(06-11-2019 02:16 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(06-11-2019 01:48 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(06-11-2019 01:34 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(06-11-2019 01:01 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(06-11-2019 12:34 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  And Dems are supposed to be the ones who are smug?

Yikes.

Not “supposed to be” — they are smug. No reasonable person would contend otherwise.

I guess the irony of that statement, which immediately follows a high-minded screed denigrating those on the left as following a "repugnant ideology" and so one, is lost.

For someone who always seems to be very careful with their words and welcoming of others, you just jumped to a massive conclusion about the motivations of a large portion of the population and, in essence, called them repugnant. It's not like you're talking about a small subset of the left, say Antifa, but rather the entire left.

The alleged "irony" isn't lost, because there is no irony. Democrats are smug AND the fundamental motive of leftists is a desire to control others, which is repugnant. Those are both true statements. The irony, if you can call it that, seems to be that most leftists are too smug to recognize the truth of either.

The "massive" conclusion wasn't "jumped to" -- it is consistent with historical fact. The alternative theory -- that the motivations of leftists are primarily altruistic -- is absurd, and the propagation of that theory by leftists is very much an example and instrument of their smugness.

What exactly are you disputing?

I strongly disagree with the notion that that “fundamental motive of leftists is a desire to control others.” That is anything but a true statement and is a very biased opinion.

It is absolutely a true statement and is an unbiased observation. What's untrue and biased is your failure to recognize it.

Sheesh.

(06-11-2019 02:16 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  But your comment about smugness blinding people seems to be spot on.

So I see.