AOC scorches NBC

[melman]

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[liskddksil]

1. Lots of misinformed posts here as well being egged on by AOC haters nt

[Cha]

4. Like what? Don't just make an accusatory statement like that without

backing it up.

[Voltaire2]

5. Lulzd.

[ehrnst]

8. Lulz.

So predictable.

[Autumn]

27. I lulzd so hard I darn near peed my pants.

[liskddksil]

37. Where to even begin. How about this gem:

"gee she coulda waited till the roll call was over", in reference to one of her tweets. Or "Rep Ocasio-Cortez really demonstrated her lack of maturity in my opinion by making an issue of only being given a short period time to second a nomination".

[Mariana]

46. "gee she coulda waited till the roll call was over"

If she had waited, I suspect the complaint would have been something like, "gee, why did she wait so long to endorse Joe?"

[liskddksil]

49. Yep, no pleasing them nt

[Music Man]

35. Right on.

Lots of ignorance here last night.

"WHY DIDN'T SHE ENDORSE BIDEN!?!??! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!! I'M SO PISSED AT HER!!! NOT A GOOD USE OF HER TIME!!!"

And on and on. Have people never followed elections before?

[elleng]

2. Thanks for this important and useful post;

Hope DUers pick it up.

Bookmarking.

[malaise]

6. Pathetic NBC

Pathetic - I'm glad AOC exposed them

[myohmy2]

9. +1

...

[ms liberty]

7. Good for her! I'm glad she called them out.

And people who jumped on the attack AOC bandwagon should be ashamed of themselves. They won't, but they should.

[Tom Rinaldo]

10. It's the type of thing that would classically fit into a disinformation campaign

It's the type of thing that would classically fit into a disinformation campaign that Putin would approve of. The sole purpose of the original NBC tweet, other than to attract revenue clicks, is to sow discord among Democrats, to create the impression of bitter divided where they do not exist and stinging slights that never happened. Good for AOC. I love that she never lets this type of crap go on without calling it out.

[Kid Berwyn]

11. Corporate McPravda

No matter if they’re Joy Reid and Friends or Fox & Friends, the media always serve Capitalism’s Invisible Army.

[Johnny2X2X]

12. Good

They're looking for anything to sow division. The Democratic Party is united like never before, AOC and Sanders have given full throated endorsements of the candidate.

[rgbecker]

13. AOC is the future of the Democratic Party.

She isn't putting up with all the Capitalist Racist Crap that others have let slide for years! Her support from young voters will only grow and she will be a leader in the party for years to come.

[betsuni]

14. Who are the "others"?

[George II]

19. I'd like to know what all this "capitalist racist crap" is, too. Note - no specifics mentioned....

....in bashing Democrats.

[betsuni]

22. I think it used to be mocked as "identity politics" but now is useful

for bashing Democrats.

[jcmaine72]

16. +1

Well said, and spot on.

[maxrandb]

15. I hope the media and social media Giants understand that it's stuff like this

that is going to result in them being broken up into a billion little pieces.

Can't wait until the only thing folks like Zuckerberg have influence over is the typeface to use for the obituary page in some Dumbfuckistan Murika shithole local newspaper.

Seriously, alongside the Donnie Dollhands Crimes commission to investigate and prosecute Donnie Dipshit and his enablers, there needs to be a fucking sledgehammer taken to the media and social media.

Never again should so few have control of so many.

[George II]

17. "Scorches"?

By the way, did you see that she said "I hereby SECOND the nomination..."?

[NurseJackie]

28. What was wrong with the original NBC tweet?

I didn't see anything offensive or inflammatory or hateful or vitriolic about it. What am I overlooking? Why all the emotion?

[George II]

30. Um, it had an incorrect word that was subsequently corrected. MAIN STREAM MEDIA SCANDAL!!!!

[lapucelle]

44. Was the error that it was BS rather than the DNC who asked her to speak? N/T

[George II]

45. Yes. Actually it wasn't really and "error", I'm sure Sanders requested that the DNC....

....ask her to second his nomination.

[lapucelle]

51. So her complaint to NBC was about the unethical tactic of misleading people

by omitting facts and context, the fact that misleading people sparked vitriol and hate, and that it was irresponsible to mislead people in the service of generating publicity?

[melman]

33. Scorches

Nobody ever said she didn't second the nomination.

[George II]

34. But some said she nominated Sanders, which is incorrect.

BTW, didn't you tell me this a few weeks ago?

...btw, no need to bother responding. you can consider yourself blocked, both here and on the board...

BTW II, why do you have a post of mine in your signature?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213876254#post29

George II (55,355 posts)

29. I'd love to tell of some people I see but I'm only 140 pounds.

[melman]

36. The DNC calls it a nominating speech

[George II]

38. Did you watch the convention last night? The Permanent Chairman of the Convention....

....Bennie Thompson, called it a seconding speech.

Why is this so important to you?

[George II]

48. You never answered why you had a post of mine, word-for-word including the typo, in your signature?

[bdamomma]

18. She's got

spunk!! I still like her. That's AOC!

[tavernier]

20. I'll be booed for this

but the whole AOC thing is starting to annoy me. Why does she require more attention than the rest of the party... month after month.

Ok, go ahead, whack me with a shovel.

[betsuni]

21. +1

[Gothmog]

23. I agree

Collin Allred and Connor Lamb ended up with more time than AOC last night as participants in the key note speech with Stacy Abrams and I was happy with this. I loved the revised key note speech last night with all of the young rising stars of the party such as Connor and Collin. BTW, Collin is a voting rights attorney who worked at Marc Elias' firm and has been a great freshman congresscritter. I have donated to Connor and will be giving him another donation this week

[NurseJackie]

31. This. Thank you.

Collin Allred and Connor Lamb ended up with more time than AOC last night as participants in the key note speech with Stacy Abrams and I was happy with this. I loved the revised key note speech last night with all of the young rising stars of the party such as Connor and Collin.

I trust Joe Biden and our party leaders' decisions. They know what they're doing. They're in charge.

🎶 Where they lead... I will follow... anywhere... that they want me to. 🎵

[NurseJackie]

25. I know. Others share your feelings.

Personally, I prefer to judge politicians by their legislative accomplishments.

...more attention than the rest of the party.

I do not know. Sorry. It's a mystery.

...go ahead, whack me with a shovel.

I wouldn't do that to you, nor would I boo you.

[tavernier]

50. I'm sure her accomplishments will be many

as she is a smart and energetic lady. It’s only that at this point in her career, I want to see her name less in the floodlights. I realize that this notoriety is not necessarily her fault, but she does usually happen to have a quote or a photo opportunity when others don’t. Otherwise I have nothing against her.

[George II]

29. Bazinga!

[bullwinkle428]

32. Please don't allow whatever antipathy you may feel for AOC distract you

from the idea that "respected" media outlets are absolutely DESPERATE to hang onto their "Trump-sized" ratings they've been experiencing since 2015, and will do anything to push the "Dems in disarray" meme.

[NurseJackie]

40. Ad hominem

Ad hominem (Latin for 'to the person'), short for argumentum ad hominem, is a term that refers to several types of arguments, most of which are fallacious. Typically this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself. This avoids genuine debate by creating a diversion to some irrelevant but often highly charged issue. The most common form of this fallacy is "A makes a claim x, B asserts that A holds a property that is unwelcome, and hence B concludes that argument x is wrong".

[George II]

41. NBC made an error and subsequently corrected it. Period. PS - NBC doesn't get ratings from Twitter.

[SlogginThroughIt]

47. I like AOC

I like AOC but to me she doesn’t have the temperament for anything above her current office. I like her fire and her passion but I am not sure she would do well in a role that requires more even handedness. Maybe after a little more experience. I hope so because I do think she could have a bright future. With that said I have no problem with her pushing for more progressive policies within the party. She (IMO) is doing it the right way. Working within the party. Ironically, (although I voted for him to show support for his ideas) the guy she supports, Bernie, is (IMO) doing it wrong... Using the Democratic platform instead of joining it permanently and working from within the party.

[Liberal In Texas]

24. The NBC associate producer or whoever posted that first Tweet needs to

be put back into the job of getting coffee for the staff or opening mail, which seems about the limit of that persons abilities.

They obviously aren't capable of writing news copy.

[LiberalFighter]

26. I would like to know who is responsible for the tweet by NBC.

Both the person tweeting it and behind it.

[ibegurpard]

39. As she should have

Criminally irresponsible spin from NBC on a convention procedural motion.

[George II]

42. A relatively minor error (which was corrected) is "criminally irresponsible"?

[lapucelle]

43. I wonder why she didn't reveal the purpose of her appearance herself last week

in response to the Business Insider tweet that started the online tempest in a teapot.