What is your goal here? Self-empowerment? Punishing those who you disagree with? What is gained by ridicule and abandonment?

I don't think most of 'them' even care enough to have positions on half of those issues. Really just 'religion' and 'abortion' and maybe 'guns.'

Yeah, I understand. The position of the cart wasn't the confusion, I was just misinterpretting the word 'lead' to mean instruction and not positioning.

I might have bungled that saying. I've never used it before. Why would the horse leading the cart be good? You don't want to go where the horse goes.

Fair enough. When I 'defend' them it's not some tacit agreement or validation of their stance. I think it's reprehensible what he represents and no reasonable person would have seen him as the 'lesser of two evils' in 2016. But I refuse to abandon them, because they deserve better. Because we deserve better, I deserve…

I cynically refuse to believe it's that sinister, but you're darn close to right. From what I see, his supporters simply wanted somebody that was stubborn (and that includes the various extremist groups he attracted). The GOP propaganda machine created a monster that only believed in feelings and spite, and then…

Repeal the ACA and don't pass the ACHA seems to be their idea of a compromise, as if that fixes anything. Let's follow the logic here:

The saddest thing about all of this is, I'm pretty sure that latest tweet about Joe and Mika was intended to be an apology.

Fucker isn't recognizing Pride Month either.

And then he just stands there in the chaos staring at it with mild curiosity, taking a moment to light up a cigarette in the middle of the delivery room. The spider baby pops its head out, sceeches, and crawls around the room with its mom still attached by the unborn thorax. The doctor rolls over an upturned oxygen…

So this is spoilers for Infinity War then, right?

It's set up to perfectly adapt to a live action series. Not only is it a sprawling serialized narrative, but it's not special-effects heavy. Seems perfect for Netflix.

Twitter controversy and thin-skinned masculine insecurity?

Simply put, if you know better you do not have the luxury to act in your own self-interest right now. We are at a tenuous point in history and those of us who can need to act deliberately. I'm sorry if I'm triggering you in some way, and I certainly know where that frustration comes from. I hope it is not taken…

The right to bear arms doesn't trump the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. There are ways to better ensure safety, both for gun owners and the general public, without infringing on the right to own them.

Agreed. That follow-up rant was practically theater.

Used the wrong word there, my bad.

Also violence at marches and the shooting at the Senate baseball practice. Liberals also get tied in to the Antifa and Black Lives Matter, which the alt-right has spun into a terrorist organization. I'm pretty sure we've all seen (or posted) numerous comments online about how the nation would be better off if Trump…

I agree. I'm not suggesting it be ignored, I'm suggesting addressing it discretely. This is one of those situations where you use intelligence and subterfuge to divert the other side, not unlike dealing with a petulant child.

You don't defeat ignorant tribalism by insulting or even directly
addressing it, as both give the idea validation. It must be diffused by
reminding people of our mutual humanity, or diverted by discussing policy and objective. The only thing that you gain by scaring them is stock value if you've invested in an arms…