Musicmystery
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ORIGINAL: Tkman117 I remember back during the election many member states of the right wing here and on other platforms constantly bringing up the “sexual assaults” of Bill Clinton. Plus one of the most discussed threads currently is about al Franken, a Democrat accused of sexual harassment. And yet these same conservatives say nothing about Trump outright admitting to sexually assaulting women on tape amid a considerable number of allegations from women. While Roy Moore doesn’t have the same kind of self admission as Trump, the fact that there are so many women coming forward suggests there is a lot smoke for there to be no fire. So I ask this: why are the allegations of women against Democrats more damning than those against republicans in the eyes of conservatives? It’s not that I don’t know the answer, it’s fairly obvious, but I want to ask the conservatives here why they think this way. Why do conservatives hold their opponents to a standard they are happy to disregard? Why do they support a president who admitted to assaulting women while at the same time previously calling for Al Franken’s resignation? Please explain why this double standard is accceptible. Good luck with this one! I don't have a dog in this fight. IMHO, both sides are more concerned with "winning" then any allegations these days. It is about blind partisanship, and about winning. Definition of partisan from Merriam Webster: a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance political partisans who see only one side of the problem This defines most on here and in general, it defines the left and the right. Today’s parties: 1) Republicans: Only power matters, and government is here to serve only the wealthy. Morals don’t matter, but stirring them up gets people to the polls, because lying works. Nothing else matters, and we’re willing to spit on the Constitution in pursuit of it. 2) Democrats: We have to pretend to be the party of women. We’ve got nothing else, so we’ll be the vagina party. Especially Hilary’s. Nothing else matters, and we’re willing to spit on the Constitution in pursuit of it. 3) Conservative: No. Just no. And no, we’re not willing to talk about it. 4) Libertarian: If you do nothing, magic makes everything run well. 5) Green: Activism matters. Policy is boring. Let’s go do some activism. 6) Working Families: Union matters. Local politics is where it’s at — the hell with national politics. 7) Independence Party: Hell, we can’t even decide state to state what we stand for. We’re just for it. Whatever it is. 8) Various other third parties: Look at me! Made ya look. I’m not seeing any leaders in there. Let’s hope some good Independents come along.
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