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Music Man

(1,184 posts)
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 04:45 PM Jul 2018

We don't know if it was Russia that hacked Hillary Clinton's campaign.

It could have been a 400-pound guy on his bed.

OK, it was Russians, but we don’t know if it was ordered by the Kremlin.

OK, it was ordered by the Kremlin, but we didn’t know anything about it.

OK, we knew about it, but no one from our campaign ever met with Russians.

OK, maybe we met with Russians, but it was just one or two people who ran into them at the Republican National Convention.

OK, maybe several people met with Russians at Trump Tower, but we were talking about adoption laws.

OK, we were talking about more than adoptions, but it had nothing to do with the campaign.

OK, we were offered dirt on Hillary Clinton as a pretext to the meeting, but no one told Donald Trump about the meeting.

OK, Don Jr. told him about it, but there was no collusion.

OK, they might have been colluding on something, but “collusion” is not a crime.

OK, colluding with the intent of committing a crime is called “Conspiracy,” but we didn’t actually commit the crime of hacking.

OK, we wanted to use dirt on Hillary Clinton that came from Russian hacks, but democracy is about winning elections.

OK, so aiding foreign hackers to win an election is illegal, but illegality is relative to cultural context.

OK, so specific laws are actually written down and carry consequences, but isn’t writing essentially just signs and symbols?

OK, so those symbols convey information that we have agreed upon, but what is agreement?

OK, so agreement is when two people share the same opinion, but how do you define the sentience necessary to hold opinions?

OK, so sentience is the state of awareness that allows humans to have experiences, but how can you simultaneously be part of an experience and observe it?

Gotcha, snowflake! And you thought you were so smart.

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We don't know if it was Russia that hacked Hillary Clinton's campaign. (Original Post) Music Man Jul 2018 OP
Should Have Added the Eric Stratton Close from Animal House... Stallion Jul 2018 #1
Must be a New York thing superpatriotman Jul 2018 #2

Stallion

(6,474 posts)
1. Should Have Added the Eric Stratton Close from Animal House...
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 04:51 PM
Jul 2018

...We're not going to sit here and listen to you bad-mouth the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!

superpatriotman

(6,247 posts)
2. Must be a New York thing
Tue Jul 31, 2018, 04:54 PM
Jul 2018

Replace 'OK' with the word 'No' and you've encapsulated every Queens liar character. I think Alec Baldwin did a skit about that on SNL once.

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