there is a difference between saying that someone isn't terrible and saying that they did a thing that was good. this is the point i was trying to make in my first tweet. it didn't used to be like this.
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En réponse à @randileeharper
There's a lot of privilige in that statement, just a heads up. For a lot of Americans, yeah, politics appeared more civil, but they were getting harmed all the same, by people like McCain.
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En réponse à @ChrisWarcraft
maybe. but again, i'm not saying they were good. i'm saying that the thing he did with voting to keep ACA was good. and this shouldn't be a problematic statement.
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En réponse à @randileeharper
It is a problematic statement because he was one of the people *directly* responsible for letting it get to that point.
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En réponse à @ChrisWarcraft
yes. he did. hence: i disagree with his politics. but then he stopped it. and i think it's ok to give credit for him realizing his mistake and fixing it.
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En réponse à @randileeharper
He stopped *one* thing, yet continued in the negative behavior in all other aspects. That's like giving a kid a cookie because they stopped hitting one kid, but continued hitting a bunch of others.
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En réponse à @ChrisWarcraft
there's a difference between stopping hitting one kid and doing this but also standing up against all of his friends that are hitting that kid to stop that kid from being hit and this metaphor just got confusing and it's irrelevant anyways. there's no cookies being rewarded.
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En réponse à @randileeharper @ChrisWarcraft
when did acknowledgement of someone unexpectedly doing a good thing become a cookie? if saying "this is a good thing" is some kind of reward, shouldn't we do that more often to encourage others to also do good things?
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En réponse à @randileeharper
Yes, we should, but why so much focus on McCain? He's constantly made out to be this maverick and yet when you look at his voting record, with one notable exception, he's just as much an asshole as the rest of that racist party.
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En réponse à @ChrisWarcraft @randileeharper
Enough with the "I didn't agree with him, but by golly I respected him" bullshit. I don't agree with him, I don't respect him, and one action doesn't negate a lifetime of shit behavior. If he wanted to be good, he had plenty of opportunities.
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In fact, he could still act. Change his party. Speak out forcefully against both Trump and the senior members of his party. Effect some actual change. <crickets>
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