tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post8770810561704047811..comments2024-03-28T09:47:25.719-04:00Comments on Daffey Thoughts: Petty hypocrisy worksDavid Griffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-20664228298257096582022-02-14T09:10:14.554-05:002022-02-14T09:10:14.554-05:00I like to call it the "cookie twist" fro...I like to call it the "cookie twist" from the example:<br /><br />"Brother ate 4 cookies out of the jar!"<br />"That's a lie! I only ate 2!"<br /><br />And yes, Trump was a master of it as a board I was on would love to keep a running tally of every time he would do this which had a new entry weekly.<br /><br /><i>He was able to get them to play his game. Perhaps finding some leaders able to do that would benefit conservatives immensely.</i><br /><br />Like... Trump? Who was constantly called a liar for this trick? Funny how many conservatives reacted to him...<br /><br />I'm sorry, just nowadays it really starts to feel like conservatives would rather have the house burn down than be rude to the arsonist.Nate Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630873800235819300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-53942463278714583292022-02-14T08:05:00.476-05:002022-02-14T08:05:00.476-05:00That's a good point. There is a way to do it....That's a good point. There is a way to do it. And until 2020, Trump did appear to have the press's number. He was able to get them to play his game. Perhaps finding some leaders able to do that would benefit conservatives immensely.David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-3995712142143368902022-02-13T16:31:51.080-05:002022-02-13T16:31:51.080-05:00For the most part conservatives should ignore the ...For the most part conservatives should ignore the press, because when they are this dishonest there's no way your actual point is getting through.<br /><br />But if you do have to engage with them you can weaponize this tendency. Simply state something which is wrong, but the easiest way to debunk it requires the media to admit something that they otherwise wouldn't.<br /><br />For example, President Trump did this when he said that Hillary erased her e-mails "by wiping her hard drives with bleach." Many outlets suddenly said no, ACTUALLY she used a program named "bleachbit" to get rid of those improperly handled confidential e-mails before her hard drives could be examined. Some of these being the same outlets that up to that point refused to admit that there were any e-mails to delete. But getting one over on Trump was more important than maintaining the narrative.Rudolph Harriernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-1718450011485666182022-02-12T19:18:14.215-05:002022-02-12T19:18:14.215-05:00That's the point of going crazy over this, to ...That's the point of going crazy over this, to deflect from the point and substance. Nothing new of course. But very frustrating. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.com