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pkdu

(3,977 posts)
12. Nope...exact quote. He was referring to the peppering of questions he was receiving about
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:48 PM
Feb 2017

45s comments about 9th circuit judge and Gorsuchs comments

skip to 24'5"

https://www.c-span.org/video/?423782-1/sean-spicer-briefs-reporters-white-house

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
3. It takes approximately 5 minutes for his voice to go all pitchy
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 03:23 PM
Feb 2017

and for him to start whining about "But what about Obama!!"

He emotional reacts to quickly. Spicer has the wrong personality and demeanor for the position of White House Press Secretary.

That job belongs in the hands of a person with a calm low key personality.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
5. Whataboutery. The GOP are masters at it because they have no good answers
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 03:27 PM
Feb 2017

Whataboutism is a term describing a propaganda technique used by the Soviet Union in its dealings with the Western world during the Cold War. When criticisms were levelled at the Soviet Union, the response would be "What about..." followed by the naming of an event in the Western world.[1][2] It represents a case of tu quoque (appeal to hypocrisy),[3] a logical fallacy which attempts to discredit the opponent's position by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with that position, without directly refuting or disproving the opponent's initial argument.

The term describing the technique was popularized in 2008 by Edward Lucas in an article for The Economist. Lucas said that this tactic is observed in the politics of modern Russia, along with this being evidence of a resurgence of Cold War and Soviet-era mentality within Russia's leadership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. "Whataboutery" I am SO using that
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:38 PM
Feb 2017

Every story about the latest depradation perpetrated by President Trump or his little minions draws a chorus of "Oh yeah? Well, what about . . ." followed by some allegation of dubious reality against Democrats that's supposed to be worser than Hitler. My go-to response will have to be, "Sorry you have a bad case of whataboutery; we're talking about something that actually happened."

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
13. I stole the word from the comment section of the Guardian, lol. The British use it all the time
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:51 PM
Feb 2017

instead of whataboutism.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
6. The way that is their go-to, I wonder why they didn't just support Obama.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 03:28 PM
Feb 2017

By their own words they seem to be into everything he did.

hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)
14. Did you see that absolute spitting angry look when
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:53 PM
Feb 2017

Spicer was trying to silence the one gentleman asking the question about Donald's tweets. Spicer tried to go to another reporter, and the female reporter commented that Spicer should go back to the male reporter's question. (Way to go, reporters, too!!!!!)

I loved it! Spicer is going to have a heart attack - seriously. He cannot hide his utter disgust, and he is a smoldering inferno of hate and anger.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
15. He needs to get his head out from under the covers
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 04:57 PM
Feb 2017

the farts he's been inhaling is dissolving his brain

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