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ExaltedPunt

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    Comment #44350964

    > I'm doing that "routine" because it's what I've been seeing time and time again over the last years. I keep seeing lines drawn in the sand, those lines being stepped over, and ev…

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    Comment #44350892

    It is pretty easy to spot botted accounts both on YouTube and Twitter. I generally try to judge the sentiment and the momentum. I will admit I am a bit of a politico, I see myself …

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    Comment #44350781

    > No, I am not "tone policing". I am talking about deliberate nuance. You were careful to reject endorsing George Galloway - not just once, but again even stronger the second time.…

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    Comment #44349082

    > Again: I do genuinely hope that you're correct. I don't believe you. You went for the old "they are all brainwashed" routine, specifically after I complained about people doing t…

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    Comment #44349034

    I don't trust YouGov polls. A few years ago everyone of their polls on English Politics came out at 71% vs 29%, which means they were sampling the same people repeatedly. Also his …

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    Comment #44348504

    This is literally the sort of response I was complaining about. Trump's base have been consistently against wars in the middle-east and him being too close to Israel has been a con…

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    Comment #44345933

    > People with morals don't sing the praises of other people for immorally executing well, rather they view it as an unfortunate failing. And "genius" is solidly in the territory of…

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    Comment #44343076

    > Trump wasn't against war, as demonstrated by his calling Putin's aggression "genius" I think I know what statement you are referring to and it wasn't an endorsement of war. Recog…

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    Comment #44342969

    Osama Bin Laden could have turned up outside the White house to hand himself in and they still would have gone into Afghanistan and Iraq. 9/11 was used as an excuse to for these re…

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    Comment #44342935

    One of the things he was good on was being generally more against wars than other US presidents. That unfortunately is no longer true.

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    Comment #44342927

    A large portion of Trump's base are very unhappy about bombing Iran and are very critical of any comments that are pro-war in general. I see it in a lot of comments sections and so…