I’ve tracked down the post by The Other Waldo Pepper that caused such consternation, not just by me but by several. It took the contrary position in a thread on the theme that Trump was a dangerous racist.
Yes, Mr. Pepper, some of us do consider the lawbreakers == lawbreakers tautology to be wacky, if the left-side of the equation includes a kid brought to U.S. as an infant who is leading an exemplary life, and the right side equates to incarceration, deportation and other punishment for his crimes.
Setting that aside, I did not find your post clear. It could have been accompanied with an “I didn’t support Trump but …” if you wanted to clarify your views. After all, you were effectively defending Trump and his supporters in a thread against them.
Your insistence on facile tautologies, like “lawbreakers are lawbreakers”, is on display in this thread as well. I admire Ms. Felarca so you assume I admire Jack the Ripper as well. Ms. Felarca pushed a Nazi trying to provoke her, so you assume she’ll push you also if you come up with one of your brilliant lines like “lawbreakers are lawbreakers” in her presence.
Your previous complaint is ironic, since I’ve used the term “Kindergarten syllogism” in this thread. Perhaps you should focus on the quality of your argumentation.
And again, you’re jumping to facile conclusions. We all admire MLK, but did Malcolm X or the Black Panthers also advance the black-rights cause? I don’t know. In previous threads I’ve learned that many or most Dopers regard John Brown as a despicable terrorist, but his actions may have freed millions.
Your phrase “vanish like ice cream in the sun” seems to imply that if not 100% certain Felarca is a force for good, than I’m 100% certain she’s an evil force. In fact my psychological difficulty is quite opposite to yours. Instead of arriving at black-white conclusions, I dither between “45%? … or 55%?” without ever coming to easy answers!