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[SuperginraiX]

I was going to post:

AMS,

I don't know why you're so hard on Sarah Palin's political detractors. Everyone makes a mistake now and then and they shouldn't be persecuted for every faux pas.

But I'm pretty sure someone wouldn't get the joke. So I didn't post it.

[Strict31]

This is an example of someone being gracious and giving her the benefit of the doubt as to her meaning. Revere's goal was not to warn the British, but to warn the Americans. His famous ride had nothing to do with alerting the British, because that's fucking stupid. Why would you alert the enemy that you're ready to defend against his attack?

Fucking

think

about

it.

Revere got himself captured by the Brits and was held and questioned by them at gunpoint. And it was only then that he warned them they would be in grave danger if they attacked. During his capture, the British heard a gunshot and town bells ringing. They decided the town had been alerted to their presence, and called off the attack. This is in no way what Palin said. This is a matter of fuckin' record; of actual history, which you can read for yourself without taking my word for it.

These guys are simply allowing her benefit of the doubt for screwing up the details. But, imagine you're in an American History class, and you take a test on the subject. And that's the answer you give.

You think you're gonna get that question right when your test is graded? Or...since you're a teacher AMS...imagine if a student handed in a math test in which he said 2+2=5. You could give him credit for at least knowing that the two numbers do indeed add up to a greater amount. He had the basic idea at least in mind. But he still got the answer wrong.

This is exactly what these Professors are doing. Giving her the benefit of the doubt.

But to make matters worse, she had literally just taken a tour of the Revere House when she volunteered that bit of info. So, it would further be like taking an open-book test, or in the math test example, using a calculator, and still screwing up the answer.

The simple fact is, Revere rang no bells to warn the British, and the intent of his "midnight ride" was to warn the colonists (IN SECRET, no less), not the British. Which he only did under duress, at gunpoint, after he'd been captured.

Read your fuckin' history, folks. Don't take my word for it. And don't take some professor's word for it while he's busy getting his 15 minutes of fame. Use your own think-making-muscles.

[Grayson]

I'm sorry, ordinarily I would give somebody the benefit of doubt in a situation like this but Sarah Palin has proven time and time again that she doesn't know as much as she believes that she does. She may have been partially right but do I believe for one second that she actually knew that at the time? Hell no.

[Thunderstorm]

I'm sorry, ordinarily I would give somebody the benefit of doubt in a situation like this but Sarah Palin has proven time and time again that she doesn't know as much as she believes that she does. She may have been partially right but do I believe for one second that she actually knew that at the time? Hell no.

Accidentally right is still right.

God please let Palin say that....

[Strict31]

I'm sorry, ordinarily I would give somebody the benefit of doubt in a situation like this but Sarah Palin has proven time and time again that she doesn't know as much as she believes that she does. She may have been partially right but do I believe for one second that she actually knew that at the time? Hell no.

She wasn't partially right. She was incorrect. This is like saying, "Yeah, she was partially right because her answer was in English."

[Grayson]

She wasn't partially right. She was incorrect. This is like saying, "Yeah, she was partially right because her answer was in English."

Yeah, sorry that was a poor choice of words on my part. Like I said, I don't believe for one second that she actually knew what she was saying.

[Strict31]

Yeah, sorry that was a poor choice of words on my part. Like I said, I don't believe for one second that she actually knew what she was saying.

I'm not trying to jump on you, or anything. I'm just saying.

[achilles]

I'm sorry, ordinarily I would give somebody the benefit of doubt in a situation like this but Sarah Palin has proven time and time again that she doesn't know as much as she believes that she does. She may have been partially right but do I believe for one second that she actually knew that at the time? Hell no.

I could put "Obama" there in place of Palin and be just as accurate. In fact, he's gotten completely away with a lot more stupidly wrong shit than Palin has even tried to say, (and she gets away with precisely none of it).

Only real difference is the media has a lot invested in the Obama is a genius myth, so they pretend not to notice the ten times a day he fucks up.

At this point, I'm fairly surprised to hear any of them know what they're talking about, on any subject. In fact, I'd be almost shocked to hear it. We seem to elect the lowest common denominator.

[Thunderstorm]

I could put "Obama" there in place of Palin and be just as accurate. In fact, he's gotten completely away with a lot more stupidly wrong shit than Palin has even tried to say, (and she gets away with precisely none of it).

Only real difference is the media has a lot invested in the Obama is a genius myth, so they pretend not to notice the ten times a day he fucks up.

At this point, I'm fairly surprised to hear any of them know what they're talking about, on any subject. In fact, I'd be almost shocked to hear it. We seem to elect the lowest common denominator.

One day we might have 57 states.

[Lord Ice]

The more time goes by, the more it seems that most of her education comes from following Archie Bunker.

[The Juan Percenter]

Yes, the media harps on this because trivial things like the double dip economy fostered by Obama's heavy handed regulations (all 80000 of them) and the fact that his class warfare rhetoric is sparking flash mobs across the country.

[avengingtitan]

The more time goes by, the more it seems that most of her education comes from following Archie Bunker.

[Thunderstorm]

Yes, the media harps on this because trivial things like the double dip economy fostered by Obama's heavy handed regulations (all 80000 of them) and the fact that his class warfare rhetoric is sparking flash mobs across the country.

To many people, those are trivial things. The flash mobs have been going on for a few years now.

[sdsichero]

[Thunderstorm]

Grope?