The Political Satire/Meme Thread
- Thread starter Danoff
- 13,777 comments
- 761,118 views
Joey D
Premium
- 47,364
- Lakes of the North, MI
- GTP_Joey
- GTP Joey
I can't remember off hand how much it all cost, but it was something like $300,000 or there about. Yes, he'd need a security detail no matter where he went, but if I recall correctly they needed a bunch of stuff in the stadium that added to the cost.
It just seemed like a really expensive way to make a statement. He never had any intention of staying at the game and made many people jump through hoops and shell out money for a few minutes.
- 2,647
- 29,146
- Glasgow
- GTP_Mars
- 2,647
Sure he's allowed to but
freedom of expression has never meant freedom from responsibility. It seems he's too much of a coward to take responsibility for his action\inaction\incompetence.
Besides, free speech laws afford protection against the government; he's the vice president, he doesn't get to pretend to be a victim of his own government.
- 311
- virginia
- minimoto2011
- 29,704
- a baby, candy, it's like taking.
- TexRex72
You're doing it again. It isn't actually necessary to use the "you're saying" part to employ that particular bad faith debate tactic. It's enough to misrepresent remarks as something they are not.
If a statement is ambiguous, maybe ask for clarification outright (which may mean repeating your question again) instead of putting your own little twist on it and asking if your interpretation is correct.
That particular response isn't so ambiguous, however. It was itself a blatant dodge of the question you asked, but there was no mention of right to protest. Instead, it was an allegation that an individual is two-faced.
You or I--indeed anyone else--may be critical of anything anyone says and doing so doesn't infringe on rights afforded to them by the First Amendment. The First Amendment holds that Congress may pass no law. It's all about protection from abuse of power.
It isn't this complicated.
Last edited:
- 29,704
- a baby, candy, it's like taking.
- TexRex72
But why are they supposed to be happy about it? I get that they actively engaged in deception, but is it not being headline news actually something they can be reasonably said to desire?
Also, the world doesn't stop turning so easily. People aren't not talking about coronavirus just because something else is happening. People aren't even not talking about it in the United States where that something else is happening.
As an aside, I appreciate your additions. I didn't know for sure what I slipped into my response would be noticed.
Joey D
Premium
- 47,364
- Lakes of the North, MI
- GTP_Joey
- GTP Joey
I think they're just happy the focus is off them for the moment since I get the feeling the Chinese government doesn't want to talk about it. They also like to deflect anytime it comes up too by saying it's a US conspiracy or some other asinine thing. They're also probably happy that the unrest in the US and now many places in the Western World is also taking away the spotlight from Hong Kong too.
- 29,704
- a baby, candy, it's like taking.
- TexRex72
Okay, that seems like a whole lot to read into the situation but I'm not going to beat a dead horse any longer. I think the most I can get behind without more information is that China, as a world power having not the best relationship with the United States (or any other world power apart from
- 2,647
VolkswagenX
(Banned)
- 1,532
- Netherlands
- 4,572
- Moscow
- Rage_Racer_VOLK
- RageRacer48
- 2,647
- 2,647
Similar threads
- Poll
