07-13-2017, 03:00 PM
(07-13-2017, 03:32 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: I've been critical of Trump.
When have you been critical of Democrats?
Even Kellyann Conway has "been critical of Trump."
It is now hard to talke about "Russia and our Election" without also talking about about the counter narratives and false equivalences which normalize Trump's incompetent policy making and vulgarly aberrant behavior. Defending him by claiming "both sides do it" lowers standards of political and journalistic integrity.
Even people who claim they don't support Trump nevertheless contribute to lowering standards by continually juxtaposing Trump's near daily missteps with the Fox News version of Obama and Clinton "scandals" to construct a system of false equivalences, like the first 6 months of trump is really no different from any other president's--hyped up Dems just want to see it that way.
Right after the election, in the "Draining the Swamp" thread, you claimed no one could predict Trump would be utterly incompetent. The office would change him as it does every president. "Its different when you actually sit in the chair." "There's no real evidence he' ll be any different," you said. Remember how "career staffers" were going to guide foreign policy?
Do you still hold to these claims? Trump not all that different from OBamaBushClinton?
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