i am sick and tired of "you didnt like it when people did it to your president"

[mopinko]

what a disgusting false equivalency.
you did it to my president because his skin is brown. we arent doing it to cheeto because his skin is orange.
we are doing it because he is a fucking menace of the highest order.

heard on npr today. nearly threw my radio through the window.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Nice Polite Republican radio deals only in false equivalencies

[mopinko]

11. ya know, and even still it pissed them off.

it isnt big bird they want to kill off. it is the last vestiges of news w/o a profit motive. every time their funding gets threatened, they add a few new euphemisms.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

2. Also, no we didn't, but that didn't stop you, did it?

[mopinko]

4. no shit.

no more mr nice guy. you asked for it. here it comes asshole.

[JHan]

3. It's a method of revising history..

Soon they'll be pushing there was no birther movement.

[mopinko]

5. it'll become a rumor.

a little murmur behind closed doors that didnt really hurt anything or anyone. just one of those annoying things that ALL presidents get.
which, in turn, justifies ignoring all the people in the streets.

[BadgerMom]

6. And

he had won the popular vote. What do you expect when the will of the people is stymied? Down with the electoral college, that vestige of slavery!

[mopinko]

8. that is a shoe i would dearly love to see on the other foot.

to me, in this day and age, that kind of win raises all the red flags for me. such a statistical anomaly should be taken as a sign that something doesnt add up somewhere.

there were zero allegations, outside the true loonyverse, that anything funny happened in '08 or '12.

[VoicesAcrossAmerica]

7. Agreed N/T

[cyclonefence]

9. I don't care if they don't like it

We felt free to not like it; I'm happy to extend the same courtesy to them.

[AgadorSparticus]

10. I am tired of it too!!! It is NOT a partisan issue. It is a human decency issue!

& NPR has really fallen. It is a shadow of what it used to be. I tuned in again a couple weeks ago and could only stomach 10 min before I switched the channel. It will be another year before I try again. I keep hoping...

[mopinko]

13. i cut my cable and started listening more. seems like an old friend gone senile.

npr kept me alive as a mom.
thank ja my local station is still good, but they keep going back and forth w the daytime slots. they have a good local show for a while, but when it doesnt hit the numbers, they end up w another network show.
as if atc hasnt gotten bad enough, some of the shit that comes out of corporate during the day is like fox w good manners.

[AgadorSparticus]

15. It truly is!! You nailed it exactly. Luckily, my morning drive isn't too long

But long enough. I may start investing in some audio books.

[mopinko]

16. i used to be fine w the flip.

since it was usually background noise, when a story came around for the second time, i wanted to actually listen to it as often as not.
anymore, that first story repeat and i am just done.

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. Well NPRs payback is funding cuts under tRump's reign. Unintended consequences

[JI7]

12. there is also a difference in how Obama and Trump themselves , Trump attacks others

[mopinko]

14. still attacking people today.

GOD.DAMN.IT.
STOP.PRETENDING.
THIS.IS.NOT.NORMAL.

[herding cats]

17. I had it said to my face just 3 days ago.

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To my face, not on the internet or some bobblehead on TV saying it. A person said it to my face who I know.

I snapped a little and told them it's not a racist thing, it's not even a partisan thing. At first It was a decency thing, now, it's a democracy thing. This isn't about the NRA creating a fake thing for their profits, or some pretend birth certificate thing, this is a real live egomaniacal, narcissistic, liar that's played this country for fools.

They told me I was partisan and threw their hands up and walked away. SMDH.

[mopinko]

18. it's what it has come to.

[herding cats]

20. I suppose it is, but I don't have to like it.

I'm willing to accept this is how things are now, but only because I have no other choice. I refuse to be cowed by such weak arguments, though, and I'm not even an argumentative person.

If someone whose generally mild and polite like I am has reached the point of snapping already, what's going to take place over the next 4 years?

[Phoenix61]

19. I have one response to silly comments like that

"And?" possibly followed by "Ok?"
That's it. That's all I say. Psych 101, who ever starts explaining their position first has accepted the subordinate position in the interaction. We have all been taught to respond this way by our parents and teachers for our entire childhood. It's subtle but it makes it easier to get someone to actually listen to what you have to say.

[Raine]

21. I didn't like it, that's why we're doing it to theirs

see how painful it is...

[mopinko]

22. trouble is when we impeach him,

he is gonna insist is was for the peepee shower, not the treason.

[Paladin]

24. Exhibit A: Senator Joe "2 Wrongs Don't Make A Right" Manchin ("D" W. Virginia)

I caught him on TV yesterday, urging Democratic co-operation with the new regime. Fuck Joe Manchin and all like him---he's about as Democratic as Trump's used underwear. I want continuous, outraged protest against Orange Julius, from our Democratic officials, and from Democrats at large. Starting this very day.

[libtodeath]

25. I dont give a shit what any repuke thinks

they can all fuck off and die as far as I care.

[bdamomma]

26. I think collusion

with Russia did it for me. I have never heard a russian leader be in our news so much.

And any man who grabs women's genitals does not deserve the office, he has disgraced us thinking people and our standing in the world. I also have a low grade headache.



I want to see justice done, and McConnell out too. I keep on seeing his smug face.

[treestar]

27. Yes it is not like it was when Dubya took over

It is far worse than that. This is different. When they make the false equivalency, they are admitting to racism, as it could not be as bad for any other reason.

[BlueCaliDem]

28. NPR: National Propaganda for Republicans channel. eom

[Thinkingabout]

29. Top GOP leaders are denying they bashed President Obama, WAT?

[mopinko]

30. are you kidding?

omg. i wish lying was still impeachable.

[Thinkingabout]

31. I am amazed how so many people believe the lies, FOX trained

[mopinko]

32. i guess this is what you get when you spend a few decades

teaching to the test.