Let's clarify some things!

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Originally Posted by Back

Anyone with a microphone and camera can make people seem any way they want through editing. FOX does it all the time.

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I can buy the argument that these types of videos usually just show the people that look stupid and ignore the ones where people were actually able to give good answers but...what?

That's not what you're saying...at least that's now what you typed. You're saying with just a camera and a microphone that anyone can make anyone look any way they want with "editing"? Like...we can edit footage in such a way as to...what are you saying?

You should stick to making your arguments on Youtube videos if that were the case, Back, then you could edit the videos in a way so it looks like you make sense.

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Originally Posted by Johnny Five

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Tolerance does not mean tolerating intolerance. It's intolerance that does not tolerate tolerance.

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Originally Posted by Thondalar

That would require me to register either Democrat or Republican. I can't bring myself to do that, because I'm neither of those things. Although there are times I would like to vote in a closed Primary, I can't simply switch parties on a whim. It would be at least dishonest, to myself most of all. It's not "disenfranchising" in the least. It would be no different than saying all Democrats are voluntarily disenfranchising themselves for not registering Republican, because they can't vote in the Republican Primary.

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They get to vote in a primary. You get to vote in none. Standing on principle can be commendable, but that's not what this is. Democrat is literally defined as those people who are registered with the party. You don't get a lobotomy, you don't get sent to a re-education camp, you aren't compelled to support them in any way. It costs you nothing and doubles the impact of your vote.

Perhaps this will be my new quintessential example for rationalism vs. empiricism. It is inconceivable to me why you are crippling your voice this way.

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Originally Posted by Atlanteax

Well, you just nailed why Obama was elected ...

So very sad it is about Hillary being a woman, or first female president, and zip on *merits* (again, just like how it happened for Obama).

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Obama was a Senator, Hilary was a Senator and Administrative Assistant of State. We're not talking about Robin Williams here.

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

They get to vote in a primary. You get to vote in none. Standing on principle can be commendable, but that's not what this is. Democrat is literally defined as those people who are registered with the party. You don't get a lobotomy, you don't get sent to a re-education camp, you aren't compelled to support them in any way. It costs you nothing and doubles the impact of your vote.

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I think Latrin just admitted that him supposedly being a registered Republican doesn't mean jack.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

That's not what you're saying...at least that's now what you typed. You're saying with just a camera and a microphone that anyone can make anyone look any way they want with "editing"? Like...we can edit footage in such a way as to...what are you saying?

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It used to be a very common criticism of the Daily Show.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

I think Latrin just admitted that him supposedly being a registered Republican doesn't mean jack.

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It means I get to vote twice every election. Party registration has never been identically correlated with ideology, for electors or electees.

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

It used to be a very common criticism of the Daily Show.

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Sure if you're taking their comments out of context or if you're showing a clip of what someone said yesterday then a clip of what they said 20 years ago so it looks like they contradicted themselves but that's not what's happening in this video. Not even close. Not even in the same ballpark, heck not even on the same planet! Dare I say not even in the same galaxy? I dare say it.

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Originally Posted by Tgo01

Sure if you're taking their comments out of context or if you're showing a clip of what someone said yesterday then a clip of what they said 20 years ago so it looks like they contradicted themselves but that's not what's happening in this video. Not even close. Not even in the same ballpark, heck not even on the same planet! Dare I say not even in the same galaxy? I dare say it.

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That is another criticism of the Daily Show, but I'm referring specifically to editing interviews (including splicing in footage not recorded at the time) to make the target look bad.

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Originally Posted by Back

Anyone with a microphone and camera can make people seem any way they want through editing. FOX does it all the time.

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So are you saying that the people in that video really did know what Hillary's accomplishments were, but thanks to clever editing it made like they didn't have a clue, and also that only Fox does this editing you speak of?

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Originally Posted by Back

Tolerance does not mean tolerating intolerance. It's intolerance that does not tolerate tolerance.

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Who are some of these intolerant people you speak of? White people and Christians, but only if they're not liberals, right?

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

That is another criticism of the Daily Show, but I'm referring specifically to editing interviews (including splicing in footage not recorded at the time) to make the target look bad.

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Daily Show criticism aside I'd like to hear how you think these interviews were edited in such a way to make these people look stupid. I'd also like to hear you explain that armed with just a camera, microphone and editing software one can make anyone seem any way they want.

And...GO!