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I literally. Just did that. Did you read my comment?
For politicians, words are actions, because that is how the law works. When a politician "takes action", they just move some words into a document, and start the process of whatever policy they are enacting. They use words to tell the treasury to release funds to the local council which can be spent on road improvements, they don't dig up the potholes themselves. Now, before they can take these actions, they have a lot of discussion about what needs to be done, this might include saying something like "I think we need to address potholes in our roads," and that is an important part of the process. Similarly, denouncing Trump is an important part of the process of divesting from the USA.
Also - I'm afraid this doesn't work as an example of media enforcing biases. This is a specific report about a specific thing a specific person has said. The tone of the report is neutral and the report is factual. I think seeing bias here may be, ironically, a result of your own confirmation bias.
Your conflating political speech with general communication, is this on purpose to derail?
I think the difference of opinion comes from me describing the state of things as they are right now while you describe what you wish to be true (a state which is possible but not a reality right now).
Similar to speaking, wishing things into existence doesn’t work. This is something that seems to affect liberal left discourse the most. Voters ain’t dumb, they see how impotent that is and vote for the strong-men like Trump because that’s all that’s left. It’s like a panic button labeled „can the elites wake up please”.
There's no conflation there because there isn't a defined boundary between the two things you think I'm conflating.
You're describing how you think things are, I'm describing how I think they are. Dismissing my perception as fantasy before considering it is the root of the difference of opinion. Have a go at the argument.
Nobody is saying that wishing or speaking things into existence is effective. I think you must know that nobody is saying this? I'm trying very hard to give you the benefit of the doubt here, but you'll have to convince me at this point.
Ah, so it was never a discussion but just aping. What a waste of time. Thank $deity for the block function, bye.
Hmm. I wonder why you reached that conclusion? I think what's happened here is that you realised you lost the argument and you got too bored to keep on pretending you hadn't. I welcome your block, as I don't like talking to people who argue in bad faith. Bye.