I wanted to address something, as brought up by Jeffrey, and felt it better to move it to a new post, rather than continue the conversation within that post, as it is a different subject. This comes from the post The Donald Schools A Clinton Compliant Media Hackette. After much back and forth, the goalposts were shifted, and then it went back to the original assertion, and got personal
Little Willy,
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Let me say right off the bat, I’m still not a Trump for president supporter or fan.
That is clearly a lie, as your actions count more than your words.
Similarly you claim to acknowledge that the Earth is warming, yet post article after article claiming that the Earth has stopped warming.
Actions speak more loudly than words.
This kind of “double thought†is diagnostic for the new conservative “mindâ€, such as it is. Since the new conservative is driven by ideology and not logic or evidence it seems natural to hold two diametrically opposed positions. Modern conservatives are incapable of recognizing their lies.
Writing about something in a positive manner does not make one a supporter. Does anyone think Ruth Marcus is a Trump supporter despite writing an op-ed entitled Trump is right: Bill Clinton’s sordid sexual history is fair game? If I write something nice about Obama, or agree with him on some subject, does that make me an Obama supporter? I’ve written in support of Obama expanding the Pacific marine reserve. I think he did it for the wrong reason (climate change, of course), but I support the decision. Consider
- I very much support the recently passed federal ban on the use of microbeads, even though the legislation came from a Democrat. Doesn’t mean I support Frank Pallone (D-NJ), the primary author.
- If I post something from Sarah Palin that makes sense, it in no way makes me a supporter. I’m not. If she ran for office, I would not endorse her, and I wouldn’t give a dime. She lost my support and respect back in 2011, to the point I even had a post with the phrase “Governor Half-term” in the title.
- Just because I may slam Republicans on some issues, doesn’t mean I do not support the GOP.
- I’ve slammed Bush on things, especially amnesty. Doesn’t mean I wasn’t a supporter.
- I’ve said nice things about some Democrats, and even agreed with them on some issues. Doesn’t mean I support them.
- I’ve met Hillary once, way back. She was very nice for the few minutes I talked to her. Doesn’t mean I support her.
- If I slam the crazy rape culture nutters, doesn’t mean that I don’t think that rape is not a problem, nor that rape laws should be done away with.
- Back when the Occupy Wall Street movement started, I actually wrote, can’t remember whether here or in someone’s comments, that they had some points, and there could be room for both OWS and the Tea Party to find common ground. Didn’t mean I supported OWS (especially when they went bat guano insane.
The list could go on, but, you get the point.
When it comes to climate change, acknowledging that the Earth has warmed post-Little Ice Age but has seen no statistically significant warming over almost 19 years is in no way a lie. There have been multiple periods during the current warm period where there were pauses in warming. There were periods during the Little Ice Age where the temps were going up. It was so hot during the summer of the Battle of Monmouth where more soldiers died from the heat than from battle wounds. This is not “double thought”, it’s acknowledging actual events. As opposed to Believing that tiny increases in CO2 will cause global temperatures to rise 3-6C and the seas to rise upwards of 50 feet by 2100.
Acknowledging that there should be some real world effective gun regulations doesn’t mean I don’t support the 2nd Amendment, nor, conversely, that I am a gun grabber.
There are several book authors that produce material I love/like, even though I know they are hardcore Progressives. Steve Alten has written some great books (especially The Loch), and, even though he wrote the idiotic and very political Shell Game, I still read some of his books afterwards. John Scalzi is a massive Social Justice Warrior, and I’ll side with Vox Day on the fight, but, I still enjoyed several of his books (most don’t interest me, just not my kind of story).
I do not support Trump. Yes, he says a few good things. He has a few good ideas. I like that he is willing to attack, especially in a manner that goes after his detractors twice as hard. I think he’d make a bad president, and would be entirely too Leftist for my beliefs set. I’d take him over Hillary if he gets the nod as the GOP candidate, a case of “bad over worse”. When the primaries hit NC, I will not be voting for him. It will be either Cruz or Rubio. I mostly agree with Jonah Goldberg, Trump is no Conservative. Donald made a big deal out of getting tough on illegals and completing the border fence. Great! Everyone forgets that he also supports amnesty. He’s great on ‘climate change’. But, he’s flipped around on other issues. And been incoherent on others. Some of his stances are Republican/Conservative, others are very Leftist. He said in 2000 that we must have universal health care. Now he’s against Obamacare. Which is it?
Could he convince me? Possibly. I don’t trust him right now. I don’t trust anyone who is seemingly telling me what I want to hear. Could his business acumen translate to a good economic president? Possibly. Convince me.
Writing about something positively doesn’t mean support.
If you want to piss me off, by all means, claim I lied and fail to offer a shred of proof.
