It’s no different now than it ever has been

It’s no different now than it ever has been
by sprack (2023-12-28 16:35:53)
Edited on 2023-12-28 16:41:11

In reply to: You're a relatively normal person posted by El Kabong

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I'm not being fatalistic, I am noting that in my opinion the - Grace91 2023-12-28 17:43:18
It was a heck of a lot easier to get away with things - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 16:48:37
- I really think people have a rose-colored view of past - sprack 2023-12-28 16:52:28
  - The press was complicit in concealing FDR being - Nyirish08 2023-12-28 17:07:46
    - That was more of an abnormal period than our present one - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 17:21:34
      - Exactly. People might want to read about the 1884 election - sprack 2023-12-28 17:28:40
        we still didn't have social media * - ravenium 2023-12-29 00:55:03
        I think the trends in officehilder quality - AquinasDomer 2023-12-29 10:43:10
    - So only bad people run for office now? - sprack 2023-12-28 17:11:18
      - No. But you have to be willfully obtuse to not know - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 19:24:04
        Again I refer you to the 1884 election - sprack 2023-12-28 19:50:10
        I'm aware of the 1884 election - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 20:15:45
        Prior to the 20th century - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 19:30:39
        People died in an election fight in Philly - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 19:53:48
  - I don't believe that is true * - El Kabong 2023-12-28 16:55:17
  - No one here is making that argument. Try again. * - krudler 2023-12-28 16:53:49
During Abe Lincoln's time we had cameras listening to - krudler 2023-12-28 16:43:32
- You don’t think anyone was listening to every word - sprack 2023-12-28 16:46:34
  - Great response that didn't address a single thing I said. - krudler 2023-12-28 16:50:23
  - Did Tad Lincoln have people hassling him? * - El Kabong 2023-12-28 16:49:31
    - Tad Lincoln was 7 years old in 1860 - sprack 2023-12-28 16:56:56
      - Barron Trump was attacked by multiple people in the - krudler 2023-12-28 17:00:05
      - Seriously? - El Kabong 2023-12-28 16:59:34
        It really wasn’t that bad - sprack 2023-12-28 17:00:59
        Chelsea was horribly mocked on national tv for her - krudler 2023-12-28 17:04:55
        What, so only bad people want to expose their - sprack 2023-12-28 17:09:08
        What are you talking about? Your arguments are all over - krudler 2023-12-28 17:14:24
        Here’s a simple answer for you, then - sprack 2023-12-28 17:17:53
        Well now I need a safe space! * - krudler 2023-12-28 17:19:30
        In your opinion - El Kabong 2023-12-28 17:01:49
        I think it is 100 percent relevant - sprack 2023-12-28 17:07:01
I just read the book Founding Partisans - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 16:40:43
Sorry, Abe didn't have to deal with 24/7 news & social media - ndgenius 2023-12-28 16:40:26
- The partisan press before 1900 - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 16:58:04
  - Was everybody a member of the press? - El Kabong 2023-12-28 17:00:43
    - What the hell difference does that make? - sprack 2023-12-28 17:15:46
      - So what you're saying here... - El Kabong 2023-12-29 12:45:02
- I really think you need to read a book on it - sprack 2023-12-28 16:42:44
  - Was the local school board attacked daily? How about the - ndgenius 2023-12-28 16:52:07
  - The original design assumed that distance and time - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 16:50:40
  - Was it 24/7 and inescapable? - El Kabong 2023-12-28 16:48:38
    - I don’t agree with that last part - sprack 2023-12-28 17:32:51