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I've lost ALL Respect for DSP. I'm PISSED!
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: chas on Sunday June 10, 2018, 10:49:34 PM Eastern ---
When it comes to public service positions, there is a difference between the person and the position. So you should show respect for the position even if you don't agree with the person holding the position. Yes DSP has the right to not attend without penalty (although his contract might say otherwise) but it is disrespectful to the office of the President of the United States. Another analogy might be the handshake at the end of the game. You may not like them or particular individuals, but you do need to show the other team respect. Yes, you can refuse to do it, but that's not very classy. This is called etiquette not politics. There are other outlets for your disagreements.
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Damn right.
There are many people in National or international politics that all of us would assume piss ourselves than piss on them if they were burning alive.
But common decency, responsibility, etiquette & protocol must take priority over all of that. The White House is congratulationing their “next door neighbor” for winning a championship, that is the point and bigger than any individual.
To that point, the ultimate irony and humor woulg be for DSP to ask The Donald to a game of basketball on Barracks White House court. . .
alta:
chas just made me think of this...
OldHat:
--- Quote from: alta on Sunday June 10, 2018, 11:32:31 PM Eastern ---chas just made me think of this...
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Man, was he a douchebag, lol.
OldHat:
I'm surprised there hasn't been a huge deal of them speaking to Ivanka at the restaurant...
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: chas on Sunday June 10, 2018, 10:49:34 PM Eastern ---
When it comes to public service positions, there is a difference between the person and the position. So you should show respect for the position even if you don't agree with the person holding the position. Yes DSP has the right to not attend without penalty (although his contract might say otherwise) but it is disrespectful to the office of the President of the United States. Another analogy might be the handshake at the end of the game. You may not like them or particular individuals, but you do need to show the other team respect. Yes, you can refuse to do it, but that's not very classy. This is called etiquette not politics. There are other outlets for your disagreements.
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See, here's where I have an issue with this President. He is precisely trying to make his position all about himself. Conducting diplomacy by namecalling, as if other countries' perspectives are a personal insult to the country because they are a personal insult to him. Taking advantage of his position in unprecedented ways to blatantly enrich himself and supporting his family in their efforts to do the same. Announcing official policy by tweet storm because that's his preferred way of communicating, after which he may radically change what he said a few days later, undermining his own staff. Making statements about policy and the state of the country that in many cases can be shown to be untrue, but continuing to double down on it because, well, to admit that he is being incorrect about something would be a personal blow to his ego. All of this is his approach to commingling the office of the Presidency and his own personna -- it's all about Donald Trump, all the time.
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