Bolton's Book

[Ronson]

I could say ice cream should be served cold, and JimL would disagree.

It's because you don't really believe it should be served cold.

[Cow Poke]

It's because you don't really believe it should be served cold.

Yeah, but don't tell anybody!

[JimL]

That is a conclusion. Journalists aren't supposed to draw conclusions and offer their opinions. They are supposed to present the facts and the reader draws the conclusions. That's the way objectivity works.



According to who? Stephen Coleman of CNN? You allow him to do your thinking for you? He is supposed to present the facts. Trump may have considered Fauci's recommendations and rejected them. That's not "ignoring".



I just explained how these news agencies place their fat thumbs on the scale. If you like them drawing conclusions for you, then fine. I don't trust them to do my thinking for me.

They aren't making it up, they are going by what the polls tell them, Ronson: "His polls are taking a dive" "Trump is obviously ignoring the viral surge" "Biden takes dominent lead and voters are rejecting Trump on the virus and race issues." Nothing made up or exagerated there.

[JimL]

I could say ice cream should be served cold, and JimL would disagree.

Project much do you?

[JimL]

Naysaying. CP just agreed with you that Trump says and does stupid stuff and you disagreed.

Right, that's CP's way, he says one thing and then defends the opposite.

[Whateverman]

Yeah, that makes sense. Tell CP that he's wrong about what he reports he thinks, and that he really thinks the exact opposite.

I mean, isn't that what's happening with Trump?

He says stupid stuff all the time, and it's pretty difficult to accept the idea that he actually believes everything he says - regardless of whether he's talking about his own supposed opinions or objective fact. That's pretty much the nature of trolling: pretending to hold to an idea/opinion that you don't actually hold to, just to get a rise out of people.

Plus, there's always the ever-present cognitive dissonance (and I'm speaking in general, not about Trump or CP). It's very easy to find people who hold contradictory ideas, and who get annoyed when you point this out to them. For example, claiming the media is untrustworthy, while accepting what the media says on a variety of subjects you agree with (et al).

[Cow Poke]

Right, that's CP's way, he says one thing and then defends the opposite.

Give me an example, Jim. Just one.

[Cow Poke]

Project much do you?

Jim, that actually means something. It's not just something you throw out there because you can't formulate a cogent statement.