Thorongil

Are you trying to parody your typical postmodernist journal article's abstract?

No, we shouldn't. He golfs all the time, especially on *gasp* holidays. But thanks for finding the time today, in between your busy charitable work, f...

You speak as though this is a bad thing.

In my estimation, there have been plenty of presidents who have, on paper, been considered good for the job and check all the right experience/knowled...

It's a representative democracy, so it's futile to complain. I voted for Obama but gradually came to view him as a terrible president, and I got over ...

I don't agree.

Those are additional subjective preferences in addition to the real qualifications.

Yeah, but that's just speculation. And I disagree that the comment expresses any such attitude.

One must be 35 years of age, a resident within the United States for 14 years, and a natural born citizen.

Good, then we're on the same page, my friend. Hey now, I never called you such childish names!

And I agreed with this. Ah, notice the change in vocabulary! I agree that he used offensive language. However, what he said wasn't racist. Lol! Okay, ...

My mistake. We all should have elected tim wood for president. He's got the inside scoop on everything.

Maybe not with that tone, but I have no problem with the general idea. Sport is a meritocracy. I agree. His wording was uncouth and uncalled for. You ...

I see no dysfunction, danger, or destructiveness from his administration so far. I see a lot of tactless comments and tweets by the president, but tha...

No he's not.

Those quotes are disputed, as we've already discussed. And I don't think they're necessarily evidence of racism on Trump's part. On this point, I agre...

It sounds like you're saying we should accept them just 'cause. Or else, we should accept them because they do benefit us economically at least to som...

A non-sequitur. Good, because I don't have time for absurd, unfounded declarations of racism.

I spoke of new immigrants. Moreover, if Norwegians, say, would be a greater economic boon to the U.S. than Haitians, then if economics is the relevant...

A ridiculous accusation. I don't deny colonialism. I think colonialism positively and negatively benefited the countries that were colonized, but tend...

That you don't think any countries have them, or that bringing in immigrants can't change them, or if they can, never for the worse? Yeah, maybe.

The Dutch don't appear to want the Dutch if you look at their birth rates.

A slight edit for this post. The more I read it, but more I am dumbfounded as to how you could think this question unimportant.

What happened to them?

My gripe was public at the time as well. And it's relevant to the thread, but that horse has been beaten already.

So you have no interest in replying to what I said. Okay.

Trump speaks in a stream of consciousness sort of style and probably says a lot of absurd things over the course of a meeting. I can imagine people no...

Not the ones I read. Plus, Trump himself has denied your version: "Never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a ver...

He must hold a grudge against me or something. If he apologized and said, "it's water under the bridge, let's move on," which I'm willing to do, I wou...

In other words, the unbolded and bolded halves of this sentence contradict each other. Pick one.

Most reports agree he called certain countries shitholes. Beyond that, things become more sketchy.

Doesn't matter, for you said that "a person should still apologize for what they have done even if they did it accidentally or did not mean to do the ...

It's my understanding that we don't know the exact remarks, only that he referred to certain countries as shitholes.

Precisely.

Agreed. I'm only suggesting hypocrisy. Trump's original comment wasn't wrong, though. It was merely tactless for someone in his position.

I also wonder if any of these politicians, media pundits, or UN bureaucrats who are presently hyperventilating over Trump's comment have ever called a...

I stand by my post, as it directly bore on the topic of this thread. It wasn't an attempt to derail it or troll. Here's more irony for you: if you int...

That Trump is qualified to be president.

No, I'm not. It seems you have no interest in reconciling. So be it. I'm happy to ignore you once more.

That doesn't make any sense. The content of my post was directly related to this thread's topic. The fact that it was also related to its author makes...

That's true, but my views on this matter aren't untrue.

Right, that's why it was relevant.

I didn't wish to imply it.

I didn't say that.

Some countries are shitholes. And saying so isn't racist. Trump may be a racist, but his recent comment wasn't. Is it becoming of a president to say s...

Neither is true. Either you're blinded by your own self-importance or your intent is to create drama. I haven't cared or thought one iota about you si...

I'm not hung up on it. I hadn't thought about it at all until I saw this thread and noticed the irony. I attempted to show that you did, in fact, scre...

You may recall or have realized by now that I've chosen to largely ignore you, darth, but I can't help but comment on this thread. In our last PM conv...

"The Thinking Atheist." Mhmm. Do they also have any bridges to sell?

Askphil, especially the modship, is largely composed of belligerent left wing cranks (which sounds familiar...), so I always take what they say about ...