Is it just me....

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I would contend that if you were removed, the same would be true. Not that I am advocating that course of action. But if one boxer is removed from the ring, the other can't keep fighting.

To be honest, I rarely these days respond or comment on the Red Dogs rantings, a look back over threads will confirm this, so your analogy is flawed, his posts are so facile and pointless that I leave it to others to respond. In fact most of the dispute and disharmony on here hasn't involved any contribution from me, except for the occasional comment, I've deliberately avoided it, because one can't argue with a sick mind.

My concern over his rantings is that they should be distasteful to all people, but apparently not it seems and there we have the reason why right wing populism is so pernicious - most of the stuff Trump and others of his ilk have said isn't true, but it is believable. My mistake was thinking anybody capable of critical thinking and who could be bothered to venture to think outside their own narrow perspective would see that, but clearly there on those on here who don't, fair enough.

Though presumably your also comfortable with the level of inherent racism, xenophobia, misogyny and bigotry in his posts? If so that reflects badly those that see no ill in his ravings, but then that clearly doesn't bother them. As Trump shows, its not that people don't know that he lies, that he is a disreputable character and a convicted felon, they don't care. Maybe my other mistake was overestimating the level of intelligence being displayed here.

Its also flawed because the only one who who posts "extreme" views on here and not even his own, but those of extreme right wing media and internet sources, is our "Red friend" but hey in the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king so it seems.

Ah cut and paste and plagiarism, here we go again, I have on occasion reproduced information which succinctly describes an issue, its generally from a variety of sources none of which could be described as "extreme left media" that's a far cry from what our "Red Friend" does and I generally do it, because you and AF often accuse me of having a singular view that is not reflected elsewhere. Its telling that you both then choose to attack me for so called plagiarism, rather than dispute the facts or present a coherent argument against what I'm saying. I understand I'm casting "pearls before swine", but one has to try occasionally.

Indeed one 0f the the accusations of plagiarism, was when I posted a report of an official document which by its very nature was printed verbatim in almost every publication - but that was a distinction which both you and AF failed to recognise in your rush to attack the messenger rather than the message. I must admit that made me chuckle, as you both ****ed up with that accusation.

One can only presume that like Trump followers, your desire for truth and perspective is non existent, you'd rather have material that panders to your own prejudices, even if that's not an accurate reflection of the world as we know it, indeed even if its a pack of lies. Puzzling but hey it seems some people like that sort of thing.

Instead you throw out accusations of extreme left wing views, **** me if you think my views are that then your cognitive ability is clearly lacking.

My last thought its this - if you don't like the political threads, they are marked OT and clearly labelled, don't ****ing read them, rather than whinge about them.