T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
Their politics and social policies certainly are. I don't think every Leftist though is. Many are just stupid and delusional about things. That doesn't make them evil.
Anybody here logged on to Trump's Trufe Social Forum?
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Their politics and social policies certainly are. I don't think every Leftist though is. Many are just stupid and delusional about things. That doesn't make them evil.
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
Because it is. The Trumper types are cringe worthy. You have to be around them some. They're like the TEAParty types. They too just come off--I don't know-- wrong. If I went to their home, and I've been to some, the patriotism and religion are in your face. They get a bit upset when you question any of their political positions too. Not angry shouting, but you can tell.
The Left? The second you question their positions they are on you and they don't let up. I can deal with them so long as it remains away from politics, economics, or social policy issues. They're fine in a social setting almost always. But you get into anything related to those topics, and it's on. They get up in your face angry in a nanosecond and it never gets better.
Then there's going to some more Leftist / Progressive places that makes me just as uncomfortable as the Right's places do, like this "art gallery" --I use the term loosely. It's called The Hive. Been there several times. Definitely not my cup of tea.
So, you see, I get around with both sides in this. I find it best to stay away from politics and religion with both as neither is going to get along with me on those topics.
Agreed Reagan would not be happy with the wackadoodles running the RNC now. They killed the GOP.
Hate is an emotional response. It's illogical.
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
It's not hate, it's contempt on an intellectual and logical level. The Left's politics, economic, and social policies are contemptable and those of intellectual midgets and children.
A nicer word with the same meaning. Do you despise rabid dogs or do you just shoot them in cold blood? The latter is best because it's unemotional. Pure logic steadies one's aim.
Being dispassionate allows a person to maximize their wits to solve all and any problems in the most efficient manner possible. You and I both know stupid people can be trained. A highly emotional person is much more difficult to train regardless of intelligence or education. Why? Because emotion is a destabilizing factor in logically solving problems. A little can help, but too much and logic is lost...as in the case of someone who despises over 80M Americans.
Even in a street fight, just going berserk is not a guarantee. In fact, an intelligent, calm, cool and collected person wouldn't even be in the situation in the first place. At least not without a Plan B or if it was part of Plan A.
If you despise the personal psychological factors then consider Sun Tzu and the wisdom to not underestimate your enemies. You admit to considering all Democrats as "intellectual midgets and children" and you have contempt for all of them. About 80,000,000 Americans that you despise, have contempt for and, IMO, hate with a surprising level of emotional involvement.
IDK why you hate them, despise them, whatever, but all such focused negative emotions have a causal factor. There's a reason why someone hates someone else, especially their own fellow citizens. It could be an external reason (e.g. son "turned" gay) or an internal reason (regret or guilt; e.g.son came out gay, was evicted from home and then murdered on the streets), but there's always a reason for one's behavior.
Emotions are like putting the body on autopilot. Logic takes work and a lot of people are spoiled, lazy fucks taking the easy way out by blaming others for their own problems and ramping up a good hate so that they can feel better later. Sick, yes, I know, but that helps explain why about 2/3s of the Insurrectionists had previous mental issues.**
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/despise
**Mental Illness Insurrection
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/q...ntal-health-not-radical-extremism-11616703136
Q anon arrested insurrection capitol riot mental illness
https://www.start.umd.edu/pubs/START_PIRUS_QAnon_Feb2021.pdf
10 Things to Know About the Psychology of Cults
https://www.onlinepsychologydegree.info/what-to-know-about-the-psychology-of-cults/
Time until someone posts a claim there was no insurrection: 10...9...8....
If you do not like a local business, you probably should stop going there. It has been in business for 17 years, so I hardly think they would miss you.
https://hivegallery.com/history/
gemini104104
Verified User
Just wondering how it's going. I've heard they have some problems. If you've given it a try, let us know how you like it.
Trump said it's gonna be bigger than Twitter and Facebook combined.
Please share.
The only log twice impeached tRump is associated with is a shit log.
Joe Capitalist
Racism is a disease
Mr.Badguy
Super lefty
Because it is. The Trumper types are cringe worthy. You have to be around them some. They're like the TEAParty types. They too just come off--I don't know-- wrong. If I went to their home, and I've been to some, the patriotism and religion are in your face. They get a bit upset when you question any of their political positions too. Not angry shouting, but you can tell.
The Left? The second you question their positions they are on you and they don't let up. I can deal with them so long as it remains away from politics, economics, or social policy issues. They're fine in a social setting almost always. But you get into anything related to those topics, and it's on. They get up in your face angry in a nanosecond and it never gets better.
Then there's going to some more Leftist / Progressive places that makes me just as uncomfortable as the Right's places do, like this "art gallery" --I use the term loosely. It's called The Hive. Been there several times. Definitely not my cup of tea.
So, you see, I get around with both sides in this. I find it best to stay away from politics and religion with both as neither is going to get along with me on those topics.
So you don't like certain policies because some people were mean to you?
T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
No I don't like the vibe, shall I say, I get from the setting I find myself in with Leftists. It's the same with the more conservative Right.
cawacko
Well-known member
I'm not trying to put words in his mouth but as I understood his argument he was saying if Trump is allowed back on and they allow free speech then it will just turn into one big white supremacist site and all those on the left will leave. If Musk were to buy the site I don't foresee that happening. To me, that's just not a realistic scenario. Someone like Musk isn't going to invests tens of billions to have the site fail and be a new storm front.
I was never on My Space but people clearly Facebook left it in the dustbin of history so its not to say a site like Twitter won't fall out of favor at some point in the future as new technologies are created and tastes change.
For me personally, I hope Musk buys it and I hope he makes changes because the platform needs it. It went from a great place to communicate to now heavily being dominated by extremes on the right and left along with trolls and overall is having a negative impact on society. (Jonathan Haidt is social psychologist, author and professor at NYU and done some amazing work documenting this - he wrote a great piece a week ago in The Atlantic about it)
Joe Capitalist
Racism is a disease
I've been on Twitter for about a year now and I'm fine with it. I typically go there to read professional athletes tweets. You can filter in/out what you want to see so that's kinda nice. I don't see the extremists on the left/right which is also nice.
cawacko
Well-known member
You're right, you can curate your feed so its possible to stay away from much of the noise. But if we're talking Twitter on the whole, a lot of it is crap. It's more fringe voices that are elevated to seem like they represent what a majority of people think. And unfortunately you see our national representatives who essentially play a performative role on Twitter in how they interact with the public (and the issue with Twitter goes far beyond politicians).
Twitter definitely offers some positives but a lot of data coming out showing the negativity of it.