...And this morning, the Trump campaign spokesperson, Katrina Pierson, is actually trying to convince people that the reorg is "not a shake up" but rather "an expansion." LOL
See that's a key trait of the Trump campaign and Trump: it/he condescends to people to the extent that it's downright insulting to people's intelligence to try to get them to believe the things it/he says.
Baghdad Bob Pierson is the least believable player in the entire presidential campaign.
I hope old man Trump got a few good ***** out of her because he certainly isn't getting anything else for his money.
Funny you would say that. Coming from a supporter of a dishonest candidate that is often compared to Baghdad Bob.
- Baghdad Bob and Hillary ? Strange Bedfellows
Once again he tries to
defend Trump by showing how much Trump is like Hillary Clinton.
I really cannot explain it. I've never before joining this forum come across so many folks who will at the drop of a hat and in all seriousness invoke a flavor of a
moral equivalence -- for example,
relative privation -- argument/rebuttal for their/against others' position(s).
It's downright bizarre to see so many people use that fallacious line of rebuttal/argument for it signals unavoidably that the speaker has internalized the remarks that inspired them to invoke that line of argument. It signals a pretty high degree of insecurity and ineptitude. For example:
Original Assertion/Argument:
- Billy demonstrates trait A, therefore he is worthy/unworthy of "whatever."
Moral Equivalence Responses/Rebuttal examples:
- What about Mark? He demonstrates trait A in triplicate. He's even less/more worthy.
- Well, Mark displays trait A and trait B, which is worse/better, so I'll go with Billy instead any day.
Retorts like that necessarily imply the responder views the remark about "Billy" as being a conclusion or attestation about them and and one or more of their abilities (physical or mental or both as befits the moment) as well as about "Billy's" abilities and merit.
Those sorts of replies are, along with
ad hominem attacks, are among the most unsophisticated ones going. They are the lines of retort that bullies and mental midgets use because they have absolutely nothing of substance to put forth as a direct and "on point" rebuttal, and they are unwilling to agree with the original statement/conclusion. In many ways, it's the ultimate admission that they are committed to standing on a given position, but have no idea of why or the reason why, when they review it in their mind, doesn't even make sense to them. We all can recall points in our life when that happened to us:
- "Johnny, why didn't you study for your test?", mother asked. "I don't know," Johnny replied.
- "Why did you jump into the hole, Helen?" "I don't know," Helen replied.
- "What were you thinking when you hit Mike?" "I don't know," Ed answered.
Now it's possible that "I don't know" is a legit answer...Johnny, Helen and Ed could in fact be insane or at least mentally deficient somehow. Short of that, they acted like and responded like children. I mean really...Who does or thinks "whatever" and is also unable to identify why? Answering "why" one does/thinks something is among the easiest questions to answer and answer accurately and honestly. The Devil doesn't make that many people do that many things. LOL
So what about all that makes me declare the beha/refute assertions and positions is a foregone conclusion from the instant one joins. Who in their right mind would show up here and respond to or make remarks they can defend only with invalid lines of argumentation? Does a good army go to war without arms? Do firemen go to a burning building without protective gear or water? Well, that's in substance what quite a lot of folks do upon participating in arguments here and it's patently evident every time someone invokes a moral equivalence retort.
Note:
There is a special form of
ad hominem argument that Donald Trump has taken to these days. It's called
tu quoque or the "you too" argument. Lord only knows why he uses it daily, multiple times a day in fact, but use it does. I just mention it here because some folks may confuse it with moral equivalence. They aren't the same, but they may look similar.