Is it dishonest writing if we don't include every example against a wider trend? Is it hyperbolic of me to say "Trump is racist" because I'm not accounting for every time he displayed respect for someone of color?
Paleo was commenting on the wider trend of recent NYC/NY Democratic politics and their frustration with it. To come in and sco…
Is it dishonest writing if we don't include every example against a wider trend? Is it hyperbolic of me to say "Trump is racist" because I'm not accounting for every time he displayed respect for someone of color?
Paleo was commenting on the wider trend of recent NYC/NY Democratic politics and their frustration with it. To come in and scold them by saying "beware of Trumpian hyperboles" just makes you look like a jackass tbh.
Gratuitous insults are indeed Trumpian. I do not live in New York but respect many of their elected leaders throughout the decades. To say that New York "never" elects a decent leader is just false and glib.
When rendered clumsily, exaggeration does not make a point. A more useful point to make is that, while New York voters sometimes disappoint, they have also elected some very fine leaders.
As a New Yorker, I'm absolutely disgusted with our senators' record of collaborating with the last 2 criminal Republican presidents, and I guess the last good governor we had was Mario Cuomo, though he was limited by a Republican State Senate. I feel like Mayor Koch deserves some of the credit for saving the city during the Fiscal Crisis, but his third term was a disaster, and every mayor since him has been deeply problematic, while the last 2 before him contributed to the Fiscal Crisis or had no idea what to do about it.
Is it dishonest writing if we don't include every example against a wider trend? Is it hyperbolic of me to say "Trump is racist" because I'm not accounting for every time he displayed respect for someone of color?
Paleo was commenting on the wider trend of recent NYC/NY Democratic politics and their frustration with it. To come in and scold them by saying "beware of Trumpian hyperboles" just makes you look like a jackass tbh.
Gratuitous insults are indeed Trumpian. I do not live in New York but respect many of their elected leaders throughout the decades. To say that New York "never" elects a decent leader is just false and glib.
Do you not understand sarcasm at all? Exaggeration to make a point? FFS, give it a rest.
When rendered clumsily, exaggeration does not make a point. A more useful point to make is that, while New York voters sometimes disappoint, they have also elected some very fine leaders.
As a New Yorker, I'm absolutely disgusted with our senators' record of collaborating with the last 2 criminal Republican presidents, and I guess the last good governor we had was Mario Cuomo, though he was limited by a Republican State Senate. I feel like Mayor Koch deserves some of the credit for saving the city during the Fiscal Crisis, but his third term was a disaster, and every mayor since him has been deeply problematic, while the last 2 before him contributed to the Fiscal Crisis or had no idea what to do about it.