(07-30-2019 04:12 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(07-30-2019 04:02 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(07-30-2019 03:52 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(07-30-2019 03:40 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(07-30-2019 03:28 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  The media and congressional outrage is faux outrage, yes. Theater. Those who actually believe the mischaracterization of the tweet might be genuinely outraged.

So again, your thesis is that the outrage over Trump's tweet isn't justified in the slightest? Unless the slightest is people being hoodwinked by what you deem a mischaracterization?

I don't see why you got so offended at my question...

Offended? I'm not offended. I am puzzled why it's so important to you to have the question of "justification" answered. I'm also not going to be maneuvered into saying people aren't entitled to their (legitimate) emotions.

Faux outrage is inherently unjustified. What conceivable justification could there be for pretending to be outraged?

My point is there is legitimate reason to be outraged at Trump's tweet - that it is not solely faux outrage or based on being used as a distraction.

I asked if you felt that people were justified in their reaction to Trump's tweets because a central component of that piece was that the outrage was real and justified. You seem to disagree with that central component of the piece, which basically throws the entire purpose of the article out the window, and I thought the article provided a good perspective.

I'm not trying to maneuver you into trying to deny people their right to an opinion - I'm trying to ask whether or not you personally think there is justification for any of the outrage over what Trump tweeted. Seems as if you don't think there is any justification, and yet, you asked me if I was deliberately misinterpreting your statements to get to the point.

The closest you've gotten to saying whether or not you think there is justification for the response, is that you think some people might be outraged over what you call a mischaracterization.

I'm not a mind reader, Lad. I can't possibly know if any given person's emotional response throughout the U.S. is real or fake. It does stand to reason that those who are twisting Trump's words into an accusation of racism can only be faking their outrage, because if the accusation is false then it follows logically that their response is fake. It also stands to reason that anyone who doesn't really believe Trump is a racist, yet is acting outraged by his racism, must also be faking it.

Ergo - you don't think that any outrage towards Trump's tweet is justified...

You forgot that last sentence, but at least we got there. It's your prerogative to think that the outrage isn't justified, I just don't get why you pushed back on me suggesting that you felt it wasn't justified.

Maybe we're talking about two different things as well? I realize now that you might be just focused on the potential racist component of it, and I'm not at the moment. The author of the article makes some good points about the entirety of Trump's series of tweets, independent of the potential racist implications.