You bring up good points Goof. About the type of exchanges between people here and the feeling of being insulted. Which brings up an observation I believe is really important.
"... our laws and customs are far removed from the US, so what gives me the right to tell them they're right or wrong?"
When someone posts a funny picture of Trump or a more serious stat about alleged dishonest statements or decisions he's made, that post is directed at Trump, not at members here. No one is saying Lance or Pony has done anything wrong.
I know some will say - When you insult our leader, you insult us... but that's a large disconnect between two ideas and not really true. The post is actually critiquing the leader's choices or actions, not the people who live in America. Yeah they voted for Trump, but they didn't make him impose trade sanctions on milk or steel ffs
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eg I've had a lifetime of people bashing Canadians. I've been told I'm too polite, too passive, too kind, too dim witted, I live in igloos, I don't understand technology, I'm someone always following America's lead with no real identity of my own...and yet when someone here takes a shot at Canadians or my current leader, I laugh along with them.
Yes we've established that Monk piled on in that thread and didn't exercise tact in terms of a filter when posting Trumpisms. I think we should also remember that he didn't create the graphics, stats or news reports. He did what all of us have done. He used something from the internet that already existed. And I have yet to see one of his posts attack Americans in general.
I think when we discuss Monk 'piling on' with never ending insults against Trump, it's also important to realize - When I post something about Trump, it's not a stat about something Lance did.