This is politics. Are you saying that doing selective editing would not or should not cause doubts? It's standard practice in yellow journalism used to attack an opposed subject.
Now I suppose I shall have to come right out and say I'm not accusing you of yellow journalism.
Glad to hear it. Doubt what you please -- doubt is the first step on the path to wisdom. But also doubt the hypotheses you form in response to your doubt -- critical thought isn't just for the other guy's arguments. What you accused me of
made no sense. You appear to have decided early on in the exchange that whether your hate is justified is more important to you in a post mortem than learning from mistakes, and to have taken for granted that it must therefore also be more important to me.
and you accused her of being dishonorable. I don't give a rat's ass what you say about Trump -- even if you manage to say something untrue he's no doubt guilty of worse -- but Emily deserves better.
Really? So when Elixer also noticed what she did was he wrong too?
I already critiqued that post and he already apologized for it, so I'm not going to drag him back into this. Other posters' opinions don't matter anyway -- whether she's dishonorable isn't determined by vote. If you still want to claim she was strawmanning you, prove it yourself.
And here you are again, making believe "Yes, the working class wants dumb and simple. That is quite clear. They want to be directed and told what to do, just like at their jobs. Little thought needed. Then after work kick back at the bar and toss back a few PBRs and complain about how the big bad guvmint is out to get them because the high taxes on their employers keeps them from getting bigger wages. Sorry. I don't kowtow to the ignorant." is an innocuous attack on many dickish Trump supporters, rather than a dickish attack on the entire working class whether they were dicks to others or not.
When I was working I wanted to just do my job and go home or go to the bar. Others here have expressed that same sentiment. I didn't complain about taxes but many do. It's a hallmark of right wingers. That part should have given you a clue I meant right wing working class people. But I will accept the responsibility for not being clear on that.
Speaking of which, when people complain about taxes it's practically always
their own taxes. Have you ever
actually heard any big-bad-guvmint-griping PBR-tossing worker actually complain about the high taxes
on his employer?!? That lacks the ring of truth. That smacks of words put in workers' mouths by condescending self-appointed better judges of the workers' interests. You appear to be strawmanning right wing working class people.
Emily has a long and well recognized habit of using straw men extensively. But she's polite when she does so so that's a point in her favor. Right?
You've stopped beating your wife, right? Your question assumes facts not in evidence. I don't recall ever seeing Emily deliberately misrepresent somebody else's position. Misunderstand one, certainly; we all do that from time to time. If your attacks on me weren't because I didn't "spew enough hate", well, that's how you came off to her. But since you think using strawmen is "a long and well recognized habit" of hers, you should have no trouble exhibiting a better example, which we can review together.
