01-27-2021, 12:23 PM
(01-26-2021, 08:13 PM)Lady3 Wrote: Exactly.
No one cares if Trump uses a teleprompter, but Americans lose their minds if Biden does.
Earlier, people were troubled that Obama was using a Teleprompter, ignoring that he edited what went on it and wanted to be sure that he said everything he thought worthy and necessary to say. He had good people checking it to ensure that it had no ambiguities or grammatical errors.
What is the difference between reading a Teleprompter and a sheet of paper? I suppose that some would argue that if Abraham Lincoln didn't use one it would be cheating if Obama used one. The only obvious reason for Lincoln not using one is that a Teleprompter was not available in his time!
In contrast we remember Trump's tweets, stream-of-conscience statements that nobody checked for grammar, factual content, misspellings, ambiguities, or offensive content. They were complete as they went, which is about like saying that "F--- y--!" is a complete expression. Messages such as those would have never slipped out of the Obama-era White House.
Quote:No one cares if gunowners are arrested, but Americans become batshit insane if protesters are jailed.
Obviously people who own a gun with criminal intention or who take it to a place in which it is inappropriate (for example a bar or an airport) may be arrested and convicted. Peaceful protests are licit, but nobody has the right to interfere with a lawful arrest or a legislative session. Not-so-peaceful protesters are fair game for arrest, and nobody needs claim that a rioter, looter, vandal, or arsonist is a protester.
Quote:Americans don't mind if Trump cheats on his wife, but Americans would become raving nutjobs if Biden did.
I mocked Bill Clinton as the "First Fornicator" for his sexual escapades, setting myself for similar mockery of Donald Trump. "Thou shalt not commit adultery" is one of the Ten Commandments, and it exists for good reason. Adultery devastates families, destroying the security that children need and deserve. Most cultures have tolerated sex before marriage, but mandated a marriage if such an adultery were detected.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.