Flying Squid to News • 19 hours agoKremlin's favorite candidate Jill Stein refuses to call Putin a war criminal during interviewboingboing.netmessage-square200arrow-up1571arrow-down139cross-posted to: politicsunfiltered
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-4•9 hours agoWhat kind of mental gymnastics do you have to be doing to claim that saying “Yes” to the question “is Putin a war criminal” isn’t a clear yes/no answer and clear agreement? This is like MAGA level insanity.
minus-square@TheFonzlink2•5 hours agoWhy can’t it be yes, full stop? The same way she did for Biden and Netanyahu? Saying yes with no many qualifiers is insane level of weaseling. Heres a simple example: “did you rape that woman” “yes” vs “yes she was asking for it” Is not the same. That’s what she’s doing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-3•4 hours agoEither way it’s still a yes. Qualifiers don’t affect the result either in this case nor in your example.
minus-square@TheFonzlink1•4 hours agoWhy can’t it be a yes full stop? The same way she did for two others?
What kind of mental gymnastics do you have to be doing to claim that saying “Yes” to the question “is Putin a war criminal” isn’t a clear yes/no answer and clear agreement? This is like MAGA level insanity.
Why can’t it be yes, full stop? The same way she did for Biden and Netanyahu?
Saying yes with no many qualifiers is insane level of weaseling.
Heres a simple example:
vs
Is not the same. That’s what she’s doing.
Either way it’s still a yes. Qualifiers don’t affect the result either in this case nor in your example.
Why can’t it be a yes full stop? The same way she did for two others?