SpokenTruth said:
irstupid said:
A high school student who put himself out into the limelight and public scene. He is out on tv shows, and everywhere. When you get into the public space, you have to be able to take criticism, attacks and people looking into your private life. The two go hand in hand. Was she mocking a high schooler? She told a high schooler to quit whinning about not getting into a prestigious school. Hell sounds more like parental advise than mocking. But seeing as she isn't his parent, she should just stay out of it. But again, he brought himself into the limelight, and he is complaining out loud in the hopes that the schools change their decisions based on his publicity. This isn't like a celebrities kid or something pushed into the limelight not by their choice. He is using the publicity to his advantage and thus is susceptible to its evils.
Advertisers beholden to the whimes of a high school student? I'm more annoyed at advertisers flakey whims to mod rule these days. Someone says something in a tweet and the mob of SJW's on twitter attack not only them, but their advertisers until they lose support. I am not a fan of mob rule, and that is what many times this seems like.
What is going on right now seem like a world bereft of logic, justice and accountability. It seems like whining, bullying and not thought out reactionary actions by companies to please the online mob.
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Then she should have thought more about her own children than someone else's. She also put herself in the limelight and public scene and decided her "parental advice" was warranted and without consequence. Now who is whining?
David Hogg's tweet:
"Just got rejected from another college but that's OK we're already changing the world. Goodnight everyone."
Does that sound like whining to you?
Laura Ingraham's tweet:
"David Hogg Rejected by Four Colleges To Which he Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA...totally predictable given acceptance rates.)"
Notice she had her caps lock on to start (which auto-corrected the words to capital first/rest lowercase). And that damn sure doesn't sound like parental advice. She's openly mocking him. For one, she's not even talking to him directly as advice would be. So she's addressing her own base, not him. So caps lock with passive-aggressive tone and content. She mocked him and tried to make him look bad. Some parent.
As for bullying...I'm going to ask you to stop using that word if you don't know what it means. You seem to be confusing it with retort.
re·tort1
rəˈtôrt/
verb
verb: retort; 3rd person present: retorts; past tense: retorted; past participle: retorted; gerund or present participle: retorting
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1.
say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner.
"“No need to be rude,” retorted Isabel"
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answer, reply, respond, say in response, return, counter, rejoin, riposte, retaliate, snap back
"“Oh, sure,” she retorted"
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2.
archaic
repay (an insult or injury).
"it was now his time to retort the humiliation"
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turn (an insult or accusation) back on the person who has issued it.
"he was resolute to retort the charge of treason on his foes"
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use (an opponent's argument) against them.
"the answer they make to us may very easily be retorted"
noun
noun: retort; plural noun: retorts
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a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark.
"she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort"
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answer, reply, response, return, counter, rejoinder, riposte, retaliation;
informalcomeback
"a sarcastic retort"
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My bolded was not refereeing to this situation solely but a sum of the US affairs right now, so you can get off your box and put the dictionary down.
But let's look at her tweet.
Laura Ingraham's tweet:
"David Hogg Rejected by Four Colleges To Which he Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA...totally predictable given acceptance rates.)"
Does that sound like a twee that should get a person to lose thousands upon thousands of dollars?
I've seen much much worse tweets, public speaking, ect by famous people that have had zero repercussions. But again, that is the hyprociry of the left vs right.
Look at recent Jimmy Kimmel skit where he made fun of the first lady's accent during her easter reading. No outrage in the media, or huge twitter hit, or sponsorship drop. Even his later apology after 50,000 petition from people, ends up being a pathetic apology where he skirts around the issue.
Now tell me honestly what you would think would have happened had a conservative poked fun at a foreigners accent?
