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Unenforceable wish: no limit on downvotes, but people should have to EXPLAIN them. I often learn more from opposing opinions than from statements of agreement. If I say something unpopular, I want to know WHY it’s so widely disliked. Maybe I’m unaware of something important.

Okay, I did laugh, but I have to point out that there are people caught in the middle. A lot of folks, no how loudly they yell, or how many flags they burn on TV, don’t actually want to kill anybody. They just want to live. They just want to take care of their families. That’s who liberals are trying to help.

A classic. Why didn’t I remember that?

Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins is the most racist-sounding thing I’ve ever heard that isn’t actually racist.

One of the reasons I DO think babies are cute is that I can walk away when they start making noise, smelling bad, or being generally unpleasant. They’re cute because they’re not my problem!

Good point! Of course, some will still call it “weaponizing the justice system” and/or “lawfare”.

This would be a relatively harmless and clear-cut opportunity for another Republican to step up and show they have some standards. Ahem.

Thank you. I couldn’t quite nail down what was fundamentally bothering me about that statement, but you did it for me!

I think you’re right. I also think that’s the real reason some conservatives hate college and cities. Living in close proximity to others exposes you to different perspectives, and (hopefully) teaches you that other points of view aren’t automatically wrong. Different isn’t necessarily bad. Your parents, and the values you grew up with, don't have the solution to everything. Lines are much harder to draw.

I don’t like it either, but pretending differences don’t exist won’t make those differences go away.

Because they reject facts, logic, and reason at every opportunity. When you’ve kicked those things to the curb, all that’s left is fanaticism and blind faith. Plus, fanaticism allows you to be an inconsistent, unpredictable hypocrite without consequence. You can dictate rules without being bound by them. It’s the juvenile, irresponsible definition of “freedom”.

I hope he desperately needs their sympathy and compassion someday.

This is what separates people like us from people like them: empathy