Here's another one, same strategy:
In general, I find it fairly ridiculous when people accuse those who strongly dislike Trump as being unthinking partisans.
The word "unthinking" was added out of careless expedience. Here's what I actually said:
I just realized something. You know how it is often said that there is nothing Trump could do that would alienate his base? The same accusation could be leveled at me about Biden; I almost cannot imagine what he could do to lose my vote, and I don't even particularly like him. I guess if he started torturing baby animals I would go with a write-in protest vote, but I still could never vote for Trump.
Not that I blame you, but this blind partisanship is a very bad sign. Why even talk to the other side?
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Adding and removing words to change the meaning of phrases is a pretty juvenile way to make arguments, especially when it is followed by an accusation of this practice.
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Let me understand better. You think "blind" and "unthinking" are not synonyms in this context?
If they're not, what definition of "blind" are you using? Surely you didn't mean an actual can't-physically-see-through-one's-eyes person?
If someone wants to quote me, they can quote me, instead of playing word games with words-that-might-be-synonyms. Especially in the context of what's being discussed here--the accuracy of phrases being used by the "opposing side". No, I don't think it's the same, because I don't think rosarugosa is unthinking. If presidential candidates are so inadequate that statements like "I almost cannot imagine what he could do to lose my vote, and I don't even particularly like him" are required, then there are greater systemic problems at hand, and as I stated ("Not that I blame you") I don't consider this a reflection on rosarugosa, unlike the implication here:
"people accuse those who strongly dislike Trump as being unthinking partisans."
If I wanted to rebuke rosa, I would have done so here:
For the record, I don't think it's that I'm partisan; I think it's a matter of Trump being a loathsome human being and a terrible leader.
The blindness is a general electorate blindness, not one attributed to this person.
@Wrenchturner - I wasn’t responding to any of your posts, but to GuitarStv, which is why I quoted him as such.
The context of his reply is significant insofar as it is inaccurate in exactly the way you describe--misleading. To your point, regarding appropriate criticisms--I would say Biden's mental capacity is fair game. This thread was created in good faith.