posted January 13, 2017 01:21 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Of course he didn't want to talk to him. But that's no excuse to be disrespectfully belligerent. BTW, where was the outrage when Obama said Fox News wasn't real news?

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Ehm...free press...he can't choose to what members of the free press he wanna talks to as a president. That's a subpoint of free press and the point of a press conference. EVERY press member has the right to get his questions answered

posted January 13, 2017 02:20 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Of course he didn't want to talk to him. But that's no excuse to be disrespectfully belligerent. BTW, where was the outrage when Obama said Fox News wasn't real news?

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posted January 13, 2017 04:07 PM            

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Originally posted by Enneline:
Ehm...free press...he can't choose to what members of the free press he wanna talks to as a president. That's a subpoint of free press and the point of a press conference. EVERY press member has the right to get his questions answered

and don't distract with Obama. No one is talking about Obama

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This is a funny point to me. Everytime something negative is said about trump, the gents deflect by dissing Obama.

They may have points but IF trump is all the good they believe him to be, they should have a strong enough case to defend him without trying to look bigger or taller by standing on Obamas shoulders.

posted January 14, 2017 05:29 AM            

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posted January 14, 2017 10:22 AM            

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Originally posted by juniperb:
This is a funny point to me. Everytime something negative is said about trump, the gents deflect by dissing Obama.

They may have points but IF trump is all the good they believe him to be, they should have a strong enough case to defend him without trying to look bigger or taller by standing on Obamas shoulders.

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It's not deflecting. It's pointing out the obvious hypocrisy of this situation. Because Fox News didn't align with the Obama administrations' views, they were called "fake news", mocked, explained to be rubbish timelessly. Now when actual fake news arises, and it's about Trump, he is the one who is being belligerent and rude for not taking a question from the organization that help to spread false reporting?

Aren't you deflecting from the very point being made by always claiming the other side of the argument to be deflecting back to Obama? Of course someone would make a comparison to Obama, just like most people for a very long time made comparisons of Obama to Bush. Trump hasn't even been inaugurated yet, why wouldn't we bring up how Obama reacted towards something similar?

I thought he handled the situation at the press conference exactly as Trump would. I personally don't see where people think Trump was being rude. He said to the CNN reporter he wouldn't take his question, but the reporter continued talking over him while he was trying to carry on the conference...Trump was forced to shush him, hilarious While it may look like he was being a certain way to folks who don't particular favor him, to me it looked like he wasn't taking anyone's bologna. I'm glad he called out Buzzfeed, anyone who uses them as a reliable news source is a moron, sorry, not sorry. CNN has been worse than MSNBC this year as far as bias goes. They have conducted themselves poorly and should feel embarrassed about their reporting.

posted January 14, 2017 09:54 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
How is anyone supposed to have a decent conversation or debate, when you throw stuff like this around? You have no respect for others, yet you expect to receive it.

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jwhop is a gentleman and prides himself on it.

Excellent representative of the Republican Party.

posted January 14, 2017 10:01 PM            

Trump Defense Syndrome (Or TDS, pronounced "tedious" )(n): a condition that may be caused by, or result in, a hormonal imbalance of excess testosterone, heart stress, systemic toxicity of the blood, strained adrenal glands, high blood pressure, and other conditions.

posted January 14, 2017 10:27 PM            

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Originally posted by etherealsaturn:
I personally don't see where people think Trump was being rude. He said to the CNN reporter he wouldn't take his question, but the reporter continued talking over him while he was trying to carry on the conference...Trump was forced to shush him, hilarious

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What?

Donald Trump mocks people for their appearance all the time. This just shows the extreme to which he takes it.

Indefensible.

posted January 15, 2017 06:31 AM            

and it's awkard that the toddler still tweets like some celebrity. Global politics on Twitter? Global politics that includes islamism, Russia, nuclear danger, etc. with a few sentences? Seriously?

Downright appalling.

posted January 15, 2017 07:28 AM            

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Originally posted by etherealsaturn:
It's not deflecting. It's pointing out the obvious hypocrisy of this situation. Because Fox News didn't align with the Obama administrations' views, they were called "fake news", mocked, explained to be rubbish timelessly. Now when actual fake news arises, and it's about Trump, he is the one who is being belligerent and rude for not taking a question from the organization that help to spread false reporting?

Aren't you deflecting from the very point being made by always claiming the other side of the argument to be deflecting back to Obama? Of course someone would make a comparison to Obama, just like most people for a very long time made comparisons of Obama to Bush. Trump hasn't even been inaugurated yet, why wouldn't we bring up how Obama reacted towards something similar?

I thought he handled the situation at the press conference exactly as Trump would. I personally don't see where people think Trump was being rude. He said to the CNN reporter he wouldn't take his question, but the reporter continued talking over him while he was trying to carry on the conference...Trump was forced to shush him, hilarious While it may look like he was being a certain way to folks who don't particular favor him, to me it looked like he wasn't taking anyone's bologna. I'm glad he called out Buzzfeed, anyone who uses them as a reliable news source is a moron, sorry, not sorry. CNN has been worse than MSNBC this year as far as bias goes. They have conducted themselves poorly and should feel embarrassed about their reporting.

Maybe Trump should have just answered this guys question to save us from all of this though- but then he wouldn't have been making it clear that the spread of false narratives won't be tolerated.

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The point I raised here was about a chief of state refusing to give a question to a major news outlet in the front row as an "act of revenge", this leading to a confrontation (duh!). Which comes as the pinnacle of an anti-critical media campaign of more than 10 days on this twitter account alone and taking months, overall. Which in my experience qualifies as a dictatorial attempt against a free press due to the genuine inability and unwillingness to take criticism, but laudatio only. Which I felt compelled to warn against.

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posted January 15, 2017 08:00 AM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
I'm starting to think supporting Trump is like a medical condition in itself.

Trump Defense Syndrome (Or TDS, pronounced "tedious" )(n): a condition that may be caused by, or result in, a hormonal imbalance of excess testosterone, heart stress, systemic toxicity of the blood, strained adrenal glands, high blood pressure, and other conditions.

Watch yourselves.

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Although this is a very serious syndrome on its own the American scientific site states that the "Trump Syndrome" has more to do with sleep derivation.
Source: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/do-you-suffer-from-trump-syndrome/

posted January 15, 2017 08:03 AM            

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Originally posted by LeeLoo2014:
The plot thickens
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/ world/americas/donald-trump-russia-dossier-file-investigation-hacking-christopher-steele-mi6-a7526901.html
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/13/senate-intelligence-commit tee-trump-aides-russia-links

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posted January 15, 2017 09:45 AM            

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Originally posted by etherealsaturn:
It's not deflecting. It's pointing out the obvious hypocrisy of this situation. Because Fox News didn't align with the Obama administrations' views, they were called "fake news", mocked, explained to be rubbish timelessly. Now when actual fake news arises, and it's about Trump, he is the one who is being belligerent and rude for not taking a question from the organization that help to spread false reporting?

Aren't you deflecting from the very point being made by always claiming the other side of the argument to be deflecting back to Obama? Of course someone would make a comparison to Obama, just like most people for a very long time made comparisons of Obama to Bush. Trump hasn't even been inaugurated yet, why wouldn't we bring up how Obama reacted towards something similar?

I thought he handled the situation at the press conference exactly as Trump would. I personally don't see where people think Trump was being rude. He said to the CNN reporter he wouldn't take his question, but the reporter continued talking over him while he was trying to carry on the conference...Trump was forced to shush him, hilarious While it may look like he was being a certain way to folks who don't particular favor him, to me it looked like he wasn't taking anyone's bologna. I'm glad he called out Buzzfeed, anyone who uses them as a reliable news source is a moron, sorry, not sorry. CNN has been worse than MSNBC this year as far as bias goes. They have conducted themselves poorly and should feel embarrassed about their reporting.

Maybe Trump should have just answered this guys question to save us from all of this though- but then he wouldn't have been making it clear that the spread of false narratives won't be tolerated.

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posted January 15, 2017 09:45 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Trump was mocking the reporter for lying and was talking about you should see this guy (groveling). That still photo frozen at that perfect moment to prove a false narrative is disgusting.

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It's ludicrous to keep blaming media "distortion" when there is clear video evidence of what he did.

He SAID, "Poor guy, you should see this guy" before imitating crippled hands.

Really you think it wasn't an imitation at all, because he used both hands?

posted January 15, 2017 09:55 AM            

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Originally posted by GeminiKarat:
Although this is a very serious syndrome on its own the American scientific site states that the "Trump Syndrome" has more to do with sleep derivation.
Source: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/do-you-suffer-from-trump-syndrome/

In this case the solution would be:

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LOL, I didn't know about this.