Why does he refuse to condemn them?

[*PhilHos*]

(10-01-2020, 01:12 PM)hollodero Wrote: One could reasonably see it that way. But yeah, I feel it was far from being strong enough. I believe a good rule of thumb would be that the group that gets condemned actually feels condemned instead of emboldened. If the latter is the case, there is an issue with the strongness of the confirmation, imho.

I mean, I get it. I, too, would rather he just say "I condemn [fill in the blank]" without saying anything else. 

That said, the dude has said multiple times he condemns these things and people are STILL asking him to condemn them.

(10-01-2020, 01:12 PM)hollodero Wrote: Generally speaking, doing bad and defending it by claiming even doing good wouldn't have been good enough for many is never an effective counterpoint to critizism.

Except that's not what's happening. Trump isn't "doing bad". He's doing "not good enough".