Mariner30 wrote:

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Probably when the moron is gone. No one makes ya read posts with Trump in the heading...unless you want to of course.

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 Pity he has gone,as now our friends in China will have free rein to bring the free world to its knees An example is the fishing port to be built in PNG,which will give them free rein to take any fish they want from Australian waters.No Cheers.

Its called satire folks, certainly relevant at the present time.

Thanks Bob, hilarious.

Trust everyone had an enjoyable Christmas day, we certainly did.

bgt,

I think the shift to Biden in America was a reversal of the prior move to the right with the election of Trump. Whether that is reflected by further swings back to Socialist government elsewhere is yet to be seen. The original swing to Trump did see similar moves in Great Britain and Australia, albeit with more reasonable leaders, so we will need to watch over the coming couple of years whether there is a general move back towards the centre or left of politics.

As for the name calling of Trump, he is/was a perfect example of your position, that name calling starts when you have nothing to base your argument on. It was his go to position to enthuse his support base at conventions, and to denigrate opposition when he had no legitimate answer.

My thoughts on him are he had a reasonable concept, ie make your country great, but that was merely a catchy concept to make people vote for him. He never really had a plan to achieve that other than to benefit himself and his big supporters.

In the end he is a clever politician (which he would deny, as he doesnt consider himself a politician), but I find him to be a very poor example of a man.

Just my thoughts, and others are entitled to theirs.

This is saying it all

Bobdown wrote:

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Poor old Trump, everyone wants to make a joke of him...........

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Trying to work out what the last couple of posts have to do with the topic in the original post.

bgt wrote:

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Folks I don't really care if you are of the left or the right. I don't care if you don't like someone. I do care that we can all have differing opinions. I do care that a debate is cheapened by name calling. Have your opinion. Debate facts. But leave the name calling to the kids in the sand pit.

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I tend to agree, though the term was not used in reference to anyone posting in this thread, so no personal insult was directed toward a Grey Nomad forum member.

I'm sure Trump is not a moron, however no one can deny he is an egocentric, manipulative buffoon.

Everything he does is obviously meant to further his own cause.

Have a look at this report from Chris Cuomo CNN.

bgt wrote:

 I do care that a debate is cheapened by name calling. 

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You are upset that l called trump a moron.

That's hilarious.

Considering that trump has been calling anyone that disagrees with him or is on the other team or tell him he lost far, far  worse than that.

He has been doing it for years.

Funny you can't see that.

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It is possible to express an opinion without being offensive and making absurd accusations.

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 It certainly is.

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TheHeaths wrote:

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I thought the forum title was I Digress? Seems it digressed.

I see others decided to keep calling those whose opinions digress from theirs, names.

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It may well be called I Digress, I guess if you choose to chuck in a post about the last winner of the Melbourne Cup you can, however in the interest of continuity,  I'm sure most people can see the logic of adhering to a thread topic, common sense! doesn't call for a lot of thought.

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 I thought the posts did in general stick to Trump as the thread topic, even if a bit away from his leaving the Whitehouse. But that is the type of person he is, creating a wide variety of reactions and comment, and eliciting strong emotions. I see this thread digressing no more or less than most threads here. Certainly at this stage it is more civil than many.

The comment about logic and commonsense, however, was unnecessary.