Poll of the Day > Why was anti-bush tv and film so much less abrasive than anti-trump tv and film?

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Philoktetes
09/10/19 7:19:10 AM
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so much for the tolerant left
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FinalFantasyVII
09/10/19 7:39:52 AM
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*wakes up*
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starslight
09/10/19 7:40:35 AM
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Were dudes marching with torches chanting 'Jews will not replace us' during the Bush years? While both Bush and Obama did horrible things (starting the Iraq war under false pretenses; using drones to massacre people attending weddings), they didn't fire up the worst elements of humanity like Trump has.

Trump's constantly dishing out fiery rhetoric, people who disagree want to fire back. Should people have been more angry when previous presidents were enacting terrible policies? Of course. But Trump certainly has a unique talent for keeping the conversation on him at all times.
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Philoktetes
09/10/19 7:40:42 AM
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ive had my coffee now and i feel great

sure you can go through

are you in a hurry?
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Korruptor
09/10/19 7:47:02 AM
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because people were less stupid back then and I mean people from BOTH sides of the poli-spectrum
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PK_Spam
09/10/19 7:50:44 AM
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Shifts in cultural trends gave us a president whos openly racist and stokes conservative fears about brown men taking away their white women.

Its not that TV is anymore hostile towards presidents now (Obama-era had people like chuck Norris paying for ads where he talked about how Obama was the antichrist and would lead the world to 100 years of darkness or some such nonsense) its that most people dont like the idea of our highest government figure being a dickhead
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Philoktetes
09/10/19 7:53:14 AM
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donald trump isn't racist
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starslight
09/10/19 8:22:00 AM
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Philoktetes posted...
donald trump isn't racist


Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. But he says racist things, has emboldened racists in Charlottesville and elsewhere, and has a history of discriminatory actions against people of color going back to the 1970's.
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Blighboy
09/10/19 9:04:29 AM
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Obama emboldened marxists extremists and stoked the idea of a race war, giving dems an entitled and antidemocratic attitude that is manifesting itself through criticism of Trump and his weather powers.
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OhhhJa
09/10/19 9:58:40 AM
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starslight posted...
using drones to massacre people attending weddings


starslight posted...
they didn't fire up the worst elements of humanity like Trump has.

Ffs the cognitive dissonance on the left is astounding.

"I know like obama and bush massacred innocent people and stuff but whatever dude.... trump said a mean thing!"
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Bugmeat
09/10/19 10:02:01 AM
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Once previous boundaries have been pushed and the new boundaries have been set the next group has to take their turn pushing boundaries. Each generation has to be a little more extreme than the one before it for them to feel like they are different and being noticed.


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JoeDangIt
09/10/19 10:40:27 AM
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Even pro Trump tv is abrasive, that's just what happens when you have an abrasive president.
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OhhhJa
09/10/19 10:48:54 AM
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JoeDangIt posted...
Even pro Trump tv is abrasive, that's just what happens when you have an abrasive president.

Or when his opposition is incredibly abrasive. It's the most vitriolic, aggressive opposition to any political figure I've ever personally witnessed by a mile amd that sort of thing creates a reactionary response
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adjl
09/10/19 11:08:23 AM
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Because Bush was less abrasive than Trump.
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Hop103
09/10/19 12:16:48 PM
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It was made with good intentions by good people who hated Bush. There are hardly any good people in Hollywood who hate Trump, you can find good people who hate Trump irl and on YT (a handful of the IDW types are good people who hate Trump), but finding people who are good people and hate Trump in Hollywood is rare.
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Blighboy
09/10/19 12:44:53 PM
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OhhhJa posted...
JoeDangIt posted...
Even pro Trump tv is abrasive, that's just what happens when you have an abrasive president.

Or when his opposition is incredibly abrasive. It's the most vitriolic, aggressive opposition to any political figure I've ever personally witnessed by a mile amd that sort of thing creates a reactionary response

Weird how the response is never any good though
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starslight
09/10/19 4:12:06 PM
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OhhhJa posted...
starslight posted...
using drones to massacre people attending weddings


starslight posted...
they didn't fire up the worst elements of humanity like Trump has.

Ffs the cognitive dissonance on the left is astounding.

"I know like obama and bush massacred innocent people and stuff but whatever dude.... trump said a mean thing!"


Good job omitting the part of my post that addressed that exact criticism!

Here it is again, person totally arguing in good faith:

Should people have been more angry when previous presidents were enacting terrible policies? Of course. But Trump certainly has a unique talent for keeping the conversation on him at all times.

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Yellow
09/10/19 4:29:00 PM
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Philoktetes posted...
Why was anti-bush tv and film so much less abrasive than anti-trump tv and film?

so much for the tolerant left

What the fuck are you on?

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Oh.
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zebatov
09/10/19 4:40:10 PM
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FinalFantasyVII posted...
*wakes up*
Phil: Time to make coffee and complain about libs

Haha
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FrndNhbrHdCEman
09/10/19 4:58:28 PM
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Yellow posted...
Philoktetes posted...
Why was anti-bush tv and film so much less abrasive than anti-trump tv and film?

so much for the tolerant left

What the fuck are you on?

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Oh.

For real.
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Zareth
09/10/19 6:21:03 PM
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Bush was dumb.
Trump is dumber and worse in pretty much every other way possible.
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DeathMagnetic80
09/10/19 6:31:35 PM
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Bush despite everything still seemed likable and presidential when he needed to be. Trump is an unrepentant dick like, 24/7 and overall incompetent at the job. We put a freaking Twitter troll in the oval office for fuck sake.
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