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Honeycombe8

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52. Again with the "false equivalency" thing.

Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:05 PM

Jun 2019

News flash: Liberals are people. Conservatives are people. Both are political. To say that they all have eyes does not create a "false equivalency" and doesn't state traits of the eyes. But the reality is...they DO all have eyes.

Liberals and conservatives DO all have political beliefs and ideologies. I didn't list those beliefs, didn't rank them in order of importance or "goodness," didn't judge them. I merely stated the fact that all political people have political beliefs that fall on the spectrum of far left to far right (or vice versa).

People have gotten so touchy lately that a person can't even state an objective fact without kickback.

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Sidenote: My parents have passed on and I miss them, However shockey80 Jun 2019 #5

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You are the center, the core of America Martin Eden Jun 2019 #7

So true, So many Americans like myself were conned and took the path of self destruction. shockey80 Jun 2019 #10

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That is the point, and unfortunately a lot of liberals oblige the Right and move toward their center Caliman73 Jun 2019 #12

You understand the meaning of my post. shockey80 Jun 2019 #18

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Huge kick and rec. love_katz Jun 2019 #26

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Closer to 40 years but you're right misanthrope Jun 2019 #31

EVERYONE who does not agree 100% with a repug is FAR LEFT Ferrets are Cool Jun 2019 #29

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..except for the names and a few other changes, my story is the same..... joanbarnes Jun 2019 #35

It's atrocious. I actually am the Far Left ck4829 Jun 2019 #36

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Great post. But far left and far right have to do with ideologies, not general goodness & fairness. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #40

Yes, but to the OP's point, Trumpists are deliberately erasing those delineations... VOX Jun 2019 #42

Uhm, everyone has ideologies, saying otherwise is being Humanist_Activist Jun 2019 #45

False equivalence between far left and far right. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #48

Again with the "false equivalency" thing. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #52

I guess I was just thinking out loud. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #53

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