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Post by Merge on Jul 6, 2022 14:00:26 GMT
Interesting thread/responses on the growing trend among so-called conservatives to blame liberals for their choices - "Look what you made me do."
We've seen examples of this mentality here on this board over the past several years. What price personal responsibility, hm?
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jul 6, 2022 14:10:50 GMT
personal responsibility is for weak, bleating, snowflake LIBS ("ya' da$n Commie Socialists!!"), not for "real (manly, strong, yadda yadda yadda) 'Murikans" you know.
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 6, 2022 14:12:58 GMT
I see personal responsibility weak on both sides of the political landscape, especially the far Right and the far Left.
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Post by Merge on Jul 6, 2022 15:11:39 GMT
I see personal responsibility weak on both sides of the political landscape, especially the far Right and the far Left. Did you read the thread I posted? I’m curious as to why conservatives feel the need to blame others for the policies they fight to pass. If they were good policies, wouldn’t they want to take credit for them instead of blaming the left for “making them” do it? |
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Post by aj2hall on Jul 6, 2022 15:16:22 GMT
I see personal responsibility weak on both sides of the political landscape, especially the far Right and the far Left. Curious how do you see the far left not taking personal responsibility? I’m not sure personal responsibility is a case for the both sides argument. |
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Post by epeanymous on Jul 6, 2022 15:39:14 GMT
Reminds me of that saying, that men fear women will humiliate them, and women fear men will kill them.
Both sides.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2022 15:42:33 GMT
I'm starting to think more and more that these people are just emotionally stunted narcissists. I live with one so maybe I'm just biased. But the blame shifting, deflecting, projection, lack of awareness, overinflated sense of ego, bullying, compassionless, gaslighting and overall self centeredness are just a few common denominators that come to mind.
Add in that Trump was the biggest and best of all those listed along with a grandiose self of sense who believes he can do wrong and his minions felt empowered by his personality. Oh and victimhood is another huge one that some narcissists have. So you have all that mixed in with hatred (which I believe is self hate at its core) and there you have the cult followers and GOP.
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Post by casii on Jul 6, 2022 16:00:53 GMT
As we can attest, don't make men (Trump, Kavanaugh, Trust Fund Tucker) upset, they get big mad and won't be happy until the earth is scorched. The women who go along with that train of thought will soon regret they believed they were protected for going along to get along.
Also, both sides indeed. I think not. Do I feel like burning everything down because the GOP are monsters? Yes. Do I burn everything down? No. Because I'm not a control freak MAGA monster.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jul 6, 2022 16:16:32 GMT
This is amazing to me. How do people get to middle age without developing a thick skin?
I think that I know the answer.
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Post by aj2hall on Jul 6, 2022 16:26:35 GMT
As we can attest, don't make men (Trump, Kavanaugh, Trust Fund Tucker) upset, they get big mad and won't be happy until the earth is scorched. The women who go along with that train of thought will soon regret they believed they were protected for going along to get along. Also, both sides indeed. I think not. Do I feel like burning everything down because the GOP are monsters? Yes. Do I burn everything down? No. Because I'm not a control freak MAGA monster. You forgot Clarence Thomas. A year after his appointment he said the left made my first 43 years hell, I'm going to make theirs hell for the next 43 years. He is certainly delivering on that promise. www.nytimes.com/1993/11/27/us/2-years-after-his-bruising-hearing-justice-thomas-can-rarely-be-heard.html in a conversation with two of his own law clerks, recent law school graduates chosen for their conservative views, Justice Thomas said he intended to remain on the Court until the year 2034.
Why that long? one asked. Because that would give him a 43-year term, he replied, according to the clerk's account, explaining, "The liberals made my life miserable for 43 years, and I'm going to make their lives miserable for 43 years." |
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Post by Merge on Jul 6, 2022 16:30:26 GMT
This is amazing to me. How do people get to middle age without developing a thick skin? I think that I know the answer. Or even if you are thin-skinned about some things … do healthy, sane people think in terms of legislative revenge? |
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Post by Gem Girl on Jul 6, 2022 22:19:31 GMT
This is amazing to me. How do people get to middle age without developing a thick skin? I think that I know the answer. Or even if you are thin-skinned about some things … do healthy, sane people think in terms of legislative revenge? I don't think that healthy, sane people do. Those who are otherwise and have this at their disposal will. Isn't that a large part of the purported reason that T-rump ran, after feeling humiliated by a silly joke at a dinner? He then went on to undo as many of Obama's actions as possible, it seems. Infantile people shouldn't have access to power. Voters need to choose better bases for their decisions, IMO. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 6, 2022 23:11:32 GMT
We've seen examples of this mentality here on this board over the past several years. What price personal responsibility, hm? I've long ago lost count of how many times posts about wrong-doing on the Left have been dismissed and excused with "as long as Trump exists I don't care what we do wrong" or some other form of "but Trump". |
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Post by Merge on Jul 6, 2022 23:25:15 GMT
We've seen examples of this mentality here on this board over the past several years. What price personal responsibility, hm? I've long ago lost count of how many times posts about wrong-doing on the Left have been dismissed and excused with "as long as Trump exists I don't care what we do wrong" or some other form of "but Trump". Did you read the thread I posted? Do you have any examples of liberals choosing to pass legislation/enact policies not because they believe it's good legislation, but because they want to stick it to the other side even at their own expense? Do you have examples of liberals passing universally harmful legislation and then blaming conservatives because the conservatives "made them do it?" Because that's what we're talking about here. Legislative revenge and they don't care who gets hurt as a result. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 6, 2022 23:39:24 GMT
I've long ago lost count of how many times posts about wrong-doing on the Left have been dismissed and excused with "as long as Trump exists I don't care what we do wrong" or some other form of "but Trump". Did you read the thread I posted? Do you have any examples of liberals choosing to pass legislation/enact policies not because they believe it's good legislation, but because they want to stick it to the other side even at their own expense? Do you have examples of liberals passing universally harmful legislation and then blaming conservatives because the conservatives "made them do it?" Because that's what we're talking about here. Legislative revenge and they don't care who gets hurt as a result. I was speaking specifically to your statement: |
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Post by Merge on Jul 7, 2022 0:11:51 GMT
Did you read the thread I posted? Do you have any examples of liberals choosing to pass legislation/enact policies not because they believe it's good legislation, but because they want to stick it to the other side even at their own expense? Do you have examples of liberals passing universally harmful legislation and then blaming conservatives because the conservatives "made them do it?" Because that's what we're talking about here. Legislative revenge and they don't care who gets hurt as a result. I was speaking specifically to your statement: Which was related to the post, not just a one-off statement. So why bother? |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 7, 2022 0:21:23 GMT
I was speaking specifically to your statement: Which was related to the post, not just a one-off statement. So why bother? You asked a question and people answered it. |
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Post by Merge on Jul 7, 2022 0:31:40 GMT
Which was related to the post, not just a one-off statement. So why bother? You asked a question and people answered it. But you didn't answer the question in the context in which it was presented, Gia. That's always been so difficult for you. Your pulling it out of context made it a different question, which was irrelevant to the point. Can you answer the question I actually asked? |
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Post by hop2 on Jul 7, 2022 0:33:45 GMT
It’s faith based - you know - like “the devil made me do it”
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 7, 2022 0:50:29 GMT
You asked a question and people answered it. But you didn't answer the question in the context in which it was presented, Gia. That's always been so difficult for you. Your pulling it out of context made it a different question, which was irrelevant to the point. Can you answer the question I actually asked? Just to clarify, is this quote a swipe at conservative Peas, or a swipe at conservative politicians? |
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Post by Gennifer on Jul 7, 2022 0:51:17 GMT
You asked a question and people answered it. But you didn't answer the question in the context in which it was presented, Gia. That's always been so difficult for you. Your pulling it out of context made it a different question, which was irrelevant to the point. Can you answer the question I actually asked? Don’t hold your breath. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 7, 2022 0:54:58 GMT
But you didn't answer the question in the context in which it was presented, Gia. That's always been so difficult for you. Your pulling it out of context made it a different question, which was irrelevant to the point. Can you answer the question I actually asked? Don’t hold your breath. < This is where it goes off the rails. It doesn't go off the rails by disagreeing on topic. Don't do that. An actual conversation can be had here if you don't resort to that kind of bs. |
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Post by Merge on Jul 7, 2022 1:26:51 GMT
But you didn't answer the question in the context in which it was presented, Gia. That's always been so difficult for you. Your pulling it out of context made it a different question, which was irrelevant to the point. Can you answer the question I actually asked? Just to clarify, is this quote a swipe at conservative Peas, or a swipe at conservative politicians? It's related to the Twitter thread that I posted. We've seen some conservative peas here claim that meanie liberals "made them" vote for Trump, even though they claim not to like him. We now see conservatives on Twitter claiming that liberals made the SC overturn Roe, that Obama made Trump run for president, etc., etc. What you posted in reply has no relation to what I asked, either on the board or out in the wide world. I'm talking about this abuser's mantra of "I know it's awful, but you made me do it." I don't really think it's that hard to understand. You say a conversation can be had, but you insist on trying to have a different conversation than the one I started. If you want to have that conversation, start your own thread. |
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Post by Merge on Jul 7, 2022 1:29:48 GMT
Don’t hold your breath. < This is where it goes off the rails. It doesn't go off the rails by disagreeing on topic. Don't do that. An actual conversation can be had here if you don't resort to that kind of bs. Well, can you answer the question posed by the thread I posted? If not, Gennifer is right. You seem more interested in derailing the thread by taking a comment out of context to fit your persecution narrative. Which is pretty ironic. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 7, 2022 2:49:39 GMT
We've seen examples of this mentality here on this board over the past several years. What price personal responsibility, hm? I've long ago lost count of how many times posts about wrong-doing on the Left have been dismissed and excused with "as long as Trump exists I don't care what we do wrong" or some other form of "but Trump". I would like some examples. Even if people said that what a democrat did was not as bad as trump (which is usually true) I can’t think of any times where the majority of posters didn’t say the action was also wrong. On the other hand, when has a Republican here said what another Republican did was wrong? That doesn’t happen often. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 7, 2022 5:50:42 GMT
Just to clarify, is this quote a swipe at conservative Peas, or a swipe at conservative politicians? It's related to the Twitter thread that I posted. We've seen some conservative peas here claim that meanie liberals "made them" vote for Trump, even though they claim not to like him. We now see conservatives on Twitter claiming that liberals made the SC overturn Roe, that Obama made Trump run for president, etc., etc. What you posted in reply has no relation to what I asked, either on the board or out in the wide world. I'm talking about this abuser's mantra of "I know it's awful, but you made me do it." I don't really think it's that hard to understand. You say a conversation can be had, but you insist on trying to have a different conversation than the one I started. If you want to have that conversation, start your own thread. Well, in relation to your OP There ARE catalysts to an event. I don't agree with using it as a reason to not take responsibility for your actions. We are all responsible for our own actions. There were also some left news sources and entertainers that were pushing the idea that Obama and Seth Myers hurt Trumps feelings and that's why the thin-skinned, orange man ran for president. |
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Post by Gennifer on Jul 7, 2022 8:04:50 GMT
Don’t hold your breath. < This is where it goes off the rails. It doesn't go off the rails by disagreeing on topic. Don't do that. An actual conversation can be had here if you don't resort to that kind of bs. Nah, man. You repeatedly refusing to answer a direct question is where it went off the rails. Sidestepping and pretending not to understand is the bullshit. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 7, 2022 17:26:06 GMT
Don't do that. An actual conversation can be had here if you don't resort to that kind of bs. Nah, man. You repeatedly refusing to answer a direct question is where it went off the rails. Sidestepping and pretending not to understand is the bullshit. Oh, cut the crap. YOU came in with a personal swipe. YOU made it personal. That was YOU, not me. |
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Post by pixiechick on Jul 7, 2022 17:28:05 GMT
I've long ago lost count of how many times posts about wrong-doing on the Left have been dismissed and excused with "as long as Trump exists I don't care what we do wrong" or some other form of "but Trump". I would like some examples. Even if people said that what a democrat did was not as bad as trump (which is usually true) I can’t think of any times where the majority of posters didn’t say the action was also wrong. On the other hand, when has a Republican here said what another Republican did was wrong? That doesn’t happen often. Just one example out of hundreds? thousands?: link |
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Post by onelasttime on Jul 7, 2022 18:26:07 GMT
I would like some examples. Even if people said that what a democrat did was not as bad as trump (which is usually true) I can’t think of any times where the majority of posters didn’t say the action was also wrong. On the other hand, when has a Republican here said what another Republican did was wrong? That doesn’t happen often. Just one example out of hundreds? thousands?: linkSo this is the best you can come up with? Seriously? He was right in that the focus should stay on the stunt McConnell pulled with trump’s third pick, especially after he denied President Obama his right to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court by not scheduling any hearings for Garland when President Obama had almost a year left in his term. What McConnell did was steal two Supreme Court picks from a current president and a future president by changing the the norm for his political gain. And I doubt very much people were asking this reporter if President Biden was going to stack the court. But here’s a question. Do you think McConnell was right to deny President Obama’s pick any hearings with almost a year left in his term while pushing through trump’s pick with just weeks before the presidential election was to take place? |
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