(05-08-2019 09:22 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(05-08-2019 08:51 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  I know an actual Republican hero - there was a Rep from Montana that received a lot of support when he assaulted a reporter by body slamming him for asking the Rep a question.
That’s not racism, but boy did that generate support! A true Republican hero - standing up for 1st Amendment rights!
OO, this line of talking is idiotic and beneath you. Each party has a few bad actors and trying to label those actors as heros, especially if they don’t hold a state-wide office is a bit much. That Dem is a jackoff, but no one hear had heard of him until you posted it.

But here's the problem.

Every time a bad actor who may lean right does something, there is a effort to paint all republicans with that brush, no matter how strongly they deny it. But democrats get to embrace their nutcases with no repercussions.

The actions of republican nutcases are attributed even to republicans who deny and disavow. The actions of democrat nutcases are accepted, and even those who embrace them are excused.

It seems like OptimisticOwl was painting Democrats with a broad brush in his assertion that many would applaud his random state lawmaker's ridiculous antics.