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In reply to the discussion: If you're one of the people posting here saying democrats are the problem. [View all]calimary
(81,238 posts)23. Indeed. That damn false equivalency crap.
It's NOT true. Both sides AREN'T the same. Both sides DON'T do it, or don't do it to the same extent.
My best friend is there now. "They're ALL the same! They're ALL crooks! They're ALL liars!"
I'm sorry. That is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT true!!!
I suspect those who lean CON-ways do that to minimize their own side's sins. I think the reasoning is - if you can somehow go WAY broad and WAY generalized and blur all the lines and the edges and the images, then everybody basically starts looking the same, regardless of team.
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If you're one of the people posting here saying democrats are the problem. [View all]
onecaliberal
May 2017
OP
the only people who say "both parties do it" are found in the media circles and often apologist
beachbum bob
May 2017
#4
Stein folk, the Bobs over at Reddit, a couple of those "too big to fail" Trolls who had
emulatorloo
May 2017
#16
I'll admit I had my "both sides are the same" period. Then Reagan's 2nd term happened
emulatorloo
May 2017
#30
Again, aside from yourself who said that. I don't usually argue with walls.
onecaliberal
May 2017
#27
Don't be disingenuous. You just endorsed/+1'd a post that was directed at onecalilberal by
emulatorloo
May 2017
#33