SH wrote:
Let me put it another way then... 1.) If they hold their old position then they are idiots
2.) If they move towards your position then they are hypocrits.
That's a nice little game to play. But when you complain like you are, it sounds like you're more upset about getting your butt kicked in elections because the right didn't keep to its old position than you are about the evolution of the position towards your preferences.
Hmm. I'll have to work on how I sound.
I don't think their position has evolved at all. I don't even think it was really a position. I think it was a rallying cry. And it's an important point to make that the left's position is not "anti-family values" by any stretch. I personally think a person who pays porn stars for sex while his wife is pregnant is a dirtbag, regardless of political leanings.
To answer your two points specifically:
1) I think many of the GOP's points are not in the best interests of the country. So I disagree with them.
2) If they change their position on anything to the opposite of what they've always espoused them to be just because their current hero falls dramatically short, then yes, they are being hypocritical and there's nothing wrong with pointing that out, regardless of party.
I'm having trouble understanding what point you're driving at. Nobody cares if the GOP agrees with the Dems on family values - the two parties agree on lots of things. People care about the hypocrisy.
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swimwithstones: Jun 14, 18 11:32