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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Congresswoman attacked for dancing

So, triple down on the dishonesty. Every time you do, you make your intent clear: you want people to think the Republicans KNOWINGLY elected a child molester as Speaker.

That didn't happen.

Not being dishonest, Hastert is a child molester and he was elected to be the speaker.

Absolutely nothing about that sentence is incorrect.

But, continue with your faux outrage, it is pretty petulant.
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-46757179

In the eyes of some social media critics the United States' youngest-ever congresswoman can do no right.

To a lengthy list of past misdemeanours, including her clothes and not being rich, can now be added the grievous crime of dancing while in college.
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There are no depths too deep for some to go to discredit a Dem on her first day on the job.
Almost stoops to left wing shaming posts, doesn't it?
 
They don't really hate her. They hate themselves for being attracted to her. Who can blame them? She's nice to look at.



Poor conservatives and their repressed sexual anger.

Booo...Boo...LOL
 
Not being dishonest, Hastert is a child molester and he was elected to be the speaker.

Absolutely nothing about that sentence is incorrect.

But, continue with your faux outrage, it is pretty petulant.

:roll: Okey dokey.
 
Why do we even have "news" stories about someone on Twitter or Facebook complaining about stuff? Why would anyone possibly care about such things, much less care enough to write a "news" story?

Probably because for the last several years, this kind of thing ends up getting repeated by tons of DP conservatives. And if other DP conservatives can't bring themselves to sharply criticize their fellows, they instead just pop into the thread to attack liberals.

More specifically, this isn't just "someone on Twitter". It starts that way. Then it's bounced around amongst Trump supporters. And then it's normalized. And then just about all DP conservatives end up saying it here. Happens all the time. So the bottom line is, it starts out as "someone on Twitter", then because it isn't bashed down by people the "someone on Twitter" does not already consider a political enemy, it because common "fake news" knowledge for a whole bunch of conservatives.

I've already seen a few people start slagging her because she danced, right in accordance with that "someone on Twitter"'s wishes.

If it gets picked up on political discussion forums and other sources of internet entertainment then so be it. However, when the BBC, or FOX or MSNBC or ABC picks this stuff up it reeks of yellow journalism.

No, it doesn't reek. It's sad that we actually need it to happen, but we DO need it happen because if normal journalism just ignores it, it becomes never-questioned truth. And when people act on it for that reason, its function is of truth, even though it is false.

It gets worse. Not only does the first thing happen, but a secondary thing happens where "OMG, the news media won't speak about this! Conspiracy" becomes truthful in function. And then that also becomes part of the national discourse, whether on DP or Facebook or elsewhere.



Something that does not and should not matter becomes something that does matter because the morons who think it matter vote. For the same reason, it matters if X million people like passing around memes and "fake news" on media. That is, not something that doesn't matter like dancing but actually happened, but instead literally fake 'news'.

A main justification for having robust free speech is that bad ideas lose out in the marketplace of ideas. They don't lose out if a growing number of people believe them, but nobody is slapping them down. Then, they become common ideas in the same way a lie can become truth in its function.





In a perfect world, we wouldn't need a news article about how some morons are passing around a video of a politician dancing in college and using it to attack her, then high-five each other on their anti-left tribalism, because there would be too few of those morons to reach a level of significance.

But it's far from a perfect world. It's better to at least make less moronic people aware of what the large number of morons are doing, so it can be countered in one way or another. Sad, but necessary.
 
She's definitely f****ble after a good night of drinking but that's about it.


Hopefully she'd leave early in the morning so you wouldn't have to talk.
 
Not by you, of course.

She's really bouncy and doesn't look too smart. I think I'd be in.


Giver her a couple drinks and talk some liberal babble about unicorns and World Peace and she'd be making little chipmunk noises within the hour. I'd probably make her call me Dick Cheney just for the hell of it.
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-46757179

In the eyes of some social media critics the United States' youngest-ever congresswoman can do no right.

To a lengthy list of past misdemeanours, including her clothes and not being rich, can now be added the grievous crime of dancing while in college.
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There are no depths too deep for some to go to discredit a Dem on her first day on the job.

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
 
What's there to have a benefit of the doubt over, she danced. Is dancing somehow immoral or illegal? No.

This isn't Dancing with the Stars!

Rashida Tlaib is a national disgrace to this country.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a ditz.

We have brave federal workers staying on the job voluntarily working without pay because they want to see the wall built. A little maturity and patriotism from our elected officials shouldn't be too hard to ask.
 
This isn't Dancing with the Stars!

Rashida Tlaib is a national disgrace to this country.

Because she danced?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a ditz.

She is doing better with her life than you, so what does that make you?

We have brave federal workers staying on the job voluntarily working without pay because they want to see the wall built. A little maturity and patriotism from our elected officials shouldn't be too hard to ask.

No, I have friends that work for TSA and they are not working without pay because they want to see the wall so that's a lie from you.

Maybe Trump shouldn't have lied and said Mexico would pay for the wall then huh?
 
There is nothing wrong with AOC dancing. This is not Footloose. We're not living in Bomont. Anyone who uses this video to criticize AOC is being cheap. It's purely petty. There is a lot more matters of substance to criticize the new darling of the left than a dancing video.
 
Does it concern anyone that this Millenial nitwit sits on her social media timeline 24/7, counting her "likes" and snarking back at every single negative remark?
AOC needs to get over herself. She's really not all that and a bag of chips.
 
Because she danced?



She is doing better with her life than you, so what does that make you?



No, I have friends that work for TSA and they are not working without pay because they want to see the wall so that's a lie from you.

Maybe Trump shouldn't have lied and said Mexico would pay for the wall then huh?

Mexico is paying for the wall through usmca.

Also, it would be stupid to work without pay unless there was something in it for the worker. If you are working for nothing and do not agree with the wall, you should quit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Apparently, liberals are triggered by rich dishonest politicians ignoring their constituents, and conservatives are triggered by petite dancing Puerto Rican girls.

And who was triggered to start this thread over a supposed criticism that almost no one has heard of? When one is indignant over a triviality that amounts to a page 35 footnote, just who is the one triggered?

That said, her free form "dancing" is okay - well, at least better than the elaine dance.
 
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Why do we even have "news" stories about someone on Twitter or Facebook complaining about stuff? Why would anyone possibly care about such things, much less care enough to write a "news" story?

Yeah, I know. This whole meme is one big 'Meh', if you ask me.
 
Mexico is paying for the wall through usmca.

Has not been ratified by congress so no, it isn’t.

Also, it would be stupid to work without pay unless there was something in it for the worker. If you are working for nothing and do not agree with the wall, you should quit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They do it so they don’t get fired, they are required to do so.
 
There is no longer any doubt how much power and sway the Conservative media and conservative talking heads have over the GOP, and the GOP base. Trump went back on signing a deal they had to prevent a shut-down because he watched Fox blast him because he was going to 'compromise'.

Now we have GOP politicians booing AOC, and threads here daily attacking her because she is now the Con medias new bogeyman. She's 1 of 500+ politicians in DC.. She represents a tiny sliver of NY.. She can't even run for Prez in 2020. She is absolutely NO threat or has any power. Yet because she's attacked daily on Fox and the Limbaugh's the mindless GOP minions hate her..

The new GOP, goose stepping behind their Fox masters.
 
Has not been ratified by congress so no, it isn’t.



They do it so they don’t get fired, they are required to do so.

They should quit and find a new job.
 
Mexico is paying for the wall through usmca.

Also, it would be stupid to work without pay unless there was something in it for the worker. If you are working for nothing and do not agree with the wall, you should quit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think Trump should use the Wars Powers Resolution and threaten military engagement with Mexico if they don't pay for the wall. Tell them that we'll finish where we left off in the Mexican-American War if they don't pay.
 
They should quit and find a new job.

Yeah they should quit and find new jobs because trump is throwing a temper tantrum. :roll:

No what should happen is trump keep his promise that Mexico will pay for the wall, not the American taxpayer. When you get that money from Mexico, then build the wall. No sooner and this is why this is Trunps shutdown.
 
I think Trump should use the Wars Powers Resolution and threaten military engagement with Mexico if they don't pay for the wall. Tell them that we'll finish where we left off in the Mexican-American War if they don't pay.

Oh look another Warhawk. You gonna volunteer to fight in that war?
 
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