A good rule of thumb:
If you or I were genuinely concerned that we were being misunderstood by thousands of people, our first instinct would be to concisely explain our “true” meaning.
If you continue to coyly insist “You misunderstand me” without doing that, it’s gaslighting.
If you or I were genuinely concerned that we were being misunderstood by thousands of people, our first instinct would be to concisely explain our “true” meaning.
If you continue to coyly insist “You misunderstand me” without doing that, it’s gaslighting.
The point of DM’s first Tweet is clearly “The good dog died, while the bad dog lived. Just like Biden’s sons, LOL.”
After thousands of responders rightfully suggested DM was a terrible person, he doubled down on “Those philistines and simpletons failed to read my full column!”
After thousands of responders rightfully suggested DM was a terrible person, he doubled down on “Those philistines and simpletons failed to read my full column!”
I did read the column. It basically said the same thing, appending “It’s just like a Shakespearean tragedy!” It’s still a flowery “Hunter Biden LOL” joke. There is no other point to the allegory; all it does is rub salt in the family’s recent wounds for a hacky punchline.
Rather than apologize, defend the sentiment as written, or explain any “misunderstanding”, McLaughlin & a small coterie of defenders arrogantly deflected: “It is THEY who are mistaken, not I!”
But you owe your audience an explanation if you expect that to bear any weight.
But you owe your audience an explanation if you expect that to bear any weight.
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