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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

So the falsifying is the illegal bit.

The rest of the tweet is moralising.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

More to the point, the paperwork crimes would have been misdemeanors if he hadn't been doing it all for the explicit purpose of influencing an election. That's what made them felonies.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, if he was upfront about things then there would be no criminal case

However saying he set up shell companies to carry out falsification isn’t moralising

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Writing "disgusting transactions" is moralistic.

Doesn't help to win over Republicans.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I think you misread. He said "disguising", which only means intent to keep hidden by masking the truth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The only disgusting (immoral) part of this is Trump cheating on his wife.

Everything else could have been achieved perfectly legally (i.e. without disgust) if Trump had been smart.

I don't want to disgust you, but "intending to keep things hidden by masking the truth" is practically the definition of politics.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Dude, you have trouble reading. It says "disguising". Your side really fails at the most basic human functions, over and over again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And finding something disgusting is a moral position.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That tweet doesn't mention the word disgusting at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah. You are correct. I take it all back. Disguise is not a manipulative word.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Correct it isn’t. Also your whole idea of “manipulative words” is moot because every single word can or can not be

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You literally misread that word in the tweet. it never says that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah. You are correct. I take it all back. Disguise is not a manipulative word.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You really are one of the dumber nazis who try to make it on here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not sure where you get Nazi from.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

There’s your problem

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think anyone is still naive enough to think you can win over Republicunts. The way to stop Trump is to battle voter apathy and tear down barriers to vote, because the majority will not vote for Trump if they get to cast their votes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I read somewhere that higher voter turnout in general benefits Trump (like in 2016).

^(People should still vote though)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I can find both opinions: Helps Trump / helps Biden, so probably nobody the fuck knows. I am still sure that the reason Trump won in 2016 was too many Democrat voters being put off by Clinton + the "Bernie Bro" crowd staying home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Agreed.

I would add that some Trump supporters would possibly have been persuaded to vote for Bernie.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We see what we expect to see...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Others here have addressed your assertions

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Others here have rejected those assertions.

I have no idea if that statement is true. I just wanted to illustrate how unhelpful your comment was.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Your tactics here are extremely transparent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My only tactic in this particular thread branch is to encourage you make more effort with your replies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Happy for you to keep expending useless energy here so deep in a threaded comment. Please, do reply again, everyone is interested and meaningfully impressed by your intellect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I refer to my previous answer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

More please, we're nothing without your validation.

Okay, now respond again. You're not able to resist, watch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Others here have addressed your assertions

Is a vacuous comment.