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Old 05-30-2018, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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...and critical thinking ability.

For example:

"Obama is a Marxist/communist/socialist." He was nothing of the sort; how many industries did he seize to allow the State to take over production? How many property owners had their land seized to be turned into communal, State-owned farms? How many millions of Americans starved to death through communist-caused famines? How many food shortages and bread lines were there?

"Trump is a Nazi." He is nothing of the sort. How many industries has he nationalized? How many labor unions has he consolidated into one State-owned union? How many billions has he allocated for a comprehensive social welfare system to create a "socially just state," by providing rent supplements,
interest-free loans for married couples, along with mandatory healthcare insurance (aka Obamacare)?

"Obama gutted the military." What utter tripe. Under Obama, military spending was the highest in American history, even more than under Bush. He also doubled U.S. arms sales than Bush, to $278 billion. Don't give me this BS about how he destroyed the "national defense."

"Trump is Putin's puppet." Again, what utter tripe. If Trump was bought and paid for by the Russians, he wouldn't have illegally bombed Syria, wouldn't be threatening China, wouldn't be threatening Iran, and wouldn't be sending U.S. destroyers into the Black Sea to try and intimidate them.

There are many, many more examples of this. Just go to any online political forum/town hall or watch/read corporate media.

The average American IQ is 98, and falling; it's easy to the the results.
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Old 05-30-2018, 03:37 PM
 
Location: NJ
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what's hyperbole?
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Old 05-30-2018, 03:40 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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what's hyperbole?
"The police acted stupidly."

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

"Clinging bitterly to their guns and their bibles..."

"You didn't build that!"

That's political hyperbole.
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Old 05-30-2018, 03:43 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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what's hyperbole?
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Old 05-30-2018, 03:45 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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"The police acted stupidly."

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

"Clinging bitterly to their guns and their bibles..."

"You didn't build that!"

That's political hyperbole.
"If you're not with us, you're against us."

"Axis of Evil."

"Read my lips...no new taxes."
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Old 05-30-2018, 03:45 PM
 
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"The police acted stupidly."

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

"Clinging bitterly to their guns and their bibles..."

"You didn't build that!"

That's political hyperbole.
How about "everyone will get health coverage and the government is going to pay for it".

We're waiting.
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Old 05-30-2018, 03:56 PM
 
Location: AZ
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...and critical thinking ability.

For example:

"Obama is a Marxist/communist/socialist." He was nothing of the sort; how many industries did he seize to allow the State to take over production? How many property owners had their land seized to be turned into communal, State-owned farms? How many millions of Americans starved to death through communist-caused famines? How many food shortages and bread lines were there?

"Trump is a Nazi." He is nothing of the sort. How many industries has he nationalized? How many labor unions has he consolidated into one State-owned union? How many billions has he allocated for a comprehensive social welfare system to create a "socially just state," by providing rent supplements,
interest-free loans for married couples, along with mandatory healthcare insurance (aka Obamacare)?

"Obama gutted the military." What utter tripe. Under Obama, military spending was the highest in American history, even more than under Bush. He also doubled U.S. arms sales than Bush, to $278 billion. Don't give me this BS about how he destroyed the "national defense."

"Trump is Putin's puppet." Again, what utter tripe. If Trump was bought and paid for by the Russians, he wouldn't have illegally bombed Syria, wouldn't be threatening China, wouldn't be threatening Iran, and wouldn't be sending U.S. destroyers into the Black Sea to try and intimidate them.

There are many, many more examples of this. Just go to any online political forum/town hall or watch/read corporate media.

The average American IQ is 98, and falling; it's easy to the the results.
I like how you attempted to intersperse YOUR OPINION alongside factual information in a lame attempt to make your post harder to refute.
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Old 05-30-2018, 03:57 PM
 
Location: Central Mexico and Central Florida
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trump WANTS to do all this stuff in the OP. If we don't soon stop him, he will. It took the Nazis several years to gain the type of control that trump covets.

Last edited by dothetwist; 05-30-2018 at 04:07 PM..
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Old 05-30-2018, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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Anything political is a sign of low intelligence.
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Old 05-30-2018, 04:01 PM
 
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Originally Posted by rebeldor View Post
...and critical thinking ability.

For example:

"Obama is a Marxist/communist/socialist." He was nothing of the sort; how many industries did he seize to allow the State to take over production? How many property owners had their land seized to be turned into communal, State-owned farms? How many millions of Americans starved to death through communist-caused famines? How many food shortages and bread lines were there?

"Trump is a Nazi." He is nothing of the sort. How many industries has he nationalized? How many labor unions has he consolidated into one State-owned union? How many billions has he allocated for a comprehensive social welfare system to create a "socially just state," by providing rent supplements,
interest-free loans for married couples, along with mandatory healthcare insurance (aka Obamacare)?

"Obama gutted the military." What utter tripe. Under Obama, military spending was the highest in American history, even more than under Bush. He also doubled U.S. arms sales than Bush, to $278 billion. Don't give me this BS about how he destroyed the "national defense."

"Trump is Putin's puppet." Again, what utter tripe. If Trump was bought and paid for by the Russians, he wouldn't have illegally bombed Syria, wouldn't be threatening China, wouldn't be threatening Iran, and wouldn't be sending U.S. destroyers into the Black Sea to try and intimidate them.

There are many, many more examples of this. Just go to any online political forum/town hall or watch/read corporate media.

The average American IQ is 98, and falling; it's easy to the the results.
I get to the point I shut out either side that relies on this hyperbole to support their arguments. I can't stand it. And i think it lowers the bar for how the elected officials act and who we elect -- and orf course the overall political debate in this country.
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