mozz@mbin.grits.dev to politics · 2 years agoDid Trump‘s VP pick JD Vance just ‘swiftboat’ Tim Walz by attacking his military record?www.nj.comexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down16
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkDid Trump‘s VP pick JD Vance just ‘swiftboat’ Tim Walz by attacking his military record?www.nj.commozz@mbin.grits.dev to politics · 2 years agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareIzzyScissorlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·2 years agoSince I had to look it up: Since the 2004 election, the term [Swiftboating] has come to commonly refer to a political attack that is dishonest, personal, and unfair.
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 years agoI just aged like Matt Damon at the end of Saving Private Ryan.
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoHave to make up innocuous sounding word rather than just say ASSHOLE SAYS SHITTY THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE. “Journalists” literally can’t.
Since I had to look it up:
I just aged like Matt Damon at the end of Saving Private Ryan.
Especially if it’s attacking military service.
Have to make up innocuous sounding word rather than just say ASSHOLE SAYS SHITTY THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE. “Journalists” literally can’t.