Maduro calls Venezuela opposition "heirs of Hitler"

[MADem]

142. When you insult people--as you do--why are you surprised when they return your attentions in kind?

Since you want me to comment on conduct in this thread, I'd say there's plenty of incivility to go around, and you own a VERY generous share of the blame for it. Certainly, it takes two to tango, but don't leap out on the dance floor in a firm embrace, and then pretend that you don't like the music or the choreography if your dance partner has better moves than you do.

That "squigly boo" shit you tossed out was childish in the extreme, and it reflects very poorly on you. You threw it out there because you weren't able to respond substantively to a question posed in a civil manner--it's a distraction tool to avoid addressing the key issue--that Maduro DID say what the OP averred he said. Anyone reading the entire thread isn't distracted, though--and you don't cover yourself in glory. That kind of behavior does put you on the radar, but not in a good way.

I am at a complete loss why this kind of conduct wouldn't be personally embarrassing to you. Aside from the fact that this kind of infantile behavior makes DU suck, you come off not like an adult having a conversation about a Latin American political issue, but like a misfit tween, trying to bully and goad someone smaller but smarter in an attempt to derail the conversation for purely disruptive reasons. If you weren't under the influence of drink or drugs when you wrote those comments, and your judgment was not impaired, you might want to introspect on how you deal with people here on this board. Or not--your fate is entirely in your own hands.

Now, if you're going to respond with some childish snark directed at me for calling it as I see it, please do remember that you specifically asked for my opinion about the behavior on this thread, and I am obliging you. To sum up--your own nasty, disruptive and pointlessly argumentative conduct is the source of your woe.

I am of the opinion that you don't really want to discuss these issues at all, you instead want to shit-stir. You haven't proven me wrong thus far.