ISTM that would require both (A) motivation and, ummm, (B) attenuated scruples. The NY Post may have (B), but it’s hard to argue that they have (A).
“Clinton appointed” in the America-hating fuckstick’s “Truth” should be hyphenated, i.e., Clinton-appointed. Thus is his argument refuted as invalid.
“The Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch . More accurately, it is owned by News Corp., but Murdoch and his family own a controlling interest”
They make up s%@# all the time. They put reporters’ names on bylines that didn’t write the stories to try to legitimize the news. Bias is too kind a word. Directed propaganda and “the big lie” come to mind. The Post is a goto for others with agendas to say the “it has been reported that Obama eats children.”
It’s a conservative tabloid. That’s all anyone needs to know about its accuracy. It’s a propaganda vehicle. When people talk about right wing media bullshit, this is what people mean. It’s no different than Fox News or Breitbart or OAN.
Also note that another thing it has in common with those other media outlets is that it has been sued for defamation in the past (and had to settle) multiple times. I mean in this century, not that long ago.
The Post is also the initial source of the Hunter Biden laptop story.
There’s Roberta Kaplan, who (arguably) took a [America-hating fuckstick] case. Since she won, it’s difficult to make the case that she’s CRAZY. If we grant the American-hating fuckstick’s either/or proposition, the unavoidable conclusion to be drawn is that she’s a TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT.
Real quote, or are you channeling Smapti?
I’ll thank you to confine your use of the adjective “conservative” to things that are actually conservative.
It’s a radical right-wing tabloid.
In the English languages, words have multiple meanings.
In a general sense, “conservative” means using restraint and caution. In a political sense, it means the opposite. You can’t unilaterally dictate the meaning of a word, no matter how hard you try.
Don’t expect me to stop trying. I will never stop maintaining that the term radical conservative (and any construction that implies that term) is gibberish.
I support you in spirit, but unfortunately you need to use the real vernacular if you want to effectively communicate.
I disagree. Perhaps I need to comprehend the vernacular of others in order to effectively respond to their points, but I can nearly always effectively and concisely communicate my own points using unambiguous, if highfalutin’* vocabulary.
GIBBERISH, I SAY!
*excuse me, highfaluting
Of course you do, you’re “correcting” people with something both factually incorrect and invented by you. So I’m sure from your perspective it’s the right thing to do.
In reality, it’s low grade trolling. It would be as if I decided that the word “there” should be spelled “ther” because the final “e” is unnecessary and it’s faster to omit it. So often if I find someone types the word “there” I correct them to “ther” because I think it’s better, even though it’s futile, unproductive, and frankly just annoying. Plus, it’s pushing disinformation on a site devoted to fighting disinformation.
I agree with you, but it’s worth mentioning the occasional exception of bona fide movements to “reclaim” words. Generally, however, these evolve virally for ideological reasons and are not driven by prescriptivist curmudgeons with their pet peeves.
I suppose I was imprecise enough to leave you an opening to snark at me. If my next sentence wasn’t enough to make clear exactly what I was disagreement with, please permit me to rewrite it in a more run-on fashion: I disagree that MY using the “real” vernacular is essential to my mission of effectively communicating.
I concede the possibility exists that I have misconstrued the meaning that you intended to communicate with the sentence that I quoted. If I have, I invite you to clarify.
Why is this the language usage straw that broke the camel’s back? Or am I missing some sort of subtlety? Like why is this being pointed out? It’s about as surprising as finding shit in an outhouse, and an orthographical/usage error has no bearing on his argument.
Exactly.
Honestly, the best response is to link to a dictionary and then say shut up because you’re wrong. 
I try to be nicer than that though.
This might be a good place to mention that my primary motivation in becoming a Doper is to be entertained; an ancillary one being to entertain (even if only myself).
In other news: STAY OUTTA THIS, YOU!
It’s simply my adaptation of something that tickled my fancy: (link to a Nicolas Cage meme)
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Rather like pouncing on a misspelled word.
[glances at title of thread]
Ahem.
Has there been any public reaction by Ms. Habba to her sidelining when it comes to the appeal?
I have friends in astrophysics*. I think “broccoli” would be a great name.
Turn the telescopes to Saturn!!!
(* They are radio-telescope people working with MeerKAT, so unlikely to be looking at Saturn any time soon)