Since this is in the Pit, I can finally call this out for what this is. This is a fucking strawman. It’s a dishonest manner of arguing.
The issue is not that Biden is old, or stumbles over his words. It’s that Jon decided to frame this as Biden going senile. We all know that Biden has stutter, and that said stutter has gotten worse over time.
You are exactly the reason why this is a problem. You believe this very strongly. Jon has a responsibility to show the other side. THAT’S HIS FUCKING JOB.
Someone literally posted a doctors report showing that Biden is not in cognitive decline. He is not senile nor does he have dementia. You dismissed that with a single line.
That’s what’s dangerous about this talking point. People have a tendency to believe things they think they came up with themselves over experts. Stewart, with his platform, could have helped fix that. Instead, he played into it. He did exactly what I hated Bill Maher for doing, when he played into the San Fransisco argument. The issue was not the facts, but the framing.
You guys keep on acting like framing and facts are the same thing They aren’t. The issue is not Jon discussing the facts. It’s him framing it as the conclusion that Biden has “lost a step”–which is calling him senile. Which is a Republican framing to try and help Trump win.
Basic logic here: if you don’t want Trump to win, you don’t play into his talking points. This is like if Jon talked about the invasion at the border, instead of just discussing immigration issues.