(01-25-2022 07:16 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(01-24-2022 09:30 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  Quick quiz: which is more offensive to the chattering classes?
- Saying "let's go Brandon" in an unsuccessful attempt to be funny
- Saying "son of a *****" in a successful attempt to be contemptuous

That’s a rather skewed, and frankly inaccurate, comparison there.

For starters, #1 isn’t an attempt to be funny, but to be contemptuous.

Secondly, there is a directness to #1 that doesn’t exist in #2. While Biden should be more careful, let’s be honest that this was not him directly telling the Fox reporter this - he was caught on a hot mic saying it indirectly.

Some may prefer he be willing to say what he did directly if we said it behind the reporter’s back. But there is a difference between publicly saying both of these things and saying them in private and being overheard.

I’d rather Biden assume he was always being listened to and speak intentionally. Bad hot mic catch. But no one on this board better be clutching pearls…

About ninety percent of people are right handed so I'm going to assume you are too. So what exactly are you clutching in your right hand?

Your equation of 'directness' is a bit off imho. The fact that Sleepy Joe thought he was 'off mike' and not made 'in public' doesn't make his comments indirect. They were made about one specific individual and that makes them about as direct as direct can be.

And even though you don't feel, "Let's go Brandon" is funny, most of the people chanting same are seemingly laughing at the same time. So they think it's funny.

If anything is contemptuous, it might be Biden's energy policy, or Biden's economic policy, or Biden's foreign policy, or Biden's immigration (aka southern border) policy. Choose one or several or all.