supporters!)

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  1. Minstrel

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    Hello darkness, my old friend
    Sorry, QAnon stuff doesn't make Obama or anyone else "about Trump."

    If you want to praise Trump, go ahead, I won't challenge it. If you want to discuss Obama or QAnon or Pizzagate, you're not protected. Same goes for the Trump Bad Man thread.
     
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    Trump Rocks! So sorry, you don't.

    Get out.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    BTW, it's really unfortunate that Twitter has elected to ban thousands of accounts and block web addresses related to QAnon.
     
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    Why exactly is that unfortunate?
     
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    I think we both know the answer to that.
     
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    With all due respect, you may be conflating the letter of the thread with the spirit of the thread. At the outset of this thread, with Sly's remarks of "No Trump haters allowed!", I think that also meant the inclusion of all things Trump...including so-called topics related to QAnon, and the like.

    I might suggest you take your Trump-hating rebuttals to other threads supporting your political beliefs. This thread is designed to be "safe"...for the likes of me, and the few others in here who happen to share some of my own political beliefs.
     
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    Sorry, but I think you may be trying to game the system...using "QAnon" you can connect Trump to pretty much anything with a silly enough conspiracy logic chain. Obama being a Marxist Kenyan who hates America and secretly works to destroy it isn't a "Trump is awesome" topic. I'm not seeing Sly's intention with this thread as "any garbage you want to post free of response"--if you want that, start a private conversation (S2 supports those!) with your fellow QAnon conspiracy theorists. This (and the Orange Man Bad thread) is basically an experiment in letting people get out their "I love Trump" / "I hate Trump" jollies without the "fear of being challenged." That's the only topic that's not challengeable.

    That's how I see it. If Sly strenuously disagrees, I can change that.
     
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    Face it, you're a Trump hater.

    Get out.
     
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    Nah. But I won't challenge your posts praising Trump. We good?
     
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    I'd like you to consider viewing this thread as if it were a Portland Trail Blazers sports bar. L*ker fans bringing their debates, arguments, trash talk, or the like, need not enter. Just get out.
     
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    Yeah, that's not how discussion forums work.

    But talk up Trump all you like--I won't "trash talk" your praise of him. I'll respect the actual experiment going on here, just keep it on topic!
     
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    No, there was a reason Sly started this selective thread: It was designed to be a "safe space for Trump supporters." That's why he then stipulated, "No Trump haters allowed!" With an exclamation point for added emphasis.

    You're an effective Trump hater and not in any way keeping my space here "safe". You're simply being a contrarian wanting to debate your positions. Again, there are many other threads in here that allow for just that. Have at it in those. Please honor the spirit of this thread, though.
     
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    No Trump haters because this is a safe space for saying the orange man is great. I'm looking at this holistically (thread title and opening post) and you're just looking at a piece of it! If you keep it on topic (praise for the orange man), then yes, I shouldn't be responding. But you're not keeping it on topic, so the non-Trump topics are fair game.

    If you want a safe space for all topics, again, I invite you to form a private conversation with the people you consider kindred spirits. A discussion forum isn't a place for a safe space for any topic, no responses allowed. That's kind of the antithesis of a discussion forum.

    Stick to the spirit of the experiment (saying nice things about Trump) and I will too, by not responding.
     
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    Bullcrap. Sly started both threads because the Trump vs. whomever debates/arguments got way out of hand. Hence, the dedicated threads. The spirit of this thread is NOT simply designed to say nice things about Trump. Gimme a break. LOL
     
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    Did you see what you wrote? "...the Trump vs. whomever debates/arguments." Trump. Arguments and debates about Trump.

    Not whether Obama is a secret socialist Muslim from Kenya or whether Hillary Clinton tortures children in a pizza joint's basement.

    I think we basically agree. You keep the topic on Trump, nobody disagrees with you in this thread. Other topics--fair game. I'm glad we were able to hash this out amicably!
     
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    Somebody actually thinks threads have spirits? Thread lives matter? Threads are just titles with opinions....I just troll here to heckle dogs and deplorables myself...the other Trump thread is more fun..I hate black velvet paintings of dogs playing poker! Everyone knows dogs just slobber on cards...if someone hates on a forum member who loves Trump..technically it's not hating on Trump..it's hating on his cheerleader
     
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    Underrated comment.
     
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    I would prefer if this were a thread only for Trump fans.
     
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    I absolutely saw what I wrote and make Trump connections to, and being maligned by, Obama/Biden/Hillary et al in more ways than you may know, or even care about. However, as you had encouraged, I'll take you up on your offer to have a conversation with you outside of this thread.
     

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