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Thugs attacks

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

Thugs in Minneapolis besieged and arrested a thousand or more nonviolent protesters. Whereas New York City thugs beat up protesters while other thugs looked on and laughed.

Preparing evictions

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

As Kushner discourages eviction protection with one hand, he prepares evictions with the other.

Republicans disapproving

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

Some prominent Republicans privately disapprove of the wrecker's campaign to shed distrust on the counting of votes, but they don't have the courage to oppose it publicly.

A few did speak up.

The part of the process where massive cheating occurs is before a person's ballot gets into the ballot box. That's when Republican voter suppression occurs.

Thug sentenced to prison

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

A Toronto thug was sentenced to prison for beating a black man with a pipe and bursting one of his eyes.

Line between reporting and enabling

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

*When [the bullshitter] is peddling outrageous lies, where is the line between reporting and enabling?*

My answer, for around four years, is: cover what he does, and don't be distracted by what he says. There is no reason to quote his lies, and in most cases no reason to talk about them except occasionally to show what sort of attack on truth he is launching.

The writer seems to argue that the existence of millions of Americans who believe his lies makes them somehow more worthy of press coverage. I disagree. The writer also think it makes a difference that a typical lie says something his followers already believe, rather than "inventing" it. That's because it was invented by previous lies, not by the latest one. Same difference.

The existence of his supporters is an important fact, and covering that fact is valid, but does not require quoting him.