the further back you go, the more such statements were considered taboo.
Originally Posted by lustylad
Again, oversimplification. Everything didn't follow this simple forward line towards us being more more loose about all speech. How do you feel about PC statements? Things that would have been totally acceptable to say 100 years ago are absolutely frowned on now. Yes, we are more "loose" when it comes to some things, less when it comes to others. You are, incorrectly, taking the fact that we, overall, have become more loose in speech with the belief that we have only gotten more loose with speech about everything.
It was a completely different time. The comparison is weak without further support. Every time you avoid finding a more relevant example and instead focus on trying to make the comparison valid, you further show how weak the comparison is.
Or do you think people in Abe Lincoln's era were more licentious than today?
In some ways, yes, in others, no. In more ways? Probably.
We see it all the time - this board abounds with hundreds of such posts.
It's still childish here. If you cannot debate without calling other people names, you are acting childish. But do you really think that the speech that happens on a hooker board justifies the same speech in a presidential debate?
While I don't find it endearing when a Presidential candidate does it, it doesn't offend me nearly as much as discovering that a sitting President is a serial sexual predator!
I totally agree. Despite IB's insistence otherwise, I never defended Clinton's behavior. But what Clinton did has no bearing on what Trump is doing. "Clinton did it!" is, ironically, exactly what you are complaining about Obama doing when he allegedly blames Bush.
Your denial of any intent to “paint Trump as a racist” is belied by your saying he already is one.
Citation?
Evidently your definition of “childish” is extremely narrow and selective.
Vague references to Obama being childish don't really prove your point. We can clearly point to Trump acting like a child. You, apparently, cannot do so with Obama other than to post "clever" pics you found on the internet.