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> A big difference is that China often doesn't have a sense of tact when it comes to not sounding dystopian, and happiliy uses phrases like "citizen score", "c
by draugadrotten 10y ago
> A big difference is that China often doesn't have a sense of tact when it comes to not sounding dystopian, and happiliy uses phrases like "citizen score", "criminal elements" and "reeducation".
Clintons "basket of deplorables" is a reminder that this sense of tact could change after the election.
- mhurron 10y agoShit slinging during an election is hardly new. And talking shit about the other side is hardly an indicator of some massive policy change.
- rev_bird 10y agoIt bothers me that one tactless moment from Clinton seems to get more attention than a lifetime of tactlessness from Trump. The guy openly insults anybody who doesn't unconditionally support him, but Clinton has one quotable moment of frustration and it's all of the sudden the evidence we need that politics isn't polite anymore?
- philwelch 10y agoCandidate A says that immigrants from a certain country are "bringing crime; bringing drugs; they're rapists; and some, I presume, are good people". Candidate B says that half the supporters of Candidate A are "deplorable". If anything, Clinton was going out of her way to be excessively tactful.
- pbarnes_1 10y agoTo be fair, the number is much higher than 50%. It's not a binary choice, after all.
- pbarnes_1 10y agoLOL. Seriously? Who gives a shit anyway? "Offending" Trump supporters isn't going to change anything. Not like they were on the fence. I love the double standard being applied here. It's like what Trump says is just "expected", but Clinton says one thing you find offensive (oh no, political correctness!) and you're all up in arms. Woe is the deplorable Trump supporter.