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The Trump presidency & whataboutism
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16/11/2017 21:23:27
John Ryan
Captain-Cooker Appreciation Society
Taumata Whakatangi ..., New Zealand
 
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>>Ok that's fine, then you have no need to be part of a conversation about the contents of a video you did not watch.

Says the prolific commentator on the Democrat loss who steadfastly refuses to read the only autopsy so far? Which willful blinkering actually is covered by the autopsy's longstanding liberal author?!

Yeah, I know- call it "whataboutism" et voila, there's no need to engage the point.

But here's a small excerpt of another author for you: can you guess where it's from? (hint- note the implicit approval for "resistance" at the end)

Oliver continues in the tradition of Jon Stewart, adding reinforcements to the “liberal” bubble. He coddles his viewers by convincing them (as if they needed more convincing) of how right they are, how wrong they are, how many more facts they know than them. The visual assault of fact after fact without any time given to admit the weak points in his argument robs his viewers of the opportunity to think, or have any deep understanding of an issue. Worse, the false sense of solidarity that comes with sharing an Oliver segment on Facebook is an invitation to apathy not resistance.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us.
"
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
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