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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002  Yes, the billboard implies that democratic policies led to 9/11. It will happen again if we elect a dem.
Is this ad supposed to suggest that McCain would become a murderous dictator? Is that what you are saying? I don't know anyone who thinks that is true. Rather, they would find it absurd. I don't think McCain would have henchmen that would come kill me. If that is what I am supposed to be afraid of, it's an epic fail. I really think it's a stretch to see that as the message they are trying to convey. Occam's razor applies here. It is easy to see that the point was highlighting hypocrisy. There is nothing to fear here. |
Once again, if you hold both to the same standards you'll see they are the same. All of your arguments are "If you hold the Dems to standard A and the Republicans to standard B the Republicans are further from meeting the standard of decency. Please ignore that B is set higher than A, as that's irrelevant."
If you're going to play naive to the fear mongering on both sides, all the Republican billboard does is show a picture of 9/11 and says "Please don't vote for Democrats". It doesn't say why it showed the picture of 9/11, it doesn't in any way say that Democrats caused 9/11 or if they were elected they would cause another 9/11. It just shows a picture and says "Please don't vote for Democrats".
And on the Dem ad, sure if you want to play naive to the fear mongering, they're just talking about people who some of McCain's people used to work for, they never actually say McCain's connected to these murderous dictators, they're just pointing out that some people on McCain's campaign used to work as lobbyists for these people.
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If we're going to have a conversation like adults where we can cut past the partisan selective perception nonsense and recognize fear mongering regardless of whether it's done by our own political party, it's clear that there's a lot more that's being implied in each than is actually said. In the Republican billboard it's implied there's some connection between Democrats and 9/11, either they're responsible for it, they'll cause another one, or both. It doesn't say it, but it's sure as hell implied. And the Democrat ad implies that there's a connection between McCain and these murderous dictators, either he's like them, or he's cool with them, or they'd have clout in McCain's white house, or all of the above. Once again, it doesn't say it, but it's sure as hell implied.
Listen, I recognize we're heading towards an election and it's easy to get caught up in the tunnel vision and it's sometimes hard to remove yourself from seeing things in a purely partisan manner, but I would really appreciate it if you would choose not to waste my time with that sort of ****, as I feel I have already extended that courtesy to you. I'm not going to bother if you repeatedly attempt to excuse holding different sides to different standards.