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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On October 04 2017 04:41 RealityIsKing wrote: #FakeNews Trump was complimenting on PR's ability to quickly mobilize and control the catastrophe. Nope, that is real news. That is a direct quote. Trump likes to remind the island of ungrateful people of how much the US is going to spend on them. With all his racially charges language that he breaks out whenever he is criticized for being the shitty president he is. | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
On October 04 2017 04:41 RealityIsKing wrote: #FakeNews Trump was complimenting on PR's ability to quickly mobilize and control the catastrophe. Yes and no. Correction: no an yes is more appropriate | ||
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RealityIsKing
613 Posts
On October 04 2017 04:44 Plansix wrote: Nope, that is real news. That is a direct quote. Trump likes to remind the island of ungrateful people of how much the US is going to spend on them. With all his racially charges language that he breaks out whenever he is criticized for being the shitty president he is. You didn't even watch the clip. He didn't say that this wasn't a tragic event. You are spreading misinformation for the sake of being divisive. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On October 04 2017 04:49 RealityIsKing wrote: You didn't even watch the clip. He didn't say that this wasn't a tragic event. You are spreading misinformation for the sake of being divisive. I listened to the whole thing on NPR. Don’t be basic. Trump says a lot of things he doesn’t mean. Don’t be dumb. Divisive President breeds divisive citizens. Trump reaps what he sows. | ||
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RealityIsKing
613 Posts
On October 04 2017 04:53 Plansix wrote: I listened to the whole thing on NPR. Don’t be basic. Trump says a lot of things he doesn’t mean. Don’t be dumb. Divisive President breeds divisive citizens. Trump reaps what he sows. Well in this particular case, he didn't say anything racially charged and was clearly complimenting on the people in the ground that was taking care of PR. So don't be dumb and spread lies. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom10026 Posts
*defends Trump - The biggest liar of all time* 'don't spread lies.' | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
Like, "Man, that bites, but if you look at a real mess of a breakup like mine you're handling this way better than I ever did." That kind of thing, the "real" is inclusive, an indication of similarity/kinship/comparability as opposed to being exclusive. I mean Trump is a human wasteland of a President who has many other Puetro Rico-related failures to condemn but this particular issue seems entirely innocuous. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On October 04 2017 05:37 Seuss wrote: When I first heard that Trump soundbite I didn't notice a problem. IANA language expert but I wonder if some of this is in part because that use of "real" is a northeastern thing. That sort of language has happened a lot in my life and it's always been meant commiseratingly as opposed to dismissively. Like, "Man, that bites, but if you look at a real mess of a breakup like mine you're handling this way better than I ever did." That kind of thing, the "real" is inclusive, an indication of similarity/kinship/comparability as opposed to being exclusive. I mean Trump is a human wasteland of a President who has many other Puetro Rico-related failures to condemn but this particular issue seems entirely innocuous. I wouldn't call it entirely innocuous, but yeah "real" as "very big" does take some of the bite out of it a bit as a normal person thing. But for a politician, being held to the fire for even small sound bites like this is the norm more than exception, it's really only like Trump who hasn't been held to this sort of standard for his word mincing. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
The ruling is finally in, retweets are endorsements. | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On October 04 2017 04:02 Amui wrote: Trump: "I'm helping. No president before me has ever helped this much before" He's so out of touch with the pain and suffering of people that it hurts. Literally not an empathetic bone in his body. It wouldn't be out of place if "let them eat cake" left his mouth, at this point. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10989 Posts
Ah.. I gues they wait until its safe to talk about football players not taking the flag and a song seriously enough. | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
On October 04 2017 05:40 Logo wrote: I wouldn't call it entirely innocuous, but yeah "real" as "very big" does take some of the bite out of it a bit as a normal person thing. But for a politician, being held to the fire for even small sound bites like this is the norm more than exception, it's really only like Trump who hasn't been held to this sort of standard for his word mincing. Yeah, if this was any of the last three Presidents this would have been milked for a week's worth of "news".
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
Just wow. It is amazing he makes it out of bed in the morning. | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
About the underreporting of deaths, and how far behind the system is in dealing with bodies and deaths in PR. https://ctmirror.org/2017/10/02/marias-dead-in-puerto-rico-are-underreported/ | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On October 04 2017 06:12 Plansix wrote: https://twitter.com/dave_brown24/status/915295655882616834 Just wow. It is amazing he makes it out of bed in the morning. found it, it's pretty funny But all in all I actually kind of agree that while his actual phrasing is terrible, especially when you read it, he didn't really want to say malicious things this time and we should spend our outrage on some of the many other things he screwed up  | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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Velr
Switzerland10989 Posts
I mean.. everyone around him looks good/decent but he looks just bad, horribly bad. | ||
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