While onstage at the conference, Hoffman reportedly took Thiel to task for his support of Trump in previous elections. According to the outlet Puck, Thiel sarcastically thanked Hoffman for funding lawsuits against Trump because they had turned him into “a martyr,” increasing his reelection odds. Hoffman then retorted, “Yeah, I wish I had made him an actual martyr.”
Hoffman, in a statement posted to X on Sunday, condemned political violence and said his words had been taken out of context. Hoffman said he’d told Thiel he’d “wished that Trump would martyr himself — meaning let himself be held accountable — for his assaults on and lies about women. Of course I meant nothing about any sort of physical harm or violence, which I categorically deplore.”
Ahahahahaha, fuck off, Reid Hoffman, you fat fuck. Unlike "bloodbath", "actual martyr" isn't a colloquialism you can take "out of context", especially when you have Peter Thiel using it in direct contrast to your usage.
People like him think they're very clever with their verbal trickery. They hate nothing more than a concrete definition, as they use ambiguity and people's willingness to give the benefit of the doubt to see themselves out of trouble.
Yeah no shit - because the media lies in many ways.
One way it ALWAYS lies is :
cautious journalism is inconsistent.
When political advantage is pro-Trump, we get slow, awkwardly literal coverage like yesterday. The emotive conjugation we've become accustomed to disappears, leaving the canvas blank for the politically expedient frame we'll see emerge in the next day or two.
The fact that there weren't many journalists at the event is itself political. But even if the newsgathering conditions had been the same & the attempt was on Biden, it's fair to assume the reporting would have been swift & decisive.
The rule of thumb appears to be this: when the political advantage is pro-Biden, legacy media frame & claim the W within minutes of verifying facts. When it's uncertain or disadvantageous, we see responsible journalism reminiscent of another era.
Journalist aren't some special class of folks. Every person in America has the right to freedom of press all the time. So fuck them thinking it's only their sandbox
Ahahahahaha, fuck off, Reid Hoffman, you fat fuck. Unlike "bloodbath", "actual martyr" isn't a colloquialism you can take "out of context", especially when you have Peter Thiel using it in direct contrast to your usage.
People like him think they're very clever with their verbal trickery. They hate nothing more than a concrete definition, as they use ambiguity and people's willingness to give the benefit of the doubt to see themselves out of trouble.
I'm not the smartest guy in the room, but wouldn't the use of "actual" as a clarifier destroy his argument
Like, um, like, totally using, like, literally "actually" as a literal actual is, like, soooo literally last generation, womixin.
Yeah no shit - because the media lies in many ways.
One way it ALWAYS lies is :
cautious journalism is inconsistent.
When political advantage is pro-Trump, we get slow, awkwardly literal coverage like yesterday. The emotive conjugation we've become accustomed to disappears, leaving the canvas blank for the politically expedient frame we'll see emerge in the next day or two.
The fact that there weren't many journalists at the event is itself political. But even if the newsgathering conditions had been the same & the attempt was on Biden, it's fair to assume the reporting would have been swift & decisive.
The rule of thumb appears to be this: when the political advantage is pro-Biden, legacy media frame & claim the W within minutes of verifying facts. When it's uncertain or disadvantageous, we see responsible journalism reminiscent of another era.
(from Mike Nayna’s twitter)
Elon won by letting information through. It's weird to watch it happen in real time.
WaPo: hey, that's our job! How dare you!
Journalist aren't some special class of folks. Every person in America has the right to freedom of press all the time. So fuck them thinking it's only their sandbox
Democracy Dies... when one of your patsies tries to shoot your political opponent in the head.