# I am shocked - shocked - to know that dancing is going on... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186 "2019-01-04T08:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186/101 "2019-01-08T21:29:41Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > 60 Minutes wants to get clicks. What’s your excuse? I’m on the SDMB, the most pedantic place on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186/102 "2019-01-08T21:35:57Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I’m on the SDMB, the most pedantic place on the internet. You’ve never been on reddit, have you? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186/103 "2019-01-08T21:45:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > You’ve never been on reddit, have you? I have, but perhaps I’ve been missing /r/pedantry or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186/104 "2019-01-08T21:47:07Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > It’s almost as if people deliberately want to ignore the context… > > Which seems to be… a reasonable response. But yet, people seem to want to deliberately chop off the last part of it to make a very different portrayal than what AOC meant. [Odd how that happens…](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21407943&postcount=158) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186/105 "2019-01-08T21:50:56Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I have, but perhaps I’ve been missing /r/pedantry or something like that? Try r/politics ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186/106 "2019-01-09T10:42:56Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Odd how that happens…](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21407943&postcount=158) Odd how _often_ that happens. See also: “What difference does it make?” and “You didn’t build that.” It’s almost as if keeping the remarks in context makes it more difficult to append an entirely new narrative to the quote. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186/107 "2019-01-09T13:40:55Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > It’s almost as if people deliberately want to ignore the context… > > > [@](#): > > > > Anderson Cooper: One of the criticisms of you is that— that your math is fuzzy. The Washington Post recently awarded you four Pinocchios— > > > > Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Oh my goodness— > > > > Anderson Cooper: —for misstating some statistics about Pentagon spending? > > > > Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: If people want to really blow up one figure here or one word there, I would argue that they’re missing the forest for the trees. I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right. > > > > Anderson Cooper: But being factually correct is important— > > > > Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: It’s absolutely important. And whenever I make a mistake. I say, “Okay, this was clumsy.” and then I restate what my point was. > > Which seems to be… a reasonable response. But yet, people seem to want to deliberately chop off the last part of it to make a very different portrayal than what AOC meant. Has AOC said “Okay, this was clumsy” about her idea of $21T taken from the Pentagon to spend on M4A, or her notion that [the US did not start as a capitalist country](https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/06/7-staggering-quotes-made-from-progressive-democrats-new-star/), or that unemployment was low because everyone was working two jobs, or that the US increased the defense budget by $700 billion in 2017, or that Karen Handel outspent Lucy McBath 5-1? I don’t recall her having done so, although I could certainly be wrong. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186/108 "2019-01-09T15:52:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Try r/politics From where I sit it’s incredibly easy to avoid running into pedantry over there if you don’t upset the apple cart and don’t enter disagreements. I’d also submit it isn’t a pedantic environment because not that many stay mindful of at least one of the core rules for submissions there, which is they can’t be older than month. Here’s a [2 year old story](https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/9kxjz6/trump_on_ptsd_some_veterans_arent_strong_enough/) that was honored to the tune of 900 upvotes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186.md?page=5)