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In reply to the discussion: So is every complaint about Obama wrong? Or some people just don't like to hear them? [View all]JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)to criticize or to question is one thing, to take cheap shots at each and every opportunity is quite another.
Recently Obama gave a big speech about the economy, a big class-warfare type of speech. There was a thread discussing the speech and someone (one of those fans of the cheap shot a every turn posters) chimed in with the usual "Ooh, he gave a pretty speech" type of thing. No substance, no thoughts on the speech, nothing, just the cheap shot.
Well I thought I'd mock that post for the unimaginative, bot-like nonsense that it was and applied a "points" system, explaining why their bashing post scored low on the points scale. It was just a flippant piece of smart-assery directed at a thoughtless post.
I was shocked to see a reply the next day where the title said "I see questioning Obama doesn't go over well" but inside it admitted the post "questioning" Obama was a cheap shot but how dare I take one back!!1! And the poster informed me they were disappointed in me.
lolz
So yeah, there's criticism and questioning and then there's "criticism" and "questioning". One kind is useless, constant and never, ever leads to productive discussion and that's mostly what I ever see here.
Julie