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Appeal to Motive fallacy. You need to learn basic logic.There are no non-racist neo-Confederates or Lost Causers, and you know it.
Motive is the issue here. It is motive that distinguishes the very fine people from the not so much.Appeal to Motive fallacy. You need to learn basic logic.
So not only did you commit the fallacy, you don't even know what it means. I'm not surprised, based upon your extremely and embarassing low brow posting history.Motive is the issue here. It is motive that distinguishes the very fine people from the not so much.
Those people showed up to oppose the bad actors. Case closed indeed.Then you accept the fact that just because bad actors organized and showed up to protest, doesn't mean there wasn't other people there who did not show up to support the bad actors. Case closed.
It's not my opinion or my interpretation. It's basic logic. If you believe some people opposed removal of those statues for non-racist reasons, that implies that they believed the statues were there in the first place for some reason other than to honor Lee, Jackson et al. That simply doesn't square with the purpose of putting up statues in any country I've ever been to - it has always been to honor the people being depicted. Just as I don't get to dictate the purpose behind statues, you don't get to argue this one and only case could have been for some unidentified but different reason. At least not if you want anyone to take you seriously.Again, you do not get to dictate for everyone else the purpose and reason behind statues, historical or otherwise.
That's because it was a protest organized by avowed racists to protest the removal of symbols of racism. It just does not pass the smell test that some of the people joining that protest (on the anti-removal side) were there for non-racist reasons.Counter protestors did not march alongside white supremacists and Nazis, and you have presented zero evidence or valid argument that proves other people who were against tearing down the statues must march beside them either.
That's my whole point: with all evidence pointing to the contrary, he insisted on believing some people on the side that supported him must be "very fine people". There's a reason for that.Like I established before, even if we just accepted on faith your assertion that there wasn't any person against tearing down statues who wasn't a bad actor, this does not mean Trump called bad actors "very fine people". He condemned the bad actors fully and clearly, and at worst incorrectly thought there were other people protesting the issue who weren't bad actors.
Exactly: they showed up to protest against the bad actors! In no way does that prove - or even really suggest - that some of the anti-removal protesters weredoing so for non-bigoted reasons. It just doesn't.The problem is your erroneous assumption that anyone who was protesting the tearing down of statues could only have been marching with the bad actors. The existence of counter protesters proves beyond any possible doubt that people showed up who did not support the bad actors.
No, it is not reasonable. We're talking about symbols of racism that were put their in the first place for the very purpose of being such, and a protest organized by avowed racists. You say again and again and again it's possible that some people marched alongside the known racists and in opposition to moving those symbols of racism, for reasons that were not racist. Are you really not able to see how ridiculous that sounds?There is absolutely zero reason to assume that is the case. It is perfectly reasonable to assume there was people who showed up to protest the issue, but didn't march with or support the bad actors.
Absolutely nothing that follows those six words has any plausibility whatsoever.Trump has the intelligence and wisdom
Depends on the issue. You're also once again ignoring the fact that in this particular case, the bad actors weren't just protesting the issue, they were the organizers of the protest. That alone should have been enough for any "very fine people" to stay away even if they also opposed removing the statues for other reasons.Let me simplify that reasoning for you: Bad actors can protest an issue, but that doesn't make every protester of the issue a bad actor.
Because you're speaking in general terms, and I'm speaking in specific ones. We're talking about this particular protest, which was organized by known white supremacists and Nazis.Why is it so difficult for you to understand this?
True, but your inability to do so says plenty all the same.I don't need to present evidence for claims I did not make.
In this particular case, in which the protest was organized by known white supremacists and Nazis.You are the one making the claim every protester on the issue of tearing down statues must be a bad actor and claim it's impossible to be otherwise.
But I do get to say there is absolutely no precedent for what you seem to be suggesting is the reason behind the statues.Once again, you do not get to dictate for everyone else the purpose and reason behind statues, historical or otherwise.
In this case, yes.Your counter claim is that there is no such thing as non bad actors protesting the tearing down of statues.
Can't prove a negative, you know that. But feel free to explain how a person could support keeping a statue of a slaveholder who took up arms against his own country in the name of defending slavery, and not be a racist. I'm all ears!Which you absolutely refuse to present evidence for or prove.
If only the word "suspected" meant somethingThis shows exactly who the Biden/Harris admin is. She should be arrested and perp walked by the FBI, but they won't because they are a pro-Iranian administration. This shows exactly what the Biden Administration are - corrupt traitors.
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When real life can top Vonnegut's imagination (and he was a big ol' Lefty, but I still read him), then you know you have stepped into the Twilight Zone...,Ha! Exactly. “Trump is a threat to democracy” - Kamala = zero delegates, first to drop out of primary- “we’ll just give her Joe’s vites”.
You literally can’t make this stuff up
Golden Earring, a blast from the wayback machine! Thanks Boomer!When real life can top Vonnegut's imagination (and he was a big ol' Lefty, but I still read him), then you know you have stepped into the Twilight Zone...,
Correct.I don't get to dictate the purpose behind statues
Your subjective 'smell test' is not a valid argument.It just does not pass the smell test
Your opinion, and I don't care about it.We're talking about symbols of racism
I'm saying you haven't presented a shred of evidence or proof for your claim that it's impossible for non racists to oppose the tearing down of statues, and that such people couldn't have been there for their own protest.You say again and again and again it's possible that some people marched alongside the known racists and in opposition to moving those symbols of racism, for reasons that were not racist. Are you really not able to see how ridiculous that sounds?
Special Pleading fallacy.Depends on the issue.
Then don't assert one if you already know you can't defend it.Can't prove a negative, you know that.
She has been investigated and cleared.This shows exactly who the Biden/Harris admin is. She should be arrested and perp walked by the FBI, but they won't because they are a pro-Iranian administration. This shows exactly what the Biden Administration are - corrupt traitors.
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Controversies
In September 2023, a large cache of Iranian government correspondence and emails reported for the first time by Semafor and Iran International claimed to connect Tabatabai with the Iran Experts Initiative, an effort initiated by senior Iranian Foreign Ministry officials to bolster Tehran's image and positions on global security issues.[10][11] In response, Senator Marsha Blackburn called for a review of her security clearance.[12][13] In October 2023, after a review, Tabatabai retained her top-secret security clearance,[14] as confirmed by Rheanne Wirkkala, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, in a letter dated 13 October 2023 to Senator Joni Ernst.[15] Two weeks later, the Pentagon released a statement confirming that "Dr. Tabatabai was thoroughly and properly vetted" as a condition of her employment with the Department of Defense.[10][16]
Do you consider yourself profound?A few more days and another historic notch in the belt of altruism.
Another scalp taken, if we're counting coup.
Another rebuke of the white patriarchy.
What does she stand for?
She's not Trump.
That's enough.
Now
please do not get silly
and insist on a pretend conversation about how qualified she is.
My potted ficus isn't Trump and it would win too.
This is not a Deep Thought Election.
The answer is not 42.
It's long since time you stopped pretending the Pubs are for freedom.Makes sense that Arnold "Screw your freedom" Schwarzenegger is for the democrats. *nods*