You know, ultmd, you could have just said "I think you are an implicit Nazi supporter, Felis Leo." It certainly would have saved me the time reading through your vituperative personal attack, and certainly saved you the time writing it.
Well, here's the thing, Felis. I think I do a fairly decent job of stating my arguments clearly. If I wanted to call you a Nazi supporter, I would have done that. Instead, I noted (correctly) that you and other conservatives simply NEVER appear in threads to condemn the news of more white supremacist/nationalist violence in this country, which we KNOW is MUCH more prevalent in this country. Your silence implies neither support, nor complicity. Not necessarily. But it does imply a measure of indifference, at the very least...or even cowardice among conservatives and republicans who COULD have an effect on what's going on in their party (and within the modern conservative movement).
In your case, you are a conservative I have noticed who clearly THINKS about things. You may be a bit of an ideologue, but are certainly no fool. However, you're also a conservative who NEVER speaks out in threads against racism or bigotry toward minorities...and who chimes in ONLY on threads like this one about Antifa. I think we both know ANTIFA is not a big deal in this country, and there is no serious threat of "anti-white" terrorism or violence in this country that even remotely compares to the white nationalist/supremacist/etc threat against minorities, either. If, however, ever there is a groundswell of "left wing" or black/brown terrorism or violence against white people...or against conservative Christians...or (whatever), I'll be first here to condemn it without equivocation and without any "whataboutism" or deflection. But the FACT is that the vast majority of violence extremism in this country comes from white nationalist/white supremacist/neo-nazi/sovereign citizen/conservative evangelical wing of the CONSERVATIVE movement. And that's not a "small wing", either. It's large, and has become mainstreamed. ANTIFA is tiny and almost irrelevant...and is certainly not embraced or mainstreamed within Democratic Party circles of influence.
With that in mind, I will say this: I despise Nazis, white supremacists, fascists, and the "Alt Right." I hope each and every one of them die from rapidly-metastasizing testicular cancer preferably behind bars. And yes, their views are worse than those of AntiFa, or Communists, anarchists or Islamists.
Well, dang...that about covers it. Heck, even I wouldn't wish "rapidly metastasizing cancer" on anyone. But again, I think you misunderstood my point from earlier.
But if you need me to make that throat-clearing every time some discussion is made with regard to AntiFa, Islamic terrorism in the United States, Black Hebrew Israelites, or any other violent criminal group that has not yet reached the level of lethal violence of white terrorists, I shall not do so.
Nope. That's not my expectation, at all. My HOPE is to be able to engage in HONEST debate of ideas with conservatives who have some integrity and are willing to deal in FACTS rather than just opinions. That's a bit lacking on this board, unfortunately.
First, because it is irrelevant... Second, because I doubt anything I could say or do would assuage your rather low opinion of me or other conservatives.
Well, you are wrong about me, there. I do NOT have a low opinion of Conservatism. There is nothing inherently wrong with conservatism as a political ideology. Heck, I used to be one. Neither do I believe "Conservative" equates with "bigot" , or "racist", or "ignorant",etc. Those are personal choices. So, I do have a "low opinion" of people who HIDE behind "conservatism" to rationalize bigotry, racism, anti-intellectualism/anti-science, discrimination and white privilege. It shouldn't be that hard to separate the former (i.e. standard conservative principles and philosophies)....from the ignorance and the hypocrisy of the latter. Actually, let me be more frank about that: it's NOT that difficult, at all. Again, it's a choice made by some people. And, btw, for self-described Christians, that is even more important.
I do not try to go out of my way to be unctuous and ingratiate myself to others, certainly not to those who hold me in contempt. Good night.
LOL, well there's not need for flattery. I'm appealing to your sense of intellectual integrity. I can tell you have it. Let's be honest and fair, and debate REAL things. That doesn't require you to become a liberal. Just an honest and fair conservative who can see what is happening right now in this country.