Is the person I am replying to a Trump sycophant? They weren’t writing as if they are.
Comment on Trump advisor LOSES HIS MIND when confronted by foreign journalist
Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 3 months agoYou’re making the mistake of thinking facts and good journalism are at all what Trump sycophants care about. To you and I it looks like the journalist did a good job and won the exchange, but all ‘they’ see is a white man yelling at an uppity immigrant about mocking violent crime in the US.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 3 months ago
They’re writing understand how this can look. Doesn’t make them a sycophant.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They didn’t say how it CAN look, they said:
I don’t know what you guys are seeing, but it is quite clear that Trump’s guy won this exchange.
What it looks like solely to Trump supporters was an addition of yours that they did not even imply.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s because you’re not reading the entire thing and stopped paying attention when they used the word “won.” Go back and reread the entire paragraph.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Okay, here is the entire paragraph. Please point out what I am missing:
I don’t know what you guys are seeing, but it is quite clear that Trump’s guy won this exchange. It was probably the best result he could expect. And that is before the interview became viral and millions upon millions got to hear his whole speech delivered. The journalist is well intentioned, but the result is catastrophic.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The rest of the paragraph?
It was probably the best result he could expect. And that is before the interview became viral and millions upon millions got to hear his whole speech delivered. The journalist is well intentioned, but the result is catastrophic.
Replace the word “won” with “got what he wanted from”
I don’t know what you guys are seeing, but it is quite clear that Trump’s guy
wongot what he wanted from this exchange. It was probably the best result he could expect. And that is before the interview became viral and millions upon millions got to hear his whole speech delivered. The journalist is well intentioned, but the result is catastrophic.Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 3 months ago
The rest of the paragraph makes it clear the writer is speaking from how donald’s advisor (and sycophants) see it. ie:
the best result he could expect.
Not ‘only valid’, not ‘we’. It is not absolute proof, but, if you consider yourself a rational arguer then it is your duty to interpret statements in the best light possible.
Bassman1805@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Nobody cares what Trump sycophants think. They are already voting for Trump and nothing is going to change that.
To a reasonable person who is unmotivated to vote (the REAL demographic that needs to be courted), this makes the Trump team look absolutely deranged.
Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 3 months ago
I mean, we’re talking about people that still, to this day despite all the evidence, are unsure about who they should vote for. If you’re trying to convince me that the undecideds are mental giants looking for the perfect rational argument to sway them one way or the other then you’re fighting an uphill battle.