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Republican Jim Jordan's bid for speaker falling short in US House
(www.reuters.com)
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To be fair, he did not do the molesting. He just did absolutely nothing about it when it was brought to his attention a dozen times.
You're beautiful. You're capable. You will do wonderful things in your life, but no one, and I mean absolutely no one, needs you to play devil's advocate for Jim Jordan. Respectfully.
That's not playing devil's advocate, that's just clarifying the truth. When the truth is abhorrent, there's no need to exaggerate it to make it sound worse.
It’s called getting the facts straight. Facts are important, Jimbo.
This is a bad take. Jordan is a vile, loathsome human being, but if we're going to demand fact-based decisions, we need to use facts ourselves. @SeaJ@lemmy.world is correct, and being correct isn't playing devil's advocate.
But that is not the definition of playing devil's advocate. You're technically correct when you play devil's advocate. The point is abscond the truth.
'someone who pretends, in an argument or discussion, to be against an idea or plan that a lot of people support, in order to make people discuss and consider it in more detail:'
When I hear someone say Jim Jordan is a pedo I say "why yes, he is." Coz he's complicit and even worse, never took accountability.
Did Hitler gas all 6 million jews? " Well, to be fair.."
Do you see how obnoxious you guys sound. We all know the truth. And the truth is Jim Jordan is complicit. If the world was objective, Jordan would've faced time for the crimes. EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T HE DO IT!But the world doesn't work that way.
You don't defend that. Ever.
You're not necessarily correct when you play devil's advocate. You're just saying "Let's look at the counter argument to see where that brings us." It's a discussion strategy.
Hitler wasn't just aware of Jews being slaughtered, he directly caused it to happen. Jordan didn't molest anyone or direct anyone to molestation. What he did is grotesque: he knew about the molestation and did nothing about it. He was in a position to stop it and he did not. It's disgusting that he's not only free but he's in Congress. That still doesn't make him a pedophile though, and saying that is in no way defending him.
Oh, you and your rational thinking and all.