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So, let me get this straight, because I’m really trying to believe the Republicans aren’t the party of hypocrisy they seem to be.

Capitalism rules the day. It’s the American Dream. Corporations are people and they should have the right to exercise free commerce and excel at making money. Unless we run out of something or a corporation grows predictably too fast and massively. Then we need government to get us what we want.

Hands off autonomy and liberty of one’s life. Unless you don’t like Roe v. Wade, and then you’d like the government to regulate its citizens’ bodies and personal choices. At least half of them, anyway.

Can’t tell a citizen where to wave a flag, what gun to own, can’t make them wear a mask or get vaccinated. Liberty is absolute and these colors don’t run and ‘Murica. Unless you find something foreign or icky and then you’d like the government to be able to investigate private citizens for their gender identities and whether they’re bring “abused.”

Out of one side of your mouth you mock, denigrate and criticize a man you can’t even call president, and then you scream out to him for not satisfying your whims.

If anyone has an answer that isn’t deflection, defensive, a strawman or some other logical fallacy, I’d love to hear it. Feel free to constructively point out the weaknesses among the Democratic Party. Not as a game of tit-for-tat but in the spirit of beginning discussion that rises above the grade school playground.
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ShadowSister · 46-50, F
I'm on the left, so I agree. But I will say that I've heard them make these EXACT SAME ARGUMENTS right back at us.

"You tell us to respect Biden, but you mocked Trump daily when he was in office."
"Riots happen all over the country and you remain silent. But a small group riots in DC and you won't shut up about it."
"You push for the government to protect every single minority group except when it comes to unborn children."

Right? The problem with the "hypocrisy" argument is that people on both sides make it, while we ignore the same issues on our own side. While "et tu quoque" is a logical fallacy, it is rhetorically effective. It is so rare that I ever see anyone who really wants to engage in good-faith discussion anymore.
justanothername · 51-55, M
@ShadowSister Riots happened because regular Americans were protesting about the way other regular Americans were treated. The people rioting were doing so because they believed that justice hadn’t been served.