Quote (thesnipa @ 7 Sep 2018 17:14)

Analogies can't present a nuanced view?

You should know they can, English major.

Quote (ChrisKz @ Sep 7 2018 03:17pm)

It can, but using that term flippantly here would make almost all conversation nuance. While a lot of intelligent discussion is nuanced, stating what something is with an analogy in a open matter isn't really nuance.

To grasp the true essence of nuance, you'd have to leave an interpretive flair.

Quote (thesnipa @ 7 Sep 2018 17:21)

In confused. The anon nyt op ed said they're a hero disrupter. Nikki said they're a dangerous disrupter. I said theyre a run if the mill ineffectual disrupter.

What part of that isn't nuance? Am I not presenting a related but slightly different tangential viewpoint?

I wouldn't know, as I'm just so dumb.

Quote (IceMage @ 7 Sep 2018 14:56)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-i-challenge-the-president-i-do-it-directly-my-anonymous-colleague-should-have-too/2018/09/07/d453eaf6-b2ae-11e8-9a6a-565d92a3585d_story.html?utm_term=.5cdf7f390786

Nikki Haley out with an article addressing the anonymous senior official. Pretty good stuff... and she notably doesn't deny many of the claims the anon official made.

Quote (ChrisKz @ Sep 7 2018 02:17pm)

It can, but using that term flippantly here would make almost all conversation nuance. While a lot of intelligent discussion is nuanced, stating what something is with an analogy in a open matter isn't really nuance.

To grasp the true essence of nuance, you'd have to leave an interpretive flair.

Quote (ChrisKz @ Sep 7 2018 03:23pm)

I've already agreed with what you said. It isn't stupid in any way, even if you are. Which is unfortunate. No, it isn't nuanced, but that doesn't make it valid or any less relevant. I just laugh at what Icemage said. Too nuanced for people in this sf, as if the average person couldn't understand what you said.

Quote (thesnipa @ Sep 7 2018 04:03pm)

Good stuff for sure.

I'm just left with a salty taste at all this "undermining the agenda" talk. I think the anon author of the Op Ed overstated their ability to do that, and it think the people angry about the anon are giving them too much credit in return to do that. It's like when people claim Peter Strzok single handedly screwed over america, there were checks and balances and supervisors with oversight in that case, and likely the same applies here. Sure someone could on a micro level toss a few monkey wrenches in the machine, but anything big and they'd be found out pretty quickly. My guess is that Trump walks around and says and demands a lot of impulsive things, and that the anon is overstating their effect on the agenda by ignoring these impulses that almost everyone in the regime ignores. These types of stories have been leaked for a long time, "Trump asks, why cant we do ______, is told by his legal team that's not allowed". I think in reality someone is trying to paint themselves as the will of the people holding back the flood water when they're just hanging out doing what most people do in that regime, let shit go in one ear and out the other.

Quote (thesnipa @ Sep 7 2018 04:31pm)

you are being obtuse and unnecessarily semantic. Icemage wasn't saying it was too intelligent, he was saying that people prefer to look at things in binary, rather than in any nuanced way. you getting triggered by someone thinking im smart, even though that's not what he meant, shows just how deep in that ass i am.

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To Whom It May Concern,

Last week, the failing New York Times…and believe me, they’re failing..very sad…they published a letter criticizing the Trump administration. The letter was written by a coward. Probably someone who doesn’t like Trump, because they are part of the crooked swamp. So I call them the ‘crooked coward.’ I like that. Crooked coward. This crooked coward said that Trump has a leadership style that is petty and ineffective. Can you believe it? They really wrote that. Sad. Everybody knows Trump is the most successful real estate developer in the history of the world. And he created the greatest show ever to appear on television. As soon as he left, the ratings went down. Without Trump, the show is boring. If you want to see bad management style, just look at Obama. The worst. The absolute worst. Horrible trade deals. NAFTA, which was the worst deal ever. The Iran deal, which was also the worst deal ever. Two worst deals, and the fake media knows it but they won’t report it, because they don’t like Trump.

Since that letter was published, many people, many, many people…thousands of White House staffers in fact, have come to me to tell me that working for Trump is the greatest thing they will ever accomplish in their life. I tell them, well…I don’t know, the greatest? I mean you’re young, you’re smart, you’ve got a terrific figure, so maybe there’s even greater things in your future. Probably not, but maybe.

If Trump is so bad, how did he turn around the economy so fast? And black unemployment is at a record low. Hispanic too. And the women. Soon the women unemployment will be the lowest ever. They can’t say that about Obama. So they won’t say it about Trump. Sad.

The letter by the crooked coward brings up Russher almost immediately. I think it’s the first word even. Maybe not, but probably. It’s close to the first word anyway. Everyone knows the Russher thing is fake. It’s a rigged witch hunt and an excuse for the Democrat party for losing an election they probably should’ve won…and they might have if they weren’t running against Trump. But the Russher thing…bringing that up proves this person, if they are even real…and nobody knows…the New York Times won’t tell, and Jeff Sessions, who has been a huge disappointment on so many levels, won’t find out who it is….but they are deep state. They are probably an Obama holdover put here by lying James Comey or Crooked Bob Mueller. Crooked Bob. Very sad. And what he is doing to Flynn and Manafort is a disgrace.

So the letter is fake. It is like the fake dossier, the fake, horrible, disgusting media…who have been very unfair to Trump. Very unfair. And the New York Times publishes it. They will probably have to apologize for this too. They had to apologize after the election for saying Trump won’t win. They kept saying it over and over, “Trump won’t win.” Then they had to apologize. Even other media people called Trump, many of them, and said “Mr. President, you are probably the greatest President since George Washington…and even probably better than him frankly, but we can’t say that. They won’t let us.” That’s wrong. We need to fix that. Maybe Trump will change the libel laws so if the fake news media makes something bad up about Trump, they’re fired and they are sued. They should do that.

Let me close by saying I love Trump. I love working for him. Many, many people do. And the American people know that he is doing a great job. I’d give him an A. I’d give him an A+ but there are cowards trying to stop him. The swamp isn’t giving up without a fight. But it will, and he will get an A+ for making America great again.

Signed,

Amonuss…Omonamuss…Omalomous

Quote (Horford @ 12 Sep 2018 00:02)

Breaking news:

A SECOND op-ed submitted anonymously, from a senior official inside the WH, to Fox & Friends online, has dropped:


https://medium.com/@stevebouchard/breaking-news-second-anonymous-op-ed-by-senior-wh-official-published-dec78b04dba6
😂🤣