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Topic	How is Trump's Approval rating still at 45%?
Zeus 01/29/19 4:42:08 AM #101:	IronicFool posted... Zeus posted... But are you aware that you suggested -- rather wrongly -- that I thought the such? When in fact the closest I came to remarking on it was when I joking implied that the only reason it wasn't higher is that people are stupid? Yes, I thought that's what we were talking about. That even if using the definition of 'you' meaning "anyone in general" I said you specifically thought it was because people are stupid. The joking implication part you did came after that first post so naturally it wouldn't apply. It would be stupid to suggest otherwise. My first post in the topic was my joking response, hence why all along I -- and others -- have assumed that you looked at the wrong person's post and confused it for me. darkknight109 posted... Nope! Yep! darkknight109 posted... So why not say that in your original post? All you said is "Calling people animals is racist", not "Calling people animals is racist, as long as you were born after 1970. " I mean, shouldn't you be checking the ages of the posters you were trying to call out if that's your view? Or does that only apply to Donald Trump? Even you must realize that you're suggesting something ludicrous. darkknight109 posted... Plus, as I mentioned earlier, I haven't had any issues adopting to new social mores and neither have any of the seniors I know. The language that was commonplace when I was in high school would be considered extraordinarily offensive now, yet somehow I've managed to keep up with the times and change my idioms as necessary to avoid being an asshole. You're hardly a senior citizen. Most significant mores were the same from when you were growing up. More importantly, you almost certainly haven't kept up with emerging mores -- especially since some of which are hotly contested, like the assertion that "thug" is the new n-word. darkknight109 posted... I'm also talking about the fucking President of the United States. Donald Trump isn't just "some random old guy", he occupies the highest office in the USA. I feel like a politician - nevermind the supposed-"leader of the free world" - should at least have enough capacity for understanding human social trends to avoid making such an easily avoidable gaffe. Irrelevant. darkknight109 posted... I mean, I can't remember Obama screwing that up. Or Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, if you prefer someone in Trump's age demographic, yet Trump gets repeatedly stung by this sort of language and behaviour. That's not something that can - or should - be excused. O rly? You mean Bernie Sanders who talked about rounding up black men from street corners? Or Hillary Clinton who -- TWENTY years ago when she was a much younger woman -- described black youths as "super predators"? And, of course, Obama frequently bungled race relations but otherwise Obama is still young enough to have grown up with most of these mores so he's less affected anyway. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:916560847] in How is Tru... [t:77368084]...</cite> <quote><cite>IronicFool posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>But are you aware that you suggested -- rather wrongly -- that I thought the such? When in fact the closest I came to remarking on it was when I joking implied that the only reason it wasn't higher is that people are stupid?</quote> Yes, I thought that's what we were talking about. That even if using the definition of 'you' meaning "anyone in general" I said you specifically thought it was because people are stupid. The joking implication part you did came after that first post so naturally it wouldn't apply. It would be stupid to suggest otherwise.</quote> My first post in the topic was my joking response, hence why all along I -- and others -- have assumed that you looked at the wrong person's post and confused it for me. <cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>Nope!</quote> Yep! <cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>So why not say that in your original post? All you said is "Calling people animals is racist", not "Calling people animals is racist, as long as you were born after 1970. " I mean, shouldn't you be checking the ages of the posters you were trying to call out if that's your view? Or does that only apply to Donald Trump?</quote> Even you must realize that you're suggesting something ludicrous. <cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>Plus, as I mentioned earlier, I haven't had any issues adopting to new social mores and neither have any of the seniors I know. The language that was commonplace when I was in high school would be considered extraordinarily offensive now, yet somehow I've managed to keep up with the times and change my idioms as necessary to avoid being an asshole.</quote> You're hardly a senior citizen. Most significant mores were the same from when you were growing up. More importantly, you almost certainly haven't kept up with emerging mores -- especially since some of which are hotly contested, like the assertion that "thug" is the new n-word. <cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>I'm also talking about the fucking President of the United States. Donald Trump isn't just "some random old guy", he occupies the highest office in the USA. I feel like a politician - nevermind the supposed-"leader of the free world" - should at least have enough capacity for understanding human social trends to avoid making such an easily avoidable gaffe.</quote> Irrelevant. <cite>darkknight109 posted...</cite> <quote>I mean, I can't remember Obama screwing that up. Or Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, if you prefer someone in Trump's age demographic, yet Trump gets repeatedly stung by this sort of language and behaviour. That's not something that can - or should - be excused.</quote> O rly? You mean Bernie Sanders who talked about rounding up black men from street corners? Or Hillary Clinton who -- TWENTY years ago when she was a much younger woman -- described black youths as "super predators"? And, of course, Obama frequently bungled race relations but otherwise Obama is still young enough to have grown up with most of these mores so he's less affected anyway. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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