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Eko

(7,326 posts)
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 08:35 PM Apr 2018

A left leaning person/politician is reported to have done someting upsetting.

Do you?
A: Jump on the bandwagon and say how horrible they are.
B: Defend them and call anyone attacking them bad names.
C: Wait for enough evidence to come to a reasonable conclusion.
Hint: This shouldnt be a trick question, but apparently it is.
And that gives me the sadsies.
Edit: this is not a thread to promote or bash your current person, please refrain from doing so and thanks! This is a thread about what should be a common reaction from liberals.

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A left leaning person/politician is reported to have done someting upsetting. (Original Post) Eko Apr 2018 OP
C. Of course. applegrove Apr 2018 #1
Apparently not of course. Eko Apr 2018 #4
I don't know what you mean. A little more info please. applegrove Apr 2018 #7
Tons of posts that are A and B Eko Apr 2018 #11
Like Al Franken. ooky Apr 2018 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Apr 2018 #10
That was my initial thought too! BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #12
And anything Bernie Sanders does or says, past and present Arazi Apr 2018 #14
... NurseJackie Apr 2018 #26
C Proud liberal 80 Apr 2018 #2
I take into account what the person is doing today. I don't need to wait to see if the attackers wasupaloopa Apr 2018 #3
Fuck IT! rufus dog Apr 2018 #5
+1 ooky Apr 2018 #8
I'm for C. That's why I haven't been replying to the posts sharedvalues Apr 2018 #9
C. MineralMan Apr 2018 #13
I would have bet Eko Apr 2018 #15
None JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #16
Ok. Eko Apr 2018 #17
Unless you have an expert JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #19
Phobia. Eko Apr 2018 #20
Eh? JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #21
Its your phobia. Eko Apr 2018 #22
Nope - that's what two right wingers called me JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #27
Its what you said lol. Eko Apr 2018 #31
This is a problem here, and not just in the case of Joy Reid. Arguably, a defense is rational if JCanete Apr 2018 #18
D. Not give a fuck. Kirk Lover Apr 2018 #23
Should of put in D lol. Eko Apr 2018 #24
C of course Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 #25
E) See who's trying to manipulate the story & push the narrative. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #28
That would be part of C. Eko Apr 2018 #30
Not direct evidence. Maybe circumstantial .... TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #32
Direct and circumstantial Eko Apr 2018 #33
D. Not really be interested HopeAgain Apr 2018 #29

Response to ooky (Reply #6)

 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
3. I take into account what the person is doing today. I don't need to wait to see if the attackers
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 08:37 PM
Apr 2018

have a point. If they can prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt do it. If not Joy is innocent until proven guilty!

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
5. Fuck IT!
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 08:43 PM
Apr 2018

I say we take the same approach as the collective left did with Al Franken!

Bury the MFers! We are Pure!

BTW - it is trolls pushing the memes with a few ignorant or self serving Dems jumping on.

One who jumped on the Trash Franken train will only get my vote in the GE and I will actively work against her in the Primaries.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
9. I'm for C. That's why I haven't been replying to the posts
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 08:48 PM
Apr 2018

Let's focus on how the GOP and their billionaire donors are legally bribing their owned politicians (like Mulvaney).

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
16. None
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:07 PM
Apr 2018

There should be no common reaction from Democratics. We have a huge tent so we don't do lock step goose step like that filth in the GOP.

Eko

(7,326 posts)
17. Ok.
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:14 PM
Apr 2018

Waiting for enough evidence to come to a reasonable conclusion is not lock step goose stepping at all, but whatever.

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
19. Unless you have an expert
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:18 PM
Apr 2018

Mine is Malcolm Nance. Add in my extreme Russophobia and yep - I know all I need to know.

I have all of my evidence.

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
21. Eh?
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:31 PM
Apr 2018

No. We have 100 years of knowledge about what that scrum will do. I also was a little kid in West Germany in the 1970's. You do realize they were behind alll of the terrorism against the Military families there don't you?

They are dirty dirty birdies - never put anything past them.


Take it from the then little girl who had to do flash cards with intelligence folks - iE This car, this woman, this man. My dad was Special Forces. They would have killed a five year old to get at him.

And I'm supposed to believe that they didn't do what Malcolm Nance said? After everything else they've done?

My dad was right. He told me before he died in 2011 - they were our biggest threat still. He was right.

Sorry - we don't have time for this.
Action, defend and offend. Focus on 2018 so we can be very very offensive.


JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
27. Nope - that's what two right wingers called me
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:48 PM
Apr 2018

I wear that and Libtard as a badge of honor. It shows my awareness of the evil of the opposition at home and in Russia.

You really need to read the books I've posted below. Wake up and smell the evil. It's why 45/140 is in the WH and people like Franken and Reid lose their jobs. Good solid Americans attacked by what the REAL deep state is. The folks that coined it? Own it.


The Plot to Hack America: How Putin’s Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election Paperback – October 10, 2016 - Malcolm Nance

Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump

naïveté . . .

 

JCanete

(5,272 posts)
18. This is a problem here, and not just in the case of Joy Reid. Arguably, a defense is rational if
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:16 PM
Apr 2018

it doesn't make conclusive deductions about the charges...that is to say...if the defense is to push back against attacks that have jumped to conclusions on those grounds...it seems fair to take them to task without wading into the merits of the allegations themselves.

But I'll take C.
 

TheSmarterDog

(794 posts)
32. Not direct evidence. Maybe circumstantial ....
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 10:01 PM
Apr 2018

Like, if the story was being presented by Breitbart, or Faux Snooze, I'd be less inclined to believe it.

Eko

(7,326 posts)
33. Direct and circumstantial
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 10:03 PM
Apr 2018

are two different types of evidence to be weighed with all the rest to come to a conclusion.

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
29. D. Not really be interested
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 09:54 PM
Apr 2018

Seems that the news people are all becoming the news. I'm not watching more news about the news. Can't reiterate enough how much I hate the 24 hour news channels.

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