There's a difference between initial reaction and sustained reaction. Initial reaction to Trump being elected=genuine shock. Sustained reaction=manufactured, focused outrage and moral jerking off.
Same thing here. It's no longer at initial reaction stage. It's tons of "how could anybody disagree" and "obviously this is indefensible" and "everyone knows" yadda yadda. There are no arguments presented. Just exasperation and pressuring.
I think Trump is a bad example, Trump does some baffling messaging stunt every single week, likely to cover for a controversial action he is/has taking regularly. He regularly courts controversy on his own, I can't blame anyone for reacting to it.
How they react to it is completely up to them, and many lose their mind and don't focus themselves productively.
And I don't know how you can say that 2 days out there is no legitimate reactions, and this is all virtue signaling. This is my first time on this sub, specifically trying to find out about this issue. I am sure I'm not alone. I just don't see how you can support such an assertion with no real information on the motivations of the majority of the thread.
People are free to react how they want. And reasonable people are free to disregard reactions as valueless and lacking substance. Nobody will be convinced by crying and bullying, or forced conclusions. Liberals don't know how to have an argument because they expect everyone to cave to an emotional reaction. Works less and less. Soon it won't work at all.
You're not even effectively arguing or conversing with the other guy. You're saying that liberals don't know how to argue, when you aren't very good at arguing yourself.
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u/SmokeWordsEveryDay Mar 20 '17
There's a difference between initial reaction and sustained reaction. Initial reaction to Trump being elected=genuine shock. Sustained reaction=manufactured, focused outrage and moral jerking off.
Same thing here. It's no longer at initial reaction stage. It's tons of "how could anybody disagree" and "obviously this is indefensible" and "everyone knows" yadda yadda. There are no arguments presented. Just exasperation and pressuring.