Methid Man wrote:

People like the maga-bomber are the very symptom of a Trump presidency.

Just like the baseball shootist or the neighbor who beat the shit out of Rand Paul are a symptom of the Bernie support? Give me a break.

Methid Man wrote:

I’m shaking my head at how pathetically in denial right-wingers are about this whole maga-bomber incident, claiming it to be a hoax planted by democrats.

And I'm shaking my head at the pathological feeling that some leftists have that it's only the Trump America that is responsible for the shit going on right now. That's not to excuse this dipshit Trump bomber who should go to prison for the rest of his life, but I've seen so many people on the opposite side of the aisle that seem to relish in any acts of violence that the right commits, as if that's even remotely an indication of a percentage of Republicans. As far as denial goes though, I've seen plenty of left leaning idiots justify their violent acts on the strong argument of "shutting down hate speech" or just labeling someone as a Nazi simply because they don't have a good enough counterpoint to their ideological spiel. Are the left just innocent bystanders in this whole thing?

It's as if this rift in our country is just magically going to go away if Trump is removed from office, if the midterms going in the way of the Democrats or if they get their fucking act together and have a sensible candidate for 2020...yeah that is going to fix everyone's problems and everything will be much better down the road. I hate that I have to even resort to mentioning leftist hate acts when it comes to this kind of behavior, since I'd rather not justify acts by right wing psychopaths, but it's hard not to when one side is held to a much higher standard than the other, just like trying to tie this Synagogue shooter to Trump by saying it's Trump's rhetoric that is causing this. Again, there is a reason why people are becoming less and less trusting of the news when it comes to this stuff, especially when they do play a major part in dividing the country, they shove and expect no shove back. If they get shoved, then they react like lunatics.

I'm by no means a Trump supporter, but holy shit does the Democratic Party have some major problems going on. Until you guys get your fucking act together, Trump is going to continue to win.

I think it's very important that we need to quit fighting this ideological war. It's become obnoxious tribalism at this point. I actually lost friends when Obama was President when I criticized some of his decisions, and I know the same thing is happening now on both sides since this ridiculous line has been drawn and you have to choose sides and good fucking forbid if you choose wrong, you will be absolutely persecuted for it and labeled negatively. I don't expect this to go away any time soon, hell I expect it to get worse since it's easier to point the finger than it is to look in the mirror.

Jesus Cam, way to miss the entire point of my post. The message wasn't supposed to be a referendum on me at all, but I guess it's easier to try to paint me as some right winger because I pointed to the hypocrisy of both sides seemingly trying to blame one another. I'll once again state that I'm no right winger, nor am I a fan of Trump. You mention Trump condoning the actions of these nutjobs, however I see the same thing on the left when it comes to their hateful actions, but it's easier to pretend like it doesn't exist.

As far as losing friends, that's entirely on them. The whole thing came from me rolling my eyes when Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize while expanding his Presidential war powers and the war itself, however that was too much for this friend to deal with...whatever. The reason I mentioned that was because instead of having a discussion about it, he had already drawn his line and would not in any way have it any other way.

That to me is not healthy. I don't want to live in an echo chamber although from the sound of things, that maybe seems like Shangri La to you. Maybe it's less about trying to wrap your brain around something and more about just relying on the same tired rhetoric that paints that person as negatively as possible.

But hey, if you sleep easier at night believing that those Republicans are all racist, homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic, transphobic, Islamophobic basement dwellers, well then sleep tight lil' buddy!!