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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]Ninsianna
(1,349 posts)are doing?
Why do the words have different meanings based on who is being criticized? Shouldn't we be able to respectfully criticize all of our political leaders when they make gaffes or say things that we do not like? They're people, they make mistakes, they say dumb things, they do dumb things at times, Bernie said some dumb stuff last week, with the comments about how we shouldn't be "rigid" on choice, and now with the distasteful and unnecessary criticism of Obama. When this is justifiably called out there are people here calling anyone who voices that criticism "Russian Trolls". I don't recall who that was, but it seems that many people are really quick to confuse the two words.
I think they need to look up the word "hypocrisy" and figure out what that means. When the perspective is that when certain people are criticized, it's "hate" and "insults" but the exact same stuff is not when it's directed against anyone else, that's not a valid or defensible standard to take.