(06-25-2020 02:19 AM)mrbig Wrote:  

(06-24-2020 10:02 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(06-24-2020 06:36 PM)mrbig Wrote:  Yes, which is why I didn't think anyone would interpret my words as meaning "stupid" when I didn't write the word "stupid".

Lots of words and phrases get interpreted from context and usage. If you wrote somethng about those "geniuses" in MAGA hats, am I supposed to interpret that literally as praise for their intellectual prowess?

True. And what was the context in which I made my initial post? Were people talking about stupid people, morons, or geniuses? To save you the effort, the answer is no, people were talking about “bots”.

(06-24-2020 05:19 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(06-24-2020 06:36 PM)mrbig Wrote:  

(06-24-2020 05:19 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Lumping everybody together in generic heaps is probably not the best way to go.

I lumped the 5-8 conservative/libertarian/right-of-center posters here together and then explicitly wrote that I don't lump them in with those other groups (MAGA hat or Fox & Friends).

I don't think I actually wrote anything derogatory about the MAGA hat folks or the Fox & Friends folks over the last few days. I have plenty of family members who have watched Fox over the years, many very dear to me. I don't think much of Fox News, but my relatives' viewing habits did not and does not affect my love or opinions of them. Same for anyone else.

It sounds to me like you speak of MAGA hat folks and Fox and Friends folks in the same way as Hillary speaks of deplorable folks - with a sneer and a holier than thou attitude. Or, exactly the way a white supremacist would refer to to BLM protesters.

What is wrong with MAGA hat wearing folks and what is wrong with Fox and Friends viewers?

Nothing. Which is why I literally wrote, and you were kind enough to quote it as well, that such viewing habits “did not and does not affect my ... opinions of them.” Where is the sneer or the holier than thou attitude in that? I vehemently disagree with such folks on many issues. I do believe the average Fox News viewer gets a lot of untrue information. But that doesn’t make me sneer at the person.

"average Fox News viewer" Can you hear yourself?

Take from somebody who listens to both Fox and the MSM - you get much more balance and truth from Fox. But if you never listen, you wouldn't know that would you? All you have is an opinion conveyed to you by their enemies.

Quote:My only take is that everyone is reading much more into my post than I meant.

Again the clue is the word "everyone". You remind me of the mother watching her soldier son pass in review, and remarking "Look! Everybody is out of step but my Johnny."

Quote:That is on you, but I forgive you all.

You forgive us? Nothing condescending or holier-than-thou there.

Quote:I don’t hate the MAGA hat folks or the Fox and Friends folks nearly as much as you seem to think.

AS much? So, if I am to take your words literally, as you want us to do, you just hate them a little?

Quote:Again, I am not the one freely admitting my hatred of people in one political party, leaders of a political party, or calling anyone evil.

Sure seems that way, with your rants about Trump, MAGA hat wearers, and you insistence that all the good people at Charlottesville were on one side. But you keep arguing that you are the one who is fair and balanced.and misunderstood by all, and I will keep listening to your words.