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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2019

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      1. One problem that's popping up in the Democratic primaries (and elsewhere) is people are offering up decontextualized clips. And they get widely circulated. Take this as an example. It sounds bad, right? https://twitter.com/Ibrahimpols/status/1119714251285979136 …

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2019

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      2. But if you look at the clip in context, Biden is making a hypothetical -- if we give huge tax cuts to rich then Paul Ryan is right that we have to cut social security, etc. So it's the opposite of what decontextualized clip is saying.https://twitter.com/RubenBolling/status/1119977693620113412 …

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      Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben BollingVerified account @RubenBolling
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      The full video shows that this clip is totally out of context and that he’s AGAINST cutting ss and medicare. He’s saying that IF you give huge tax cuts to the rich, Ryan is “correct” that you must pay for it with ss/m cuts. But he’s against both. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59KcWmEf6co …
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        1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2019

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          3. Another example. Maybe in my old age my hearing is shot because I don't actually hear Bernie saying "white working class" in this clip but rather talking about economic struggles in general (i.e. of all ordinary citizens).https://twitter.com/mgranville1/status/1120341418978021378 …

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          At Oxford, Sanders discusses of the "progress" America has made in terms of racism, sexism and homophobia over the past 30-40 yrs. But there "is an area which is not in a way as SEXY" as dealing with race, gender and homophobia and that is the economic struggle of the WWC. pic.twitter.com/7KnCJNUupn
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        1. Тито Пуенте‏ @WineJerk 22 Apr 2019
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          it's still bad in context.

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        1. Expressions I hate #44: It is what it is‏ @2020areuhereyet 22 Apr 2019
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        1. Lee  🇺🇦 🌻‏ @pommylee 22 Apr 2019
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          The main issue for the Dem Primarys is that even if 75% of dem Primary voters vote Not Bernie, his cult has made it clear they'll burn the place down if he isn't given the nomination

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        1. Emma Goldman Sachs‏ @pacifistHULK 22 Apr 2019
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          oh plase it has always been a fevered wet dream o eery neo liberal democat to do bipartisan entitlement reform'

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        1. 𝙼𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚜‏ @peltast 22 Apr 2019
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          If you look at it in context, he is not making a hypothetical but saying that SS and Medicare need to be cut for wealthy recipients, who don't depend on these programs. He's calling for targeted cuts (a call he has made many times). Your statement is baffling.

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        1. C‏ @flavorstraw 22 Apr 2019
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          It's weird that anyone would have to resort to edited out of context clips to criticize Joe Biden when his most popular Google image search is him being creepy and diddly

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        1. Gag Halfrunt  🇺🇦 ✍️ 🩸 🦷 🌊‏ @dmjossel 22 Apr 2019
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          He didn’t need to say that at all, even in a hypothetical. He could have said, “IF we give huge tax cuts to the rich, then Paul Ryan is still wrong, we can cut the ludicrously massive military budget”.

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        1. Ted Coe‏ @FreakPowerTix 22 Apr 2019
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          I suspected as much. But he did flatter AG Barr many years ago... and there’s that “liberty medal” he was there to bestow on Dubya.

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        1. Shane Giberson‏ @ShaneGiberson 22 Apr 2019
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          This isn’t nearly as strong a defense as you think it is. That’s still buying into and amplifying Republican framing of issues from the deficit to safety net programs; bad politics and just flat-out wrong on the facts

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