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Thursday, August 8. 2019

Two movies

 Scott Adams:




In Movie One, President Trump is absolutely, definitely a racist, and any honest person can see it in the way he talks, the people who support him, and his policy proposals. For the viewers of this movie, Trump’s alleged racism is a fact, not an opinion. Therefore, logically, all Trump supporters must be racists because they support a racist president. This view of reality is promoted by CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, NPR, and essentially all of the left-leaning press.




In Movie Two, President Trump promised the country he would not be politically correct if elected, and sure enough, he is not. He goes hard at all critics, with uncautious language, and that makes it easy for his political foes to cherry pick the times he criticizes women and people of color, framing those instances as some sort of pattern. Viewers of Movie Two are confused about whether the viewers of Movie One are lying, stupid, brainwashed, or mentally ill.




Those two realities are starkly different. How can any of us tell which is the true one?



Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 13:09 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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"Those two realities are starkly different. How can any of us tell which is the true one?"

Well, it's really pretty easy, as long as you have an IQ above room temperature.
#1 Anonymous White Male on 2019-08-08 13:17 (Reply)
That was my reaction: "Hmm, I'm not really experiencing any difficulty." But Adams also dithers over how to tell whether most climate "science" is balderdash, as if the very idea of intellectual standards were a mystery.
#1.1 Texan99 on 2019-08-09 10:08 (Reply)
well...,which groups/individuals, will be reading this article by Scott Adams?

well...,Which groups/individuals will ignore / bury this article by Scott Adams?

Why? Why would they do that?
#2 forks make us fat on 2019-08-08 13:49 (Reply)
It's movie #2. Movie #1 is what the Dems have playing in their heads.
#3 Sam L. on 2019-08-08 14:03 (Reply)
Hive dwellers LOVE Movie One.
#4 Mark Matis on 2019-08-08 14:11 (Reply)
The irony is that Obama was indeed a racist and the left and the MSM would not let you say it. They covered for him not reporting things he said and did and denied knowing these things when asked. Even today if you were to talk about something Obama did that was overtly racist you would be kicked off TV or twitter or whatever social media you were using. On the other hand Trump is clearly not a racist and the left and the MSM are pushing the meme that he is a racist and if you point out their lies and duplicity you will be kicked off TV, twitter or whatever social media you are on.
#5 Anon on 2019-08-08 16:28 (Reply)
Easy. Which one is based on rational thought and not emotion-based thinking? There's your answer.
#6 MissT on 2019-08-08 17:00 (Reply)
A good exercise is to try to explain your position to a theoretical man from Mars who doesn't have the cultural context and must be persuaded entirely by demonstrable fact and logical arguments.

Though i disapprove of dueling with unarmed men.
#7 Assistant Village Idiot on 2019-08-08 21:11 (Reply)
It is really easy to tell: look at what trump does. The claim that anyone against open borders is racist (ie trump) is simply crazy. In order to have a country you need borders. Go to any african or middle eastern country and try to get a job without a visa. This is the sole excuse by which they attempt to hang him: that he wants a wall. Open borders would lead to millions coming in every year until the US was like China.
#8 cc on 2019-08-08 22:07 (Reply)
Easy. Movie #1 viewers ARE lying, stupid, brainwashed, and mentally ill.
#9 PubliusII on 2019-08-09 08:47 (Reply)
Re the meme, "all Trump supporters must be racists because they support a racist president."

Seems reasonable. After all, if I support a vegan president, I must be a vegan. If that president is a Presbyterian, I must be one as well. And if that president is a woman ...

All very logical.
#10 Axel Kassel on 2019-08-13 14:19 (Reply)

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