stof said:
I don't see mindless hatred towards a guy as much as I see informed mockery of a situation. He was just some random tax evading unlicensed plumber who asked an arbitrary political question of a Candidate. No biggie there. It was when a desperate political party turned him in to a symbol that the whole situation became a joke. Now this joke seems to have run off in a whole new direction. There's nothing wrong with laughing at a joke if it's funny.
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Apparently I was born yesterday, now I'm supposed to believe this is all in good fun?
You guys are berating him and mocking him simply because he disagrees with your political views. We all know this has nothing to do with good fun, we saw well enough throughout the campaign season what each and every one of you thought of JTP when his only crime was asking a question and this is no different.
Should we examine this closer? If you want I can go over the absurdities here highlighting the ridiculousness of these comments in detail.
We can start with the simple question of how reasonable the standards here are....the guy asked a question and his personal life was thrown open to the public....and apparently having a few problems disqualifies you from being able to ask a question? Is that the political process you guys support? Or do you not even recognize that this is exactly what you're promoting.
Or how about the fact that the ridicule and smears are a clear sign to anyone thinking about getting involved in the political debate that they might as well not even bother...because even if they ask a good tough question like we should be asking of all of our candidates it will only bring them heartache...oh and if you try to turn those negatives into a positive you'll only be inviting even more smears and ridicule as we see here.
Exactly what did JTP do that makes him worth all the effort and scorn? For all the talk I hear about helping people who are in a rough time it seems like a pretty disingenuous thing to participate in this....well the best word is probably schadenfreude. I think it's sick that people can sit here and do this without ever realizing that there is a person on the other end of this. Compassion? Only when it serves your purpose....the only thing that disturbs me more than the flocking to participate in this madness is the defense of it. Sick and demented.
I'm just calling it for what it is, don't insult my intelligence by pretending it isn't exactly what it is.
PS - Oh and please someone rationalize it by saying how you're just one person on a message board....I just love to hear people make excuses for their bad behavior ....classic! "It's ok because nobody is looking!"....Be honest...how many of you were thinking that? Well more than will admit it that's for sure, these aren't the words or deeds of people who possess a moral backbone. Oh..there I went using the M word...sorry about that....
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PPS - For clarity and the record I'm not at all talking about the folks pointing out the length of his 15 minutes being a bit long, my issue is with those who are using this as another opportunity to smear the guy as was done in the campaign. They know who they are.
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