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I’ve also seen the treatment of some old friends by the rabid progressives and have been tempted to intervene…
But alas, the site is awash in liberal drivel, socialism, politics and trump derangement syndrome…
As the old saying goes, “if you are not a socialist by 20 you have no heart but if you are not a conservative by 40 you have no brain.” They need to age out of it and I will not convince them otherwise, however at some point someone has to declare “adult swim, everyone under 18, out of the pool…”
Or will it remain a place democratic socialists go when the Rachael Maddow show has a guest host?…
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I hate politics and despise both sides …
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You despise both sides? Really? Are you not proofreading your posts?

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I’ve also seen the treatment of some old friends by the rabid progressives and have been tempted to intervene, but wisdom prevents me from doing so because they need to age out of it.
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“I could stand up for my old friends. But I’m not going to.” Very weak. I don’t know if you’re talking about me or not (I’m not a rabid progressive; I’m more of a left-leaning centrist with my positions on different issues spread across the spectrum, but I’m often perceived as a rabid progressive because of my passionate loathing of both trump and the right-wing propaganda machine). But if you are talking about me, I say bring it. I’d love to see a defense of the (in my opinion) indefensible positions I’ve attacked from somebody who’s actually capable of defending them (if such a person or such a defense exists). I don’t think you can. I think you hide behind what until this week was pretty much the consensus view that you knew what you were talking about (although even that, in retrospect, might’ve been influenced by your undeniable wit and charm) and your wise-old-OG status and you think you can just breezily say, “ah, they’ll age out of it” and everyone will bow to that. It’s bullshit. If you actually have an argument to make to “intervene” on behalf of your friends, then make it. If you don’t, then don’t claim to, or bullshit will be called.
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As the old saying goes, “if you are not a socialist by 20 you have no heart but if you are not a conservative by 40 you have no brain.”
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A brainless quote if ever there was one. There’s nothing there but the self-congratulation of older conservatives and those conservatives’ disdain of liberals.