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[–] 1 point 4 hours ago (1 child)

Once again, I could absolutely care less how disappointed you are. I don't even understand why you think that's relevant. Are you expecting me to provide you with some kind of euphoria through my responses? I'm not here to cater to your whims or entertain you. I wasn't trying to please you, and I wasn't trying to disappoint you. Frankly, I don't care what your disposition is.

And you still haven't provided any valid counterpoints. It is objectively true that the meme itself provides no meaningful context. It implies that the additional money allocated to the military under Trump has somehow failed to improve the condition of the military, while using a photograph that is completely unrelated to that claim. A ship returning to port after a long deployment can reasonably be expected to show some surface corrosion from prolonged exposure to seawater. That photograph, by itself, does not demonstrate that military funding has been wasted or that the Navy is being neglected.

That's precisely why I called the meme misleading. I explained to you, point by point, how using the same kind of rhetorical manipulation and decontextualization that you criticize Trump for using is not going to accomplish what you claim to want. Instead of addressing those arguments, you've repeatedly dismissed them.

Your entire response has essentially boiled down to, "I'm disappointed," as though your approval is something I am seeking or something that has value to me. It doesn't. You're arguing as though my purpose here is to satisfy you personally rather than to point out what I believe is factually wrong with the argument you're presenting.

You were wrong about the substance of the meme, and rather than addressing the points I've raised, you've attempted to manufacture additional arguments to defend a position that doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

So, once again: the meme is objectively misleading. It uses an out-of-context photograph and presents it in a way that encourages the viewer to draw a conclusion that the photograph itself does not support. That is precisely the kind of manipulative rhetoric that you are criticizing in Trump.

If your objective is to persuade people who support Trump to reconsider their position, then employing the same rhetorical tactics you criticize is counterproductive. It doesn't expose manipulation, it replicates it. And if you cannot understand why that approach can undermine your own argument, I strongly suggest reading more history and studying how propaganda and political rhetoric actually work.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago* (1 child)

    I am tired of you repeating yourself. It gets really old and I already debunked everything you said. You are really not that far from Trump with how you repeat garbage over and over again hoping it will stick. It is kind of sad really. I feel bad for you.

    The last little bit about propaganda just shows you have no clue what your are talking about. You are a shinning example of why Trump won. Your opposition plays directly into his hands. Why don't you try and fact check Trump some more to see what good it will do. Trying the same failed strategy is the definition of defeat and it is clear you have been defeated.

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