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AJT

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8. It's a conundrum

Reply to Eko (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2017, 02:16 AM

Jan 2017

There has always been that "don't lower yourself to their level" mentality for progressives and it is part of who we want to be. It is one of the reasons we like President Obama, he is thoughtful and stays calm. How do we deal with people who have no morals when morals are so important to us? Part of me wants to do the "fight fire with fire" stuff, to justify lying and cheating as a means to an end, but then how do we get our moral center back?

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We are playing the game, they are not. That's why we are loosing bad. [View all] Eko Jan 2017 OP

Paragraphs are your friend Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 #1

Ok. Eko Jan 2017 #2

Agree. Will not bang my head against inpenetrable wall-o-text. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #9

Yeah, hard to follow and see the point. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #11

'they won and have been winning for a long time because they are not playing the same game we are.' elleng Jan 2017 #3

NO, THEY CHEAT. THAT'S WHY THEY "WIN". WE HAVE TO STOP THEIR CHEATING. brush Jan 2017 #4

I hear ya. Eko Jan 2017 #5

Has calling "foul" Eko Jan 2017 #6

It's a good rant FreakinDJ Jan 2017 #7

It's a conundrum AJT Jan 2017 #8

Lot of truth in that. As others said, paragraphs would be nice, but good post otherwise. Hoyt Jan 2017 #10

Here. Fixed it for ya. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #12