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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOf course all here are free to choose the people and issues they publicize with an OP,
but could we please consider just "shunning" he who shall not be named and the CPAC circus?
I am sure that much of what is said or done there is outrageous, but why amplify, justify and dignify if by repeating it on line?
Tbear
(480 posts)Croney
(4,646 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)benfranklin1776
(6,427 posts)Quit talking about him and giving his fascist rantings any legitimacy as they are presented innocuously as political speeches As scaramucci said on Bill Maher a while back, attention empowers him. And as an attention
addicted sociopath the lack of attention will hurt him like nothing else.
Just_Vote_Dem
(2,790 posts)I was hoping DU would be a safe haven from the CPAC nonsense, but now I guess I have to put some posters and terms on ignore
chia
(2,235 posts)an Odal rune and the rune's association with American Nazis until I read it here.
I don't know where the line is between knowing the enemy and not boosting the enemy and you make a valid point as always, but speaking for myself only, I need to know what they're doing so I can stand against it in real life.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)on-going mess that is tRUMP and his enablers are two of the topics that interest me. I appreciate
your viewpoint but I think that we ignore our sworn political and social enemies at our own peril.
I support your right to expose yourself to the input you want so do me a favor and support my
rights too.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)enemies"; I just think too many are splashing such things as photos of the golden statue onto this forum.
Do such posts educate more than they inflame? Most of the time "no" in my opinion.
Thanks for your reasonable disagreement.
quickesst
(6,280 posts)....because I want to know what they're up to, but "justify" and "dignify"? I can only speak for myself, but I can venture an opinion, and that opinion is, I don't believe there is one single Democrat here or anywhere else that would not take exception to those accusatory descriptions. I have not seen one single post concerning the groups or individuals referenced in the OP that is for the purpose of justifying or dignifying those groups or individuals. It does not upset or bother me to read posts which point out the sheer dishonesty, hypocrisy, racism, and misogyny concerning the opposition. I view them as weapons to be thrown into the face of those who support these views.
Having said that, I have to wonder why I am seeing so many threads asking people to stop discussing CPAC and what occurs there. I would not go into any battle figuratively or physically without knowledge of my opponent's strengths and weaknesses. Logic topped off with common sense.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)merely repeating what is said down there does "dignify" and "justify" it in a way that has to please "them".
I understand your points, but you post presumes that all those exposed repeatedly to the ignorance and calumny spewed by "the enemy" have your abi,ity to weigh, judge and refute it. They do not. Many form their opinions based on just the headlines.
Thanks for your response.
quickesst
(6,280 posts).... is where you and I basically part company. I have seen too many examples of bad publicity bringing down bad people to believe there was any good for them that came of it.
I contend that the notion there are Democrats/liberals/Progressives who do not have the capability to weigh, judge, or refute are few and far between, and the exposure of the rot that is the trump/Republican Party in creating awareness of what the left is up against absolutely outweighs the incurious and willfully ignorant few.
We obviously have opposing opinions on the subject, so perhaps the best way to resolve the difference is to simply agree to disagree.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)quickesst
(6,280 posts)....and you have my respect.
Talitha
(6,476 posts)Works very well.
JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)Then we wont have to think about it.
seta1950
(932 posts)Dont want to see them on tv , hear or read about them.
mac2766
(658 posts)The only thing that I want to hear is that he has been officially accused, arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned. Or at least investigated, prosecuted, shunned, and impoverished.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)fascism is growing and will continue until capitalism is removed from our politics and way of life.
Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)I prefer to have some idea of what they're up to.
I think people here tend to greatly exaggerate the degree to which posts on DU amplify anything out there at this point. No one is going to hurt anything because they discuss a current event on here.
If there's stuff you don't want to see, you can use the "trash threads by keywords" function.