Rep Swalwell: "Unless Bob Woodward produces tapes, this is all fake news!!!!"

[kpete]

Link to tweet

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/trump-bob-woodward-interviews/index.html

[LisaL]

1. Somebody should send Swalwell the link.

Should it be addressed to "under the rock?"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic.

[malaise]

9. He was

Just laugh

[jcgoldie]

6. Swalwell isn't an idiot

The fact that its all on tape was his point.

[Laelth]

8. I missed the irony. Mea culpa. n/t

-Laelth

[unblock]

4. Oh Lordy, I hope there are tapes.

[still_one]

5. He is being sarcastic, right?

[LexVegas]

7. Apparently, sarcasm is dead. nt

[Javaman]

10. tell swalwell to piss up a rope...

no sooner does Woodward produces the tapes than the gop will call them fake.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Swalwell was being sarcastic; Woodward has produced the tapes.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Unfortunately, not everyone got the sarcasm.

But for those who did, well played, Eric.

[Towlie]

14. It seems the Twitter followers got the sarcasm while some DU'ers didn't. That's embarrassing!

[somaticexperiencing]

16. Fuck sarcasm. Its weakness is proven over and over again. Taken as real by many, for one thing.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

17. What an enlightening insight.

I'm so glad you chimed in.

[somaticexperiencing]

19. I assume you're also applying and advocating for sarcasm?

If so, notice how it can be misunderstood, misread, misinterpreted, or even taken as a straightforward truth.

I am a big Eric Swalwell fan, but don't think this brand of sarcasm was nearly as effective as his straight ahead comments. In this day of misinformation and the misinformed, just don't think we can afford comments like these. Besides, it's just kind of nasty a lot of the time. But don't take it from me. Here are some famous folks weighing in.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Samuel Butler

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

The subconscious doesn't distinguish sarcasm and jokes. It just accepts what it hears. That's the power of words.
India Arie

Some sarcasm is best told simply.
Kevin Hart

I don't know - maybe you were trying to be nice and welcoming!

[Make7]

13. Fading Woodward must name his sources! Anonymous sources are FAKE NEWS! ( n/t )

[Towlie]

15. That's probably going to get removed for echoing GOP talking points.

If you meant sarcasm then you need to make that more clear.

[Cirque du So-What]

18. WHOOSH!

My hair’s gonna stay blown back for a week after clicking on this thread.