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ret5hd

(20,499 posts) Thu Dec 7, 2017, 03:35 PM Dec 2017

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Remember how many here were ridiculed during the election for using "purity tests"???

Oh my, how the landscape has shifted!

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Remember how many here were ridiculed during the election for using "purity tests"??? (Original Post) ret5hd Dec 2017 OP

Divisive much? bettyellen Dec 2017 #1

Where is the "shift" in this divide arising from? ret5hd Dec 2017 #3

Sexual harassment is different than minor policy disagreements mythology Dec 2017 #2

You mean the accusations that started with this person? : ret5hd Dec 2017 #4

Bias often forces us to remember narratives in such a way as to validate that bias. LanternWaste Dec 2017 #5

Would it be possible to write a complete thought? MGKrebs Dec 2017 #6

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

1. Divisive much?

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 03:38 PM

Dec 2017

Last edited Thu Dec 7, 2017, 07:50 PM - Edit history (1)

We see you.

ret5hd

(20,499 posts)

3. Where is the "shift" in this divide arising from?

Reply to bettyellen (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 03:39 PM

Dec 2017

The way I see it is those now asking for "purity" have shifted.

mythology

(9,527 posts)

2. Sexual harassment is different than minor policy disagreements

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 03:39 PM

Dec 2017

ret5hd

(20,499 posts)

4. You mean the accusations that started with this person? :

Reply to mythology (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 03:42 PM

Dec 2017

https://twitter.com/search?q=%20‘donaldtrumpjr’%20from%3Aleeanntweeden%20&src=typd&lang=en&lang=en

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. You will have to copy/paste the entire link.

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

5. Bias often forces us to remember narratives in such a way as to validate that bias.

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 03:53 PM

Dec 2017

Bias often forces us to remember narratives in such a way as to validate that bias.

Mission accomplished, I s'pose. Good luck to you and your bias...

MGKrebs

(8,138 posts)

6. Would it be possible to write a complete thought?

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 03:58 PM

Dec 2017

I might be interested but I don't know what point you are trying to make.

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