The (Current year) General Political/Salma Hayek discussion Thread Part V

[BugI02]

https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1227646561687089152

You owe me 10 minutes

 

[ArcadiaGP]

https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1227646561687089152

You owe me 10 minutes

Good, so imagine someone took a screenshot of that tweet and posted it on their own feed.

That's how I saw it, and that's where I copied it from. I don't follow Mediaite. The first image in my post is a screenshot of a tweet, once again, irrelevant, seeing as other news outlets have covered it (the words he said on Fox News) as well by now.

So look at my revised version, decide whether or not you find it funny, then move on to another thread to pick nits.

 

[BugI02]

So, given it is a joke (now), not General Political/Salma Hayek discussion Thread (Part V), which one of us should move on? I guess I missed the discussion part of the OP

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break-room/268628-official-ingo-joke-thread-2.html

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...-i-dont-laugh-ill-cry***-234.html#post8187978

 

[BugI02]

Good, so imagine someone took a screenshot of that tweet and posted it on their own feed.

That's how I saw it, and that's where I copied it from. I don't follow Mediaite. The first image in my post is a screenshot of a tweet, once again, irrelevant, seeing as other news outlets have covered it (the words he said on Fox News) as well by now.

So look at my revised version, decide whether or not you find it funny, then move on to another thread to pick nits.

I find your revised version every bit as funny as the original

 

[ArcadiaGP]

There y'go, modding me again... Hah.

I remember the last guy that got upset and pointed out posts and told people which threads they should be in. But he was also consistently doing it with more than one person, though, so it's a totally different situation.

 

[PaulF]

So, given it is a joke (now), not General Political/Salma Hayek discussion Thread (Part V), which one of us should move on? I guess I missed the discussion part of the OP

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break-room/268628-official-ingo-joke-thread-2.html

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...-i-dont-laugh-ill-cry***-234.html#post8187978

Okay boomer.

There y'go, modding me again... Hah.

I remember the last guy that got upset and pointed out posts and told people which threads they should be in. But he was also consistently doing it with more than one person, though, so it's a totally different situation.

Millenials and their silly (checks notes) notions of fair play. Ha.

As a GenX'r I'm here to remind you both that everything sucks, and it's ALL YOUR FAULT!

 

[nonobaddog]

Okay boomer.
Millenials and their silly (checks notes) notions of fair play. Ha.
As a GenX'r I'm here to remind you both that everything sucks, and it's ALL YOUR FAULT!

Boomers Rule! Only in part because we have consumed more bacon.

 

[jamil]

Just change Stone to Schiff and president to Pelosi and see if you can understand why this is a yawner

Get back to me when 'justice' is one set of rules for everybody. I could care less if he pardons him. Only those most immersed in the fever dream that making Trump's friends lives hellish enough will get them to turn on him or manufacture evidence against him will applaud this

"That means you do care. At least a little."
Al Yankovic.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Boomers Rule! Only in part because we have consumed more bacon.

I dunno, I eat quite a bit of bacon...

Anyway...

The Roger Stone Sentencing Fiasco

Wonder if the pardon will even be necessary, case looks like it could just be thrown out

 

[jamil]

One of of these is not the same. Calling a 21 year old girl at a campaign rally a liar and "dog face pony soldier" is in a different category than calling a stripper/hooker extortionist a "horseface". Not even close...

Okay, so we're quibbling over the equality of saying ****ty things about people? Does implying things about Megan Kelly's bloody vagina, because a journalist, bias notwithstanding, dared to criticize the president, make it more equal?

 

[BugI02]

Okay boomer.



Millenials and their silly (checks notes) notions of fair play. Ha.

As a GenX'r I'm here to remind you both that everything sucks, and it's ALL YOUR FAULT!

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[jamil]

I dunno, I eat quite a bit of bacon...

Anyway...

The Roger Stone Sentencing Fiasco

Wonder if the pardon will even be necessary, case looks like it could just be thrown out

Well, if it is, that'll be disappointing to a lot of people in a dramatic way.

 

[BugI02]

There y'go, modding me again... Hah.

I remember the last guy that got upset and pointed out posts and told people which threads they should be in. But he was also consistently doing it with more than one person, though, so it's a totally different situation.

Yes, I can see that the criticism of being mod wannabe is certainly bothering one of us

Was that other guy running a news clipping service on the site?

 

[Alpo]

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True enough. The Greatest Generation (which wasn't all THAT great) has just about disappeared.

I'm glad you whiners will be able to shut down carbon emissions, eat only kale and tofu and live your miserable lives forever.

 

[BugI02]

Okay, so we're quibbling over the equality of saying ****ty things about people? Does implying things about Megan Kelly's bloody vagina, because a journalist, bias notwithstanding, dared to criticize the president, make it more equal?

You know you're defending whataboutism, yes?

"Joe Biden said something mean to a woman"

"Well, Trump says mean things to women, too"

It's about relevance or the lack thereof. Trump isn't attempting to play a woke acolyte of diversity, Biden is

 

[BugI02]

"That means you do care. At least a little."
Al Yankovic.

I'll use an idea I [STRIKE]got[/STRIKE] [stole] from another member, and blame it on the keyboards to my Apple device(s)

 

[jamil]

You know you're defending whataboutism, yes?

"Joe Biden said something mean to a woman"

"Well, Trump says mean things to women, too"

It's about relevance or the lack thereof. Trump isn't attempting to play a woke acolyte of diversity, Biden is

No. I'm not. I'm saying if you want to talk about the equality of offenses, why not pick something more equal? So, okay, maybe the pornstar/stripper/hooker doesn't deserve the same social position of offense taken because of what she does for a living. Alright. Megan Kelly. It's a fair point. But really, my point is that arguing the nuances of which one did it worse is silly. If you have to have that discussion, doesn't it identify both are a problem?

 

[nonobaddog]

People seem to deride whataboutism but I think whataboutism is certainly a useful tool for exposing hypocrisy.

 

[jamil]

I'll use an idea I [STRIKE]got[/STRIKE] [stole] from another member, and blame it on the keyboards to my Apple device(s)

Oh. you have da phat phingers too? Ah. Apple. Understood beratna. You no welwalla, beltalowda.

 

[jamil]

People seem to deride whataboutism but I think whataboutism is certainly a useful tool for exposing hypocrisy.

If it's for exposing hypocrisy, it's not whataboutism. If it's for exposing a flaw in one's argument, it's not whataboutism. If it is to deflect the argument from having to confront the truth about something, that's whataboutism.

ETA: whataboutism is a kind of logical fallacy. It's trying to say that because someone else did the same thing, the thing I (or someone I support) did is therefore dismissed.