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In reply to the discussion: 'Monsanto Protection Act': 5 Terrifying Things To Know About The HR 933 Provision [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Republicans over all of these issues, did I do it because I was clairvoyant and knew one day I could use my opposition to Bush/Republican policies to 'blame' a future Democratic president for something?
Eg, I remember arguing for weeks with Republicans over Monsanto, that was back in about 2003. I had not yet even heard of Obama. Republicans were telling me that I needed to understand how Monsanto was 'feeding the world', 'preventing starvation' and that Liberals like me were just saying all those things because 'you hate Bush'.
Now, I'm saying the same things and people are telling me 'you just want to blame Obama'.
Can you unravel all of this for me please because I am very, very confused. I swear, I am not clairvoyant, I had no idea that one day Democrats would be be telling me the same things Republicans were telling me back then. I genuinely believed that Monsanto was an evil corporation and I was not, as Republicans accused me of, just saying what I was saying to 'blame Bush for something'.
Should we just be quiet maybe? Even when a Republican is in the WH so that we don't risk a future where we could be accused of just 'hating' Democrats for opposing policies supported by Republicans?
Eg, the Keystone Pipeline. I really, really do believe it is a bad idea for the country. But what if it is approved? Would that mean I just think so because a Dem happens to be president at the time, should that happen, and I hope it won't?