> I'm doing that "routine" because it's what I've been seeing time and time again over the last years. I keep seeing lines drawn in the sand, those lines being stepped over, and everybody suddenly just accepting it and…
It is pretty easy to spot botted accounts both on YouTube and Twitter. I generally try to judge the sentiment and the momentum. I will admit I am a bit of a politico, I see myself as the equivalent of someone betting on…
> No, I am not "tone policing". I am talking about deliberate nuance. You were careful to reject endorsing George Galloway - not just once, but again even stronger the second time. Because you're treading a balance…
> Again: I do genuinely hope that you're correct. I don't believe you. You went for the old "they are all brainwashed" routine, specifically after I complained about people doing that. Which tells me you have bought…
I don't trust YouGov polls. A few years ago everyone of their polls on English Politics came out at 71% vs 29%, which means they were sampling the same people repeatedly. Also his base are a different group of people…
This is literally the sort of response I was complaining about. Trump's base have been consistently against wars in the middle-east and him being too close to Israel has been a consistent criticism of Trump from way…
> People with morals don't sing the praises of other people for immorally executing well, rather they view it as an unfortunate failing. And "genius" is solidly in the territory of praise - contrast with your distancing…
> Trump wasn't against war, as demonstrated by his calling Putin's aggression "genius" I think I know what statement you are referring to and it wasn't an endorsement of war. Recognising someone for doing something well…
Osama Bin Laden could have turned up outside the White house to hand himself in and they still would have gone into Afghanistan and Iraq. 9/11 was used as an excuse to for these regime change wars. There are old videos…
One of the things he was good on was being generally more against wars than other US presidents. That unfortunately is no longer true.
A large portion of Trump's base are very unhappy about bombing Iran and are very critical of any comments that are pro-war in general. I see it in a lot of comments sections and social media message to the effect of "I…
> I'm doing that "routine" because it's what I've been seeing time and time again over the last years. I keep seeing lines drawn in the sand, those lines being stepped over, and everybody suddenly just accepting it and…
It is pretty easy to spot botted accounts both on YouTube and Twitter. I generally try to judge the sentiment and the momentum. I will admit I am a bit of a politico, I see myself as the equivalent of someone betting on…
> No, I am not "tone policing". I am talking about deliberate nuance. You were careful to reject endorsing George Galloway - not just once, but again even stronger the second time. Because you're treading a balance…
> Again: I do genuinely hope that you're correct. I don't believe you. You went for the old "they are all brainwashed" routine, specifically after I complained about people doing that. Which tells me you have bought…
I don't trust YouGov polls. A few years ago everyone of their polls on English Politics came out at 71% vs 29%, which means they were sampling the same people repeatedly. Also his base are a different group of people…
This is literally the sort of response I was complaining about. Trump's base have been consistently against wars in the middle-east and him being too close to Israel has been a consistent criticism of Trump from way…
> People with morals don't sing the praises of other people for immorally executing well, rather they view it as an unfortunate failing. And "genius" is solidly in the territory of praise - contrast with your distancing…
> Trump wasn't against war, as demonstrated by his calling Putin's aggression "genius" I think I know what statement you are referring to and it wasn't an endorsement of war. Recognising someone for doing something well…
Osama Bin Laden could have turned up outside the White house to hand himself in and they still would have gone into Afghanistan and Iraq. 9/11 was used as an excuse to for these regime change wars. There are old videos…
One of the things he was good on was being generally more against wars than other US presidents. That unfortunately is no longer true.
A large portion of Trump's base are very unhappy about bombing Iran and are very critical of any comments that are pro-war in general. I see it in a lot of comments sections and social media message to the effect of "I…