(07-18-2023 10:14 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(07-18-2023 10:05 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(07-18-2023 09:45 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(07-18-2023 09:13 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  

(07-18-2023 09:01 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  You said in post 3565 that the approach appealed to you. All I have done is point out that lots of bad people have followed the same path for the same reasons to bad results.

Both. I am trying to. you are clinging to your flawed argument.


I think all of us here believe that one usually good alternative to leaving one's country for another is to work to make one's country better according to one's vision of what would make it a better. You yourself said so in post 3565. The difference is, I can see that as a tool that can have reprehensible results in some hands.

Literally zero evidence to support the bolded. Of course Lad (and everybody here) understands that shaping a country into one's vision can have reprehensible results.
One wonders what motivates you to suggest that Lad doesn't agree with this.

Doubling down on being a dick.

OO and Hitler were both proponents of strong border controls.

Yes, I am a proponent of stron border controls. Has zero to do with anybody else in history, just logic. And I do not pretend to believe this even approaches you saying I shared an antiJewish philosophy with Hitler.

However, I have heard that Hitler and certain Blue teamers both enjoyed fried potatoes, proving....?

Go, Blue Team!!!! Triple down on inanity!!!

The inanity here is you being unwilling to recognize the insult by drawing a false equivalence. As you note, the thin connection you made is stupid and serves only one purpose - to attempt to besmirch someone.

You do you, and double down on, at best, your poorly worded post. At worst, it was an intentional attempt to unfairly tie me to three despicable dictators of the past.