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Originally Posted by Superman
I suggested Epstein is a dirt bag and I bristled when someone seemed to be minimizing his dirt bagginess. Oh, and I threw in comments about another figure who is prominent in the news these days which was perhaps not entirely fair. Back to the original topic: Yeah, I think Epstein is a dirtbag. I'm pretty sure about that.
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Yes, on that I think we can all agree. Epstein. Dirtbag. Banging vulnerable underage girls. Dirtbag.
I think where it really went off the rails was when I chose to answer your "moral relativity" argument. I presented another aspect of that, that of exploiting vulnerable, underage girls (and boys), preying upon their confusions and anxieties regarding their sex. Trusted, "caring" adults using their influence over these young people to encourage them to make decisions they are too immature to make - life altering decisions, with all too well document results. All to selfishly push these trusted, "caring" adults' political positions. Pushing these young people to surgically and chemically alter their birth sex, rather than encouraging them to wait until they are mature enough to make such an important decision. Dirtbags.
A few of us were having an informative, adult, civil, respectful exchange regarding that concept. You and I (and others, most notably Terry) have gone out of our way to demonstrate that it is entirely possible to have such an exchange over some pretty contentious topics. We all have something to learn from one another when we conduct ourselves in a respectful, adult fashion. It's great when we can do that.
Alas, there are still a few who can't seem to bring themselves to participate at that level. In this particular case it was, once again, Shaun. His very first "contribution" to the discussion was a full-on personal attack, something we have, unfortunately, seen all too often from this guy. Oh well. At least it got shut down before it devolved into another one of his days long, emotionally driven meltdowns, like the one we had to endure over some silly little shooting video.
I share KC911's lament, wherein the threads would be left standing and the idiots would be shut down. It's the moderators' house, though, so it's entirely up to them. As it stands, however, it looks like we will be treated to more of Shaun's emotional diatribes, wherein he is unable to intelligently address the message, so chooses instead to attack the messenger. I'm actually embarrassed for him, but I'm pretty sure I'll get over it.