▲ 902 ▼ Biden W-W-Wo-Was Certified (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 1 year ago by miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments xcancel
[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (4 children) Biden was certified as what? The winner permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Being certified as the winner is not the same as being the winner. There's nothing contradictory about both claiming Biden was certified and claiming Biden was falsely certified - so this isn't like the "state's right to what?" thing, finishing the sentence for them doesn't change the statement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago It doesn't need to be a contradiction to be obvious weasel words they're using to literally avoid saying a few very specific words: "Biden won" or "Trump lost" permalink fedilink source parent [–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago It's not finishing their sentence, it's forcing them to be specific. Rs want to sound clever and play word games, back them into a corner and make them be specific. It's infuriating that Rs spit out word salads and play word games but no one ever pushes back on them, journalists and other Ds just let it slide. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's a pretty nuanced take. I don't think Trump can appreciate that level of nuance and would be outraged anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (3 children) Being certified as the winner is not the same as being the winner. There's nothing contradictory about both claiming Biden was certified and claiming Biden was falsely certified - so this isn't like the "state's right to what?" thing, finishing the sentence for them doesn't change the statement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago It doesn't need to be a contradiction to be obvious weasel words they're using to literally avoid saying a few very specific words: "Biden won" or "Trump lost" permalink fedilink source parent [–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago It's not finishing their sentence, it's forcing them to be specific. Rs want to sound clever and play word games, back them into a corner and make them be specific. It's infuriating that Rs spit out word salads and play word games but no one ever pushes back on them, journalists and other Ds just let it slide. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's a pretty nuanced take. I don't think Trump can appreciate that level of nuance and would be outraged anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago It doesn't need to be a contradiction to be obvious weasel words they're using to literally avoid saying a few very specific words: "Biden won" or "Trump lost" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago It's not finishing their sentence, it's forcing them to be specific. Rs want to sound clever and play word games, back them into a corner and make them be specific. It's infuriating that Rs spit out word salads and play word games but no one ever pushes back on them, journalists and other Ds just let it slide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago That's a pretty nuanced take. I don't think Trump can appreciate that level of nuance and would be outraged anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
