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[hollodero]

(09-30-2020, 09:56 AM)PhilHos Wrote: Yeah, I was setting up the argument about people being born with penises identifying as female, but no one bit. 


Personally, I think Trump had no idea he was telling them to "stand by" in the way in which everyone is thinking he meant. I'm sure, he'll come out today with a 'what I meant was' statement. The problem is that he DID tell them to 'stand by' and he did it on national TV. Yes, he told them to stand down first, but he told them to 'stand by' and they're running with it.  

For one, "stand down and stand by" is not much better than only saying "stand by". To me, it comes across as saying something akin to "it's not time yet, but be prepared".

What he meant, I do not know, but my interpretation seems reasonable enough to me. Also, I do have some experience with dog whistles like that from my own country and its Naziesque right-wing party. They also "never meant it that way" and "the evil media distorts words/takes things out of context" etc. when they deliberately said Third Reich-friendly stuff. Imho it's in the right wing populist's playbook (even though ours are distinctly more Naziesque than Trump is).