Things that made you laugh today (Political Version)

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Originally Posted by Gelston

Wow, you believe the entire problem in this country is completely one side. Amazing how brainwashed you are.

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More deflection. More bullshit. More blah blah blah. With a little bit of ad hominem thrown in. If I'm wrong, Support your idea. Reference research. Put up some data.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

More deflection. More bullshit. More blah blah blah. With a little bit of ad hominem thrown in. If I'm wrong, Support your idea. Reference research. Put up some data.

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What, exactly, am I deflecting? Tell me.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

I am responding directly to the post you made about this topic. You are watering down your defense by making some sort of "whataboutism" or "everyone does it" argument. You literally went from saying they were treating the kid fairly to saying, "Well, everyone does it"

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In my life, what I saw, was adults spreading the anti-bullying message (with a video of a black kid beating up a white kid of course) while simultaneously spreading funny memes about his "guns", lesbian skinheads, tide pod eaters blah blah blah. In fact, I've not seen hardly any legitimate responses to points he's made. They're trying to discredit him through all those fallacies that we see here so much.

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Either you aren't understanding what I'm saying or I'm not explaining it properly. I was speaking about the media, not the entire internet. Everything I've seen has been in response to his comments, not about him being a survivor. I'm not making the everyone does it argument in regards to the media. I'm saying that everyone else on the internet can be assholes and you are holding the right to the lowest common denominator but holding the left to only the highest denominator.

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Originally Posted by Gelston

What, exactly, am I deflecting? Tell me.

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And now you're just being argumentative.

Gel: I heard he wasn't at school
Me: Responds about that telling gel about the conspiracy theory bullshit (simultaneously Gel confirms that he was at school but is still being manipulated by the "media")
Gel: You're a bot
Me: You're deflecting
Gel: You're brainwashed
Me: Ad hominem and deflecting
Gel: Tell me exactly what I'm deflecting

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Originally Posted by drauz

Either you aren't understanding what I'm saying or I'm not explaining it properly. I was speaking about the media, not the entire internet. Everything I've seen has been in response to his comments, not about him being a survivor. I'm not making the everyone does it argument in regards to the media. I'm saying that everyone else on the internet can be assholes and you are holding the right to the lowest common denominator but holding the left to only the highest denominator.

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I'm not holding the left to anything denominator. They are not relevant to this conversation since we're discussing the right wing reaction to the Parkland kids. We can have that conversation if you want, but I'm saying that the fake news is a specific right wing problem.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

And now you're just being argumentative.

Gel: I heard he wasn't at school
Me: Responds about that telling gel about the conspiracy theory bullshit (simultaneously Gel confirms that he was at school but is still being manipulated by the "media")
Gel: You're a bot
Me: You're deflecting
Gel: You're brainwashed
Me: Ad hominem and deflecting
Gel: Tell me exactly what I'm deflecting

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And prior to your "Conspiracy theory bullshit" response looked it up and saw that was false and even posted as such.

Again, what am I deflecting?

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Originally Posted by Gelston

I mean, half the shit you say, I'm not sure you aren't a Russian bot.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

LOL I get that you're joking...I think. I hope it's just a joke and not a deflection.

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Originally Posted by Gelston

You don't seem to realize the Russian bots throw out stupidity and rumors from both sides of the aisle.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

Whatever they throw, the right picks it up and passes exponentially more than the left or the center. There is only false equivalence here. Not real. It's not a "both sides of the aisle" problem. It's a right wing problem.

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Originally Posted by Gelston

Wow, you believe the entire problem in this country is completely one side. Amazing how brainwashed you are.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

More deflection. More bullshit. More blah blah blah. With a little bit of ad hominem thrown in. If I'm wrong, Support your idea. Reference research. Put up some data.

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Originally Posted by Gelston

What, exactly, am I deflecting? Tell me.

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Here you go.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

Here you go.

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Use your words. Where am I deflecting? I agreed there are bot on the right. And they are also on the left.

You disagreed and said only the right is to blame.

Please, explain.

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Originally Posted by cwolff

I'm not holding the left to anything denominator. They are not relevant to this conversation since we're discussing the right wing reaction to the Parkland kids. We can have that conversation if you want, but I'm saying that the fake news is a specific right wing problem.

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I think most of the responses have been about his stances on gun control. Sure some super far right wing places have said some mean things about him. He thrust himself into the spotlight after a tragic event and people are acting like anything he says can't be criticized because he was there for the shooting. I disagree. I've said I don't think he really cares about school shootings and that he just cares about guns. I arrived at this conclusion by his response to the clear backpacks.

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Originally Posted by drauz

I think most of the responses have been about his stances on gun control. Sure some super far right wing places have said some mean things about him. He thrust himself into the spotlight after a tragic event and people are acting like anything he says can't be criticized because he was there for the shooting.

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Sure it's open season to criticize his positions. By super right wing we're talking about Fox and fox "news" employees. It's not just crazy Alex Jones stuff. Even elected officials comparing them to Nazis, calling them lesbians. It's a multi pronged attack from the right. They are throwing everything but the kitchen sink at these kids. Soros, "evil media", crisis actors...it's no holds barred anything goes.