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> Choose your own meaning to extrapolate _and_ choose which statements are valid. The language is very different and they're contradicting each other. And they

by croon 6y ago

> Choose your own meaning to extrapolate _and_ choose which statements are valid. The language is very different and they're contradicting each other. And they're days apart, with one prepared and the other during the event. I'm not invalidating anything, I'm comparing apples to apples. Also you're ignoring the pattern I laid out. But I'll say it clearer. His hot takes are always partisan. Any walkbacks and sensibility only come later, after clear consequences loom.

aww_dang 6y ago
Which statements contradict each other? I'm not seeing it. What I do see is mass hysteria surrounding his statements. "I condemn in the strongest possible terms..." But he didn't call them terrorists (in a quote I could find) in an off the cuff statement, so you're entitled to telepathically divine another meaning from the statement? Take another angle. When Trump said, "There will be a peaceful transition to a new administration", some of his supporters imagined this meant he isn't leaving the Whitehouse. For myself, I have no telepathic abilities. Nor do I believe that those who are passionate about their love or hate for the man have telepathic abilities. What I observe is mass hysteria. From the left, this is buoyed by media spin. On the right, you have the Q types. Again this is buoyed by media dishonesty. If media institutions were less misleading, perhaps there would be more trust in establishment sources. Instead there is a vacuum where deranged conspiracies can mix in among perspectives the media would rather not cover.
- croon 6y ago
  > "I condemn in the strongest possible terms..." > But he didn't call them terrorists (in a quote I could find) in an off the cuff statement, so you're entitled to telepathically divine another meaning from the statement? Honestly, yes? He's never stopped himself from using the term earlier. So why isn't he now (or actually any time it's an extreme right/white nationalist terrorist)? This was clearly terrorism. > Take another angle. When Trump said, "There will be a peaceful transition to a new administration", some of his supporters imagined that this meant that he isn't leaving the Whitehouse. Funny example, seeing as that came after the capitol riots, and not say... when he lost the election. Which entirely proves my point.

by croon 6y ago

aww_dang 6y ago

Which statements contradict each other? I'm not seeing it. What I do see is mass hysteria surrounding his statements. "I condemn in the strongest possible terms..." But he didn't call them terrorists (in a quote I could find) in an off the cuff statement, so you're entitled to telepathically divine another meaning from the statement? Take another angle. When Trump said, "There will be a peaceful transition to a new administration", some of his supporters imagined this meant he isn't leaving the Whitehouse. For myself, I have no telepathic abilities. Nor do I believe that those who are passionate about their love or hate for the man have telepathic abilities. What I observe is mass hysteria. From the left, this is buoyed by media spin. On the right, you have the Q types. Again this is buoyed by media dishonesty. If media institutions were less misleading, perhaps there would be more trust in establishment sources. Instead there is a vacuum where deranged conspiracies can mix in among perspectives the media would rather not cover.

croon 6y ago
> "I condemn in the strongest possible terms..." > But he didn't call them terrorists (in a quote I could find) in an off the cuff statement, so you're entitled to telepathically divine another meaning from the statement? Honestly, yes? He's never stopped himself from using the term earlier. So why isn't he now (or actually any time it's an extreme right/white nationalist terrorist)? This was clearly terrorism. > Take another angle. When Trump said, "There will be a peaceful transition to a new administration", some of his supporters imagined that this meant that he isn't leaving the Whitehouse. Funny example, seeing as that came after the capitol riots, and not say... when he lost the election. Which entirely proves my point.