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In reply to the discussion: I believe Avenatti is getting swiftboated [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)86. Why would there be?
Again, this is a common rhetorical tactic.
Avenatti denied making any such remarks. Any. Categorically. In response, the reporter posted this:
"Heres what Avenatti told TIME in an interview on June 25 in New York City, before he began publicly considering a presidential run:"
...and then there is an extended portion of the conversation which the reporter has obviously transcribed from the conversation (complete with interruptions and dangling sentences) for the purpose of responding to Avenatti's statement, in effect, that she is a liar.
How much time is this reporter, or TIME, supposed to spend on some pissing match with Avenatti? He said he didn't say those things, and he is STILL doing the "White Man's Burden" routine in response to his having said those things.
Yes, yes, of course, oppressed people will get nowhere unless white men take up the fight for them. It's genius. Think about how much more effective, say, the National Organization of Women would have been all these years if it had been run by men instead.
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It has taken time but yes it does seem as if they are trying to take him down. Avenatti left himself
OnDoutside
Oct 2018
#1
Nothing personal. I have seen others go at you. I'm mostly neutral though.
Lucky Luciano
Oct 2018
#79
I'm curiously drawn to idiocy and the absurd... regardless of the sobriquet attached to it.
LanternWaste
Oct 2018
#91
agreed. They can say I'm a troll all they want. I still say Avanatti is a con man.
The Liberal Lion
Oct 2018
#19