[Insanity] ALT-RIGHT has taken over Debate & Discussion

Not to be dense, but which view? Mine, the strategist's, or the version on the red hat?

Anyway, we basically agree from what I can tell. We should trade sci comm stories some day, as I do a good bit of it (and I don't mean teaching college classes in this case). Cheers.

 

Wow, you are really going all out to try to turn this into a religious thread. That tells me I hit a nerve. You are batting .1000 talking about Lou and his mental health issues and now calling liberals "Libtards".

 

It's "1.000" not ".1000" those are 2 VERY different batting averages.

 

My bad. He is batting 1.000. I was laughing too hard while typing the response.

 

You preached your love for Jesus many times here and now are enjoying your perception of the degradation of someone's mental health.

It isn't that hard to try not explcitly state that you enjoy another poster's suffering. Hell, I'm a heathen atheist and I've avoided that with my time here.

 

That's another problem with conservatives. They think they can cite one example and that altogether nullifies the point. It's a very Trump thing. NY Times says Trump did x, y, and z but they're fake news that got the election prediction wrong so everything they ever say is nonsense regardless of the merits. Yep, very Republican.

 

The problem is that history absolutely proves the narrative moronic, citing recent examples is just a quick way to show that. Pick your battles better kiddo because trying to argue this point is just going to make you look stupid.

 

Well CW, the only two Conservative catch phrases I really remember are Trumps MAGA and Newt's 1994 "Contract with America". The premise of what both you and Bob said is Republicans win because of catch phrases (strange because I could have sworn I read on this forum that it was due to Russian interference but whatever).

 

No, the premise is that Republicans devolve complex problems into simplistic slogans which are easily digested by their base and this is successful politically but a detriment to governing and solving these problems.

Here are several stupid but very successful slogans, you're welcome.

Tax relief
Death Tax
A rising tide lifts all boats
Compassionate conservatism
Trickle down economics
Fair Tax
Religious liberty
Trust but verify

 

The GOP sure do love their Orwellian slogans.

 

You forgot the War on Christmas and Death Panels.

 

I gotta give you props, I know you're being cheeky here, but you kind of are doing exactly what CometsWin is accusing the right of doing, oversimplifying the issue.

The Russian influence is much more complex than you're making it seem, and to say that said influence is mutually exclusive to the catchphrase one is hilarious. They can feed into each other.

Edit: fixed for auto-correct of Comet's Win to CometsWin

 

ComentsWin is alt-left

 

The Aryan Brotherhood of tolerance and acceptance

 

You need to be a little more fair here. Libtard and other childish phrases or mockeries have been common for a long time. Bush was frequently compared to a chimp and plenty of other insults. Comparing Obama to a chimp was racist, but there were plenty of Obama insults like Obummer. Now Trump is back to being compared to a chimp. Libtard has been around for years, if not decades. Lets not forget about the public spectacle of deplorables.

I am not saying I am not guilty of using some of these, but both sides are equally guilty. It really detracts from the conversation when one results to blanket insults. I will say the right used it far more frequently up until this election. While the leftists historically weren't ones who used childish insults, they are very quick to portray anyone on the right as ignorant and unintelligent. None of our immediate past and current presidents are buffoons. Yes, that includes Trump, as much as I cringe when I say this.

I personally feel the left and right have long jumped the shark. They have long left their core principles and only rally around hot topics that get them votes. Debates, if you can call it that, only result in turning complicated social issues into black or white issues, for or against us mentality. Clinton and Trump are the epitome of this example. Trump was at least intelligent enough to capitalize on the wishy washy American voters. I have never seen a president treat the office with such little respect and I have never seen a candidate whine so much on why she lost (Gore was a close second).

The reality is this is what the American people want. They would rather be entertained as if politics are a reality TV show than actually solving real issues.

 

There are tons.

Wealth redistribution
Class warfare
Tax and spend liberal

Republicans are great at this game but they suck at solving any actual problems but then again they have no serious intention of solving anything.