tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post2693249289775799499..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: David A. Graham: "Trump's Call For Russian Hacking Makes Even Less Sense After Mueller"Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-14340810150163017912019-04-01T14:11:12.202-04:002019-04-01T14:11:12.202-04:00If it was a joke, it was one of those jokes where ...If it was a joke, it was one of those jokes where a person reveals what's on their mind and what they want. Do you really believe Trump wasn't expressing his hope that Russia would find those emails and distribute them to the media? Of course he was. He was desperate for those emails! He would have loved it if Russia found them and gave them to Wikileaks. In that sense, his comment Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-64630790245457578322019-03-30T08:45:11.546-04:002019-03-30T08:45:11.546-04:00Nope.
This dude's argument is basically: if T...Nope.<br /><br />This dude's argument is basically: if Trump didn't conspire with Russia, then his email remark is *even weirder*!!! He's darkly suggesting that Trump (basically) *must* be up to some nefarious business...and his flagship piece of evidence is: an obvious joke.<br /><br />And no, we can't "debate all day" about whether it was a joke. It was *obviously* a Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-56062191071440206762019-03-29T11:30:46.456-04:002019-03-29T11:30:46.456-04:00If this is "cultish dogmatism," sign me ...If this is "cultish dogmatism," sign me up. The "it was just a joke" defense is awfully weak. We can debate all day whether it was a joke, but that's not the point. Even if it was a joke, who cares? You're arguing with a straw man here. Nowhere in the article does the author say that Trump was entirely serious, or that this is proof of collusion. The author even says Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com