• rafoix@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    17 hours ago

    “Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre

  • Logh@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    17
    ·
    1 day ago

    Never thought that I’d see the day when being kind, diplomatic and articulate is the most punk thing one can do.

  • frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    131
    ·
    2 days ago

    Their mother should sue for defamation. Explain why they accused said mother of conducting foreign relations without the permission of the government.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    61
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 days ago

    It’s astounding major media keeps treating this administraiton as ANY sort of normal.

    If I was running a newsroom, these people would be on fire every goddamned day.

  • Deacon@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    16
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    2 days ago

    Reporters should just start stooping to their level and giving it right back.

    “My moms dead you ghoulish bitch, now do you want to answer the question?”

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 days ago

      That’s not stooping to their level. That’s the kind of thing a crying middle schooler would say, where in their head they think it sounds like a clever retort, but it just comes off as pathetic.