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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 4, 2016 22:55:56 GMT
Well, I guess the election season has officially begun if Lauren is winding up the crazy-crank again. You mean as opposed to those, including some of your buds, who's crazy-crank is always on regardless of the season?. LOL, ok, I can live with that. Right, right right rightrightright. Whatever. Same shit, different year. Oh, also? "whose." SaveSaveSaveSave
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Post by Merge on Jun 4, 2016 22:57:06 GMT
You keep saying that and yet you have been responding to me on all different posts. I just think you like telling someone you don't like them and view it as acceptable to do to me. Doesn't say much about you. You live in such a state of denial it's scary. Just as your words against Rainbow were scary. You went after Rainbow because of her expressed political beliefs. Plain and simple. You were a message board stalker. Plain and simple. You were called on it by other Peas, not just me. So no matter how many times you tell me you don't like me, your words/actions speak for themselves; and it's not pretty. Yeah, you and Gia showing up once again to defend Rainbow's batshit crazy isn't of great concern to me, since I give zero weight to any of your opinions. How is it "scary" to say that a CPS investigation is necessary? And what does my disagreement with her gun choices have to do with politics? I expressed concern about her daughter's safety when she talked about disagreeing with safe storage laws, which are not necessarily a left/right issue. And I stand by my statement that if someone I knew IRL had minors in their home and told or suggested to me they kept their guns unsecured, I'd be obliged to report that to CPS. She states now that her daughter is 18, but who knows with her? Given the choice between looking out for the safety of a child and not doing it, I will err on the side of protecting the kid every time. And if that makes me "scary" in your eyes, that's all about you. You are obviously going off the deep end again this political season and spewing your usual venom. I know you've tried to cultivate this kinder, gentler image in the past couple of years, but underneath you're the same irrational, frothing bully you've always been.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 22:58:11 GMT
Because I'm not marrying Trump. I am under no illusions that either potential President has virtue, honor, etc. Unlike you, I do not believe Hillary is a better choice. But that doesn't mean that I consider Trump to be "human of the year". I do, however, believe that whatever his foibles, I will be far happier with Trump's actions (especially his nominations to the S Ct) than I will with Hillary's. That is why I'm voting for him. Well Laverne I have to say I'm not surprised you would vote for Trump. Not surprised at all.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 4, 2016 23:01:47 GMT
For someone who doesn't care about me or my opinion, you sure do take a lot of time responding to me. Oh well, at least it keeps you off the phone bothering CPS with nonsense. For someone who doesn't like me, you sure do spend a lot of effort on me. LOL
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 4, 2016 23:02:39 GMT
I wouldn't expect you to be surprised given my long time dislike of Hillary Clinton. It was no secret.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 4, 2016 23:03:15 GMT
Oh goody, the grammar police have arrived.
And you ought to know by now, it's always SSDD on this board. Not just me, but most regulars.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 4, 2016 23:05:58 GMT
Oh goody, the grammar police have arrived. You'll need them if Trump gets elected. The man won't be able to construct a freaking sentence that has words with more than one syllable. The overuse of the words "very, good," and "great" will become intolerable. SaveSave
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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 4, 2016 23:06:45 GMT
Oh goody, the grammar police have arrived. And you ought to know by now, it's always SSDD on this board. Not just me, but most regulars. Oh, for sure. I mean, what would Peas be without someone telling someone else to "fuck off?" And by "someone," I mean you. SaveSave
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 4, 2016 23:07:14 GMT
And if Hillary's elected, we'll have lots of coherent sentences coming out of her mouth. Sadly, not one of them will be the truth.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Jun 4, 2016 23:07:23 GMT
Yes!!! I'm a values marrier and a values voter. I'm not sure why this is such a hard concept for you to grasp. Core values go to the CORE of who you are, how you live, how you use your time and energy, etc. It's not chocolate v. vanilla we're talking about. It's respect v. denigration. Tolerance v. bigotry. Freedom v. oppression.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 4, 2016 23:08:12 GMT
Yes, yes, I know. It's all me. I'm the only one here who says things like that or says negative things to someone else. Yes, yes, you're right. Take your head out of the sand.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 4, 2016 23:16:48 GMT
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Post by epeanymous on Jun 4, 2016 23:22:20 GMT
Given that Donald Trump told my husband's family that they were dead to him, I think my husband would be right to be upset if I voted for him.
We disagree on some candidates and issues, but mostly are of the same mind about things; we met in a political context and continue to be political hobbyists, so it would be surprising if he did something as out of . . . right field? . . . as voting for Trump.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 4, 2016 23:27:00 GMT
Politico and Politifact is notoriously left-wing biased and has blatantly ignored some of Hillary's worst lies. In fact, they've been called out more than once for not actually "checking" the facts they claim to check. So your "gotcha" poll means absolutely nothing.
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Post by loco coco on Jun 4, 2016 23:34:53 GMT
Yep! I despise Hillary but I would never say I would leave my husband or move to Canada if she won. I love my country no matter what, even when someone I do not like or agree with (Obama) is running the show. It's weird to me how the left is supposed to be so tolerant and open minded yet they are the ones demonstrating violent protests at Trump speeches and they are the first to call his supporters racist, women haters, etc. I don't think I've ever bashed a Hillary supporter
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Post by lindas on Jun 4, 2016 23:39:44 GMT
Why would anyone do that and subject themselves to the vile, vicious attack that would occur. Why assume the worst? I get what you are saying--those who are in camp Hillary are attacked daily. Seriously though--if your stance on who you vote for is nothing more than "he's not HER" or because I vote republican then those don't say anything about the positive attributes of your candidate. If your answer is "why bother" because you think you'll be attacked--this is the www. the Internet. Cyberspace not real physical life full of protests. I think it's a shame that you cannot speak positively about your choice, and instead deflect with the why bothers. I wasn't speaking for myself or about my choice. The question was why people couldn't give any positives regarding their choice and I voiced why I thought that was. As I stated before my choice, whether it be Clinton, Trump or Sanders, is my business and I feel no need to defend it to anyone.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jun 4, 2016 23:48:04 GMT
Politico and Politifact is notoriously left-wing biased and has blatantly ignored some of Hillary's worst lies. In fact, they've been called out more than once for not actually "checking" the facts they claim to check. So your "gotcha" poll means absolutely nothing. I mean, they are only a Pulitzer Prize winning organization, but okay.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 4, 2016 23:55:46 GMT
Do a quick check on their reporting of facts and their bias. It's all there for you to see. Don't take my word for it.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jun 5, 2016 0:04:00 GMT
Do a quick check on their reporting of facts and their bias. It's all there for you to see. Don't take my word for it. It's an off-shoot (started at) of the Tampa Bay Times, so fairly local to me. I am trying to remember specifics, but over the years both sides have accused them of bias-which I always chalked up to who was in political power at the time. I always thought it a good place to start and then do my own research on topics that are important to me. And I also think they do better with local (state) news.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 5, 2016 0:04:57 GMT
Thanks Anxiousmom
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jun 5, 2016 0:07:17 GMT
My vote for the most ridiculous I've seen so far is "I'd leave my husband if he bought it for Trump". This one even surpasses all the ridiculous "I'm going to leave the country if Trump is elected to" All I can do when faced with a comment like that is laugh. My next comment is bullshit. And finally if the speaker is serious and would actually leave a spouse for something like this done all I can say on behalf of the husband is good riddance My DH doesn't like to talk politics with people but has been known to vote republican in the recent past. I did tell him that if he voted for trump I would divorce him. I was half joking. I wasn't the person who said it on the other thread but I do agree with what that person said regarding values.
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Post by Sarah*H on Jun 5, 2016 0:11:01 GMT
I don't understand why Trump's racism, homophobia, misogyny, anti-Muslim statements and mocking of the disabled are being cavalierly minimized as differing political positions.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 5, 2016 0:17:07 GMT
I don't think anyone has cavalierly dismissed anything. Then again, Hillary mouths all the right words for liberals but I submit she cavalierly dismisses anything that isn't what she wants or chooses to do.
I think it's been explained here numerous times that people voting for Donald Trump have a multitude of reasons for doing so and that they should not be cavalierly dismissed as racist, homophobes, misogynists, or anti-Muslim
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 5, 2016 0:21:19 GMT
I can't help but wonder if Rainbow would agree with all the posters who claim they never go after her. You assume that it hasn't been warranted at times. She can be ugly and vulgar and offensive.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 5, 2016 0:22:33 GMT
I find that many of the people who have attacked her have been equally so so no, I don't think it's warranted.
However, my point is that all these people are claiming "it wasn't me" when in reality, it most certainly was them attacking her.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 5, 2016 0:24:57 GMT
I don't think anyone has cavalierly dismissed anything. Then again, Hillary mouths all the right words for liberals but I submit she cavalierly dismisses anything that isn't what she wants or chooses to do. I think it's been explained here numerous times that people voting for Donald Trump have a multitude of reasons for doing so and that they should not be cavalierly dismissed as racist, homophobes, misogynists, or anti-Muslim And no one has given any positive attributes as to why he should be president. All so far get prefaced with some sort of "well, he's not Hillary". Trump screams all the right words to his supporters, creates a frenzy, incites violence, changes his answers moment to moment and steamrolls his way, so how is that any different?
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 5, 2016 0:28:21 GMT
I find that many of the people who have attacked her have been equally so so no, I don't think it's warranted. However, my point is that all these people are claiming "it wasn't me" when in reality, it most certainly was them attacking her. So regardless of whether she was vulgar and offensive in her posts to others and someone called her out on it, it still isn't warranted?
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Post by Sarah*H on Jun 5, 2016 0:28:24 GMT
But that wasn't your call out in this thread Lauren. It was about spouses and yes, it has been minimized numerous times as just differing political positions being an invalid reason to get divorced. I don't consider his racism, etc. to be a matter of political ideology.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 5, 2016 0:29:07 GMT
Really? All the violence I've seen have come from those who are anti-Trump.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jun 5, 2016 0:31:13 GMT
You are ignoring what I posted about people who claim not to attack her when in reality they do. Whether or not its warranted in your eyes is irrelevant to that issue.
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