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To: DoodleDawg; DiogenesLamp

Its about tone and messaging. Lets parse the tweet:

“The West is trying to deplatform and debank Russia. This is just as wrong as invading Ukraine.”

No, debanking Russia is not “just as wrong as invading Ukraine”. I think reasonable people can discuss our response and if we should be de-escalating and seeing if we can provde Putin a face saving way out, but equating debanking to invading a country with thousands of ground troops and artillery is just ludicrous.

This is the stuff the MSM latches onto and smears all conservatives with. And yes, i know no one here cares about the MSM, but independents do, and they pay attention to it, and they vote.


103 posted on 02/28/2022 1:15:34 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45
No, debanking Russia is not “just as wrong as invading Ukraine”. I think reasonable people can discuss our response and if we should be de-escalating and seeing if we can provde Putin a face saving way out, but equating debanking to invading a country with thousands of ground troops and artillery is just ludicrous.

If this is your main point of argument, then I don't really have any issue with it. Yes, she mispoke to say they were equally wrong, but people mispeak in such a manner often.

Precision in speaking often comes at the sacrifice of brevity. For making an essential point, brevity is more important than getting your statement exactly right.

Trump did this all the time, but people knew what he meant.

104 posted on 02/28/2022 1:37:36 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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