No-body, and especially me, is making any excuses for either lawlessness or political gain. I defend peaceful protest and condemn violence.

You cannot manipulate facts. You can be selective in which facts you use, and how you present them. You can spin a story to paint a picture which suits an agenda. Those things happen and always have.

That a large section of the media criticised Trump from the outset is undoubtedly true. There is though a very simple reason for that. He was always unfit to hold that office and deserved every negative word that was said. Of course he was given a hard time. Anyone as bad as him would get the same treatment.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Being negatively regarded by a person like yourself is exactly where I wish to be.

As for your suggestion that I haven't answered these questions, there are plenty of posters I've had discussions with on the board regarding these matters.

No doubt they will regard your comments on that with bemusement as my views have been plainly made.

However, a bad faith poster doesn't care for accuracy and that's a feature of your posts.

Please feel free to stop posting at me. I genuinely restrict my responses to you as I know it will only result in continual negativity between us. If it were true that you actually want to debate issues then there are other posters who are more willing to debate with you.

Though I regard it as pointless due to your dishonest nature.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I don't regard you negatively so much as irrelevant in today's world. Your views are well past their use-by date and just an echo of another age.

I don't doubt for a moment that you think you have answered the questions but the truth is that repeating assertions by dressing them in new clothes are not explanations. No doubt those in your camp will not question the assertions, as they make similar claims, whilst those who don't, won't.

I will, as always, decide for myself which posts I respond to. I ignore many when they just repeat the same old prejudices to the same old audience. If it pleases me to comment, then I will.

Those other posters who are able to engage more objectively than yourself will certainly though continue to receive more attention as sometimes there can be an unexpected meeting of minds. And humour, which is very welcome at the moment. Neither humour nor any meeting of minds is ever present in your posts to me. I cannot recall one in which you weren't insulting in some way.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

The place in america where jiminez said anti white propaganda was happening. You said it wasnt or it looked like you thought so.

He referred to a specific group throwing out insults in New York whereas the suggestion was that "anti-white propaganda" was usual in schools and, by inference, in society as a whole. I don't think the two are in any way similar. The first is just evidence of small groups of people holding extreme/weird views, which is hardly that surprising as there are plenty of examples. The other indicates a more widespread issue.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Amped up identity politics of all shades turn most people of all races off. This received media attention on account that it's viewed as such. 'Progressive' to the point of extremely regressive. Both those bothering parents with this insulting 'whiteness' nonsense, and their mirror image, the racial inadequates head counting non-whites at every turn and using this stuff as a recruitment tool for their own warped take on race are equally boring and misguided. They both fall foul of 'pick your own reality' social media bubbles that normalise their ridiculous behaviour and replace the kinds of relationships and compromises that exist within the lives of normal people.

Ultimately anyone, black or white, who views their race as the most important aspect of who they are has learned very little about life or people and will inevitably attempt to coerce others into the same pathetically weak and divisive outlook they themselves fell victim to.

Edited by BlueJay (19 Feb 2021 2.46am)