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 Post subject: Re: The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump
PostPosted: Mon October 16, 2017 7:07 pm 
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One thing that struck me: when he talks about kneeling football players, he uses language that separates them from the concept of 'Americans.' Maybe not implied foreign, like with Puerto Rico, but...not stakeholders. Others. Its "so disrespectful to OUR country when THEY take a knee." Those pronouns keep recurring, and I can't tell if it's a dog whistle or just lazy low-vocab stupidity.

Can't it be both?


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The use of those pronouns tell you all you need to know.


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The use of those pronouns tell you all you need to know.


Yup. Trump supports gender-neutral identification of NFL players.

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The use of those pronouns tell you all you need to know.


Yup. Trump supports gender-neutral identification of NFL players.

The repetition of that phrasing is what makes it stand out.

I think it's at *least* as likely that it's just an artifact of being less articulate than an 8th grader who just got high in the bathroom, but I can't pretend to think that's any less concerning a reality.

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And then McP was like, "Does the Taliban accept prisoner applications?"


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Does the first murdered Ambassador in over 30 years really count as a “soldier”?

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jwfocker wrote:
The use of those pronouns tell you all you need to know.


Yup. Trump supports gender-neutral identification of NFL players.

:lol:

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Does the first murdered Ambassador in over 30 years really count as a “soldier”?


What the hell are on about? US soldiers were ambushed by 50 ISIS fighters. 4 servicemen were killed.

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hillary lied and our guys died


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hillary lied and our guys died

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None of them were active duty military at the time, tbf.

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Killary

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less talky more tax cut

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The image in that meme is from the transfer of remains ceremony for Ambassador Stevens who was killed when the US mission in Benghazi, Libya was overrun by Ansar al-Sharia. Not for four soldiers.

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I almost fucking passed out when I read that he said: "I’ve written them personal letters. They’ve been sent, or they’re going out tonight." Here's a conversation I had approximately 100 times during my years of teaching:

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Simple Torture: "Yes."

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Student: "Just like you asked, I'm emailing you that paper tonight."

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---later that night---

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less talky more tax cut


That's what I was thinking too. Tax cut and health care.


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The use of those pronouns tell you all you need to know.


Yup. Trump supports gender-neutral identification of NFL players.



Yep. Classic Trump.


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jwfocker wrote:
The use of those pronouns tell you all you need to know.


Yup. Trump supports gender-neutral identification of NFL players.



Yep. Classic Trump.


I'm little surprised he hasn't fallen into referring to himself in the 3rd person.

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