SomethingMusic
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SomethingMusic
11mo ago
It didn't break down as much as it did in 2020, but I do agree with you that they were hamstringing Trump by not letting him have time to respond and it slowed down the debate topics because he was forced to reiterate old topics and it derailed the debate. This didn't bother me too much as I've attended too many events to know how quickly things become disorganized or run late, the best laid plans often run awry.
This may also be why Trump's 'lying' doesn't bother me much because it's the lying of humans interacting of each other. It's not a calculated lie to manipulate people but the lie of being in the moment, of verbal sparring, bullshitting, and the barstool one-up-mansship that men do to each other. It's why I find the pundits constantly talking about the strange things that come out of his mouth as juvenile and childish and ultimately doesn't sway my opinions of him. Trump doesn't try to hide who he is, so his personality and choices doesn't bother me nearly as much as the way that Biden, Hillary Clinton, or Pelosi tend to lie to manipulate, deceive , and gaslight.
The lies Biden espoused were defensive 'nu uh'. He was on the back foot the entire time, intellectually and socially. It was kids fighting on the playground, not a nuanced discussion or breakdown on policy. I do think Trump should have continually associated Biden's failure to curb illegal immigration with drug trafficking of deadly narcotics/opioids and the loss of (black) Americans to addiction instead of direct murders, but it's very hard to have a nuanced take in a heat of the moment debate and decided to stay on his course.
SomethingMusic
11mo ago
I thought Biden looked old and tired, and it was hard for me to hear half the things he said, but he didn't actually seem senile. It's actually OK with me if he wants to take a low-key approach where he only handles president business from 10-4 and lets other people handle things the rest of the time. Trump was a better speaker but just sort of rambled from soundbite to soundbite with no logic.
I disagree. Trump was able to respond to most of the retorts when allowed in the debate format, while Biden was rigid and unable to follow the path of discourse nearly as well as Trump. Trump started getting bogged down in the 2nd half of the debate because he wanted to get the last word in on previous topics, but is a natural extrovert and engaged with the audience and connected to viewers while Biden was unable to be creative in spur of the moment debate. This is especially concerning as he should have ample experience with engaging people and being in the center of attention every day. How often does Biden interact with staff, intelligence agencies, CEOs, diplomats, and international leaders? The president isn't a programming job, it's a customer service job, and Biden has just publicly shown he is completely unable to interact with people in a meaningful day to day experience. Trump blusters, speaks in hyperbole, brags relentlessly, but he does it in a way that is immediately engaging and creates dialogue and interaction between himself and whoever he is engaged with.
SomethingMusic
11mo ago
I think Papal Infalibility is deliberately misunderstood to construct bad faith attacks on Catholics, just like how this supreme court ruling is being deliberately misinterpreted by the proles to construct bad faith attacks against Republicans. Of course, the problem is that the answer/debunking takes longer and is much less vitriolic than the hyperbolic misinterpretation, so the misinterpretation becomes what is public consensus, even if the law, and the ruling, is clear that this is not the case.
SomethingMusic
11mo ago
Or Trump is just the loudest. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
SomethingMusic
11mo ago
Trump is the most comfortable on stage by far. He is a natural extrovert and is more cognizant and cohesive compared to Biden and is able to react on stage. Biden is struggling on memory recall and projecting his voice. His posture and tone are much worse than Trump, and he seems to repeat talking points rather than reacting to the live debate.
They're both is beginning to burn out, hours of live debate are HARD. Trump is still doing better but he's getting stuck repeating and rehashing old topics, when he can use the new topics to his advantage to push on Biden's weaker office performances.
It would be great if we decided military AI is against the Geneva convention, but game theory kind of dictates that if AI gives a notable advantage to one side, it's pretty inevitable the other side will also increase development in military AI. I am with you in that I'd hope some international agreement against AI developed for military applications take place, but with how paper thin these agreements are already I speculate that there is no real off ramp.
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