AlexLost

You know, signs can pretty easily be removed in most cases. In case that interests any of you put there for any reason?

Which is exactly why the Democratic party stagnates around indecision. Every issue is "yeah, but..." Where as the Republican party just ignores literal crimes in their midst, because he's "their guy". This isn't inherently an American problem, it's a political one. Who is cheerleading? Both things can be true too, one is less evil but still needs to be fixed, it's a lot better than literally chopping your own foot off with a blunt shovel and blaming the other guy. I've always been taught and discovered myself that one must always challenge authority, and to beware anyone promising you exactly what you want to hear.

Fair enough. I was certainly using broad strokes but thought to say "humanity" should include all of "us". I get what you are saying and certainly did not choose my words too carefully. I often forget the nuances of speech do not translate to text very well.

I like that you say only a mad man would annex another country for its resources and yet you have Russia trying to rebuild the USSR, Israel annihilating the Palestinian people because of the land they are living on and Mango Mussolini is threatening to annex my nation of Canada for our resources because we have lots and he's a giant douche. Just saying...

Inherent human traits we like and even traits we don't like can be traced back to our animal nature and denying the connection has caused so many of the wrongs we in "society" have to suffer. That is the point I was trying to make in the first place anyways.

Say it louder. I'm sure Trump wants everyone to know his name has been removed from all the many, many instances it shows up in the pedophile ring master files.

So is everyone else that isn't directly tied to the state of Israel. About time you joined the party, eh.

How else will they keep fueling the pedo rings if people stop having babies for them to abuse?! Get with the program, man.

That is a very good thing. I would not recommend using me as a source for anything!!

It's a thing. you wouldn't get it.

You are right, neither of them do. At least one isn't trying to cut the throats of half the country though. Nice rebuttal! One is willing to put aside differences and find middle ground, the other wants to throw anyone who disagrees in a deep dark prison so they never see the light of day. Totally both sides though, ammirite?

You are taking what I've said far to literally. I wasn't writing my dissertation, I was making observations. I also did not infer that being tribalistic makes you hate outgroups, but in the sense of "tribes" yes they have always had violence inherent to them, because we live in a violent world. Bears can kill you, moose can kill you, other tribes can kill you. It comes from protectionism more than hate, but that notion gets compromised by bad actors pushing an agenda.

There have always been things to fight for. The good hunting grounds, the good fishing grounds, the safest places to camp, etc... violence isn't always a bad thing either, it is a necessary part of living in a diverse world. You can't reason with a fire, or a bear. You can avoid them, but that's just protectionism again. I never implied tribalism is bad, I implied it's a part of our nature. Humans are pack animals that have always lived in family groups and fought to protect the sanctity of that group from outside forces. Civilization is the act of forgetting the past to damn the future. It's not what it is supposed to be, but that's what it has become. We use our "civility" as a cudgel to beat those who think/live differently.

No one in their right mind is wearing Arby's merch. Sorry not sorry.

Part of our animal nature is to be tribalistic, and we don't often get a lot of that in our daily lives so that people find ways to feed that need. Tribalism involves violent intent about outgroups that don't conform to our "tribe" (read: pack).