Board 8 > POLL: Will the dems nominate hillary again in 2020?

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Let's see evidence to the contrary.
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Well burden of proof is on you so go ahead.
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No, it's not. If you say the sky is black, as you are, it's not me who has to prove it's not black.
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I mean, you're the one who claimed the sky was black in this scenario, so as I said, go ahead.
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I mean, I pointed out the obvious, and you rejected it. Another analogy: I said you fall down if you walk off a cliff, you said you can keep walking on thin air. :)

That's a pretty good summary of your ideology, actually.
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Burden of proof is still on you in that case? Why do you think we have the theory of gravity instead of the theory of god-it's-so-obvious-just-take-my-word-for-it?
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Except my claim is empirically verified, yours isn't. You cannot show evidence for your claim, therefore it is discarded.

Next.
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If your claim is empirically verified, then why cant you provide evidence? Seems like it should be easy.
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Vlado posted...

Yes, I will empathise with my family, friends, and my people above anyone else. That's how humanity has ALWAYS been. Problem?

depends. it becomes a problem when you can't come up with the slightest bit of empathy for people who aren't your family or friends (this applies to the majority of republicans).
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Vlado posted...

Except my claim is empirically verified

Prove it.

Vlado posted...

You cannot show evidence for your claim

What claim?
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

Vlado posted...

Yes, I will empathise with my family, friends, and my people above anyone else. That's how humanity has ALWAYS been. Problem?

depends. it becomes a problem when you can't come up with the slightest bit of empathy for people who aren't your family or friends (this applies to the majority of republicans).

Oh really? I am certainly not like that. And since the average Republican is less to the right than I am, I am sure most of them aren't, either.

But when it comes to your family/friends/people against an outsider, of course we'll usually side with our own.
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Family and friends? Sure.

After that everyone else is equal to me, no matter who you are or where you're from. Why should I feel any different a connection to random dude from Texas vs random dude from Germany?
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Vlado posted...

Oh really? I am certainly not like that.

well, i did say "the majority." i'm not saying 100% of republicans lack empathy.

but "fuck you i got mine" isn't a thing people say to describe republicans for nothing.
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Vlado posted...

after you've interacted so much with me and you know my strong views on family

I know your strong views on a lot of things which you constantly disprove with your actions and words. I know you think you can define yourself as moral by repeating nice platitudes to yourself, but to everyone else, you are defined by your actions and words.
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

but "fuck you i got mine" isn't a thing people say to describe republicans for nothing.

projection is the main reason
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