I don’t think this movement is about liberalism, it is based on hatred of whites that the Obama administration has poured gasoline on.

I agree that there is an element of “getting back at the white man” inherent in the whole thing.  I think when people like Obama or Minnesota governor Mark Dayton give their premature opinions on things, it’s a bit mistake.

Yes, liberals jump to conclusions that confirm their own bias, that is not an exclusively liberal problem though. If it were how do you explain the rise of Trump? Trump is famous for spouting off on policies that not only ignore objective reality but are also impossible to implement and getting cheered for it by conservatives, examples include building a border wall and expelling illegal immigrants and muslim refugees.

Trump had the advantage of celebrity which pushed him to the top.  Also, he is an authoritarian, and that personality trait undoubtedly attracts people regardless of his politics.  Now that he’s the Republican nominee, he’s going to be getting more and more support simply because the support has to go somewhere.  Conservatives need to vote for someone, and the vast majority aren’t doing write-ins.

But I have to note that the excesses of people on the left and the right aren’t equal in terms of their damage.  Generally speaking, those on the right want to be left alone, whereas those on the left require the state to get more involved in people’s lives.  I don’t know about you, but I’m generally going to side with people who tell the state “leave me alone” rather than those who say “please regulate my world”.

I think it exposes a lot of the knee-jerk reaction that has entered into the liberal establishment, which is just another symptom of the problem with liberalism: emotions trump reason.  If a police officer kills an unarmed black passenger in a car, then yes, there is a problem.  But is that problem automatically “racism”?  No, not necessarily.  It could be poor police training.  It could be a reckless individual.  It could be a trigger-happy officer.  It could be racism.  The problem is that we don’t know until the facts are gathered and analyzed.

The problem is that they automatically assume X when explanations Y and Z are also viable explanations.  And when other people don’t also fall in line behind explanation X, they start to cause problems because they don’t get their way.

Yes – do this:

1. Click on the board category you want to post in (e.g. “The Middle Ages”)
2. Scroll down below the fifteen threads that are listed on the page
3. At the bottom, you’ll see the field for title and the field for the body of the post

If you can’t see any of this let me know.  I think I’ve tested it out with a non-admin dummy account so it should work.

Hmmm….I guess I didn’t realize you were not a Gingrich fan as I would have presumed.  I like Gingrich’s mind a lot.  His intellectual approach to politics and policy is kind of a counter to Trump’s bombastic approach, so perhaps they complement each other in that regard.  I don’t know that Gingrich would be the most shrewd political choice as VP, but at least he’d help coalesce the conservative base.

I think we could throw other names into this list, such as Duns Scotus.

I watched the complete first season and it was quite good.  The very end of the season provided a strange twist that I’m not sure everyone would appreciate, but we’ll have to wait to see what happens in Season Two.