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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA 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.
applegrove
(118,712 posts)Eko
(7,326 posts)Sigh.
applegrove
(118,712 posts)Eko
(7,326 posts)all over the place.
ooky
(8,924 posts)Response to ooky (Reply #6)
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BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)But once I see no real evidence B
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)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)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)Let's focus on how the GOP and their billionaire donors are legally bribing their owned politicians (like Mulvaney).
Always C. These days anything can be a lie...
Eko
(7,326 posts)you would choose C. Ya never disappoint showing good form!
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)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.
Waiting for enough evidence to come to a reasonable conclusion is not lock step goose stepping at all, but whatever.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)Mine is Malcolm Nance. Add in my extreme Russophobia and yep - I know all I need to know.
I have all of my evidence.
Eko
(7,326 posts)an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
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.
Eko
(7,326 posts)That is what you said.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)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 Putins 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 . . .
Eko
(7,326 posts)"Add in my extreme Russophobia and yep - I know all I need to know."
JCanete
(5,272 posts)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.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Eko
(7,326 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,071 posts)I'm pretty suspect of those choosing A, not on this thread but on DU.
TheSmarterDog
(794 posts)Eko
(7,326 posts)TheSmarterDog
(794 posts)Like, if the story was being presented by Breitbart, or Faux Snooze, I'd be less inclined to believe it.
Eko
(7,326 posts)are two different types of evidence to be weighed with all the rest to come to a conclusion.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)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.