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Let's talk about George

ahhell said:
I guess the real question is, why to some folks on the left really focus on Soros so much. I think some folks just need a villain, but like I said, its not at all different from the way some folks on the left focus so much on the Koch's and to a lesser degree on Adelson.
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I'd argue that there is a significant difference.

The left criticizes the Koch brothers because they support global warming denial. You will not typically see the left suggest the reason why global warming denial is bad is that the Koch's support it. Conversely, if you reference MMfA fact checking the "refutation" of it by those on the right will invariably at some point mention Soros as a reason it should not be trusted.
 
The Big Dog said:
well they admitted it so, thanks.
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No, they didn't.

They admitted to paying Clinton supporters.

A person observed new posts by Clinton supporters.

There is no evidence that the posts the person read were generated by compensated supporters.

Saying they pay supporters is not evidence that the person correctly identified the paid from the unpaid supporters.
 
BobTheCoward said:
No, they didn't.

They admitted to paying Clinton supporters.

A person observed new posts by Clinton supporters.

There is no evidence that the posts the person read were generated by compensated supporters.

Saying they pay supporters is not evidence that the person correctly identified the paid from the unpaid supporters.
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Paying Clinton supporters. Check.
 
BobTheCoward said:
And I'm asking what is the problem with them getting paid. I get you object to that part. I want to know why.
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To be a paid poster and not disclose it is a lie by omission. It's a misrepresentation of who and what you are, and why you're engaging in internet communication. People know to be wary of advertisements. Covert advertising is morally dubious, at best.
 
I see we're already in conspiracy theory land.

However, a lot of the posting right wingers missed the point I was making. Saying the left's criticism of the Koch brothers is the same thing as the rights hatred towards Soros is a false equivalency unless you can point to what it is that is being criticised. If we disregard conspiracy theories like the ones The Big Dog is pushing, what has George Soros done that's so bad?

Or let me put it another way, do American conservatives think working to strenghtening liberal democracy or promoting human and civil rights is a bad thing? 'Cause that's what Soros' organizations are doing.
 
The idea that Soros and Koch are analogous fails on another fundamental level. No one on the left thinks the Koch brothers are behind every single conservative movement or rally. At least I've never run into anyone either in real life or on the web that alleges that.

But then you look at Soros and you see that to conservatives he is behind literally everything the Left does as well as things they only think the Left does. Guy shoots a congressman? Soros! Woman marches? Soros! Protest in some city? Soros! Protests in many cities? Soros! Wait, the massacre was actually a false flag!?! Soros! A meme on facebook says San Francisco just made being a Christian illegal!?! Soros! The Black Panther movie is "programming" kids to see black people as equals!?! Soros! Jimmy Kimmel said something you don't like? Soros wrote the script!

See the difference there?
 
Travis said:
But then you look at Soros and you see that to conservatives he is behind literally everything the Left does as well as things they only think the Left does. Guy shoots a congressman? Soros! Woman marches? Soros! Protest in some city? Soros! Protests in many cities? Soros! Wait, the massacre was actually a false flag!?! Soros! A meme on facebook says San Francisco just made being a Christian illegal!?! Soros! The Black Panther movie is "programming" kids to see black people as equals!?! Soros! Jimmy Kimmel said something you don't like? Soros wrote the script!
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Aw, you're making me miss this guy. lol
 
Some guy on CNN was saying Soros was behind the recent protests by high schoolers following the school shooting in florida. His argument was that kids can't be serious and can't organize things, so this was probably the work of shifty leftists like Soros trying to make it look like kids care about not getting shot.
 
It is well known that teenagers are generally cool with being murdered and will only care about staying alive if manipulative Leftists put the idea in their head.
 
That's one subject where the equivocacy between Soros and the Kochs doesn't really work. Sure, fringe loonies on the internet will look for a scapegoat, but this was a supposedly respectable former Republican Congressman feeding consipracy theories on national TV.

I've never heard left-wing pundits and politicians go on TV and blame some right-wing boogeyman for everything the right does that they don't like. Quite the contrary, most of them appear to go out of their way not to antagonize nationalist protesters a lot of the time.

Their right-wing counterparts, even government officials, appear to be more than willing to do stuff like blame Soros for secretly bribing school kids to make them say they don't like being murdered...
 
kellyb said:
To be a paid poster and not disclose it is a lie by omission. It's a misrepresentation of who and what you are, and why you're engaging in internet communication. People know to be wary of advertisements. Covert advertising is morally dubious, at best.
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But they haven't misrepresented who they are.

If I were a Patriots fan on a forum,. And Robert Kraft paid me to start a blog about the Patriots, I'm not misrepresenting what I am by not mentioning it.
 
uke2se said:
Not much to sense since I spelled it out. :D

Silence speaks loudly, tho.
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To be fair, the conservatives around here don't seem to be on board with Soros conspiracy theories. Unless I've missed some smoking guns.
 
phiwum said:
To be fair, the conservatives around here don't seem to be on board with Soros conspiracy theories. Unless I've missed some smoking guns.
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I've seen it mentioned from time to time. It's like a nervous tick.
 
uke2se said:
If we disregard conspiracy theories like the ones The Big Dog is pushing, what has George Soros done that's so bad?
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Soros funding Kerry, Clinton and Super Pacs and Correct the Record are "conspiracy theories"?

Actual undisputed facts are "conspiracy theories" now?

That is absolutely beyond ridiculous, but it does reveal the true motive behind the rhetoric here.

Conspiracy theories, can a brother get a god damn laughing dog?

:thumbsup::D:thumbsup:
 
Travis said:
The idea that Soros and Koch are analogous fails on another fundamental level. No one on the left thinks the Koch brothers are behind every single conservative movement or rally. At least I've never run into anyone either in real life or on the web that alleges that.

But then you look at Soros and you see that to conservatives he is behind literally everything the Left does as well as things they only think the Left does. Guy shoots a congressman? Soros! Woman marches? Soros! Protest in some city? Soros! Protests in many cities? Soros! Wait, the massacre was actually a false flag!?! Soros! A meme on facebook says San Francisco just made being a Christian illegal!?! Soros! The Black Panther movie is "programming" kids to see black people as equals!?! Soros! Jimmy Kimmel said something you don't like? Soros wrote the script!

See the difference there?
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This strikes me merely as bias. You can't see the distinctions or nuance in your opposition nearly so much as you can within your own camp. I for instance don't know of any conservative that thinks soros is behind every liberal/dem group or organization. I also don't know of any liberals that think the Koch's are behind everything on the Right, but in both cases I know folks who seem irrationally focused on either the Kochs' influence or Soros'.

Honestly, I see a lot more of the Crazy, OMG, the Kochs' talk than OMG, Soros.

Porpoise of Life said:
Some guy on CNN was saying Soros was behind the recent protests by high schoolers following the school shooting in florida. His argument was that kids can't be serious and can't organize things, so this was probably the work of shifty leftists like Soros trying to make it look like kids care about not getting shot.
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Porpoise of Life said:
That's one subject where the equivocacy between Soros and the Kochs doesn't really work. Sure, fringe loonies on the internet will look for a scapegoat, but this was a supposedly respectable former Republican Congressman feeding consipracy theories on national TV.

I've never heard left-wing pundits and politicians go on TV and blame some right-wing boogeyman for everything the right does that they don't like. Quite the contrary, most of them appear to go out of their way not to antagonize nationalist protesters a lot of the time.

Their right-wing counterparts, even government officials, appear to be more than willing to do stuff like blame Soros for secretly bribing school kids to make them say they don't like being murdered...
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Do you have a name? Becuase some guy who is supposedly a respectable Republican Congressman isn't exactly a convincing argument that Soro's hate is more mainstream than Koch hate.
 
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ahhell said:
This strikes me merely as bias. You can't see the distinctions or nuance in your opposition nearly so much as you can within your own camp. I for instance don't know of any conservative that thinks soros is behind every liberal/dem group or organization. I also don't know of any liberals that think the Koch's are behind everything on the Right, but in both cases I know folks who seem irrationally focused on either the Kochs' influence or Soros'.

Honestly, I see a lot more of the Crazy, OMG, the Kochs' talk than OMG, Soros.
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I keep telling you what the difference is.

The Koch brothers fund climate denial, lessened environmental regulation, actions against worker's rights etc.

George Sors funds strengthened democratic institutions and civil and human rights.

One of those things is not like the other.

If you want to tell me why you feel that it is, you will have to tell me why working for democratic institutions and human rights is a bad thing. Can you do that?
 
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