Amanda Hughes37 said:I get his logic... he thinks Trump is a joke, yet he isn't even particularly outraged by the Democrats—I’m not even sure he buys everything they do, but basically, he views them as the "good guys" regardless of how things shake out.
And then he gets annoyed when nobody is dropping dead from shock over the attacks on Trump.
But we aren't falling unconscious—just like we don't fall unconscious every time some nonsense breaks out on the political stage or in the news.
He’s spent more energy obsessing over Trump than actually looking at what’s going on in Zambia.
I just think people went overboard cheering for the Democrats this time around—everyone lost their compass because they're being asked to do something they were never asked to do before... wait for the verdict.
For God's sake, where would we be if we always waited for verdicts? Besides, since when has a court ruling ever stopped someone from trashing a person or a politician, no matter what the judge eventually decides?
Katherine, look, I've been on this forum for twenty years. You've been here a bit less, and we know each other pretty well. Am I seriously having to explain to you after all this time that condemning Trumpian behavior isn't the same thing as supporting human trafficking? Isn't the whole situation regarding the questionable adoption of children from the Congo problematic enough on its own, without Trump's nonsense? Do we really need to attack sexual minorities just to argue that the situation is bad?
Trump is potentially evil. Luckily, in his vanity and narcissism, he doesn't try to hide it. One day he'll go off on chemtrails, the next on the Masons, then quack doctors, then transgender people, then something else entirely. He usually ends up looking ridiculous, but every now and then he actually causes harm because he drags along idiots who are just itching to pick fights with various minorities. Bujanec has already jumped on that bandwagon. So has Fox News.
You don't need that loser, nor do you need the likes of Bujančev or Markićnik, acting as useful idiots to argue that the story from the Congo needs to be sorted out. There is plenty of material to work with even without them.
And those users who say they find Trump disgusting—either bluntly like me, or more subtly—they aren't saying it because they're traffickers in waiting. They say it because they genuinely can't stand the guy.
Any user is allowed to have an opinion on any public figure. You're even allowed a curse word or two here; that was settled long ago, no matter how much NoDirectionHome fumes about it. By the way, it's an interesting take to suggest it's somehow dirtier to write a swear word on a forum than it is to target sexual minorities in places where it could actually ruin their lives.
What you can't do, however, is slap a label on a user just because they hold a certain view on a public figure. That protection applies to both the regular users and the moderators.
Anyway, Katherine, have it your way.