You place the blame on the 1980s media coverage, not Trump, for Trump’s 2018 words with that headline. What is so confusing about why that is seen as a confounding framing decision?
No, that’s not “the root of my problem,” it has nothing to do with my problem, and you began this conversation with condescension, so that’s what you’re stuck with.
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The point, which I made quite clearly, is that the framing in the headline removes the blameworthiness of Trump’s statements today by asserting that 1980s coverage “ma[d]e” him believe things to this day.
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I never have made a single comment about the numbers of people who bought into such AIDS panic at the time, though there were many. The point was the removal of Trump’s responsibility for his views today. As I stated:https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/953060094513766401 …
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This is a step away from “you deserve to be talked down to” so I’m going to end this conversation. I’ve made my point.
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You literally joined into this discussion by saying that I was taking it too personally, then you accuse me of condescension. Rich.
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