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naruball said:
LivingMetal said:

The logic I'm applying is that do NOT get caught up in the trap of one's vague relatism ("most people" which is what YOU said) to further one's agenda.  But I will say that the term "fake news" originally came from the left to "justify" Trump's election win. Now, it's backfiring.  This is the big picture.

I said that? wow I had no idea. I shouldn't have stated that I didn't (oh wait).

My point was that clearly no matter who used it first, it was after Trump started repeating it that it caught on and was used by his fans for obvious reasons. Nothing backfired. Even if Obama had not used the term, Trump would have to fight the media and would come up with the same or a slightly altered term to deflect from his own lies. So hiding behind the "I didn't poll the general audience" ain't fooling anyone. Other than his fans, perhaps.

And fans of Obama used it after he did... for obvious reasons.  And this was BEFORE trump started to.  So what you're saying that it was ok for the left to use "fake news" to fuel their agenda after trump was elected, but Trump and his supporter are at fault when employing it now that he's in office.  This is blatant hypocricy (excusing the left but not the right).  If you don't want something to catch on, don't start it.  And don't just blame those who use a tool that was furnish by someone else who had a similar agenda.  And I told you EXACTLY what logic I used in my last post to you so there's no hiding here.  Dont' hide behind hypocricy.  You ain't fooling anyone.