It wasn’t “I exclusively called him a weirdo,” it was meant to be more like “Jeez guys, you’re making too much of this; I only called him a weirdo.” It might have worked in spoken conversation but it can be misunderstood in writing. Like I said, inartful drafting.
I didn’t really intend to upset you so much. I just want to be clear, I feel that it is so easy to criticize a politician that is commonly disliked in that particular crowd that people get away with stupid ad hominem attacks far more. Sure, most here don’t like Mike Pence. I obviously agree with him on more than most of you, but he is still far too extreme and rigid in his views for my tastes, and I don’t care much for him either. Okay, so we’ve established that he’s unpopular, now we can criticize his ever stupid action!
I remember at the trough of W. Bush’s popularity, it seemed the media would latch onto everything he did as stupid or uncultured. Often, it was a misportrayal of actual events, or maybe it was just making a big issue out of little things. Nevertheless, I was amazed at how people would lambast him in every medium at every opportunity for every needless thing.
Even Donald Trump, whom I dislike at least as much as the liberals on this forum, is not imperfect at literally everything. I mean, he’s approaching that point, but there really comes a point where it is nothing more than just looking for more opportunities to dislike him in a room full of people who already don’t. It confuses real issues with childish fault-finding and makes everyone who jumps on board look like they are bandwagoning. Stick to the real issues, is all I’m saying.