Quote (Kayeto @ 24 Mar 2020 20:35)
The politicians haven't changed their behavior. Both sides are prioritizing their political rivalry over making the proper decisions to run the country. The debate over the stimulus proposals are just as childish as every other conflict they've had on less important issues.
you should really look up what 'false equivalence' is...
Quote (Kayeto @ 24 Mar 2020 20:26)
You keep trying to project positive sentiment toward Trump in my posts when in fact my words express only negativity toward him.
if THAT:
Quote (Kayeto @ 24 Mar 2020 19:58)
A politician in charge touting the narrative of "things are fine" is akin to a defense lawyer saying things that make his client look innocent. There's no grounds to criticize them for supporting a false narrative: they are just doing their job.
Responsibility lies on the viewer to understand the difference between "the words of a politician" and "useful information". Its not Trump's fault that he was born into a system in which his job was to say false things that support his administration's goal. Anyone else who has been elected would have been in the same position.
If you are mad that we live in a world where masses of people wrongly conflate "worlds of politicians" with "an attempt to provide reliable information", then where should that anger be directed? At the media for polarizing the narrative even more, when they could instead be translating it into something more rational? At the masses of people, for listening to the wrong media? At the generations of politicians who crafted the current system into what it is? At the generations of voters who refused enforce accountability on those politicians?
is not the most delusional and dishonest attempt to excuse and downplay trump's terrible response to the crisis, i don't know what it is...
so it's just 'the system' / 'just the world we live in' / 'everyone does it' / 'no grounds to criticise' / 'just doing his job' / 'responsibility on the viewer' / 'not trump's fault' / 'b-b-but the media'... where is that alleged 'negativity toward him' in that?
Quote (tagged4nothing @ 24 Mar 2020 20:39)
i gave you my response. quit trying to narrate my words.
i've watched every press conference since this has happened. (although i fell asleep during it yesterday)
"under control". this video narrates that every time he says this, he is claiming he has the "virus" under control. like he stored it in a bottle or something. a lot of theses phrases were referring to specific actions. and just because issues arise, if you are able to identify and remedy the situation. that proves control.
there's an example, i'm not going to pin-point every clip with a longer time-stamp. it's a video that favors the word "it" and tries to narrate what "it" means.
let me clarify what "i" had issues with. i've even stated it in real-time, i believe in this thread.
president Trump comparing the common flu deaths to the deaths from CoVid-19. we didn't have nearly enough data to compare the 2.
i'm not trying to 'narrate your words', i'm trying to figure out why a video illustrating how trump repeatedly mislead the public about the severity of this crisis triggered you so badly.
i was trying to find out if there's any substance to your criticism, or if you were just mad that it makes trump look bad by simply showing video clips of him saying wrong and stupid stuff to suggest the threat is much smaller than he could have known it was, if he listened to experts and scientists.
This post was edited by fender on Mar 24 2020 01:56pm