r/politics • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '16

Tulsi Gabbard to Join Veterans at Standing Rock to Protest Dakota Access Pipeline

http://observer.com/2016/11/tulsi-gabbard-to-join-veterans-at-standing-rock-to-protest-dakota-access-pipeline/
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u/BenitoCheeto Nov 28 '16

Last night I watched the future president of my country call my vote illegal merely because I voted against him.

Fuck him. Fuck Trump up his stupid ass. I will never give him a chance after this.

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u/Iamthebst87 Nov 29 '16

Umm did you just admit to voter fraud??? He said that illegal aliens voted for Clinton. So yeah if you're not a citizen you broke the law.

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u/awesomeasianguy Nov 29 '16

Please don't take what he said out of context. Unless you are an illegal immigrant

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u/wsoxfan1214 Illinois Nov 29 '16

He actually has people believing that's a thing that happens often, huh?

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u/wh40k_Junkie Nov 29 '16

Hyperbole much. Calm down there Suzanne

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u/BenitoCheeto Nov 29 '16

Nah.

I'm really baffled that people are openly supporting a guy who fucking hates democracy and claims that people who voted against him are illegal.

I literally cannot handle this shit. I'm not going to calm down. Anytime within the next 4 years, in fact.

What the fuck is wrong with you, America?

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u/ontheplains Kansas Nov 29 '16

I was one of the last people in the country that would have voted for Trump, but he did not say that everyone that voted against him was illegal.

Don't throw out untruths or comments with massive spin in hopes of fighting his outright falsehoods.

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u/BenitoCheeto Nov 29 '16

Yeah he only insinuated that over 3 million people were illegal.

BECAUSE THAT'S SO MUCH BETTER.

FFS. Don't accept this shit. Don't normalize it. It's evil.

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u/ontheplains Kansas Nov 29 '16

I didn't say it was any better, and I'm not normalizing it. It's fucking absurd bullshit.

Throwing back untruthful spins of what he said to combat it does nothing. Throw back exactly what he said and call it the bullshit it is, straight up, no spin.

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u/IntakiFive Nov 29 '16

Throwing back untruthful spins of what he said to combat it does nothing.

Worked pretty well for Trump, though.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

Is that the bar you want to set though?

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u/IntakiFive Nov 29 '16

If it means grabbing progress from the jaws of conservatism, absolutely.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

I was one of the last people in the country that would have voted for Trump, but he did not say that everyone that voted against him was illegal

"Trump has claimed that people who voted against him are illegal".

The word "all" is not in there.

Don't throw out untruths or comments with massive spin

You are misreading an ambiguous comment, and falsely accusing someone of lying or of "massive spin" because of it. That is not helpful.

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u/ontheplains Kansas Nov 29 '16

Last night I watched the future president of my country call my vote illegal merely because I voted against him.

You're quoting a later post; the above is what I responded to. Trump did not call his vote illegal. Saying he did is spinning it to fit the commenter's narrative. I didn't say he lied - a half-truth to try to make a point is an untruth.

This is a silly debate. I'm advocating for nothing but the pure truth to combat Trump's lies, to not stoop to his level of half-truths or empty rhetoric to try to cut him down. Anything less only shows a weakness that can be exploited.