“Lies, by the way, are protected speech, as long as they don’t rise to the level of libel, slander, perjury, intimidation, or incitement. We have a criminal justice and court system (along with millions of people ready to pounce on any lie on in the public forum) to handle those, we don’t need a Ministry of Truth to curate our information flow.”
Kudos for kerfuffle and trending euphemism! Taranto would be proud!
Kamala is indeed a "diversity hire" - her own boss said so. When you announce to the world your veep is going to be a woman - and presumably because we haven't had one previously - that is de facto a diversity pick. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/15/politics/joe-biden-woman-vice-president/index.html In what universe is it "irresponsible" to cite this historic truth?
Of course she was. And a lousy one at that - even within the strictures of "woman of color," there were many better choices.
I bet that, if the rebound to the defund movement wasn't happening as it was at the time (i.e. people clamoring for law and order), she'd not have been picked.
And, of course I stand on the shoulders of giants in my linguisticizing.
The answer to your question is the universe where it's "irresponsible" to trigger the fragile and affirmatively offended, i.e. most college campuses, no matter how true the words are.
“Lies, by the way, are protected speech, as long as they don’t rise to the level of libel, slander, perjury, intimidation, or incitement. We have a criminal justice and court system (along with millions of people ready to pounce on any lie on in the public forum) to handle those, we don’t need a Ministry of Truth to curate our information flow.”
Kudos for kerfuffle and trending euphemism! Taranto would be proud!
Kamala is indeed a "diversity hire" - her own boss said so. When you announce to the world your veep is going to be a woman - and presumably because we haven't had one previously - that is de facto a diversity pick. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/15/politics/joe-biden-woman-vice-president/index.html In what universe is it "irresponsible" to cite this historic truth?
Of course she was. And a lousy one at that - even within the strictures of "woman of color," there were many better choices.
I bet that, if the rebound to the defund movement wasn't happening as it was at the time (i.e. people clamoring for law and order), she'd not have been picked.
And, of course I stand on the shoulders of giants in my linguisticizing.
The answer to your question is the universe where it's "irresponsible" to trigger the fragile and affirmatively offended, i.e. most college campuses, no matter how true the words are.