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Beware of the idiot in the middle. (Original Post) MrScorpio Sep 2018 OP
Compromise OnlinePoker Sep 2018 #1
Pathetic thread. Suggest you self delete. Trust Buster Sep 2018 #2
WTF? Blecht Sep 2018 #5
What is pathetic about it? dbackjon Sep 2018 #7
Looking for a third way? shanny Sep 2018 #10
No, moderate Democrats have never suggested compromising with the KKK. Trust Buster Sep 2018 #14
likewise shanny Sep 2018 #16
my interpretation was that it was mocking the false equivalency portrayed by the media diva77 Sep 2018 #18
The media has suggested that people should compromise with the KKK with regards to killing Trust Buster Sep 2018 #22
The cleaned up, sanatized version of the KKK, Nazis, et al. paleotn Sep 2018 #26
You think the media thinks we should compromise with the KKK with regards to killing all Trust Buster Sep 2018 #34
it's implicit in their approach to coverage rather than a direct declaration. For climate change diva77 Sep 2018 #33
I'm not getting that message from the OP. yardwork Sep 2018 #27
Who is suggesting middle guy represents moderate Democrats? JHB Sep 2018 #32
Sure, buddy. MrScorpio Sep 2018 #13
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. You are misinterpreting big time. Lucky Luciano Sep 2018 #28
Idiot, indeed. No compromise is possible with murderers. Glorfindel Sep 2018 #3
Please Don't Delete Tribalceltic Sep 2018 #4
K&R Solly Mack Sep 2018 #6
I see this "false equivalency" thing all the time. knightmaar Sep 2018 #8
I see and hear that too. yardwork Sep 2018 #29
+++ The Polack MSgt Sep 2018 #9
... shanny Sep 2018 #11
F*#k the middle. warmfeet Sep 2018 #12
Yes, that's how we ended up with Don the Con. Trust Buster Sep 2018 #15
Because Obama didn't compromise? mountain grammy Sep 2018 #17
When did Obama compromise with regards to the KKK wanting to kill all black people ? Trust Buster Sep 2018 #23
The impression I got from you mountain grammy Sep 2018 #30
I'm not compromising with any Klan or neonazis or nazis or white PatrickforO Sep 2018 #19
Agreed. This is a sad and divisive thread bereft of a logical argument. Trust Buster Sep 2018 #24
I think this is brilliant. nt Lucky Luciano Sep 2018 #20
Center-right is the "new middle," so NO compromise. Ever. PUSH LEFTWARD! VOX Sep 2018 #21
Trump: There are billh58 Sep 2018 #25
Then there are some on the outside yelling, "Just CIVIL rights?" Sparkly Sep 2018 #31
 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
14. No, moderate Democrats have never suggested compromising with the KKK.
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 07:24 PM
Sep 2018

But it is nice to see that you are so opposed to divisiveness.

diva77

(7,663 posts)
18. my interpretation was that it was mocking the false equivalency portrayed by the media
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 07:40 PM
Sep 2018

PBS Newshour is certainly guilty of it as are other "mainstream" media outlets.

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
22. The media has suggested that people should compromise with the KKK with regards to killing
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 07:53 PM
Sep 2018

All black people ? Really ?

paleotn

(17,989 posts)
26. The cleaned up, sanatized version of the KKK, Nazis, et al.
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 08:19 PM
Sep 2018

You know, the "alt right." Why do they give them equal time when we all know exactly who and what they are.

 

Trust Buster

(7,299 posts)
34. You think the media thinks we should compromise with the KKK with regards to killing all
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 08:40 PM
Sep 2018

Black people ?

diva77

(7,663 posts)
33. it's implicit in their approach to coverage rather than a direct declaration. For climate change
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 08:38 PM
Sep 2018

coverage, they will find the 1 or 2 paid tool "scientists" who defy the existence of climate change and give them equal time with real climate change scientists who represent the views of 99.99% of scientists -- they do this without directly saying that people should not believe the fact-based science presented by climate change scientists.

JHB

(37,163 posts)
32. Who is suggesting middle guy represents moderate Democrats?
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 08:30 PM
Sep 2018

Rather than, say, those who try to pretend to "reasonableness" by decrying "the extremes on both sides".

Lucky Luciano

(11,262 posts)
28. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. You are misinterpreting big time.
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 08:25 PM
Sep 2018
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/060.html


Letter from Birmingham Jail (ext)

By Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., 16 April 1963

"First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season."

knightmaar

(748 posts)
8. I see this "false equivalency" thing all the time.
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 07:10 PM
Sep 2018

Lots of dickheads saying things like "I don't support any extreme groups: not the KKK or BLM"

As if Black Lives Matter is somehow equivalent to the damned Klan.

mountain grammy

(26,656 posts)
17. Because Obama didn't compromise?
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 07:35 PM
Sep 2018

Because Merrick Garland wasn’t moderate?
No not how we got trump. I call BS on that.

mountain grammy

(26,656 posts)
30. The impression I got from you
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 08:26 PM
Sep 2018

Was lack of any compromise was why we got trump. You trashed the thread but the thread is about compromise with the KKK. I figured you were referring to NO compromise. So guess I misunderstood why you think this thread should be deleted and why you think we got trump.

PatrickforO

(14,593 posts)
19. I'm not compromising with any Klan or neonazis or nazis or white
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 07:42 PM
Sep 2018

supremacists.

Their positions are, by definition, odious, immoral and unacceptable in modern society.

And to the people who are trying their best to make these positions, this racism, homophobia, xenophobia, intolerance and lynching mentality acceptable here in America, or for that matter anywhere else, I have a big Fuck You.

Trump and his racists might want this nation to become an oligarchical theocracy (fascist) state, but WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
21. Center-right is the "new middle," so NO compromise. Ever. PUSH LEFTWARD!
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 07:51 PM
Sep 2018

Have Republicans grabbed so much power in all three branches of federal government, and in some 30+ states top-to-bottom, by compromising? By being "nice guys"? By extending a hand to those in need? Fucking-hell-NO.

It's time to push things leftward (and it's insane that these issues are now considered "lefty&quot : Get to work on climate change, repair Obamacare with an eye toward eventual Medicare for all, get $$$$$$$$$$$ out of politics, get corruption and "business" out of government, abolish ICE and get those children HOME, on and on the list goes.

And a lot of shitty people had a big laugh at Al Gore's "lockbox" idea for Social Security and Medicare, but a lockbox is now desperately needed.

Sparkly

(24,149 posts)
31. Then there are some on the outside yelling, "Just CIVIL rights?"
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 08:29 PM
Sep 2018

"That excludes many other human rights! And what about animal rights?!" etc. etc. etc...

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