Donald Trump and US politics

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Schmodderhengst wrote:

It´s like a religious cult. Not only because of all that creepy stuff. Those people want to believe in something, no matter what.

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Schmodderhengst wrote:

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ImmaPokemon wrote:

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

Based Indian Muslims: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/22/muslim-village-india-celebrates-renaming-trump-village/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/18/a-philanthropist-renamed-an-indian-village-after-donald-trump-then-things-got-weird/?utm_term=.256c9659b3f1

There is reality and there is a world according to Breitbart and Fox "News".

One of the reasons why people have funny opinions + beliefs.

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soneka101 wrote:

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Schmodderhengst wrote:

It´s like a religious cult. Not only because of all that creepy stuff. Those people want to believe in something, no matter what.

Barack Obama was mocked as "the Black Messiah" because he promised hope. This dude comes saying that he alone can fix everything, he knows more about taxes than everyone, more about ISIS than the generals themselves, he can make better deals, can repeal the "failed Obamacare" with a better and cheaper healthcare law.

Some call him God Emperor, others have this painting of him on their social media accounts:


And I just sit here shaking my head...

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

The WaPo article here is clearly fake news. When you quote someone as saying something didn't happen, then you say that very something happened, the usual implication is that the person quoted is a liar; WaPo uses sleight of hand to convey the opposite impression. They found one liar and used him.

I'm not saying Breitbart is without its biases, but in this case there is reality and there is the world according to the fake news industrial complex.

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deathflower wrote:

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

The WaPo article here is clearly fake news. When you quote someone as saying something didn't happen, then you say that very something happened, the usual implication is that the person quoted is a liar; WaPo uses sleight of hand to convey the opposite impression. They found one liar and used him.

I'm not saying Breitbart is without its biases, but in this case there is reality and there is the world according to the fake news industrial complex.

Using my reading comprehension skills.

The village didn't name their village after Trump because they love him. They did it because it would get the publicity and the funding for toilets. It is not recognize by the government and is unofficial. That is faked news?

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deathflower wrote:

It is not recognize by the government and is unofficial. That is faked news?

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

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deathflower wrote:

It is not recognize by the government and is unofficial. That is faked news?

A quote from the WaPo article itself: "The village elders — happy to have the attention, and perhaps the development dollars that came with it — gave their permission." That is (municipal) government recognition.

The article, as far as I can tell, doesn't actually lie. It quotes a liar — one Mani Ram Sharma — and then quietly counters his claim. However, the article is deliberately constructed to mislead by framing Sharma's words in a positive light and burying the truth in the bottom half of the article, after the Sharma quotes.

As far as motivations go, it's unclear how many are in it only for the toilets. Perhaps a majority. *shrug*

Edit: Sure there was collusion with Russia. On the Clinton side.

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

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deathflower wrote:

It is not recognize by the government and is unofficial. That is faked news?

A quote from the WaPo article itself: "The village elders — happy to have the attention, and perhaps the development dollars that came with it — gave their permission." That is (municipal) government recognition.

The article, as far as I can tell, doesn't actually lie. It quotes a liar — one Mani Ram Sharma — and then quietly counters his claim. However, the article is deliberately constructed to mislead by framing Sharma's words in a positive light and burying the truth in the bottom half of the article, after the Sharma quotes.

As far as motivations go, it's unclear how many are in it only for the toilets. Perhaps a majority. *shrug*

Edit: Sure there was collusion with Russia. On the Clinton side.

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deathflower wrote:

India's Supreme Court has in the past issued opinions condemning the village councils as illegal bodies. Edicts carried out by local councils are illegal, are not legally binding in India. It is considered vigilante justice. They do shitty things like honour killings, infringing women's right and nonsense like rules on how you dress.