analysis of BRTD

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The only thing I find weird about BRTD is that he loves or hates states and counties based on whether or not they voted for Obama.  He seems to disregard other factors in those states and counties.

Yet, since he hates the Catholic Church, he throws that logic out the window and completely ignores that the majority of Catholics voted for Obama and the majority of Protestants voted for McCain.

Let's just have some consistency here.

I think he would argue there are different kinds of Protestants: the good ones who probably voted Obama, and the Evangelicals who obviously voted for McCain.

Regardless, he doesn't make exceptions for certain counties in Hilllary or McCain states, or certain precincts in Hillary or McCain counties, so it's not consistent for him to start splitting liberal Protestants and conservative Protestants...might as well look at liberal Catholics and conservative Catholics as well.

The difference is that the Catholic church has a centralized heirarchy that all churches are expected to follow, Protestants are anything but unified. You can't really split Catholics because really any liberal Catholic is just ignoring the church and basically being a bad Catholic. But there's hordes of different Protestant groups as different as night and day, so lumping them together is pointless. And the governing system of states is more similar to the Catholic church, even if you're in a liberal county in a conservative state, you're still being ruled by the conservative state government, the Protestant analogy would be a hypothetical non-existant state where most law and governance are set at the county level.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

constine didn't really read what I wrote, yet what he did is fascinating.  he, in decent depth, scanned what I wrote and determined that I was being perhaps more negative on the subject than his image of me would usually project, and therefore, closer to the popular forum mean.  once he saw the words of StatesRights already quoted, the post to him became a no-brainer: re-quote the quote and back out of the thread, keeping tabs on it to see whether or not another post-padding opportunity would arrive.

spot on

No, 100% wrong.

[Rob]

constine didn't really read what I wrote, yet what he did is fascinating.  he, in decent depth, scanned what I wrote and determined that I was being perhaps more negative on the subject than his image of me would usually project, and therefore, closer to the popular forum mean.  once he saw the words of StatesRights already quoted, the post to him became a no-brainer: re-quote the quote and back out of the thread, keeping tabs on it to see whether or not another post-padding opportunity would arrive.

spot on

No, 100% wrong.

re-quote the quote and back out of the thread, keeping tabs on it to see whether or not another post-padding opportunity would arrive.

lol

[Kaine for Senate '18]

So, because I commented again on the thread, that proves Tweed's comment?  Don't be an idiot.

[AkSaber]

So, because I commented again on the thread, that proves Tweed's comment?  Don't be an idiot.

I think it has to do with the fact that you had already rebuffed Tweed's analysis, and then later responded to someone who agreed with him with a three word retort.

[Mechaman]

A bit of a fanatic, but entertaining.

[Rowan]

I think half of what we see is an act.

Only half?

[Beet]

I've always thought that BRTD was "playing", that is, exaggerating his own beliefs for his personal enjoyment. It is similar to when a girl experiences what to me seems like a minor inconvenience and calls it a "crisis". Why not call it a crisis? After all, it is a crisis to her, if not to the world.  It might as well be a crisis. Enjoy and wallow in the fact that there is no 'real' crisis. And so on and son on. Similarly, why should BRTD not express his beliefs in an exaggerated fashion to make up for the fact that most people disagree with him and his opinions are not reality? Why not express it at the visceral level? If it makes him feel better. He only expresses what many people often feel in a more honest fashion. I mean, he takes a lot of heat for example, expressing an opinion on a county based on who it voted for, or how many strip clubs it has, or whatever, but the truth of the matter is the entire notion of having an opinion of a county is rather absurd, and if you are going to ask that question, then most people will form opinions based on extremely shallow and idiosyncratic reasons, whether they will admit to it or not.

[??????????]

I wonder how he feels about a Catholic who was loyal to Britain?

[7,052,770]

His hatred of Catholicism is so extreme that I'm almost surprised that his two votes for president (04 and 08) have been for a ticket that included a Catholic over a ticket of two Protestants.

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His hatred of Catholicism is so extreme that I'm almost surprised that his two votes for president (04 and 08) have been for a ticket that included a Catholic over a ticket of two Protestants.

Don't forget that he would have voted Democratic in 1928.

[Хahar 🤔]

constine didn't really read what I wrote, yet what he did is fascinating.  he, in decent depth, scanned what I wrote and determined that I was being perhaps more negative on the subject than his image of me would usually project, and therefore, closer to the popular forum mean.  once he saw the words of StatesRights already quoted, the post to him became a no-brainer: re-quote the quote and back out of the thread, keeping tabs on it to see whether or not another post-padding opportunity would arrive.

spot on

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I wonder how he feels about a Catholic who was loyal to Britain?

No problem with them, not a terrorist. Of course plenty of such people were murdered by the IRA.

His hatred of Catholicism is so extreme that I'm almost surprised that his two votes for president (04 and 08) have been for a ticket that included a Catholic over a ticket of two Protestants.

Uh, because no one actually votes on that type of stuff? If that was all I cared about I should LOVE Tim Pawlenty for being an ex-Catholic Lutheran (Much like my former Congressman Tim Walz I should note) and Phil should hate him. Clearly not the case.

His hatred of Catholicism is so extreme that I'm almost surprised that his two votes for president (04 and 08) have been for a ticket that included a Catholic over a ticket of two Protestants.

Don't forget that he would have voted Democratic in 1928.

Actually both candidates that year were pretty awful for reasons that had nothing to do with religion. I would've still voted for Smith though because of Prohibition.

[War on Want]

OK now that I finally figured out the OP, here are some things I have changed my mind on (age when I did in parantheses):

Emo (16)
Christianity (18)
Hugo Chavez (23)
opebo (20)
Hillary Clinton (25)
Straha (23)

What was your opinion of emo when you were 16?

[Mint]

This is fun. Do me.

[YRABNNRM]

I like that Tweed went to college and all of the sudden is an "intellectual."

[War on Want]

This is fun. Do me.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

OK now that I finally figured out the OP, here are some things I have changed my mind on (age when I did in parantheses):

Emo (16)
Christianity (18)
Hugo Chavez (23)
opebo (20)
Hillary Clinton (25)
Straha (23)

What was your opinion of emo when you were 16?

When I first heard it I thought it was mostly just noise and couldn't stand the vocals.

[Хahar 🤔]

This is fun. Do me.

Attention whores.

[ilikeverin]

This is fun. Do me.

Attention whores.

You're the one who bumped up the astrology thread from oblivion

[Frodo]

This is fun. Do me.

[Eraserhead]

This is fun. Do me.

You were done already.

[RI]

This is fun. Do me.

You were done already.

Frodo is not Ben.

[King]

People who are begging to be analyzed have security issues if they need a third party to tell them who they are.

[The Mikado]

This is fun. Do me.

You were done already.

Frodo is not Ben.

Whatever, Alcon.