She made only one direct reference to Kirk, quoting his own words:
“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. - Charlie Kirk
She made only one direct reference to Kirk, quoting his own words:
“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. - Charlie Kirk
I can’t know why you were downvoted. I generally don’t downvote and didn’t in this case. But were I to speculate…
You pointed out a distinction without a difference. And the way you defended yourself preemptively makes you sound like you knew very well you were being pedantic and what the result would be. It doesn’t contribute anything of value to the conversation and leaves one with the impression you disagree it was outrageous to fire her — else why issue a meaningless “correction”?
I don’t know why you did that, but I strongly suspect your downvotes are related to that thought-process.
Yeah - I’ve been around the internet before. You say “A” and you get 30 responses immediately for not saying “B”.
You don’t think I would have been accused of defending Kirk? Have you just created an account on social media for the first time?
You sound like an asshole. Period. Thus the downvotes. Nothing big, no mod conspiracy. You just sound like an asshole so I downvoted you.
Note I did not say you ARE an asshole. You just sound like one.
Mate, I don’t really care. I responded with the idea that you were frustrated in good faith and just struggling with a bout of well-intentioned 'tism. I’ve been there before so I could relate.
Also, welcome to the internet has been cringe for over twenty years, and I’ve been here since social media was alt.rec.your.mom.
Of course you got accused for defending Kirk because there is no fathomable point to your post other than being disagreeable. The qualitative difference between what was said and your correction is nil. You knew what would happen, your preemptive protestations did nothing but make it clear you knew what you were doing and chose violence. But somehow “Lemmy” is the problem and not your comment.
Well, have it your way. I’m moving on.
I mean - I’m not frustrated - more amused than anything else. My hypothesis is that nobody actually read the snopes link and just assumed it said something otherwise. 🤷
Your hypothesis is wrong. You just type like an asshole.
You think people both followed a link and read the contents of the page it led to?
I think most of us did. Why do you think otherwise?
Welcome to the internet! I hope you have fun here.
I read it. Next time post the snopes article and the relevant quote.
And then construct an actual argument. This is what he said, people are taking it out of context, and this is why it’s important.
You’ll still get downvoted, but at least you’ll have done the hard work or connect the dots.
Honestly, I don’t know how pointing out that this was said about specific black women makes any difference to the quote. You seem to think it’s important.
I don’t know why I expected anything other than a lame, vaguely assholish reply…
Goodbye.
Definitely disagree here. They were clearly just trying to emphasize the importance of being correct, since being incorrect gives conservatives a way to argue against your point, even if it’s stupid and flimsy, it can be seized on.
There is no actual difference between “Black women” and “You [black women]”. Anyone who feels it is arguable isn’t worth the effort to engage them because they aren’t coming at the conversation from a place of good faith anyway.
Tell that to the Republican who now can accurately claim a misquote happened. You don’t need to convince me.