The idea he is pushing misinformation is ridiculous,he didn't speak on the motives of the shooter only on magas insistence he wasn't maga. He didn't say he was maga, merely focused on the performative finger pointing of Republicans

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zahlman 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> he didn't speak on the motives of the shooter only on magas insistence he wasn't maga. He didn't say he was maga, merely focused on the performative finger pointing of Republicans

The only thing that could have validated such finger pointing is a belief that the shooter actually was "maga". In the absence of such a belief, to say that "maga" was disavowing the shooter is not an accusation of wrongdoing. But the claim was prefaced with an assertion that "we hit a new low" in the form of this disavowal; therefore Kimmel did see it as an accusation of wrongdoing.

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tptacek 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't think he "is", present tense, and implying continuity, "pushing misinformation". I think he's an entertainer with basically my politics and a pretty good writing staff, and I think he made a mistake common at that moment to people with my politics. I don't find it disqualifying. But it was not, in and of itself, good.

	▲	ugh123 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If any mistake was made, it was that he let a rhetorical statement sound more like a 'fact' about republicans (see my earlier comment). Edit: and republicans definitely know the difference, but they played up a sad situation to their benefit to hurt an opponent.