that's a bait'n'switch, Tom. Your comment also read > and the discourse following it IMO information isn't important in a vacuum, the public's reaction to that information is the real object of study.
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So you didn't read the article Pakman was responding to? In that case you are excused. The article was about the lack of transparency, Pakman responded saying "the republicans don't care about transparency, give me my money, also fake news." If anyone tried a bait and switch it was Pakman.
sep 1, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Do you swear by that characterization of his response? If I were to post direct quotes from his response that contradicted this characterization, what would that mean for the integrity of your position as a whole?
sep 1, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
Yup. Let's see, throw in quotes from the article he's refuting at the same time.
sep 1, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
...man, see I was gonna, but I just had that crystal clear awareness moment that we're getting into it in the replies of one of the best living roast comedians we are fencing in a minefield, the loser may not be the worse duelist, necessarily
sep 1, 2025, 8:10 pm • 0 0 • view
I still think you haven't read it.
sep 1, 2025, 8:12 pm • 1 0 • view
We can call that touché if you'd like. Have a nice day :)
sep 1, 2025, 8:15 pm • 0 0 • view
As feeble as Pakman.
sep 1, 2025, 8:24 pm • 0 0 • view
The timbre hasn't been "I do/don't love knowing who's funding my media outlets," it's been "I do/don't particularly care that Dems are spending money in this way to further their cause, while their opponents are using the same tactic to much eviller ends."
sep 1, 2025, 5:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Dark money groups are obv sus but not everything they fund is ibso facto bad. They fund environmental initiatives, too (just on balance, way less). Knowing that the Sixteen Thirty Fund gave $141 million in dark money to pro-environment initiatives in 2023 does not sway me anti-environment.
sep 1, 2025, 5:29 pm • 0 0 • view
If we're talking propaganda, failing to distinguish between "dark money = bad" as an operational heuristic vs. as a moral stain in and of itself will separate audiences of critical thinkers vs. marks.
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