On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the mediaToday's pundits seem largely unable to recognize metaphorical speech
furor over former President Donald Trump’s “bloodbath” comments to
new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a
“bloodbath” if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets
fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath.
They left out important context, however — namely that he had made
the comment while talking about the potential impact of a car company
owned by Communist China building vehicles in Mexico in order to
evade U.S. tariffs.
when they hear it. I'm surprised they don't wet themselves every time
sports commentators talk about bloodbaths, massacres, etc. whenever one
team trounces another....
Beschloss left out the context as well — and suggested that TrumpSome historian! He doesn't seem to know much about German
would promote political violence whether he won or lost.
WATCH:
MSNBC’s @BeschlossDC: “A major party candidate is saying,
‘You elect me, there’s going to be dictatorship, bloodbath, violence,
retribution against my political enemies that equals what
we’ve seen in Germany & Italy & other places.”
pic.twitter.com/Yg7KHdWibq
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 18, 2024
Host Mika Brzezinski set him up to take that particular path,
claiming as she introduced him that Trump was beginning to sound
“more and more like a fascist” and complaining that too few people
knew history well enough to recognize the signs.
“There’s that vulnerability that Trump preys upon,” Brzezinski said. >> “And then there are those who are making the choice — I need to
understand that. Is there any precedent, or is this how fascism
works?”
Brzezinski went on to suggest that no one could support Trump unless
they were either compromised or uneducated. “Are they sucked in and
brought in on different terms whether Trump has something on some
Republican leaders or others are just so uninformed — they don’t
care. Is it a mixture? How does it work? Is there a precedent?”
“I totally agree with what you just said,” Beschloss told Brzezinski.
“That’s how fascism and totalitarianism and — in Germany’s case, the >> Holocaust came to Germany, which had been a country where there were
big institutions of democracy until as you well know, the early
1930s.”
history!
Germany had only been a unified country since 1871 and even
then it was an empire led by a Kaiser with a weak Reichstag
(parliament). It stayed an empire until the last Kaiser abdicated in
1918. It became a fragile democracy in late 1918 and essentially lapsed
into dictatorship with the democratic election of Hitler in 1933. He
took advantage of the Reichstag Fire shortly after he became Chancellor
to suspend the other parties and arrest most of them. Fifteen years of democracy is not a particularly strong foundation.
America, on the other hand, has been democratic for over two centuries
and is not likely to succumb to authoritarians quite so quickly....
“In a way, Donald Trump has done us all a favor,” Beschloss
continued, arguing that Trump was making it easier for people to
identify the risk of fascism by telling the American people who he
was when he made such comments.
“A major party candidate is saying, ‘You elect me, there’s going to
be dictatorship, bloodbath, violence, retribution against my
political enemies that equals what we saw in Germany and Italy and
other places,'” he said, suggesting that even if Trump were to win
his reelection bid, political violence would necessarily follow.
It's extremely difficult to believe these people are really so naive as
to believe what they are saying. I can only conclude that they have a
single objective: to scare everyone into voting for Biden by making
them believe Trump will literally murder his political
opponents if he wins. The Democrats and their enablers, seeing the
polls, are clearly desperate to do or say *anything* that will drive
voters to their side.
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media
furor over former President Donald Trump’s “bloodbath” comments to
new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a “bloodbath” if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets
fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath.
They left out important context, however — namely that he had made
the comment while talking about the potential impact of a car company
owned by Communist China building vehicles in Mexico in order to
evade U.S. tariffs.
Beschloss left out the context as well — and suggested that Trump
would promote political violence whether he won or lost.
WATCH:
MSNBC’s @BeschlossDC: “A major party candidate is saying,
‘You elect me, there’s going to be dictatorship, bloodbath, violence,
retribution against my political enemies that equals what
we’ve seen in Germany & Italy & other places.”
pic.twitter.com/Yg7KHdWibq
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 18, 2024
Host Mika Brzezinski set him up to take that particular path,
claiming as she introduced him that Trump was beginning to sound
“more and more like a fascist” and complaining that too few people
knew history well enough to recognize the signs.
“There’s that vulnerability that Trump preys upon,” Brzezinski said. “And then there are those who are making the choice — I need to understand that. Is there any precedent, or is this how fascism
works?”
Brzezinski went on to suggest that no one could support Trump unless
they were either compromised or uneducated. “Are they sucked in and
brought in on different terms whether Trump has something on some
Republican leaders or others are just so uninformed — they don’t
care. Is it a mixture? How does it work? Is there a precedent?”
“I totally agree with what you just said,” Beschloss told Brzezinski. “That’s how fascism and totalitarianism and — in Germany’s case, the Holocaust came to Germany, which had been a country where there were
big institutions of democracy until as you well know, the early
1930s.”
“In a way, Donald Trump has done us all a favor,” Beschloss
continued, arguing that Trump was making it easier for people to
identify the risk of fascism by telling the American people who he
was when he made such comments.
“A major party candidate is saying, ‘You elect me, there’s going to
be dictatorship, bloodbath, violence, retribution against my
political enemies that equals what we saw in Germany and Italy and
other places,'” he said, suggesting that even if Trump were to win
his reelection bid, political violence would necessarily follow.
On 3/19/2024 9:24 AM, Rhino wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
Host Mika Brzezinski set him up to take that particular path,Some historian! He doesn't seem to know much about German
claiming as she introduced him that Trump was beginning to sound
“more and more like a fascist” and complaining that too few people
knew history well enough to recognize the signs.
“There’s that vulnerability that Trump preys upon,” Brzezinski said. >>> “And then there are those who are making the choice — I need to
understand that. Is there any precedent, or is this how fascism
works?”
Brzezinski went on to suggest that no one could support Trump unless
they were either compromised or uneducated. “Are they sucked in and
brought in on different terms whether Trump has something on some
Republican leaders or others are just so uninformed — they don’t
care. Is it a mixture? How does it work? Is there a precedent?”
“I totally agree with what you just said,” Beschloss told Brzezinski. >>> “That’s how fascism and totalitarianism and — in Germany’s case, the
Holocaust came to Germany, which had been a country where there were
big institutions of democracy until as you well know, the early
1930s.”
history!
Germany had only been a unified country since 1871 and even
then it was an empire led by a Kaiser with a weak Reichstag
(parliament). It stayed an empire until the last Kaiser abdicated in
1918. It became a fragile democracy in late 1918 and essentially lapsed
into dictatorship with the democratic election of Hitler in 1933. He
took advantage of the Reichstag Fire shortly after he became Chancellor
to suspend the other parties and arrest most of them. Fifteen years of
democracy is not a particularly strong foundation.
America, on the other hand, has been democratic for over two centuries
and is not likely to succumb to authoritarians quite so quickly....
Don't be so sure about that...
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media
furor over former President Donald Trump’s "bloodbath" comments to
new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC's MORNING JOE.
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a
"bloodbath" if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets
fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath.
They left out important context, however-- namely that he had madeToday's pundits seem largely unable to recognize metaphorical speech
the comment while talking about the potential impact of a car company
owned by Communist China building vehicles in Mexico in order to
evade U.S. tariffs.
when they hear it.
On 2024-03-19 16:32:35 +0000, suzeeq said:
On 3/19/2024 9:24 AM, Rhino wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
Host Mika Brzezinski set him up to take that particular path,Some historian! He doesn't seem to know much about German
claiming as she introduced him that Trump was beginning to sound
“more and more like a fascist” and complaining that too few people >>> knew history well enough to recognize the signs.
“There’s that vulnerability that Trump preys upon,” Brzezinski
said. “And then there are those who are making the choice — I
need to understand that. Is there any precedent, or is this how
fascism works?”
Brzezinski went on to suggest that no one could support Trump
unless they were either compromised or uneducated. “Are they
sucked in and brought in on different terms whether Trump has
something on some Republican leaders or others are just so
uninformed — they don’t care. Is it a mixture? How does it work?
Is there a precedent?”
“I totally agree with what you just said,” Beschloss told
Brzezinski. “That’s how fascism and totalitarianism and — in
Germany’s case, the Holocaust came to Germany, which had been a
country where there were big institutions of democracy until as
you well know, the early 1930s.”
history!
Germany had only been a unified country since 1871 and even
then it was an empire led by a Kaiser with a weak Reichstag
(parliament). It stayed an empire until the last Kaiser abdicated
in 1918. It became a fragile democracy in late 1918 and
essentially lapsed into dictatorship with the democratic election
of Hitler in 1933. He took advantage of the Reichstag Fire shortly
after he became Chancellor to suspend the other parties and arrest
most of them. Fifteen years of democracy is not a particularly
strong foundation.
America, on the other hand, has been democratic for over two
centuries and is not likely to succumb to authoritarians quite so
quickly....
Don't be so sure about that...
More rationalization of a very dangerous politician's words from the (uncredited again, in typical Ubiquitous fashion) DailyWire (or
DailyLiar as it were).
Hitler didn't rise to power overnight in the 1930s, Germany was
boiled slowly like a lobster which is what's going on now with Trump.
On 3/19/2024 9:24 AM, Rhino wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media
furor over former President Donald Trump’s “bloodbath” comments to >>> new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a
“bloodbath” if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets >>> fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath.
They left out important context, however — namely that he had made
the comment while talking about the potential impact of a car company
owned by Communist China building vehicles in Mexico in order to
evade U.S. tariffs.
Today's pundits seem largely unable to recognize metaphorical speech
when they hear it. I'm surprised they don't wet themselves every time
sports commentators talk about bloodbaths, massacres, etc. whenever one
team trounces another....
Beschloss left out the context as well — and suggested that TrumpSome historian! He doesn't seem to know much about German
would promote political violence whether he won or lost.
WATCH:
MSNBC’s @BeschlossDC: “A major party candidate is saying,
‘You elect me, there’s going to be dictatorship, bloodbath, violence, >>> retribution against my political enemies that equals what
we’ve seen in Germany & Italy & other places.”
pic.twitter.com/Yg7KHdWibq
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 18, 2024
Host Mika Brzezinski set him up to take that particular path,
claiming as she introduced him that Trump was beginning to sound
“more and more like a fascist” and complaining that too few people
knew history well enough to recognize the signs.
“There’s that vulnerability that Trump preys upon,” Brzezinski said. >>> “And then there are those who are making the choice — I need to
understand that. Is there any precedent, or is this how fascism
works?”
Brzezinski went on to suggest that no one could support Trump unless
they were either compromised or uneducated. “Are they sucked in and
brought in on different terms whether Trump has something on some
Republican leaders or others are just so uninformed — they don’t
care. Is it a mixture? How does it work? Is there a precedent?”
“I totally agree with what you just said,” Beschloss told Brzezinski. >>> “That's how fascism and totalitarianism and — in Germany's case, the >>> Holocaust came to Germany, which had been a country where there were
big institutions of democracy until as you well know, the early
1930s.”
history!
Germany had only been a unified country since 1871 and even
then it was an empire led by a Kaiser with a weak Reichstag
(parliament). It stayed an empire until the last Kaiser abdicated in
1918. It became a fragile democracy in late 1918 and essentially lapsed
into dictatorship with the democratic election of Hitler in 1933. He
took advantage of the Reichstag Fire shortly after he became Chancellor
to suspend the other parties and arrest most of them. Fifteen years of
democracy is not a particularly strong foundation.
America, on the other hand, has been democratic for over two centuries
and is not likely to succumb to authoritarians quite so quickly....
Don't be so sure about that...
On 2024-03-19 16:32:35 +0000, suzeeq said:
On 3/19/2024 9:24 AM, Rhino wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
Host Mika Brzezinski set him up to take that particular path,Some historian! He doesn't seem to know much about German
claiming as she introduced him that Trump was beginning to sound
“more and more like a fascist” and complaining that too few people >>>> knew history well enough to recognize the signs.
“There’s that vulnerability that Trump preys upon,” Brzezinski said. >>>> “And then there are those who are making the choice — I need to
understand that. Is there any precedent, or is this how fascism
works?”
Brzezinski went on to suggest that no one could support Trump unless
they were either compromised or uneducated. “Are they sucked in and
brought in on different terms whether Trump has something on some
Republican leaders or others are just so uninformed — they don’t
care. Is it a mixture? How does it work? Is there a precedent?”
“I totally agree with what you just said,” Beschloss told Brzezinski. >>>> “That's how fascism and totalitarianism and — in Germany's case, the >>>> Holocaust came to Germany, which had been a country where there were
big institutions of democracy until as you well know, the early
1930s.”
history!
Germany had only been a unified country since 1871 and even
then it was an empire led by a Kaiser with a weak Reichstag
(parliament). It stayed an empire until the last Kaiser abdicated in
1918. It became a fragile democracy in late 1918 and essentially lapsed
into dictatorship with the democratic election of Hitler in 1933. He
took advantage of the Reichstag Fire shortly after he became Chancellor
to suspend the other parties and arrest most of them. Fifteen years of
democracy is not a particularly strong foundation.
America, on the other hand, has been democratic for over two centuries
and is not likely to succumb to authoritarians quite so quickly....
Don't be so sure about that...
More rationalization of a very dangerous politician's words
from the (uncredited again, in typical Ubiquitous fashion) DailyWire (or >DailyLiar as it were).
Hitler didn't rise to power overnight in the 1930s, Germany was boiled
slowly like a lobster which is what's going on now with Trump.
On Mar 19, 2024 at 9:24:24 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media
furor over former President Donald Trump’s "bloodbath" comments to
new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC's MORNING JOE.
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a
"bloodbath" if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets
fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath.
And yet there's a Democrat state senator in Tennessee outright calling for riots and political violence right now because she didn't get her way in a vote and... yes, you guessed it, crickets from the legacy media.
On 2024-03-19 18:25:47 +0000, BTR1701 said:
On Mar 19, 2024 at 9:24:24 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media
furor over former President Donald Trump’s "bloodbath" comments to
new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC's MORNING JOE.
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a
"bloodbath" if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets
fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath.
And yet there's a Democrat state senator in Tennessee outright calling
for riots and political violence right now because she didn't get her
way in a vote and... yes, you guessed it, crickets from the legacy
media.
Maybe because she isn't powerful enough to inspire upwards of 80,000 followers to attempt a violent insurrection in Washington or even
Nashville.
In article <utctt9$11hfm$1@dont-email.me>,
super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
On 2024-03-19 18:25:47 +0000, BTR1701 said:
On Mar 19, 2024 at 9:24:24 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >>> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media
furor over former President Donald Trump’s "bloodbath" comments to >>>>> new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC's MORNING JOE.
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a
"bloodbath" if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets >>>>> fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath.
And yet there's a Democrat state senator in Tennessee outright calling
for riots and political violence right now because she didn't get her
way in a vote and... yes, you guessed it, crickets from the legacy
media.
Maybe because she isn't powerful enough to inspire upwards of 80,000
followers to attempt a violent insurrection in Washington or even
Nashville.
So we have to wait until there's dead bodies in the street and downtown Nashville is on fire before reporting on a state official calling for
riots and violence?
That's what you're going with?
On 2024-03-19 22:01:11 +0000, BTR1701 said:
In article <utctt9$11hfm$1@dont-email.me>,
super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
On 2024-03-19 18:25:47 +0000, BTR1701 said:
On Mar 19, 2024 at 9:24:24 AM PDT, "Rhino"
<no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400And yet there's a Democrat state senator in Tennessee outright calling >>> for riots and political violence right now because she didn't get her
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media
furor over former President Donald Trump’s "bloodbath" comments to >>>>> new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC's MORNING JOE.
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a
"bloodbath" if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets >>>>> fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath. >>>
way in a vote and... yes, you guessed it, crickets from the legacy
media.
Maybe because she isn't powerful enough to inspire upwards of 80,000
followers to attempt a violent insurrection in Washington or even
Nashville.
So we have to wait until there's dead bodies in the street and downtown Nashville is on fire before reporting on a state official calling for
riots and violence?
That's what you're going with?
I couldn't google the specific example of a "Democrat state senator in Tennessee outright calling for riots and political violence right now
because she didn't get her way in a vote"
but the Republican jerks in charge have passed some pretty outrageous
laws in the past few weeks, like repealing an anti-"arrested for driving while Black" law
that was passed after Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by police in
2023 after one of these kind of aggressive traffic stops
and making unauthorized street protests a felony instead of a
misdemeanor.
On 2024-03-19 16:32:35 +0000, suzeeq said:
On 3/19/2024 9:24 AM, Rhino wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
Host Mika Brzezinski set him up to take that particular path,Some historian! He doesn't seem to know much about German
claiming as she introduced him that Trump was beginning to sound
“more and more like a fascist” and complaining that too few people >>>> knew history well enough to recognize the signs.
“There’s that vulnerability that Trump preys upon,” Brzezinski said. >>>> “And then there are those who are making the choice — I need to
understand that. Is there any precedent, or is this how fascism
works?”
Brzezinski went on to suggest that no one could support Trump unless
they were either compromised or uneducated. “Are they sucked in and
brought in on different terms whether Trump has something on some
Republican leaders or others are just so uninformed — they don’t
care. Is it a mixture? How does it work? Is there a precedent?”
“I totally agree with what you just said,” Beschloss told Brzezinski. >>>> “That’s how fascism and totalitarianism and — in Germany’s case, the
Holocaust came to Germany, which had been a country where there were
big institutions of democracy until as you well know, the early
1930s.”
history!
Germany had only been a unified country since 1871 and even
then it was an empire led by a Kaiser with a weak Reichstag
(parliament). It stayed an empire until the last Kaiser abdicated in
1918. It became a fragile democracy in late 1918 and essentially lapsed
into dictatorship with the democratic election of Hitler in 1933. He
took advantage of the Reichstag Fire shortly after he became Chancellor
to suspend the other parties and arrest most of them. Fifteen years of
democracy is not a particularly strong foundation.
America, on the other hand, has been democratic for over two centuries
and is not likely to succumb to authoritarians quite so quickly....
Don't be so sure about that...
More rationalization of a very dangerous politician's words from the (uncredited again, in typical Ubiquitous fashion) DailyWire (or
DailyLiar as it were).
Hitler didn't rise to power overnight in the 1930s, Germany was boiled
slowly like a lobster which is what's going on now with Trump.
On Mar 19, 2024 at 9:24:24 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media
furor over former President Donald Trump’s "bloodbath" comments to
new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC's MORNING JOE.
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a
"bloodbath" if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets
fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath.
And yet there's a Democrat state senator in Tennessee
riots and political violence right now because she didn't get her way in a vote and... yes, you guessed it, crickets from the legacy media.
These things are only bad when certain people do them.
They left out important context, however-- namely that he had madeToday's pundits seem largely unable to recognize metaphorical speech
the comment while talking about the potential impact of a car company
owned by Communist China building vehicles in Mexico in order to
evade U.S. tariffs.
when they hear it.
Oh, they can recognize it just fine. Leftist 'progressive' politicians use metaphorical speech all the time and the media doesn't seem to have a problem recognizing it.
It's only when certain people use metaphorical speech that they suddenly and conveniently lose the ability to understand metaphor and colloquialisms.
Remember what they did to Sarah Palin after Loughner shot Congresswoman Giffords? They went to town on Palin, picking apart her campaign website's use
of bullseye graphics to denote districts where it was important to campaign and her use of other militaristic language that has been used by political campaigns for the better part of two centuries as evidence that she was "inspiring political violence".
When it was pointed out that such language and imagery has been common in politics since the founding of the nation, they didn't care. "It's different when Palin does it" was the general response. When examples of Democrats using
the same language and imagery was produced, they didn't care. "It's different when Palin does it" was the general response.
What amazes me is these people actually seem to believe we're too stupid to see what they're doing, the performative act they're engaging in.
On Mar 19, 2024 at 9:24:24 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:30:48 -0400
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss took the media
furor over former President Donald Trump’s "bloodbath" comments to
new heights during a Monday appearance on MSNBC's MORNING JOE.
During an Ohio campaign rally over the weekend, Trump predicted a
"bloodbath" if he does not win reelection in 2024, and media outlets
fell all over themselves trying to make it look as though he was
predicting politically motivated violence and a *literal* bloodbath.
And yet there's a Democrat state senator in Tennessee outright calling for riots and political violence right now because she didn't get her way in a vote and... yes, you guessed it, crickets from the legacy media.
These things are only bad when certain people do them.
They left out important context, however-- namely that he had madeToday's pundits seem largely unable to recognize metaphorical speech
the comment while talking about the potential impact of a car company
owned by Communist China building vehicles in Mexico in order to
evade U.S. tariffs.
when they hear it.
Oh, they can recognize it just fine. Leftist 'progressive' politicians use metaphorical speech all the time and the media doesn't seem to have a problem recognizing it.
It's only when certain people use metaphorical speech that they suddenly and conveniently lose the ability to understand metaphor and colloquialisms.
Remember what they did to Sarah Palin after Loughner shot Congresswoman Giffords? They went to town on Palin, picking apart her campaign website's use
of bullseye graphics to denote districts where it was important to campaign and her use of other militaristic language that has been used by political campaigns for the better part of two centuries as evidence that she was "inspiring political violence".
When it was pointed out that such language and imagery has been common in politics since the founding of the nation, they didn't care. "It's different when Palin does it" was the general response. When examples of Democrats using
the same language and imagery was produced, they didn't care. "It's different when Palin does it" was the general response.
What amazes me is these people actually seem to believe we're too stupid to see what they're doing, the performative act they're engaging in.
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