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In reply to the discussion: President Obama is NOT a tool of the banks/MIC, a liar or a murderous warmonger [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Poster 1) "I oppose the war on Syria!"
Poster 2) "Why do you think Obama is stupid?"
Poster 1) "I never said that, just that I don't think he's making a bad choice here."
Poster 2) "Typical fringe leftist, thinking you know better than the president."
Poster 1) "What? No, I just don't think we should engage in another military adventure based on weak evidence that will only benefit the military industrial complex!"
Poster 2) "I can't believe you're comparing Obama to bush! This isn't Iraq!"
Poster 3) "Only a libertarian nutjob would insist that the DEMOCRATIC president is in league with the MIC!"
...And so on. The original point - opposition to strikes on Syria - is derailed into a conversation about the president, which simply grows narrower and more heated as the discussion goes.