Trump Demands Biden Remove Ad of Him Calling Dead Soldiers ‘Suckers’ and ‘Losers’ - The former president said only a “psycho” or a “very stupid person” would’ve made such statements.

  • CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    Nah, you’re still just making up opinions you want me to have so that you can think I’m an ass. Then you’re twisting my words in order to convince yourself I’m saying something I’m not.

    It’s honestly kind of impressive that you’re able to go from “I respect people who are willing to risk their own well being in order to protect others, without care for personal gain.” to what you just wrote. Like… that requires some pretty heavy handed misinterpretation.

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      7 months ago

      you want me to have so that you can think I’m an ass.

      I don’t think you’re an ass.

      It’s honestly kind of impressive that you’re able to go from “I respect people who are willing to risk their own well being in order to protect others, without care for personal gain.”

      Nope. Not impressive at all. Merely the result of not putting people on a pedestal simply because the narratives you have spun in your own head about them conforms to the tenets of militarism and nationalism that you have been feeding yourself.

      It requires a minimum of interrogation to come apart and it’s implications laid bare.

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        7 months ago

        You’re making arguments to attack positions I’m not trying to defend, and you seem completely unaware that you’re missing the mark.

        I’ve repeatedly tried to clarify this for you, but the way you’re blatantly ignoring my actual position, and instead making up proxy opinions that you ascribe to me and find it easier to argue against makes me think you’re either a troll or a pigeon. Either way arguing with you is rather pointless when you’d rather make up what you think my opinion is, and argue against that, than try to assess a position I’m actually willing to defend.

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              6 months ago

              I cannot take much credit for that, I’m afraid… once you understand the origin and purpose of a given propaganda narrative, it becomes very difficult to discuss anything with someone who has swallowed said narrative without pushing that button.