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Tommy Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 02:41 PM Nov 2021

I'm really up to my limit with these people.

The level of intentional dishonesty on their part is absolutely repulsive.




Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski · 12m

Ugh. Biden was referencing the fact that Satchel Paige played in what was then called the ‘Negro Leagues.’ But, ‘Joe Biden called Satchel Paige a negro!’ is the trending topic on MAGA twitter today. Your 2021 Republican Party.

1:27 PM · Nov 11, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
4. Unfortunately, this also represents a dearth of logical
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 02:59 PM
Nov 2021

processing of information. It's s why RW media has been so successful with their propaganda campaigns.

But it's not just people on the right. We're all likely to respond emotionally rather than logically.

If our side could appeal more to that tendency, while still presenting the facts that support our ideas, our PR campaign for progressive policies & candidates would be more successful.

George II

(67,782 posts)
6. Those leagues have been gone for decades, and at the time they were disbanded they were called....
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 05:12 PM
Nov 2021

...the "Negro Leagues".

I wonder how these idiots feel about the NAACP, or "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"?

Biden was referring to the organization, not people IN the organization.

Damn, these f*ers are unbelievably divisive.

Tommy Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
10. In another tweet, she actually accused Pres. Biden of calling *her* a "negro."
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 05:29 PM
Nov 2021

She's a nominal candidate running for Congress in a heavily Democratic district.

She won't actually win, but appears to be playing towards a Twitter base. This is what gets her famous.

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