Here's a response I received to my earlier tweet about @PolitiFact's uncharacteristically indecisive treatment of the Charlottesville hoax. https://twitter.com/IconicAraari/status/1122199295011315713 …
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It echoes this piece from
@BillKristol and@SykesCharlie's e-rag. The claim is that Trump was factually mistaken--that no one other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists was present in Charlottesville to oppose destroying the statues. https://thebulwark.com/the-charlottesville-hoax-hoax/ …10 replies 30 retweets 125 likesShow this thread -
There are two problems with this. First, it's a motte-and-bailey maneuver. "Trump made a factual error" is totally different from "Trump sympathizes with neo-Nazis." The latter is the claim Trump's detractors have made ad nauseam since 2017.
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In this context, it is dishonest to press the former claim without acknowledging explicitly that it offers no support for the latter.
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Second, the assertion that Trump made a factual error is dubious. Courtesy of
@ScottAdamsSays, here is a New York Times report that backs the president up. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/us/politics/trump-republicans-race.html …pic.twitter.com/NVK6JHBBb9
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And your quotes prove absolutely nothing. In fact, they're far less relevant to the case at point. Pretty lazy for a PHD.
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Did you get your PhD in anecdotal information?
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If the question is “Does one exist?” a single example is proof. Who the hell gave you a degree?
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End of conversation
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