Politics The Democratic Convention Nobody Watched

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  1. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Trump brings that out in us rational voters.
     
  2. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Solidifying your news by twitter and Facebook is incredibly stupid.
     
  3. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    One only need look at the polls, unless, of course, you prefer to wait until November when it's too late.
     
  4. Orion Bailey

    Orion Bailey Forum Troll

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    you wont get anyone one here to admit this was wrong. Bunch old farts in the OT with “years of political experience” to solidify their opinions as the only ones that are correct.
    They demean anyone who disagrees with them as being idiots or nincompoops, but simultaneously call you condescending when you simply rebute the initial demeaning statement.
    You should go the road of Mags. There isnt anything your gonna post in here that will get people to actually comment impartially about this

    OMG Lanny that's my point. Again did you read the thread?

    I commented that I will want to watch the conventions to continue to solidify my decision. I was told that I'm a nincompoop for being undecided. The only way to be decided currently is by believing twitter and facebook.

    I'm arguing i'm NOT making a final decision based off of hearsay news twisted to fit a narrative. And I got called a nincompoop for it. Then when I countered I was told I was condescending.

    I swear to God I don't think many of you read what you are commenting on, let alone recognize what you are even writing....


    And then when I called the person who said I was condescending out on his initial demeaning response, its crickets.

    Some of you have Got to start learning to take responsibility for your hypocrisy.(not you specifically Lanny), or you will just be considered a grumpy old fart.


    GET OFF MY LAWN!


    I cant take anyone seriously when they basically say i'm a nincompoop for not having come to a decision, but when I say thats arrogant, im told im condescending?

    I mean really GTFO with that nonsense....((again, not you specifically Lanny)
     
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  5. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Last I heard, the gap was shrinking and is actually smaller than it was between Trump and Clinton at this point in time in 2016.
     
  6. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    You should get an update on that, it's not correct.

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  7. Stevenson

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    @Orion Bailey - I clearly offended you, name-called, and crossed a line, so I sincerely apologize.

    The point I was trying to make is that your constant call for people to be open minded assumes people are not open minded, and so I said that seemed condescending. I can have an opinion about politics and still be open minded, just like anyone can about anything. I didn't like Myers Leonard but hey! I hoped I was wrong about that. :)

    But re: Trump - no, I am not open-minded. I find him beyond repugnant and now, a real threat to our democracy. And yes, I can't understand how someone could not have a strong opinion about him. But name-calling is what he does, not what I do, so again, my apologies.
     
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  8. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Good call. I heard that last night. I do like RCP because they use averages from a bunch of polls.

    Trump was ahead a week or so ago. Let's see if the RNC convention brings a swing back his way.
     
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  9. Orion Bailey

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    But that's the thing. you didn't offend me. you annoyed me with your hypocrisy. Calling me condescending right after basically calling me a nincompoop because I said it was arrogant to call someone a nincompoop for not having made up their mind or having not solidified an opinion.

    Its that crap that makes having a constructive conversation near impossible.

    I took your nincompoop comment in stride, but used it to represent the other side of the coin. In response you called me condescending.

    Do you not see the double standard there?

    I can have a conversation full of insults, but don't tell me i'm the one insulting people when you initiated that type of conversation. That's where I draw the line, toss my hands up in the air and say. WTH??? And then any valid point you make after that goes in one ear and out the other because you weren't initially reasonable, honest or accurate with your accusations.

    I don't care if you insult me, but don't call me out for insulting you back.

    Edit: At any rate, Thanks for the apology. :cheers:
     
  10. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Don't think for a second there won't be an RNC Convention thread in here....replete with major derogatory comments from the S2 masses. Book it, Danno.
     
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    ehizzy3 RIP mgb

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    i mean you did call one of the posters the problem with politics...soooooo don’t be surprised when someone does it back
     
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    Fuck the republican ratings...and the crooks that got them elected
     
  13. Stevenson

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    wow. No good deed goes unpunished.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Even knowing that you mean 'ahead of where he was in 2016', not 'ahead of Biden', that is fairly misleading. Trump got a short-lived but large bounce from the convention in 2016, which was the last week in July that year. Comparing that to the same time in 2020 isn't very meaningful.

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    stop gaslighting. You started it by calling a poster the problem with politics lol
     
  16. Orion Bailey

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    Lol. No I did not. Did you miss the question mark? It was a question. I suppoose I could have been more clear., but the person I was talking to seemed to understand it. I quoted my own post, then his and basically asking if he felt he was part of the problem based on what I had posted. At no time did I tell @The Professional Fan he was part of the problem.

    Again , This makes me question if people actually read everything.
     
  17. Orion Bailey

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    Wanna quote me where I called someone the problem, or where I asked if they were the problem? And you vcall me gasslighting?

    Man.
    HAHAHAHA

    How words get twisted here is amazing.
     
  18. ehizzy3

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    you quoted yourself in response to him with an obvious sarcastic question, hence the three periods before the question mark


    Stop gaslighting
     
  19. Orion Bailey

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    That one flew over my head. :)
     
  20. Orion Bailey

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    If you say so.....
     

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