yes he did! Ted Cruz calls himself an idiot!: "you'd have to be an idiot to keep endorsing state legislators, & I do it constantly"

[basquebromance]

for example, Cruz is weighing in on the Iowa-03 race, ignoring state legislators Mary Ann Hanusa and Zach Nunn to endorse political newcomer Nicole Hasso

 

[BackAgain]

Apparently, basquebromide isn’t familiar with the concept of self-deprecating humor.

(Hat tip to the admiral for the editing I failed to do.)

 

[1srelluc]

Apparently, basquebromide isn’t familiar with the concept of self-denigrating humor.

Copy-Pasta don't seem like it is but it do.

 

[BackAgain]

Copy-Pasta don't seem like it is but it do.

Well said. I’m guessing.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

for example, Cruz is weighing in on the Iowa-03 race, ignoring state legislators Mary Ann Hanusa and Zach Nunn to endorse political newcomer Nicole Hasso

You expect someone to watch a 51 minute video to cite one sentence? How about giving us a time stamp where it is located?

PS I don't think that video has anything to do with your post.

 

[g5000]

Apparently, basquebromide isn’t familiar with the concept of self-denigrating humor.

Idiocracy now.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Apparently, basquebromide isn’t familiar with the concept of self-denigrating humor.

The term is "self-deprecating".

 

[BackAgain]

The term is "self-deprecating".

Yes. Yes it is. And I thought that’s what I had written. But as I do so often, I forgot to edit.

 

[Ralph Norton]

The term is "self-deprecating".

They are synonyms, Professor.

 

[basquebromance]

lol get back on the damn topic and stop arguing grammar semantics

 

[BackAgain]

lol get back on the damn topic and stop arguing grammar semantics

Your track led to the immediate derailment.

And I wasn’t arguing grammar or semantics. I was accepting a correction on word choice.

This is like the second or third time in the past week or so where I had to acknowledge my own errors. I’m wrecked. I’m ruined.

Eh. I’ll get over it.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

They are synonyms, Professor.

Not according to Merriam-Webster.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

lol get back on the damn topic and stop arguing grammar semantics

Heil Hitler! - grammar Nazi!

 

[basquebromance]

Heil Hitler! - grammar Nazi!

my grandpa killed Hitler, my dad killed Ted Bundy, and i killed Osama Bin Laden

 

[Ralph Norton]

Not according to Merriam-Webster.

dep·re·cate
[ˈdeprəˌkāt]

VERB
deprecated (past tense) · deprecated (past participle)

1. synonyms
   belittle · disparage · denigrate · run down · discredit · decry · cry down · play down · make little of · trivialize · underrate · undervalue · underestimate · diminish · depreciate ·
   [more]

 

[basquebromance]

Sen. Ted Cruz calls himself an idiot for backing down-ballot Republicans, but here’s why he does it

“When you endorse someone in a contested primary in your state, you get half their...

www.houstonchronicle.com

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

dep·re·cate
[ˈdeprəˌkāt]

VERB
deprecated (past tense) · deprecated (past participle)

1. synonyms
   belittle · disparage · denigrate · run down · discredit · decry · cry down · play down · make little of · trivialize · underrate · undervalue · underestimate · diminish · depreciate ·
   [more]

OK. If you want people to think you are undereducated, that's fine with me.