As in waiting at Gate B12 in the new Terminal B for my flight and ... uh oh, we board in a few minutes, let me randomly select a point and get to it.
Paula wrote about hypocrisy, particularly in political discussion.
My fellow gym rats are a conservative bunch. Now and then they start ranting about liberals. I don't participate. I could -- I've got a wee bit experience debating from both ends, being as I inhabit both ends -- but I usually answer "What do you think, Don?" with "I think I'm ready for another set, what do you think?"
However. Something in the news prompted a rash of complaining about the news media and how the Democrats are always winning the hearts-and-minds war. They know how to distort facts and manipulate people, and it's not like the Republicans don't do it too, but the Repubs are always losing because they at least stay within the rules--
At that point I couldn't suppress a laugh. I was holding some heavy iron, too. Laughing is energy-expensive. But geez. I had to call bullshit on that one, loudly.
All's I know is liberals show plenty of evidence that conservatives are lying scum and conservatives show plenty of evidence that liberals are lying scum. That's why I'm neither one. And this upcoming election? I don't give a rat's ass.
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5 comments:
Yep. But that doesn't mean I don't favor one philosophy over another -- I do. I am not blind to the fact that both sides lie and are guilty of being hypocrites though.
Talking politics while lifting? Gad!
That's the worst part of the whole thing. Maybe that's why I generally don't have partners while working out.
For meself, I absolutely favor democrats over republicans, but the main thing to remember is that they are all politicians so they are fundamentally untrustworthy.
I don't talk to anyone any more in the gym. My two gym buddies are gone and the remaining ones (at 4 in the morning) are uncommunicative so that's a good thing.
But Harry is right; if they're politicians and their lips are moving, they're lying.
I don't favor demorats over repuglicans. I don't favor repuglicans over demorats. There is good to be found in each, and bad to be found in each.
I don't necessarily favor Dems over Reps -- I favor the Dem platform over the Rep platform. So, that leads me to vote for Dems most of the time, unless there is one so outrageously disgusting or obnoxious that I just can't and end up marking my ballot for the otter party.
-Paula
Actually, Paula, that's what I meant to say. It's not so much the individual, though an inspiring one does come along now and again. It's more the platform. I favor the democratic platform, but I have encountered democratic politicians who repelled me. There we are.
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