• OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Generally when people admit things that are politically inconvenient to them it is worth listening. If Trump admitted he did tax evasion would you be like “nuh-uh he is lying! He’s a liar he didn’t do tax evasion!”

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      1 year ago

      If trump admitted to anything, I would look for how he was trying to spin it in his benefit. Because he, like a tory, does not act unless he thinks its going to benefit him.

      Trump does not speak based on fact. Just grift. His admission of anything is not statements based in facts, just grift.

      If they happen to align with truth? Glory be. But his statements appearing inconvenient is not a measurement of truth. Just like the tories.

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        1 year ago

        Okay, how do you thing the Tories who strongly oppose china benefit from this admission? What is your theory?

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          1 year ago

          I dont know what their current grift is. I just know how they act, and have acted, since their inception.

          They arent proof that any statement is true. Citing them is like citing a creationist flat earther on your geology paper.

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            1 year ago

            If a creationist was like “I’m lying. The earth is actually x billion years old” I’d cite them as “even the creationists don’t believe their own rhetoric”