Odracirys

You've probably already heard about the shooting of Republicans at a baseball game.  I still haven't really looked into it much, but I decided to post this just to say that I saw this coming.  When I heard that a congressman had been shot, I asked, "Was it a Republican?"  Sure enough, it was. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article156183584.html In 2009 and thereabouts, things would have been different.  I would have expected the victim to be a Democrat.  Sure enough, Gabrielle Giffords was shot.  That was a time when certain Republicans in the base were calling Obama the "Antichrist".  Now is a different time, with leftists seething with more hatred than I've ever seen, even from right-wingers.  While Obama was the "Antichrist", Trump is "Neo-Hitler".  Although I've been disappointed with both the Antichrist and Neo-Hitler, I'm still not ashamed that I voted for them over their rivals, who were truly elitist ...

You all know Cecil Rhodes, right?  He was a British Imperialist (living from 1853-1902) who founded the De Beers diamond mining and trading company.  Just this morning, I came upon a post comparing him to Adolf Hitler, and claiming that Cecil Rhodes killed at least 60 million Africans.  It has been shared 99 times.  Here is the post: https://plus.google.com/+TonyJefferson/posts/CZ6HW3AxDo6 Unlike many, I decided to do some research on it.  That is my nature.  I don't accept things without evidence given, and even when no evidence is provided, I search for evidence.  If after looking, no evidence is forthcoming, then I discount the claim unless compelling evidence does surface.  After my research on this topic (taking up about an hour of my day and 28 open tabs on my browser...but still an enjoyable time because this is what I like to do), I found that my initial skepticism was well justified and that this comparison is incorrect.  Adolph H...