111 Republican former officials endorse Harris because of Trump's disloyalty to America and unfitness to serve
111 Republican former officials endorse Harris because of Trump's disloyalty to America and unfitness to serve
Kamala Harris' campaign has netted Republican endorsements from numerous Trump administration officials as well as from figures such as Dick Cheney.
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My issue is very clear: everyone is comfortable levying criticism in broad generalities. Everyone's very comfortable painting broad strokes and talking in generalities.
No one wants to bring the receipts and talk specifics. That's why even here, when I push back and ask for specifics you fold. We haven't even started the discussion about student loans. We're still nitpicking over feelings and vibes and we presentation at this point.
Then start it.
This whole time all you've been doing is posturing. You keep talking about the idea of specifics without actually talking about them. You're trying to pass yourself off as the mature, rational authority and "adult in the room" but you can't actually back any of it up with evidence.
From the start, you did that power play of interrogating me with random questions to test whether I was "qualified" to your satisfaction to have a discussion. Had I just gone along with it, you would've tricked me into acknowledging you as an authority. Now, you're just trying to act as an authority anyway. I have no interest in that kind of bullshit, you don't get to pretend to have made a point by playing around with social dynamics, without ever actually making one.
The fact that you're playing these games tells me that you can't actually back up anything you're saying.
Nah. I used to respond to these idiotic buzz phrases with detailed and sourced responses. After a while I realized I was either talking to people that had no clue what or how US government works or they were actively engaged in spreading misinformation.
I no longer expend my energy in this manner as it's clear that people that wake these types of declarations:
"PPP loans were forgiven so why not student loans???"
Are way. Way. Way so far off from policy and any conversation grounded in reality that it doesn't matter what I say or show.
Really if you make a big claim like that, you should be prepared to explain and defend yourself. Call it a " power play" or gish gallop (it's not) but own it all the way. Walk us from point A to B. Own it.
I already explained both of those things.
You gish galloped by throwing down a bunch of one line responses, and then expecting anyone challenging them to put a disproportionate amount of effort into refuting them.
The power play is just transparent. You treated the conversation as an examination or interrogation, with you as the examiner or judge. You were explicitly asking me things not because they were relevant, but to test my knowledge to see if I was qualified to have a conversation with. That's a rhetorical tactic to establish dominance and control over the conversation. Of course, you never had to prove your knowledge or qualifications, but I do, because you're the one in charge - or so you tried to frame it.
I never had any issue answering questions that were directly relevant, or with answering your questions after you answered mine, because then there was no assumption of power or authority. I don't like such games, but I know how to recognize them and play against them.
I note that you still haven't provided a single specific, a single indication that you know anything about what you're talking about. It's clear that you have neither the interest or ability to address any of my actual points. All you have is calling my qualifications into question and trying to to throw around authority that you do not have.
You love that gish gallop fallacy for some reason. Another thing you guys love is debate bro terms so you can weasel out of answering anything.
Answer the fucking question.
I don't know what to tell you. You made the silly claim that PPP loans and student debt are equally discharged then when someone pushed back you started crying about gish galloping and "oh no, don't interrogate me bro, you're dominating the conversation". Like holy shit man.
You made the claim. Own it all the way. Walk us from point a to b. How are ppp and student loans the same?
I never claimed anything you're saying. It doesn't matter how much you repeat it, it doesn't make it true. Show me where I said that both loans are "equally discharged," you literally made that up whole cloth.
If you're going to keep playing these games, we're done here.
So what was the point of bringing up student loans when talking about PPP loans being forgiven????