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Partisan? I'm not from the US so I don't know all intricacies of you politics, but his first 2 examples are Biden's son and Trump. Seems he bashes both side to

Partisan? I'm not from the US so I don't know all intricacies of you politics, but his first 2 examples are Biden's son and Trump. Seems he bashes both side to me.

smackeyacky 5y ago
He picked the least worst of Trumps transgressions, by quite some margin.
- jmnicolas 5y ago
  He didn't take the worst from Biden's son either!
  - sulam 5y ago
    You can find a thousand clearly corrupt things Trump himself did in office, but sure, let’s talk about Biden’s son’s history.
  - peter422 5y ago
    Is Hunter Biden’s son in any position of power? Was he elected to anything? Appointed to any position in government?
    - oh_sigh 5y ago
      The author's article isn't about people abusing their position of power, so why would that matter? What position of power are looters in?
      - ncmncm 5y ago
        Hint: not looters. That was another lie the author hoped to slip through.
    - rufus_foreman 5y ago
      >> Is Hunter Biden’s son in any position of power? Well yes, and that is what is corrupt. Neither son of the Vice President nor son of the President should be a position of power, but they have in fact proved to be so.
scoopertrooper 5y ago
The author skips over some pretty egregious examples from the past few years in favour of examples that best support their world view. Where is the outrage over the Trump administration's rollback of consumer protection regulations that protect students from shady practices by for-profit colleges? Students are promised significant income growth, but are actually roped into poorly staffed courses, significant debt, and questionable career advancement. Instead, the author bangs on about eviction protection for people laid off during the pandemic. The author bemoans '90% of all charges against rioters and looters' being dropped in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests, but links to a news article that only indicates that approximately 90% of all protest related charges were dropped across several jurisdictions. The vast majority of protestors were not engaged in looting or violent acts that would amount to rioting. However, the author curiously ignores the fact that the vast majority of people that stormed the Capitol building in the hope of preventing the peaceful transfer of power managed to get off with misdemeanours. Not even to mention that the former President's one-time Svengali, Steve Bannon, suckered Trump's own supporters out of 5 million dollars that he had pledged to use to construct a wall to keep out Mexicans; only to be pardoned for his troubles. I think it's fair to say that political affiliation coloured this article.
- oh_sigh 5y ago
  Another possibility is that you are so partisan that you have a hard time seeing that the author is less partisan than you are.
  - scoopertrooper 5y ago
    That's a pretty sophomoric response. It's fine to disagree, but I took the time to explain my position in detail, I'd appreciate it if you'd do the same. Were there any errors of fact in what I said? Or did you take issue with my analysis of those facts? Do you think degree mills provide a net public good? Was everybody arrested for protesting after the death of George Floyd actually involved in rioting and looting? Do you believe the incursion into the Capitol Building was performed by Antifa? Was Steve Bannon not convicted of wire fraud and money laundering?

Partisan? I'm not from the US so I don't know all intricacies of you politics, but his first 2 examples are Biden's son and Trump. Seems he bashes both side to me.

smackeyacky 5y ago

He picked the least worst of Trumps transgressions, by quite some margin.

jmnicolas 5y ago
He didn't take the worst from Biden's son either!
- sulam 5y ago
  You can find a thousand clearly corrupt things Trump himself did in office, but sure, let’s talk about Biden’s son’s history.
- peter422 5y ago
  Is Hunter Biden’s son in any position of power? Was he elected to anything? Appointed to any position in government?
  - oh_sigh 5y ago
    The author's article isn't about people abusing their position of power, so why would that matter? What position of power are looters in?
    - ncmncm 5y ago
      Hint: not looters. That was another lie the author hoped to slip through.
  - rufus_foreman 5y ago
    >> Is Hunter Biden’s son in any position of power? Well yes, and that is what is corrupt. Neither son of the Vice President nor son of the President should be a position of power, but they have in fact proved to be so.

scoopertrooper 5y ago

The author skips over some pretty egregious examples from the past few years in favour of examples that best support their world view. Where is the outrage over the Trump administration's rollback of consumer protection regulations that protect students from shady practices by for-profit colleges? Students are promised significant income growth, but are actually roped into poorly staffed courses, significant debt, and questionable career advancement. Instead, the author bangs on about eviction protection for people laid off during the pandemic. The author bemoans '90% of all charges against rioters and looters' being dropped in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests, but links to a news article that only indicates that approximately 90% of all protest related charges were dropped across several jurisdictions. The vast majority of protestors were not engaged in looting or violent acts that would amount to rioting. However, the author curiously ignores the fact that the vast majority of people that stormed the Capitol building in the hope of preventing the peaceful transfer of power managed to get off with misdemeanours. Not even to mention that the former President's one-time Svengali, Steve Bannon, suckered Trump's own supporters out of 5 million dollars that he had pledged to use to construct a wall to keep out Mexicans; only to be pardoned for his troubles. I think it's fair to say that political affiliation coloured this article.

oh_sigh 5y ago
Another possibility is that you are so partisan that you have a hard time seeing that the author is less partisan than you are.
- scoopertrooper 5y ago
  That's a pretty sophomoric response. It's fine to disagree, but I took the time to explain my position in detail, I'd appreciate it if you'd do the same. Were there any errors of fact in what I said? Or did you take issue with my analysis of those facts? Do you think degree mills provide a net public good? Was everybody arrested for protesting after the death of George Floyd actually involved in rioting and looting? Do you believe the incursion into the Capitol Building was performed by Antifa? Was Steve Bannon not convicted of wire fraud and money laundering?