Quote Originally Posted by Shaps View Post
I'll give you the perfect example of how they frame it....directly from this article.

"Self also said he wanted to avoid making the tragic incident political but then pointed to the violence in "big cities" after being asked if he was concerned about the rise of violent incidents across the US."

See what they did?

By crafting the paragraph the way they did, it infers a negative connotation - of how he was making it political. Watch how it will sound different if done this way:

"After being asked if he was concerned about the rise of violent incidents across the US, Self cited numerous incidents of violence that concerned him greatly, but did not want to treat such tragic incidents as political".

See the difference?

And if you watch the actual clip... that is more akin to what he said... but they flip it, to get the reaction that they want to produce.

It's tricky stuff... but if you have ever dealt with, or been trained to know what to look for... it's pretty blatant.
Deluded religious person says dumb thing, Shaps bends over backwards to reframe the dumb thing to be slightly less insane, but fails miserable.

God granted free will to Man to make their own choices, with only his Words meant to guide through life. The Texas Congressman is convinced himself that if it is God's will, then his only son Jesus Christ will come down and stop the perpetrator of the mass shooting to protect 'good Christians', only of course that is bullshit and obviously no one happens. Yet these wackadoo Christians take a big 'ole dose of copium and tell themselves that 'it was God's will they die' or better yet, 'If they had been firmer in their beliefs, God would have protected them." This is honestly the bullshit the clergy and religious political figures have deluded Republicans into believing.