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Originally Posted by pan6467
I know exactly what you are saying, I just do not agree with it. It is far more gracious and less hypocritical to just shake your head and walk away when they spout what ever they want.
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Pan...IMO, the recent Republican hypocrisy is just one element of a larger, well conceived, misinformation campaign.
When you walk away from lies and misrepresentations that are not just honest differences of opinion, you enable them to be perpetuated.
One only need look at the
Obama's Seven Broken Campaign Promises thread. A right wing attack page, completely false or at the very least, a gross misrepresentation of the facts, makes its way here (and probably dozens of political discussion boards) with the hope of the person who created it initially of spreading it further.
Do you believe the best response is to ignore it and walk away? I dont see how you separate the hypocrisy from the other bullshit.
How does being "more gracious" contribute to honest discourse?