Ross
Ross
Aug 27, 2017 · 4 min read

He is “blind to color (especially the plight of black and brown), crimes (his own), history (in relation to foreign treaties and alliances), conflicts of interest (again, his own), bigotry (he sees white supremacist violence on all sides), and any perceptions of his own shortcomings (he has never glimpsed a personal defect in his life)”?

It would be REALLY dishonest and very stupid to imply this in any way. So I ask why YOU have done exactly that?

No, seriously?

“he sees white supremacist violence on all sides”? Is THAT Honest? No, do not even go there with the “he said all sides!”. We know what he did and did not say and he was ABSOLUTELY right. There WAS violence on both sides BUT he DID not say “he sees white supremacist violence on all sides” and it is dishonest to conflate these two things.

So WAS there violence on “many” sides? Absolutely there was. There were amount the people protesting the statues a large crowd of Antifa protesters who came there armed and with ideological-driven indignation and a want to cause violence and trouble AND there was also among those rallying for the statues to remain was a large contingent of assorted White Supremacist groups who came there armed and with ideological-driven indignation and a want to cause violence and trouble.

Violence WAS going to happen regardless of which group was there and the fact that both were there looking for violence, there definitely was violence.

Something Trump denounced and YOU have an issue with, to the extent you are prepared to misrepresent and lie about it to virtue signal your ideological position….right?

“he has never glimpsed a personal defect in his life”

I am going to ask you to prove this statement. It is a big claim. They all are. In fact, you KNOW this is not true and you said it anyhow….that is the truth, isn’t it? YOu actually do know he has from time to time apologised (though I grant you few and far between and a damn sight less than Liberals would like) and you have heard these.

I remember hearing one time when asked about whether he recognises that he ever makes mistakes and he said something pretty interesting along the lines of (paraphrasing) “Sure, but I don’t dwell on them. You have to move on. Everyone makes mistakes”. So he understands he makes mistakes and understands he is human but is not paralysed or embarrassed or setback by mistakes.

So what you said was a lie…….wasn’t it?

“especially the plight of black and brown”

Again, I would like to see the evidence of this. It is a charge Liberals tend to make about EVERY notable person on the Right. Any Republican candidate or Senator or notable Right of Centre notable is accused of “not understanding people of colour and being ignorant at best and racist at worse. Very dishonest race-baiting and immoral racial politicking.

Do YOU see people as the sum of their skin or gender or sexual preference? Do YOU understand a person is not going to share the same characteristics and hopes and dreams and loves and struggles as another? Do you understand that a person with black skin is not going to share the same traits or experience as another on the basis of their skin?

Do you know how immoral it is to presume that? If Trump does not do exactly that, I am pleased.

Racial intolerance, right?

“crimes (his own)”

Which crimes are these that he is blind to? Of all of the points, this is probably the one point that you may actually be able to make a case for. But even here the crimes that were crimes and were not, the subjective vs the objective and proven vs presumed, makes for VERY murky waters.

I am sure that he will not admit or agree with much of what YOU believe he did that YOU believe was criminal that he has not been charged for nor perhaps has even done.

Others things may be things that his corporation was charged for and not himself. So it goes.

But, maybe you can make a case here for something that he personally did that he was personally charged for individually and was prosecuted against AND does not admit to AND is blind to.

How are you going so far with that list? Not so good? Probably not a great argument after all?

“conflicts of interest (again, his own)”

This really is an extension of the above.

So…..can we be completely honest, just for a break in form?

You do not like Donald Trump. That is actually fine. A lot of people do and a lot of people do not. There is PLENTY to dislike about him. So why not be honest? You do not have to virtue signal dishonest propaganda. It is unbecoming.

For example, I dislike the way he speaks elliptically and full of hyperbole. I dislike the stand he takes on Vaccines, and I dislikes that he has been allowing the establishment to dictate and stifle him.

I can evidence these things and I can explain my reasoning and whilst people can disagree with me, none of it is dishonest.

Much of what you wrote above is selling a dishonest narrative and it ought not to be difficult for you to make an honest case.

It is immoral and a shame

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