sales2099 said:
JWeinCom said:
Here's the difference though... aside from the double standard.
A random person on a message board is, in your estimation, treating the other side as "enemies", but the actual leadership of the parties, including its leader, is urging tolerance, respect, and unity.
On the other hand, the leadership of the republican party has spent four years vilifying anyone on the other side.
You can find individuals on either side that don't meet your standards of tolerance. But, if you look at the people who the parties are actually willing to vote for, you see why one side is labeled as intolerant.
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Each political spectrum has different cultural and social values, different priorities. That’s what you ultimately vote for. If someone you don’t like is the only option, so be it, because it’s better then supporting the other side.
Italics: That’s nothing compared to Dems having media, and entertainment industry in their pocket vilifying conservatives every day for 4 years. Im seeing people in the media literally saying Cuban voters aren’t Latino because they voted Trump. That’s blatant intolerance of opinion.
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The second is not only factually sketchy, but completely dodging the point.
So, let's focus on that first part.
Yes, what you vote for is representative of your values.
So, while one person on a message board doesn't fit your standard of tolerance, on the whole, there's no evidence that the Democrats are willing to endorse the kind of divisiveness embodied by Trump and many other prominent members of the republican party.
Basically, what I'm saying is that if you hold "random person on internet forum" to such high standards, you should probably hold equally high standards for the fucking president of the United States, and you should perhaps question the "tolerance" of those willing to vote for him, as vigorously as you're questioning the tolerance of the random person on the internet.
That is, if tolerance of the other party is important to you. If it's not, then fine. Just don't be a hypocrite and invoke "tolerance" to try and shut down criticism of republicans if you're not going to hold republicans to the same standard.
Last edited by JWeinCom - on 05 November 2020