Subj : Re: Chelsea
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Wed Sep 07 2022 16:09:37

On 07 Sep 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> >  MP> If you were trying to refute Aaron, why were you replying to me wit
 MP> >  MP> that
 MP> >  MP> list?
 MP> > I was going with the flow of the conversation.
 MP> Which had changed.

Somewhat, yes. My reply was supposed to be in addition to yours, not in
contradiction of yours. It happens.

 MP> >  MP> > The conversation is not about either, but about celebrities who
 MP> >  MP> > publicl
 MP> >  MP> > endorse political candidates, and whether they should be allowed 
 MP> >  MP> You responded to me, where I said I was ok with them having public
 MP> >  MP> political opinions, but not OK with the ones who tied public
 MP> >  MP> promises/threats to those opinions and then don't follow through.
 MP> > There are empty threats on both sides. Liberals threaten to leave the
 MP> > country, and conservatives threaten to secede.
 MP> Conservative TV, movie, and music celebrities, with large followings that
 MP> we've both heard of?

Ted Nugent springs to mind.

 MP> >  MP> Since none of them that *I* know of were not following through with
 MP> >  MP> post-election promises or threats, I only feel certain about them.
 MP> >  MP> Since you don't seem to know whether they made such threats or not,
 MP> >  MP> either, it seems very odd that you listed them all off to me.
 MP> > Again, empty threats are made on both sides. No one has seceded yet, eit
 MP> And, to my knowledge, none of the celebrities you listed have threatened
 MP> either.  The only one you listed, that I recognize, that I had doubts
 MP> about was Roseanne.  I didn't watch her show and don't follow her close
 MP> enough to know if she threatened to leave or secede or not.

And not all of the celebrities that Aaron has mentioned have made empty
threats, either.

And by the way, these "threats" are only "threats" in the strictest sense.
They are not threatening harm on anyone.

Jeff.

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