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When Persuasion Turns Deadly

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Re: When Persuasion Turns Deadly

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post #8

> (Trump has never mentioned race in a negative way) This is my absolute favorite casual-oh-by-the-way-in-parentheses-at-the-end-of-a-paragraph statement. Ever.

Has he mentioned race in a negative way? I don't remember him doing so.

He has retweeted white supremacist propaganda on numerous occasions. http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/45291_We_Found_Where...

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/05/...

Re: When Persuasion Turns Deadly

#22
post #6

So he endorses clinton to stop getting harassed. Then he posts afterward that he only did it to stop getting harassed while simultaneously promoting trump. I'm sure that'll work out well for him.

He's pretty open about how he's into studying the art of "persuasion" and I think this is one of the dumb tricks. By pretending to be threatened by Clinton supporters it makes her and her supporters look bad, or at least as bad as trump supporters.

Re: When Persuasion Turns Deadly

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post #8

> (Trump has never mentioned race in a negative way) This is my absolute favorite casual-oh-by-the-way-in-parentheses-at-the-end-of-a-paragraph statement. Ever.

Has he mentioned race in a negative way? I don't remember him doing so.

He has mentioned Mexicans, Syrians, Chinese, Iraqis.

Pretty sure he wasn't speaking positively of them.

He also sub-tweeted about rates of violence of blacks and whites.

Re: When Persuasion Turns Deadly

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post #3

> But the police shootings and the recent uptick in domestic racial violence are mostly Clinton’s doings to win the election. What. The. Fuck. ???

His point is that it's Clinton who tries to antagonize Americans against each other.

1. It reads like she orchestrated these events, which is obviously not true.

2. If there's a problem with police and "race relations" in this country (which I believe is the case) it behooves us to address it.

3. I'm not aware of how Clinton is antagonizing Americans against each other over this.

4. Trump is not exactly a uniter, if you know what I mean.

Disclaimer: I'm a Berner who will vote for Clinton under duress.

Re: When Persuasion Turns Deadly

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post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His point is that it's Clinton who tries to antagonize Americans against each other.

1. It reads like she orchestrated these events, which is obviously not true. 2. If there's a problem with police and "race relations" in this country (which I believe is the case) it behooves us to address it. 3. I'm not aware of how Clinton is antagonizing Americans against each other over this. 4. Trump is not exactly a uniter, if you know what I mean. Disclaimer: I'm a Berner who will vote for Clinton under duress…

> 2. If there's a problem with police and "race relations" in this country (which I believe is the case) it behooves us to address it.

The point is that race relations are actively being made worse by media narrating the tired identity politics that Clinton represents.

There undoubtedly is a problem of police unaccountability in this country, potentially affecting any of us. The incidents are inherently rare, otherwise they'd be quickly changed through democratic feedback. The media has completely derailed this issue with its racism, framing it as a problem that non-blacks do not need to worry about (but just perhaps feel bad about). I can't think of a better way to preserve the status quo.

Re: When Persuasion Turns Deadly

#29

He is saying Clinton will win in one paragraph and then he is saying Trump will win in a landslide in another paragraph. Which one is it? I read some other blog posts of this guy and now I am losing respect for the guy who came up with Dilbert.

Which one is it? Bear with me on this one ... I loved the movie Pulp Fiction. In it, Jules and Vincent are stone cold killers. They do their job with cool nonchalance. But when something goes wrong they fall apart; they can't cope with changed circumstances. They're utterly helpless until Winston Wolfe rescues them. In summary, the domain over which they can be considered "experts" is very limited. Another example is…

Good explanation but still can't get him out of my head Everytime I look at Dilbert.
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