▲ 898 ▼ Republicans: gottem! (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 week ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 136 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 child) Still reeling from a moment from a McCain rally where it more or less went: Woman: "But Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim!" McCain: "No ma'am, he's an upstanding American. I don't agree with his policies, but he's a good man." The implication of course being that those are mutually exclusive things. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 child) You could read it that way, you could also read the "no ma'am" as a rebuke, like "no, that's uncalled for, we aren't doing that here" I was never a McCain fan and I personally think civility politics are stupid (I want to go back to having brawls in Congress), but I think this is a case of uncharitable interpretation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 6 days ago* (1 child) That's an interesting take I hadn't thought of. It's a shame he didn't elaborate so we can only speculate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 child) It's not a mystery, McCain was big into civility. We can intuit his meaning here, instead of picking the words apart I was nicely saying you were being an uncharitable reader/listener permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 6 days ago* (1 child) Some people just can't take an admission that they're probably right without twisting the knife. Here's me nicely saying I don't care what you have to say any more. Enjoy the block! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 point 6 days ago It isn't about who's right, it's about learning. Once you decide you don't need to, the rest of us will be better off with you dead Your block means nothing to me. A heartfelt expression of an emotion, any emotion, might move me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 child) You could read it that way, you could also read the "no ma'am" as a rebuke, like "no, that's uncalled for, we aren't doing that here" I was never a McCain fan and I personally think civility politics are stupid (I want to go back to having brawls in Congress), but I think this is a case of uncharitable interpretation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 6 days ago* (1 child) That's an interesting take I hadn't thought of. It's a shame he didn't elaborate so we can only speculate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 child) It's not a mystery, McCain was big into civility. We can intuit his meaning here, instead of picking the words apart I was nicely saying you were being an uncharitable reader/listener permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 6 days ago* (1 child) Some people just can't take an admission that they're probably right without twisting the knife. Here's me nicely saying I don't care what you have to say any more. Enjoy the block! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 point 6 days ago It isn't about who's right, it's about learning. Once you decide you don't need to, the rest of us will be better off with you dead Your block means nothing to me. A heartfelt expression of an emotion, any emotion, might move me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 6 days ago* (1 child) That's an interesting take I hadn't thought of. It's a shame he didn't elaborate so we can only speculate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 child) It's not a mystery, McCain was big into civility. We can intuit his meaning here, instead of picking the words apart I was nicely saying you were being an uncharitable reader/listener permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 6 days ago* (1 child) Some people just can't take an admission that they're probably right without twisting the knife. Here's me nicely saying I don't care what you have to say any more. Enjoy the block! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 point 6 days ago It isn't about who's right, it's about learning. Once you decide you don't need to, the rest of us will be better off with you dead Your block means nothing to me. A heartfelt expression of an emotion, any emotion, might move me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 child) It's not a mystery, McCain was big into civility. We can intuit his meaning here, instead of picking the words apart I was nicely saying you were being an uncharitable reader/listener permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 6 days ago* (1 child) Some people just can't take an admission that they're probably right without twisting the knife. Here's me nicely saying I don't care what you have to say any more. Enjoy the block! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 point 6 days ago It isn't about who's right, it's about learning. Once you decide you don't need to, the rest of us will be better off with you dead Your block means nothing to me. A heartfelt expression of an emotion, any emotion, might move me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 point 6 days ago* (1 child) Some people just can't take an admission that they're probably right without twisting the knife. Here's me nicely saying I don't care what you have to say any more. Enjoy the block! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 point 6 days ago It isn't about who's right, it's about learning. Once you decide you don't need to, the rest of us will be better off with you dead Your block means nothing to me. A heartfelt expression of an emotion, any emotion, might move me permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 point 6 days ago It isn't about who's right, it's about learning. Once you decide you don't need to, the rest of us will be better off with you dead Your block means nothing to me. A heartfelt expression of an emotion, any emotion, might move me permalink fedilink source parent
