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In reply to the discussion: Anyone want to try and defend the President on the TPP? [View all]MH1
(17,595 posts)Sorry, that just made me laugh. Out of fairness, let me explain why:
Regardless how one feels about TPP, there is zero info in the OP about what it is, what it does, and what is right or wrong it. I'm well into the thread and still have found zero actual info about TPP. To be fair, I might have missed it while I was scrolling through the cute thread-jack on the first reply, and the jury whining, and other meaningless drivel.
I actually clicked on this thread looking for what the latest talking points each way might be. Contrary to what some here seem to believe, trade agreements can have some positive outcomes ... unfortunately the positive tends to be outweighed by the negatives. But if one wants to find intellectual discussion of those aspects and what might be potential solutions, DU, or at least this thread, is clearly not the place for it. All we see here is "TPP is bad - oppose it, or I will tell you what an awful waste of carbon you are! so there!" I just don't see how that contributes to actually killing the deal or resolving the problems with it. Thus, my hilarity at seeing someone reference actually trying to do something about it, as if posting here as any influence on that at all.