(10-26-2018 08:52 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(10-26-2018 08:13 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(10-26-2018 08:01 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  I suggest you cut back on the right wing media. Do you also think he was involved with the Nazis?
This would be akin to trying to defend Nancy Pelosi screaming lock him up at Sheldon Adelson. That is similarly absurd, unproductive, and if done with enough frequency, dangerous.
I'm really surprised you think Trump encouraging the "Lock XXXX Up" chants isn't indicative of a politician who is not acting civil.

You are putting a lot of words into my mouth that I did not say there. Let's unpack it a bit.
I think Soros's involvement with the Nazis was exactly as he describes it in his own words. As a Jewish child he pretended to be a Christian, and in the company of his benefactor he made the rounds when Jews were being rounded up and sent to die. I certainly don't think that at 14 he was going to be an SS agent as some have suggested. But it would appear, to me at least, that the experience gave him a fairly strong "ends justify the means" philosophical outlook.
To set the record straight, I don't know George Soros and have never met him. But a childhood friend was a former business partner of his for several years, they made billions (literally) together, and I have gotten some insight from him.
I don't have proof, because he is a very skillful and manipulative man surrounded be similarly skillful and manipulative people, and they have managed to keep the wagons circled--but if I were forced to bet I would come down on the side that he has engaged in numerous unethical if not illegal activities to push an agenda with which I am in full disagreement. I certainly don't think his activities could stand up to the kind of investigation that has been leveled at Donald Trump. And I do believe very strongly that we must apply the same rule with equal vigor to all.
I don't think I ever said anything to the effect that Trump was acting in a civil manner. To clarify, he's not. But I can't name any politician who is, not for a couple of decades. I did not say that "lock him/her up" was being civil. What I said was that I don't see calling for law enforcement to act within the legal system amounts to a call for unlawful activity. If you want to discuss that point, please do. IIRC I asked you to do so. But I have zero interest in defending straw men.

Maybe you misread my post then. I was responding to a post that asked how I felt about Trump commenting on how we needed to return to civil discourse. I said that I would feel better if he practiced what he preached.
You responded to my post in a negative manner - so if you agreed with me, and my comments saying that Trump was speaking uncivily, why did you respond to my post on a negative manner?

I'm thinking there is some confusion among the multiple posts flying back and forth on here.

I'm not quite sure how I responded to your post in a "negative manner." My recollection is that I asked a simple question, not necessarily responding to any post, specifically how did calling for legal action within the criminal justice system amount to a call for illegal assault or other acts of violence. That is still my question.

If you could just answer my question without all the other stuff, I would be grateful.

I don't see how speaking uncivilly is tantamount to calling for unlawful acts. Hell, our whole national political discourse has been pretty much uncivil for the past 2-3 years or more.