More Liberal silliness !

[anthonycacace]

Think with all the craziness going on right now in the world, ain't no need for me to continue to add to it.

With that I say, good day for a bit, wash those hands, and stay safe y'all.

[dirtMAN007]

What do I think? I think a lotta' things but facts, taken and digested in a fair and objective manner, don't require much thinking. You pretty much lose me when you start spewing more loaded phrases such as "dog whistles", etc. Most all political and ideological rhetoric is "emotionally charged". I take very, very little of it all that seriously no matter the ideological cesspool it comes from. Thus, I didn't put much stock in hussein's clinger BS, his blatant interjection of race into almost every aspect of his administration policy and his anti American rhetoric. Hussein was playing to his audience. On the same token I do not put all that much stock in the "good people on both sides" or what the trumpster says about illegal aliens. Again, playing to an audience. Whether either one does/did what's best overall for the entire country is far more important. I also took marketing in college, and your marketing professor's were/are correct, but that BS doesn't work on some folks who understand the con and is rendered ineffective. I take pride in being from a family where that nonsense doesn't work!

I have no idea of what you boys are talking about in regards to history classroom curriculum and I care even less. But, one thing is for certain, the education system is geared to emphasize a certain ideology from the earliest grade levels and the higher the levels the more intense and widespread the unbalanced emphasis becomes. THAT is an undeniable fact. Some of the total bull sh!t I heard come out of the mouth's of college professors was startling but there were many students that hung on every word. Could you be..................oh, never mind.

I do not subscribe to the ideological theory that consists of if one doesn't exhibit a predetermined degree of empathy then you are an evil old meany. Empathy is a virtuous human emotion but there are times when it is used to lessen the impact of facts and replace it with emotion which can be detrimental to the common good in the long run. I repeat, empathy is a heavily loaded word in today's societal dialog.

It appears that your feelings are easily hurt. That sort of thing is popular and in vogue. It's just not my cup of tea but who am I to criticize.

Dropped the truth bomb on him .............and he’s ...........GONE !

[fastford]

Think with all the craziness going on right now in the world, ain't no need for me to continue to add to it.

With that I say, good day for a bit, wash those hands, and stay safe y'all.

well said and thanks for being honest with your assumption of yourself.......

[CIRF]

dirtMAN007, you hit the nail squarely on the head. It's an admirable gesture to placate yourself and bow out of a conversation where the facts are stacked four square against you. To a degree it also allows for the saving of face.

[ZERO25]

Well not exactly. Admittedly, I am a bit harsher on Clayton with language than most here. (He started it! HA HA HA!) However, the overall meaning to convey was that while I cannot live some else' s experience, I try to understand, or at least be empathic to, why they came to the conclusions as they have about life and how to live. It may be hard to fathom, but it's why I come here too.

And, since no one else found it and we're taking about facts, wanna provide evidence that any classroom used the essay in its history curriculum? I'll take evidence of even one doing such, despite the COMMENTARY claim of 3,500 classrooms.

As noted, Clayton and I go after each other a little differently in debates then I do with most others; but we've been at this for 11+ years now so it's K. That said, while I can see your point, the conclusion was not my intent; that was directed solely at him not a dog whistle to all others who disagree with my opinions. I feel we've debated issues without rancor over the years for example.

But since you're talking loaded phrasing, what do you think of Trump's messaging then? How is, "There are good people on both sides," or the Mexican rapist comments when he announced his Presidential run, etc., etc., not emotionally charged phrasing? I was taught in marketing class that the ultimate goal was to get people to buy on visceral [emotional] reaction not rational thought; and, Trump is a great marketer if nothing else.

So do you simply accept it as being ok and not an attempt at emotional baiting on his end? Or, do you find Trump's use of emotional marketing as appalling as it appears you do of my using empathy herein?

plain and simple...….We voted to have a businessman in the White House, not a politician!

Successful businessmen all have excellent sales skills.....the gift of gab! We have also learned what a great humanitarian Trump is and is totally sold out on Making America Great Again. He has done that with remarkable ease, despite all the negativity from the Dems and their media controlled outlets!

He will go down in history as the greatest president America has ever had!