Fooling the public

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  1. yangforward

    yangforward Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    1. The false dichotomy

    "you are either with us or you are with the terrorists"

    G W Bush said you either kill people who live in other countries, or you kill Americans, those are the only two possibilities.
     
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    He didn't, but okie dokie....
     
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    yangforward Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    "Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. (Applause.)"

    I guess I should have looked up the quote.
     
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    Has Vlad the Profiteering Despot not said the same with some Russian propaganda thrown in for better measure?
     
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    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    He said it in Congress in a televised broadcast on Sept 21, 2001.
     
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    drluggit Well-Known Member

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    Quote the line that said, G W Bush said you either kill people who live in other countries, or you kill Americans, those are the only two possibilities. as characterized by the poster. Because he didn't say that. No one ever took his comment he actually said to mean that.
     
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    yangforward Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The line in quotations was a quote as I remembered it, inaccurate by the placement of the word 'either'.

    The line under it was my interpretation and not just my interpretation but the way it was applied in real life.
     

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