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[Isaac]

Problem is, neither side wants to admit they have been played

I've been intentionally exercising my Honesty muscles recently by admitting that I'm more disallusioned with Trump than I used to be - i.e, the gist of saying "I was wrong" to a certain degree. I go by percentages, so if I used to be 95% supporting of Trump, I"m down to about 56%.
You won't get that kind of honesty from most Maga's. If I do say so myself! [pats self on back]

 

[NauticalGent]

That explains the reason for your lack of information about Charlie Kirk. But nevertheless, the evidence is in AB's post, waiting to be seen.

I am really enjoying all the wailing and gnashing of teeth of the people who lost their jobs due to their remarks on Social Media.

Watching cancel culture being practiced on those who invented it is very satisfying.

 

[Isaac]

I was reading today some comments in the Guardian about how X became full of fascist comments as soon as Elon Musk took it over. Yet all I saw was the previously suppressed conservatives being able to now voice their opinion. Or in other words, if you have conservative values, you are by default a fascist. How on earth do you bridge that divide with reason?

The whole facscism thing as far as I can tell is based on the masses of unsuccessful people (%-wise, mostly unsuccessful b/c of their own series of personal mistakes or poor decisions - Including Myself during many times in my life when I was struggling, it was rarely anyone else's fault) - just falling into what those people naturally always do - want to blame someone else. So the tendency is to blame the rich for the condition of the poor. It's human nature. And has about as much to do with reality as a chocolate fireman.

That's it. That's the sum of the whole "fascist" complaint. Struggling people complaining that it's the rich people's fault.

And this isn't to say I don't have compassion for people - heck, people had compassion for me when I struggled, and I'm glad for it. But it doesn't change the WHY or the HOW - the Why they say that, and the How to get better. It still is what is is.

 

[AngelSpeaks]

I am really enjoying all the wailing and gnashing of teeth of the people who lost their jobs due to their remarks on Social Media.

Watching cancel culture being practiced on those who invented it is very satisfying.

Once again, something the left started to get at the right bites them on the arss!

 

[NauticalGent]

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I am really enjoying all the wailing and gnashing of teeth of the people who lost their jobs due to their remarks on Social Media.

Watching cancel culture being practiced on those who invented it is very satisfying.

Once again, something the left started to get at the right bites them on the arss!

Then there is that old adage, "What goes around comes around." And there is the older Biblical adage, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Gosh, I guess the leftists didn't read the Bible for advice.

 

[Jon]

I've been intentionally exercising my Honesty muscles recently by admitting that I'm more disallusioned with Trump than I used to be - i.e, the gist of saying "I was wrong" to a certain degree. I go by percentages, so if I used to be 95% supporting of Trump, I"m down to about 56%.
You won't get that kind of honesty from most Maga's. If I do say so myself! [pats self on back]

That is exactly how I think too. Percentage confidence in my belief.

 

[BlueSpruce]

I've been intentionally exercising my Honesty muscles recently by admitting that I'm more disallusioned with Trump than I used to be - i.e, the gist of saying "I was wrong" to a certain degree. I go by percentages, so if I used to be 95% supporting of Trump, I"m down to about 56%.
You won't get that kind of honesty from most Maga's. If I do say so myself! [pats self on back]

I tend to deal more in absolutes. I am either all in, or totally out, like the Starwars Sith

 

[Pat Hartman]

How on earth do you bridge that divide with reason?

It's like they've all drunk the cool aid. There is nothing rational in the way they think. That is why they can never win an argument based on logic or facts since they have none and are forced to sink to meaningless name calling. It is especially amusing when you understand they can never be on the same side of any argument as the evil orange man. So people who yesterday were for law and order, today always take the side of the criminal. Yesterday they were for closed borders but today they're sending planes to import criminals.

 

[Pat Hartman]

I vote for the Libertarian party,

Libertarians won't get any traction until they start wining local races.

 

[BlueSpruce]

I never open any videos or click on any links in any forum or text or email. I trust no-one, especially if they are foreign.
Col

Beware of accidentally clicking on any of the google ads scattered all over AWF posts. All hell broke loose and I was unable to login to AWF until I rebooted.

 

[BlueSpruce]

I'm so fed up with all the rhetoric gobbledygook. I have better things to do with my time and energy than paying attention to all the gibberish.

 

[ColinEssex]

Beware of accidentally clicking on any of the google ads scattered all over AWF posts. All hell broke loose and I was unable to login to AWF until I rebooted.

I never click on any of the dozens of ads we get here now. (Never used to get them) I reckon someone somewhere along the line is making a mint out of these horrid adverts, they totally spoil what was a good forum. Still, that's progress I suppose, no thought for the end user.
Col

 

[BlueSpruce]

I never click on any of the dozens of ads we get here now. (Never used to get them) I reckon someone somewhere along the line is making a mint out of these horrid adverts, they totally spoil what was a good forum. Still, that's progress I suppose, no thought for the end user.
Col

On mobile devices, like my iPhone, I have seen ads suddenly move within AWF posts and if you're not careful when sliding your finger to scroll up/down a thread, you will open the ad's link, and the screen freezes when pressing the back arrow to return to the thread. I enabled my VPN's AdBlocker, but AWF didn't properly function.

 

[AccessBlaster]

Live a little, click a link ️

 

[Isaac]

I tend to deal more in absolutes. I am either all in, or totally out, like the Starwars Sith

On issues I can see being like that. People? Heck no. They all have some good and some bad.
I've learned not to be too rah-rah about a particular person, their bad side will come out eventually, then I'll have egg on my face

 

[Cotswold]

I see that Prince Harry of Montichito is trying to wheedle his way back in. Presumably it is due to Megan's nagging because they've run out of material with Netflix. Or maybe divorce is around the corner? The marriage has already lasted longer that I thought it would. Megan probably never tried so much in an audition as she did in the one to get into the Royal Family via Harry.

Mind you Harry always likes to dress up and he can't do any of that in the USA. He can only wear his suit, no uniforms to show off in. We've just had a few events and WWII anniversaries. So maybe seeing them on TV and him sat there in Montichito without anything to do could have been depressing. What a shame....... but as they say made his bed so he has to lie on it.
We in Britain don't want the Prince and/or Princess of Montichito back at all. He isn't 'Spare' as he claimed, he's superfluous to requirements.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

He isn't 'Spare' as he claimed, he's superfluous to requirements.

While I'm CERTAINLY not advocating that Harry and Meghan return to England to stay, family rifts are always sad. Further, whether you call him 'spare' or 'superfluous' you are demeaning him. His original complaints were about being treated as a second-class prince. I (very sadly) watched my cousin get berated by his father. My uncle compared his own son to me and even though I never once tried to take advantage of that, my cousin was lost to me, pretty much forever. He died a while back and I never got the chance to meet his wife. It was ugly and painful. I was the guy who was the reference standard and it made ME feel bad for my cousin. I can't imagine how badly betrayed Harry feels.

 

[BlueSpruce]

While I'm CERTAINLY not advocating that Harry and Meghan return to England to stay, family rifts are always sad. Further, whether you call him 'spare' or 'superfluous' you are demeaning him. His original complaints were about being treated as a second-class prince. I (very sadly) watched my cousin get berated by his father. My uncle compared his own son to me and even though I never once tried to take advantage of that, my cousin was lost to me, pretty much forever. He died a while back and I never got the chance to meet his wife. It was ugly and painful. I was the guy who was the reference standard and it made ME feel bad for my cousin. I can't imagine how badly betrayed Harry feels.

Harry's pain goes deeper than that. There's resentment from his Father's rejection of Harry's dead Mother, objection of Harry's marriage to Meghan, and other stuff we kno and don't know about. I would most likely be more rebellious than Harry if I experienced what he has been through. Has humanity lost all compassion? It's not healthy to live that way.

 

[Cotswold]

The views and understanding of the Royal Family in the USA is certainly at odds with opinion in Britain.
The way it is seen in England is that Harry, along with all Royals are/were treated very well and living the life of a man of means. The Royals lack for nothing and live cosseted and exclusive lives of entitlement, with basically every demand appeased.

Harry didn't appear to have any problem with the Royal Family until Megan appeared and took control of him. Maybe he was consumed in avarice towards William due to his entitlement to the throne? If so it was totally pointless, timewasting an he will have been counselled against that anyway.

Megan it is thought, imagined herself as becoming the second Diana. But you cannot demand, or expect respect without earning it. Well not in England. Anyway, was she not an obsessive Royal fan before meeting Harry? Her position in the Royal hierarchy was much lower than she thought it would be and that didn't go down well apparently. We understand there were unnecessary attacks on Royal staff, with some resigning. Megan allegedly had/has a problem curtsying to other Royals. Her sister in law particularly so. And allegedly to even the Queen herself, as shown in Megan's sarcastic demonstration. If Harry has a problem, it is his problem and for him to fix it. Maybe we have to wait for his lightbulb moment?

It is thought here that the Royals have been reticent in speaking to the Markle's due to their tendency to repeat conversations, not always correctly. In fact it is considered that repeating a private conversation with a senior Royal is something you simply do not do. Plus, the Markle's tend to drag Netflix cameras and microphones around with them. The result is their reluctance in discussing important matters with the Markle's. The Royals will not enter into public conflict with any of the "he said, she said" Markle nonsense. In fact the nearest to giving an opinion publicly, was when the Queen was asked about some of Megan's outbursts. Her simple put-down response was: "Recollections vary."
The Royals cannot and will not kowtow to Megan's demands. Over centuries they have learned to cope with this type imagined entitlement. A few hundred years ago she'd have ended up in the Tower for less. I'll go with the Duke of Edinburgh's assessment of Megan.