Joe wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:35 pm
Forty Two wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:58 pm
Joe wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 3:06 pm
Forty Two wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:59 pm
Joe wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:12 am
Whatever you say Forty Two.
So here's a question for you that won't require any upsetting efforts. If you make a joke about a politician you voted for, does that count as criticism or support?
Again, I'm not inclined to engage in "efforts" that you won't engage in. And, I'm not inclined to continue answering your inquiries, when you don't extend the same courtesy by answering my questions.
But, this time I will, again, extend that courtesy - if I make a joke about a politician I voted for, it might be criticism, or it might be support, depending on the joke.
Okay, I made two jokes about Hillary Clinton, both mildly critical but playing on silly tropes. I levied two serious criticism of her foreign policy and debunked two false claims about her which I counted as positive. I reviewed all of my posts. I'm a little surprised I've said so little about her.
So, you want to try a month of yours.
I might. But, for what purpose? Are we trying to establish that my anti-Trump posts pale in comparison to my pro-Trump posts? If that's it, then that's already established. This will be the fourth time I've acknowledge that fact.
Ah, Forty Two, you persist in misunderstanding. I can't tell you what you would learn, just that is useful to fact check your perceptions. After all, you get called a Russian troll and a Trump shill pretty regularly, for all you claim that you criticize Trump.
I don't find it to be "regularly." You're free to check your perceptions on that by reviewing the posts on this forum. However, what I see is just a couple people doing that, and forgive me if I don't give a fuck what someone like Scot Dutchy says.
Again, what do you mean "for all you claim that you criticize Trump." What claim in that regard do you think I've made? I've only claimed that I've done it. I admit that my criticisms do not come close to equaling my supportive posts. What's the problem? I support his Presidency. I like his policies, generally speaking, and far more often than I oppose them.
Joe wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:35 pm
Are you sure you aren't misremembering? I did a not so quick perusal of your last month's posts where Trump was mentioned, and you only offered two critical posts, yesterday after I pointed it out. This is against 57 posts either defending or touting the guy. You had 10 jokes, mostly about "Trump Derangement Syndrome."
Which is exactly in line with my statement that I have admitted several times that my critical posts do, in fact, pale in comparison to my pro-Trump posts. Why wouldn't they? I support his policies. Why do I need more critical posts? So that I agree with you more? If not for that reason, then why?
Joe wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:35 pm
It's no big deal to me, since that was what I expected,
and what I acknowledged clearly, several times - this is now the fifth time.
Joe wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:35 pm
but had I found 10 critical posts, I would have changed my perception to a more correct one. Either way, it was a a good use of time, since it fact checked my perception.
My 2 posts is more than you'll find with most anti-Trumpers here. Check Tero's posts, and Scot Dutchy, pErvin, Hermit, JimC, yourself --
What is the point of this? Why do I need ore critical Trump posts? What would that tell you?
Joe wrote: ↑Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:35 pm
In your case, maybe the effort would give you a taste of what reporters sometimes go through to dig out a story, and that would be useful in and of itself for the topic of this thread. Given the level of work involved, how strong is the temptation for reporters to just go along with the prevailing narrative, especially if it conforms to their biases.
I suspect Cunt will be happy to get back to the topic.
Do you believe that you are making sense?
One, I know what a good reporter goes through. And, I know that bad reporters (which is most of them) don't do that, and generally push a narrative.
What is it, though, that you want me to realize about my posts here? That they are overwhelmingly anti-Trump? I said they were. I never said otherwise. So, what do you want? Me to realize that I'm wrong in some way, because the number of posts anti-Trump are not as high as you would think is reasonable?
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