why would I need to read would I have been saying when I have written what I have been saying?Read what you have been saying, but thanks, love the new title.
Are you projecting?You select what you want to see and the data set is so small, it confirms what you want to believe than rather what is happening.
But that would be asking you to expand your thoughts, as has been shown you would rather attack.
I was trying to be helpful, we all need time off to rest and reflect.
Notwithstanding one's own belief system regarding said religious figure, can you explain, in terms of general culture, why you think Harris is preferable to Pence as VP and potential/eventual POTUS?I must admit that I am very pleased that the world never had to suffer Mike Pence as President of the USA.
Biden could not be worse than Pence, a godbothering toady with a distinct dollar spread burnt toast take on the message of a considerable historical figure and a force for good in many peoples lives called Jesus Christ.
gg
Dipping my hand a little, I find the prospect of Kamala as POTUS extremely alarming to be honest.
Okay then, why are any of us commenting at all?Why, considering you don't live there ?
Okay then, why are any of us commenting at all?
However, I did grow up there, hence my interest, and I have family who live there, hence my concern.
"Extremely" left wing.You haven't explained why you consider Harris VP "extremely alarming" .
I would agree @wayneL .Notwithstanding one's own belief system regarding said religious figure, can you explain, in terms of general culture, why you think Harris is preferable to Pence as VP and potential/eventual POTUS?
Dipping my hand a little, I find the prospect of Kamala as POTUS extremely alarming to be honest.
But Harris is; examine her voting record and actions as prosecutor.
I would agree @wayneL .
Harris is Biden's Pence. The US is not in a good situation until the next cleansing in 2024. This is possibly End of Empire stuff unfortunately.
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Have you read the Gulag Archipelago?Apparently she was pretty tough on blacks as a prosecutor. Doesn't sound like a Left Winger. Would an extreme Left person be a defence lawyer ?
Anyway, from my brief knowledge of her I think she's a bit of a conundrum. She may have enveigled her way to the top for all I know. She seems a bit pushy. I don't like pushy women in positions of power (ie Margaret Thatcher). Anyway , as I said it's not our problem.
Good points @wayneLHorrors asks us at very valid question here, why do we in Australia care so much about the American election results?
I've stated my reasons, but answers outstanding for the rest of the members here, especially those who have bombarded us with anti Trump rhetoric here for the last 5 years... And even discussion on Obama for the previous 8.
I think the answer is simply this, as America goes, so do the rest of us at some later point.
Case in point... why did the rest of the west have incidents emanating from the George Ffloyd incident?
Nothing whatsoever to do with us.
It still remains a good question, why?
I love pushy women.Apparently she was pretty tough on blacks as a prosecutor. Doesn't sound like a Left Winger. Would an extreme Left person be a defence lawyer ?
Anyway, from my brief knowledge of her I think she's a bit of a conundrum. She may have enveigled her way to the top for all I know. She seems a bit pushy. I don't like pushy women in positions of power (ie Margaret Thatcher). Anyway , as I said it's not our problem.
Horrors asks us at very valid question here, why do we in Australia care so much about the American election results?
I've stated my reasons, but answers outstanding for the rest of the members here, especially those who have bombarded us with anti Trump rhetoric here for the last 5 years... And even discussion on Obama for the previous 8.
I think the answer is simply this, as America goes, so do the rest of us at some later point.
Case in point... why did the rest of the west have incidents emanating from the George Ffloyd incident?
Nothing whatsoever to do with us.
It still remains a good question, why?
Why not compare the tone of the 2012 Presidential Election thread with the 2020 thread. The 2012 thread has an almost bemused, detached feel to it. No extreme positions. No bile spit at others. No hand wringing. No, "It's gunna be the end of the world if the other guy gets elected!!" histrionics.
Perhaps I've been noticing this more than most, but people have increasingly been taking more extreme political positions in the last five years or so, and it has incrementally been getting worse year by year. Instead of seeing those on the other side of the political fence as people with just slightly different ways of looking at the world, they are now seen as enemies who must be treated like the dirty infidels that they are.
And what has suffered most as a result of this regrettable trend toward rigid dogmatism is the tone and general level of debate and discussion. It has sunk to all time lows. We have become snarling, bile spitting, defenders of the one and only truth that exists, which is.... wait for it...
Whatever we have convinced ourselves is true as friggin' usual.
Everyone needs to take a chill pill, stop getting high on ideology, and start actually listening to others... and after taking on board what they say, arguing the point respectfully, rationally, and in good faith. No insults, disparagement, or denigration of others is required.
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