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Super realistic. Absolute master stroke. And look how well it worked. I apologize for ever have criticized you or your strategy.
your sarcasm doesn't prove the fictional people you are lambasting ever existed, either.
I'm literally criticizing the strategy you just explained to me.
Edit: Oh, also, I'm criticizing some of the people I quoted up above who said that Trump might actually be better on Israel and similar things. I linked to them so you can see they are not imaginary. But, you don't necessarily have to be responsible for their viewpoint. I am also criticizing your viewpoint you just expressed to me, also, though.
those comments were made after the election and things did change. they are not evidence those positions were held prior to the election. you're just wrong
You really want me to take more time digging up more comments about this?
Okay sure.
They were actually easier to find, starting at the opposite end of the search list, than the other ones more recently. I think Trump getting elected means that some of these accounts have calmed down or moved on to other things, as the horror of what they were advocating has come to pass, whereas before the election it was a typhoon of this stuff and it was easier to depart from reality in their predictions.
Edit: Took the colons away so the links work
i couldn't find your second comment. the link breaks on my side. the first one is from cowbee, who definitely didn't disappear and who is still quite active on this topic. the last one is from someone who disappeared BEFORE the election, so also does not fit yourcriteria
you are grasping at straws. instead of tilting at windmills, why don't you criticize trump, as you expect leftists not to criticize the democrats?
Whee look at the goalposts go lol
See them fly
I have ascended, though. I have no need to run in pursuit of them any further. I like how we totally moved away from the direct discussion of how you're still defending this dogshit strategy now that the exact horror that me and many other people predicted from it, has come to pass. Well done! I really can't emphasize enough how proud I am of your strategy, or how well it has worked.
I edited the URLs so the links work.
I'm maintaining the same standard I have from the beginning.
your accusation of moving the goal post is unfounded.
Let's get a second opinion
https://ponder.cat/post/2524208
have fun
which is far a field from where this discussion started, because someone is moving the goalposts.
I made an edit just now (before seeing your response), specifically tying it back to the place this discussion started.
Also, asking what you think so I can clarify why that, also, is wrong, is not at all moving the goalposts. It's just scoring one goal and then another one.