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“An America Issue”: Washington Post Reporter Calls on White House to Censor Trump for America

In my new book on free speech, I discuss at length how the mainstream media has joined an alliance with the government and corporations in favor of censorship and blacklisting. The Washington Post, however, appears to be taking its anti-free speech campaign to a new level with open calls for a crackdown. The newspaper offered no objection or even qualification after its reporter, Cleve Wootson Jr., appeared to call upon the White House to censor the interview of Elon Musk with former President Donald Trump. Under the guise of a question, Wootson told White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that censoring its leading political opponent is “an America issue.”

During Monday’s press briefing, the Washington Post’s Cleve Wootson Jr. flagged the interview and said “I think that misinformation on Twitter is not just a campaign issue…it’s an America issue.” After making that affirmative statement, Wootson then asked

“…What role does the White House or the president have in sort of stopping that or stopping the spread of that or sort of intervening in that? Some of that was about campaign misinformation, but, you know, it’s a wider thing, right?”

Note how his question was really a political statement. Wootson begins by stating as a fact that Musk and X are engaging in disinformation and it is a threat to the country. He then asks a perfunctory softball question at the end to maintain appearances.

Jean-Pierre’s response was equally telling. While noting that this is a private company, she praised the Washington Post for calling for action, saying “[i]t is incredibly important to call that out, as you’re doing. I just don’t have any specifics on what we have been doing internally.”

So let’s recap. The Washington Post used a White House presser to call for censorship of one of the leading candidates for the White House and then demanded to know what the White House would do about it. The censorship was framed as an “America issue.”

There was a time when a reporter calling for censorship of a political opponent would have been a matter for immediate termination in the media. Instead, the newspaper that prides itself on the slogan “Democracy dies in Darkness,” has been entirely silent. No correction. No qualification.

The Washington Post has long run columns supporting censorship of information that it deems disinformation or misinformation. For many of us in the free speech community, it has become one of the most hostile newspapers to free speech values.

Now censorship has become “an America issue” for the Washington Post. The collapse of any semblance of support for free speech is complete.

The call for censorship for disinformation is ironic given the Post’s publication of a series of false stories and conspiracy theories. When confronted about columnists with demonstrably false statements, the Post simply shrugged.

One of the most striking examples was after its columnist Philip Bump had a meltdown in an interview when confronted over past false claims. After I wrote a column about the litany of such false claims, the Post surprised many of us by issuing a statement that they stood by all of Bump’s reporting, including false columns on the Lafayette Park protests, Hunter Biden laptop and other stories.  That was long after other media debunked the claims, but the Post stood by the false reporting.

The decline of the Post has followed a familiar pattern. The editors and reporters simply wrote off half of their audience and became a publication for largely liberal and Democratic readers. In these difficult economic times with limited revenue sources, it is a lethal decision.

Robert Lewis, a British media executive who joined the Post earlier this year, reportedly got into a “heated exchange” with a staffer. Lewis explained that, while reporters were protesting measures to expand readership, the very survival of the paper was now at stake:

“We are going to turn this thing around, but let’s not sugarcoat it. It needs turning around,” Lewis said. “We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. Right. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.”

Other staffers could not get beyond the gender and race of those who would be overseeing them. One staffer complained “we now have four White men running three newsrooms.” The Post has been buying out staff to avoid mass layoffs, but reporters are up in arms over the effort to turn the newspaper around.

Yet, in this case, a reporter openly advocated for censorship and pushed the White House to take action against X and Trump; to use government authority to “intervene” to stop Trump from being able to make certain claims on social media.

We have previously written how the level of advocacy and bias in the press has created a danger of a de facto state media in the United States. It is possible to have such a system by consent rather than coercion. The Biden White House has become more open in its marching orders to media, including a letter drafted by the Biden White House Legal Counsel’s Office calling for major media to “ramp up their scrutiny” of House Republicans. President Biden has even instructed reporters “[t]hat is not the judgment of the press” when asked tough questions.

To the credit of the Post, it is not killing “democracy in the darkness.” This incident occurred in the light of day for all to see as its reporter pushed the White House for the censoring of political opponents.

316 thoughts on ““An America Issue”: Washington Post Reporter Calls on White House to Censor Trump for America”

  1. Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.
    –Joseph Goebbels–

  3. Anyone that claims to be a journalist that says “someone or something should be censored” then that person should be fired and never be hired as a journalist. We have First Amendment Rights that all speech no matter whether you like it or not is to be accepted.

  4. We need to stop referring these idiots as journalists. They are political activists. Nothing more.

  5. The elites were in favor of censoring Conservatives with Twitter, but when their ox is being gored, they are opposed.

  7. Kamalala Jan 6 DNC foray:

    What Did Kamalala Know And When Did Kamalala Know It?

  8. *LORETTA

    The reason these computers were taught to think was?

    States can begin again. Pencil and paper, machines with off on switches only and an easier way of life.

    1. I appreciate the posts by professor Turley. It’s good clean fun.

      The state of the USA is unspeakable. Trying to explain ideas about freedom, morals, virtues, John Locke and historical econ and politics to 5th graders can’t be done.

      Thanks

  11. Jonathan: The is more blowback from the DJT interview with Elon Musk on X.

    First, Musk claimed the 40″ delay in getting the interview up and running was do to a cyberattack. You echoed the claim in your column. The claim turns out to be FALSE. Security firms that monitor global hacking did not record any unusual levels of traffic to X at the time. It appears it was internal computer glitches at X that caused the delay. That’s probably due to the fact that after taking over Twitter in 2022 Musk sacked thousands of IT staff to save money.

    Second, DJT claims he got “60 million people or something” who tuned into the interview. Turns out he only got 1 million views for the X interview–something he could have gotten on Truth Social.

    Finally, a Dem. PAC has lodged a complaint with the FEC over the DJT/Musk interview. In a statement the PAC said: “The Donald Trump-Elon Musk campaign rally hosted on X wasn’t just an incoherent diatribe of lies marred by technical difficulties it was a blatantly illegal corporate contribution to Donald Trump’s campaign”. The FECA of 1971 prohibits corporations from making contributions to federal candidates–or coordinating with political campaigns.

    Now I know what you are thinking. Musk and DJT don’t give a damn about violating election laws. They figure that by the time the FEC gets around to investigating the election will be over. If DJT pulls out a victory in November he will simply shut down any investigation of the FEC complaint. That’s thanks to the July 1 decision by the SC in the “immunity” case that gives a president absolute immunity from prosecution for “official acts”–no matter the motive. There is only one way to prevent the Musk/DJT chicanery. DJT must be defeated in November!

    1. “Thanks to new footage presented by Julie Kelly, overwhelmingly likely that the FBI surveillance footage is fake and the bombs were actually planted not the evening before but day of Jan 6.

      That explains why no one including secret service was able to “find” the bomb.
      It was planted later, to be conveniently found, along with the RNC bomb, within a 15 minute time frame that perfectly coincided with unfolding Ray Epps orchestrated breach of Capitol.

      The whole house of cards falls down on this.”

      “Why is the DNC so uninterested in finding out who this DNC pipe bomber is? Why has Kamala Harris covered up her presence at the DNC on Jan 6?”

      ____________________________________

      “100% And the hoax can’t just be contained to the pipe bombs either, as though that’s not big enough

      I’ve always suspected that if backed into a corner they could try to contain the pipe bomb hoax by claiming that it was just an exercise or drill (indeed false flag ops often run concurrently with similar “drill”)

      But even this excuse can’t contain pipe bomb hoax because of the TIMING— the pipe bombs were “discovered” in EXACT synchronicity to the Ray Epps orchestrated breach of the Capitol–

      The Ray Epps Orchestrated breach is suspicious and dirty as hell in its own right, as we have famously reported. But the timing of the pipe bomb discovery is the critical dirty lego that links the two together

      And of course, if the pipe bombs weren’t planted the evening before, this also means the FBI surveillance footage is fake

      This is a very dirty story that involves among other agencies the FBI, Secret Service, and the ATF

      One of its key cover up men in my view is Ashan Benedict who is presently head of dignitary protection and intelligence at Capitol Police

      That’s right. The man who in my strong view is a key cover up player for Jan 6 is currently in charge of intelligence and security at the Capitol”. @DarrenJBeattie
      ____________________________________________________

      Replying to @DarrenJBeattie

      “Which is why they’ve stonewalled and covered up the pipe bomb story. When the public realizes it was an inside job, the whole charade collapses.” @julie_kelly2

      1. “Another Jan 6 mystery: Revolver News’ @DarrenJBeattie tells me the govt covered up Kamala Harris’ trip to the DNC — where somehow the Secret Service missed a pipe bomb — for a YEAR: “Why would they forgo the opportunity to hammer that every single day?””

    3. 🚨SINCE HARRIS TOOK OFFICE

      Gas: +50.5%
      Electricity: +31.7%
      Fuel oil: +49.1%
      Airfare: +22.6%
      Hotels: +51.2%
      Groceries: +21.6%
      Eating out: +23%
      Baby food: +30.1%
      K-12 food: +65.5%
      Rent: +22%
      Transportation: +32.9%
      Car insurance: +54%
      Real average weekly earnings: -3.9%

      1. “My policies are WORKING!” ~shouts demented President Joe Biden (August 14, 2024)

      2. Living in your whining and complaining Trump fantasy land. Inflation just dropped under 4% genius.

        3. Lmao $12k+ a year more to live now than under trump

          The genius doesnt know that 4% inflation on top of 20% inflation is pathetic.

          1. We do not have 20% inflation. According to “Inflation Calculator”:

            “Current US Inflation Rates: 2000-2024
            The annual inflation rate for the United States was 2.9% for the 12 months ending July, compared to the previous rate increase of 3%, according to U.S. Labor Department data published on August 14, 2024. The next inflation update is scheduled for release on September 11 at 8:30 a.m. ET, providing information on the inflation rate for the 12 months ending August 2024.”

            When Biden took office, there were shortages of consumer goods and computer chips, due to Trump tariffs. Demand for consumter goods fell because of unemployment, due, in part, to Trump’s incompetent handling of COVID. Inflation has been coming down.

            1. Inflation is cumulative. It is up 20% since Biden took office.
              Trump’s trariffs had nothing to do with a shortage of consumer goods. There were shortages as China shut down their own ports and economy in response to COVID. Biden kept Trump’s tariffs. Biden’s sanctions on China made chips was bigger than anything Trump did.
              Inflation is cumulative.

            2. Idiot Gigi, he was talking about the aggregate rise in CPI over bidens term.

              Inflation is compounded, dufus. If prices rise 10% this year and 4% next year, thats not the average of 4 and 10. Thats 14%

              Get a clue or STFU

      3. Mortgage payments don’t rise, genius. You must be renting in your trailer park. Try fabricating a new fact.

        2. The comparison is based on new loans then vs now. Even fixed rate mortgages change when making that comparison.

        3. If you sought a mortgage for the average new home in 2020 and you sought a mortgage for the average new home in 2024 – you would fin that there was a rise int eh mortgage payment.

        4. “Mortgage payments don’t rise, genius.”

          The 22% increase is for *rent*. The D’s have a strange way of showing that they care about the middle class and poor.

          1. Sam, an adjustable rate mortgage anARM is exactly that. People that financed with a balloon note end up with a higher mortgage payment as the interest increases. Always best to stick with fixed rate mortgages.

            1. “Always best to stick with fixed rate mortgages.”

              That is true for the average person. I have taken out many balloon mortgages because I saved a lot of money on interest. If the balloon is too high, I am prepared to pay it off.

        1. Consumer Price Index is one and there are more. Just going to a restaurant or the grocery store is enough proof. I shop at least 2x per week and sometimes more. I carefully watch prices. I know the differences of what prices were and what they are. Sure, lost leaders are used by many in heuristic decision making (grocery store math). Now, they are shrinking packages as well.

          Politicians on both sides haphazardly toss out statistics that help their narrative. There is no B.S. when checking out at the store. It is a mess. And the cost of living has increased significantly in the past three years.

          It is untenable and something is going to give. This goes way beyond pointless political rhetoric and instant soundbites. This hurts everyone, some more than others.

        3. Say gets a little carried away sometimes.

          Why dont you tell him what it was Gigenius?

          It was an aggregate of 9% for the entire 4 years.

          Remember, you thought the inflation rate was 9% when Trump left office, Gigenius?

          Thats why. Because you are too spastic to know the difference..

          Remember, a “news” article is not a source, Gigenius.

      5. Just got my 2024 property tax bill. Without any change to the property or dwelling, the property tax increased 29% over last year. The county based the tax increase on the increased value of homes sold in the area. Surprisingly close to inflation since January 2021.

        1. Socialism
          Usually it’s capped at 3% per year unless the property changed Ownership.

    4. 🚨FOOD INFLATION: Under the Biden-Harris administration the price of groceries is out of control.

      🍳Eggs: 110.1%⬆️
      🥓Bacon: 18.1%⬆️
      🍞Bread: 27.7%⬆️
      🐓Chicken: 24.6%⬆️
      ☕️Coffee: 37.4%⬆️
      🥛Milk: 14.8%⬆️
      🍊Oranges: 24.8%⬆️
      🍚Rice: 30.9%⬆️

        1. Get a DEI job with the Nanny State, it pays. Until there’s no one left to tax that is.

    5. Talk about violating FEC election laws…..
      Did you see what Kamala Harris just did?
      The FEC knows about it, of course, and they KNOW it is totally illegal, but they claim there isn’t time before the election to DO something to stop her flagrant violations.
      So, of course, “Democrat privilege” will apply & the FEC will ALLOW Kamala Harris campaign to FLAGRANTLY BREAK ELECTION LAWS.

    6. “The level of treachery from the Biden-Harris administration is staggering”

      It is indeed.
      Vote accordingly, America.

    7. Truth means nothing to these people. The ends justify the means. I am 100% confident that the vast majority of people are tired of a juvenile running for President. All trump dies is call people names, even Republicans who don’t kiss the ring are Called names. Let DJT be DJT.

      The people are tired of this and will soundly defeat him come November. Why is JT part of this failed loser? I have no idea because he used to be pretty good. Why support someone so idiotic as DJT?

    8. Yes Kamala declined. Musk is an election denier and allows lies to be published. Kamala will not validate Musk and his BS.

      1. Gigenius is an election denier.

        Gigenius still claims Trump stole the election. Here and 16 other people in the US.

        Even Kamala thinks you’re a kook, gigenius

    10. Dennis – WHY should anyone beleive you ?

      I have no idea how many people watched the interview live – nor do you. I trust Musk more than any of your nonsense.

      What we do know is that within a day the 2hr interviuew had 2Billion views. that is 2 followed by 9 zeros.
      Due to the way X counts – we can not be sure how much of the interview those 2Billion people watched.
      Regardless, the nuimber of staggering – I beleive Tuckers first X release got 175M views.

      Even if the numer is off by a factor of 100 – that is 20M views – and it is not off by a factor of 100.

      Did twitter get hit by a DDOS attack – I do not know – nor do I care much.
      Are you saying Trump screwed up ?

      Something happened – and I am far more including to beleive Musk than you – or the same people who told us that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation.

      BTW we have3 recently learned that unlike the Faux nonsense about Russia in 2016 – IRan actually hack the election in 2020 trying to screw over Trump andf that they have a bigger program to screw over Trump this election.

      This is REAL undeniable foreign interferance in an election by an actually hostile foreign power.

      I do not personally care – because this schiff is not flipping the election – real election fraud requires US political actors to be successful.

      BTW Musk did not sack IT staff – he sacked almost entirely people in the censorship bend of things. Further because those layoffs were very successful – the rest of social media has quietly followed suit – why ? Because shareholders do not like paying for 70% dead weight.

      “Second, DJT claims he got “60 million people or something” who tuned into the interview. Turns out he only got 1 million views for the X interview–something he could have gotten on Truth Social.”
      Current views is 2Billion.

      “Finally, a Dem. PAC has lodged a complaint with the FEC over the DJT/Musk interview. In a statement the PAC said: “The Donald Trump-Elon Musk campaign rally hosted on X wasn’t just an incoherent diatribe of lies marred by technical difficulties it was a blatantly illegal corporate contribution to Donald Trump’s campaign”. The FECA of 1971 prohibits corporations from making contributions to federal candidates–or coordinating with political campaigns.”

      The lawsuit is DOA – The “equal time doctrine” died in the 80’s. Are you saying that for ever democrat that the MSM has on they must put on a republican ? Regardless, Harris was offered exactly the same interview – so far she has not accepted.

      Do you really doubt that Musk would not be ecstatic to have Harris on for 2 hours ?

      Not only is the lawsuit stupid and DOA – but it is transparently a SLAP suit and the Dem. PAC will likely have to pay Musks legal fees.

      Why is it that left wing nuts think that they can use lawfare to silence people ?

      The EU is currently threatening to throw Musk in Jail – Musks told them to pound sand – less politely

      “Now I know what you are thinking. Musk and DJT don’t give a damn about violating election laws.”
      They didn;t. That would be obvious to any moron.

      “They figure that by the time the FEC gets around to investigating the election will be over.”
      The FEC is unlikely to investigate – there is nothing here.

      You are littlerally arguing that all election news coverage – all interviews violate Federal election laws.

      Again this is just stupid.
      It is moronic of you to raise it.

      “If DJT pulls out a victory in November he will simply shut down any investigation of the FEC complaint.”
      He won’t have to.

      “That’s thanks to the July 1 decision by the SC in the “immunity” case that gives a president absolute immunity from prosecution for “official acts”–no matter the motive.”

      Everyone has immunity for legal acts NO MATTER WHAT THE MOTIVE.

      You can not turn a legal act into an illegal one from your Guess as tot he motive.

      You have watched too many police procedurals. It is important to be able to provide a credible motive to a jury to get a conviction – because jurros wisely do not beleive that a person without a motive is likely to have committed the crime.
      But there is no law in the US anywhere – not feral, not state, not elswhere that has Motive as an element of the crime.
      Most creimes reguire Mens rea – but that is merely the knowledge that what you are doing is wrong.
      It is NOT doing something otherwise legal for a “wrong reason”.

      The US has no crime of “wrong think” – we do not YET live in a 1984 dystopia.

      ” There is only one way to prevent the Musk/DJT chicanery. DJT must be defeated in November!”

      yes, by doing unconstitutional grap like putting Tulsi Gabbard on the Demoestic Terrorist watchlist and illegally surveiling her.

    11. What a loon. In addition to a lot of disinformation, there are way too many misspelled words to take you seriously.

  12. ” Note how his question was really a political statement. Wootson begins by stating as a fact that Musk and X are engaging in disinformation and it is a threat to the country. He then asks a perfunctory softball question at the end to maintain appearances. ”
    -=-

    This is the danger of ignoring the 1st Amendment.
    This so called journalist should be publicly censured as a warning to other journalists and so called journalists.

    I mean what would happen if they were ‘arrested’ for wrongly claiming disinformation on their call for censorship?
    Would they meekly accept it or would they defend themselves by saying their call of censorship was protected by the 1st Amendment?
    [This is a hypothetical just to show the absurdity of his question.]

    The irony is delightful.

    What happens when the ‘fact stated’ is nothing more than conjecture or an opinion that has no basis in reality?

    The sad thing… he does this with a straight face.

    -G

  13. We know trump is an idiot by how he talks. This rally speech shows his fans at his rallies are equally dumb….

    The phrase “net-zero” has apparently confused Trump.

    “It’s net-zero,” Trump mocked. “Nobody knows what that means, ask her what it means.”

    “‘We’re going to have a net-zero policy,’” Trump added. “What does that mean? I have no idea.”

    The crowd cheered.

    They are truly idiots.

    2. Poor anon.
      Trump is correct.
      What does net-zero really mean in the context of Harris’ statements?

      And when you start to look at it… you start to see why certain rich Democrats want to foster this folly on us.

    3. Anonymous, Trump realizes that net-zero is only possible by lowering the standard of living for all Americans. The phrase net-zero says nothing at all because it provides no specific way to get there. It’s just a catch phrase that doesn’t have to be explained to her incurious followers yourself included. At this very moment you are posting your inane comments on a device that could not be produced without the use of petroleum. Even the key fob that unlocks your automobile is a petroleum product. I understand.
      You do not think about the things that you do not think about.

    4. No, you obviously just are blind deaf and dumb to Trumps perpetual mordacity in all his speech when talking about all things liberal, which is why you never get it.

      Whether or not that’s by choice or not is an entirely different discussion.

    6. The laws of thermodynamics define that the “net zero” harnessing of energy, and maintaining current or enhanced energy output, is impossible. Kamala Harris must have missed that section in her college physics class.

      1. Guaranteed Kamala Harris NEVER has had a thermodynamics class. Too bad because she is the very definition of entropy, chaos and disorder to our country.

    7. Ask Kamalala what “net-zero” means.

      Then ask Kamalala: “What do you mean by that?”

    8. Yep, the comments below mocking net zero prove the point that trump followers are idiots. If you need an explanation of what net zero is, you are an idiot. If you do not understand what Kamala or anyone else has said about what net zero is, you are an idiot. But we already knew that by the juvenile comments associated with your non understanding. And we also know from studies showing trump supporters are lower IQ.

      So go ahead, mock net zero, mock me, mock anyone that points out what an idiot trump is. You are just proving the point, trump and his supporters are idiots.

  15. “Dr Naomi Wolf
    Aug 13 · Outspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf

    I appreciate Celia Farber for posting my warning about competing coups reacting to a possible crime. I should note that I was locked out of my X account with 450,000 followers, and many of my social media platforms frozen, within half an hour of my saying this.”

    “Coup By The Numbers In Plain Sight: Naomi Wolf Sees The Clear Playbook Of Her Former Team: Issues Dire Warning Against Rankin’s Vow To “Rank Bloodshed and No Rule Of Law.” Warns: “They’re Saying It.””

    ___________________________

    “I’m urging people to listen to the first four minutes—it doesn’t require agreeing with Wolf about CCP, Israel or anything else. She is absolutely clear, and it must be said. And it is, as she says, “bizarre,” this election fraud elephant in the room nobody is really talking about.

    Naomi Wolf knows the Democrat playbook so well she says she could run it in her sleep. It’s an out-in-the -open “playbook,” with fully infused revolutionary morality. Their “platform” is to stop Trump from becoming President by any means necessary.”

    https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1823085161509970286?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

    1. But can she cook dinner and increase the fertility rate which is in a “death spiral” – you know, the natural, God-given duty of a woman?

    2. She’s talking about Rep. Jamie Raskin’s very dangerous Democrat threat — that they WILL prevent Trump from taking office even if he wins the election. HUGELY DANGEROUS. She calls it the “end of America” that they are “un-American” that they no longer want “an American system of government.”

      Wake up America.

      This is the Democrat-caused chaos and danger we as a country are facing come November.

      1. Democrats are so confident in their ability to steal the election again, that they put up the totally unelectable Kamala Harris and Tim Awolz as their candidates.

        They are showing us that THEY hold the power. There is little anyone can do or will do to stop them.

        This is the point we are at as a country. We are no longer a functioning democracy or republic. We are a lawless regime ruled by corrupt elite and oligarchs.

        1. As long as moron who support Trump exist, Trump will not be hard to beat. He’ll keep attacking Kamala’s race, to your delight. And good people who are conservatives and independents will vote against him.

          1. What would you be voting FOR, then? Do you even know?
            No. Because you have been lied to and brainwashed to such extent you have NO IDEA.

  16. *SENATOR KEELEY

    I guess there’s proof now. It’s possible to give some people heaven and they promptly turn it into Hell.

    The only question remaining is how do the people get the government out of their lives? By severely limiting their power I suppose.

    Enjoy the sunshine if not the fresh air.

  17. Kat Timpf on Gutfeld to real journalists,

    Just ask Kamalala,

    “What do you mean by that?”

    1. Ask Kamalala, “What do you mean by that?”

      Stand back and wait for the deluge of her word salad!

  18. I saw another story about a so-called influencer being paid thousands by the Dems to spout their garbage and I immediately thought about the paid activists on this site. Dennis, George (Svelaz), Gigi and a few others. We see you and we know what you are doing.

    1. Wow! I’m geting paid? That’s news to me. How come I haven’t received any check or cash?

      hullbobby: I see you and know what you’re doing–making sh(t up. Some of us are patriots who love America and want to see it succeed.

      2. Tom: what is your obsession with using “spasticity” as an insult? This is demeaning to people with neurological conditions tht they cannot control and having a neurological condition involving spasticity is not a measure of intellectual disability. Why do you keep using that word and why can’t you cite facts or cogent arguments when you disagree with someone without resorting to personal attacks?

        1. Here’s how Merriam-Webster defines “spastic”:

          “a: of, relating to, characterized by, or affected with or as if with spasm
          a spastic patient
          b: characterized by hypertonic muscles –spastic cerebral palsy”.

          Excerpted from “Wikipedia”:

          “In medicine, the adjective spastic refers to an alteration in muscle tone affected by the medical condition spasticity, which is a well-known symptomatic phenomenon seen in patients with a wide range of central neurological disorders, including spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy (for example, spastic diplegia), stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and multiple sclerosis (MS),[1] as well as conditions such as “spastic colon.” The word is derived via Latin from the Greek spastikos (“drawing in”, “tugging” or “shaking uncontrollably”).”

          Tom: you don’t get to make up your own definition for medical terms. “Spastic” does not mean “incompetent” or “Uncoordinated”. It is considered a slur against those suffering from spastic neurological conditions to use it as an insult. And, you don’t begin to understand the real meaning of “gaslighting”.

          I note once more that you cannot communicate without resorting to personal insults and toilet talk, which is more of a reflection on you and your limitations than me.

          1. “Here’s how Merriam-Webster defines “spastic”:”

            Gigi, you provided the Merriam Webster definition for spastic, but you don’t think further than your nose. That is why you appear as a fool on this blog. You should know that the word spastic is also a slang word. Meriam Webster discusses its shortened form.

            “slang, often offensive
            : one who is inept : KLUTZ”

          2. And here is the rest of the Wikipedia article that Gigenius purposely left out.

            You are a despicable person, gigi.

            Although the word has a much longer history, its derogatory use grew considerably in the 1980s and this is sometimes attributed to the BBC children’s TV show Blue Peter;[6] during the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981), several episodes of Blue Peter featured a man named Joey Deacon with cerebral palsy, who was described as a “spastic”. Phrases such as “joey”, “deacon”, and “spaz” became widely used insults amongst children at that time.[7]

            In American slang, the term ‘spaz’ has evolved from a derogatory description of people with disabilities, and is generally understood as a casual word for clumsiness, otherness, sometimes associated with overexcitability, excessive startle response (“jumpiness”), excessive energy, involuntary or random movement, or hyperactivity. Some of these associations use the symptoms of cerebral palsy and other related disabilities as insults.

        2. I’ve never made a personal attack and only submit issue oriented comments. But Turley’s hyper pro Trump audience gets so easily triggered by even the slightest disagreement with Turley or them. The net net is, when you write a constructive comment, 90% of the time it will be met with ad hominem attacks. I guess that should be expected given who their hero, Trump, is.

        3. When Gigi is called out for her crude, personal attacks on Trump and fellow commenters, she suddenly reverts to cordial but highfallutin responses, as though she is superior to everyone else. So funny.

      3. Gigi paid?

        No. I think you are getting charged for each of your posts.

        Bill is in the mail.

      4. Didn’t someone leave $40.00 and two packs of cigarettes on the dresser for you?

    2. Kamalala “The Selected Not Elected” Harris promises the “Indian/Jamaican Dream!”

      Illegal aliens one and all, according to the American Founders’ immigration laws.

    3. And that AFFIRMATIVE ACTION doesn’t cost (i.e. in dollars) the other higher-qualified candidates who lost the job, right?

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