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UTUSN

(70,744 posts)
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 11:25 AM Oct 2019

Tired of SHITLER-is-*symptom*-not-the-problem - right now on Reliable Sources

One of the panel (can't see it, am audio only on TuneIn radio) is using that line. STELTER is mostly good all the time, did the intro about how SHITLER's m.o. is to set off a bomb/distraction, that is followed by *outrage*, then defense by Repukes, then a walk-back, then another bomb, repeat the cycle endlessly.

So one panelist, (Krystal BALL?) defused the set-up with the line about not-the-problem-is-the-symptom. She said that "the military" and a swath of the public are sick and tired of "the Elites" with all this squabbling over insignificant things, that PELOSI is likewise in "the Elites", that the media goes into a tizzy over little tweets by SHITLER constantly while important problems are shunted aside.

******This is another type of what-about-ism (the other side does the same thing) or false equivalency. I say, FINE, if Twitler is a *SYMPTOM* it's perfectly fine to focus on alleviating a symptom immediately and work on "the problem" in due time!






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wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
1. Krystal Ball has sold her soul to the devil. She use to be a pretty good commentator. There are
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 11:31 AM
Oct 2019

quite a few talking heads and politicians who have gone over to the dark side.

My guess is that they have a secret that they don't want to be known. I don't think they changed their politics but now have to shill for the right and possibly Russia.

UTUSN

(70,744 posts)
2. I'm guessing based on STELTER calling one of the two women Krystal - am listening on the radio
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 11:36 AM
Oct 2019

There were two women and one male on the panel. I really don't know anything about Krystal BALL. I missed the introductions and one woman was deflecting blame away from SHITLER.













 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
3. She use to be one of the guests on MSNBC. She use to sound like a liberal. I remember she
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 11:58 AM
Oct 2019

wore sleeveless dresses a lot.

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