Discussion: Team Trump Cries 'Plagiarism' Into The Void After Clinton's DNC Speech

It’s called a quote you fucking idiots.

This is NOT the same as plagiarizing someone else’s speech.

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Orange Julius Caesar refuses to let his (current) wife’s fame as a plagiarist wane.

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Why do you guys cuss so much? There’s a time and place for that sort of language.

I was watching the CNN panel last night. About every 5 minutes Jeffrey Lord would say something asinine, and the panel either just ignored him, talked around him, or stopped talking for about 5 seconds as if to say “what the hell is he talking about, is he for real?”

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For those with a high school education it’s a known reference; part of the cultural fabric, so it can’t actually be plagiarized, certainly not in this context. But of course that posits an education. And possibly critical thinking skills.

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Republicans constantly try to play these little games in which they’ve caught a Democrat doing something they’ve been caught doing, and yet it’s almost never even close to the same. Whether it’s their attempts to recreate the scandal of Watergate or their desperation this week in trying to find some hint of plagiarism to somehow absolve Melania, they’re always looking for a way to say, “they did it too”. It’s petty and childish.

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Reference, call-back, nod…these things are artful.

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You’re a Trump supporter, why are you pretending to care?

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And this is the time and place! :slight_smile:

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lol.

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Childish, indeed. But they know the media will often take the bait of creating a false equivalency in order to appear balanced. The media enables the childishness.

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Because we are normal adults shooting the shit. Not prissy church ladies in desperate need to get laid.

Have you tried Christian Mingle as a relief and a refuge to heal your delicate ears?

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So I guess every time someone quotes the Bible, they’re plagiarizing, right?

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And in this particular case, its doing far more harm to them. Because everyone in the nation clearly knows that Melania was out and out copying huge portions of her speech. Every time they try to go to this well, they remind everyone of that fact.

They need to 86 this tactic right away. But for once, I am very glad they don’t listen to my advice.

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Yeah, and the time is NOW: FUCK YOU, TROLL!

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I can’t wait for them to say they “plagiarized” the balloon drop.

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Your constructive criticism has been duly noted. Fuckyouverymuch

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They’re not even grasping at straws - they’re grasping at molecules.

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It may be a bit pedantic but it’s not possible to plagiarize Alexis de Tocqueville. His work is in the public domain.

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