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Aeolus451 on 20 July 2016
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SpokenTruth said:
Aeolus451 said:

I wouldn't care because people copy the spoken word of other people all the time. It's harmless. People will often repeat phrases and words they like. If anything it's a compliment to whoever said it first or was quoted. Whenever someone quotes another person verbally, I've never seen them give credit to who they quoted. It's when the quote is written down on twitter or facebook or in a forum that you might see someone give credit to where they got it. 

If trump's wife or obama's wife quoted a racist or something along those lines then I could understand a shit storm over it. 

I hope you'll understsand that I remain dubious that you'd care not.

And the repeition of phrases is one thing.  The wholesale reproduction of entire passages is another.  And yes, people do say "quote" before quoting them in speech.

 

That's fine by me. From my experience, it's extremely rare for someone to say quote before or after they repeat a quote verbally from something. I know alot of people who quote movies all the time and you have to pry at them to tell ya where they got it from. It's a very annoying inside joke so to speak especially if you don't know where it's from but they somehow expect you to get it. I understand that my experience is limited and that it likely doesn't show the truth of it but it's what I got at the moment.  

 

Machiavellian said:
Aeolus451 said:

Are you serious? The wife of a canidate that copies other's words because she likes 'em versus a canidate who lies constantly. Which one is worse? Which one is the greater issue when selecting a canidate for the US presidency? 

Or which is worst a canidate who is known for decieving people to line his pockets time and again

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/us/politics/donald-trump-institute-plagiarism.html?_r=1

Please, do not try to act as if Trump is does not have enough if not more dirt to his credit.  If anything the article I posted shows that what his wife did is very much not uncommon from what Trump himself has done with his own businesses.  So what is worst ,someone who lies about some emails or someone who has deceived people out of there money time and again, who has lied countless times to take money out of hard working people pockets to line his own.  Who own books show a history of deception to gain any advantage to make a deal.  I am not even trying to advocate Clinton but it kills me people are trying to make Trump look like the lesser of the 2 as if he is some saint or does not have a history of lying as well.

While you can look at Clinton tax documents and see where her money comes from, you are still waiting on Trump to release his which he wil not because the people who support him do not care.  They are more willing to believe how he makes his money instead of knowing.

I'm sure that no one thinks trump is a saint or says that he is but many people do think he's the lesser of two evils or that he actually what the US needs. I'm willing to debate with ya via pm if ya like but the amount of replies I'm getting from this thread keeps bringing back here when I want to move on. Explaining my points over and over to several users just feels like I'm repeating myself.