They said they watched him speak. The image they built must be made of that footage then, no? How much closer do you want people to get to the source?

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lostmsu 3 days ago | parent [-]

You don't. You don't bias interpretation like that at all.

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npteljes 2 days ago | parent [-]

With politics, if you after the truth, you have to consider context. Coded / indirect speech is common, and it's also common to say an acceptable thing, while meaning an entirely different thing, aka dogwhistling (like "family values").

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lostmsu 2 days ago | parent [-]

Don't you think this approach might be the reason for the extreme polarization of the politics in US? If one side demonizes the other based on "considering context".

	▲	npteljes 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I don't. What would be the alternative, believe the face value outright? That's not just a bad approach to politics, where everything is about controlling narratives, but a bad life advice in general. Or do I misunderstand what you mean?