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re: Busted: Politico nails Gaetz in new piece

Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:10 am to
Posted by BiteMe2020
Texas
Member since Nov 2020
7284 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:10 am to
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Minor at the time, is what I think the intended meaning is here.


Then they should have read their own article.

Odd how liberals attack Gaetz for allegedly having sex with someone younger than him (though still legal) when liberals push pedophilia 24-7.
Posted by LSUnation78
Northshore
Member since Aug 2012
14076 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:16 am to
Because they know its a topic his supporters would hate him for.

They dont need to convince libbies he is a dangerous right-winger. They believe anything you tell them.
Posted by rumproast
Member since Dec 2003
12394 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:19 am to
If hooking up with former minors was a crime, we'd pretty much all be in jail. Well....most of us anyway.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
Undisclosed Secure Location
Member since Feb 2008
23902 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:22 am to
Read it again. Turned 18 before the trip is stated in the freaking quote. They meant former as in used to be
Posted by GeauxTigerTM
Member since Sep 2006
30596 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:29 am to
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There is also a ton of people in this thread suddenly believing anonymous sources as fact without the slightest bit of self awareness and irony.


No one is interested in any of this story...the issue being addressed here is the non term "former minor."

Can we address the illegitimacy of that phrase or why it would be used, in any possible form or in any context?

A former minor is an adult. We already have a perfectly good word for it. The possibility for the use of that term is to attempt to confuse someone who glances at the article.

This, as Wednesday put it, is straight Newspeak. This is akin to calling something Double+ Good.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:29 am to
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Can you read?



If you've been following this story it's not too difficult to notice that this is a deliberate propaganda witch hunt by the legacy media. I mean just a simple google search this morning on Gaetz gives you this:



AND THERE IS NOTHING NEW.

It been going on like this for 3 weeks now.

I mean a CNN executive just yesterday admitted on camera that all these Gaetz hit pieces are an attempt to take Gaetz out in the court of public opinion. A CNN executive said that. Not me.
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
35600 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:30 am to
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Minor at the time, is what I think the intended meaning is here.

Yeah, not sure why you're getting downvoted into oblivion.

That's clearly the message the verbiage conveys in the article. I mean Politico is garbage but this isn't the thing to get all worked up over at all

ETA:

Yeah, my bad. I retract that. Politico is garbage and that was definitely some total bullshite.
This post was edited on 4/14/21 at 12:27 pm
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:31 am to
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There is also a ton of people in this thread suddenly believing anonymous sources as fact without the slightest bit of self awareness and irony.


I think its true she was 18, but i dont think an anonymous source proves anything.



That's because other posters have been following this story and aren't holding their evaluation of the entire Gaetz story to this one article.
Posted by AubieinNC2009
Mountain NC
Member since Dec 2018
7073 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:32 am to
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Minor at the time, is what I think the intended meaning is here.


No if you read the next paragraph it says she was over 18 at the time of the trip.
Posted by SOKAL
Member since May 2018
4124 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:37 am to
quote:

Yeah, not sure why you're getting downvoted into oblivion.

That's clearly the message the verbiage conveys in the article. I mean Politico is garbage but this isn't the thing to get all worked up over at all



I am not worked up because the writer did not trick me.

You, on the other hand, should be pissed.
Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
13431 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:40 am to
Betty White is a former minor.
Posted by MeatCleaverWeaver
Member since Oct 2013
22175 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:41 am to
I don’t see a problem with having sex with a former minor. I ask one for some most every night and even get lucky sometimes.
Posted by TideCPA
Member since Jan 2012
13521 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:43 am to
quote:

Yeah, not sure why you're getting downvoted into oblivion.

That's clearly the message the verbiage conveys in the article.
I see the author got you, too.
Posted by GhostOfFreedom
Member since Jan 2021
13098 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:43 am to
Remember when they told us that General Flynn drove off with a Russian Spy...

Before the Russian's boyfriend came out and said that was a lie and she left with him.

Yeah, I remember.
Posted by Larry Lobster
Ft. Worth
Member since Feb 2021
227 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:48 am to
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...hand surgeon and Republican fundraiser for DeSantis...

Now I get it. The propaganda machine changed its course a bit after the election, so taking down Gaetz is an early play in getting it revved up and aimed right at DeSantis as we lead up to 2024.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94811 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:52 am to
I, a former minor, have concerns about the propaganda (CNN's word, not mine) push to get Gaetz out.

Do they perceive him as that much of a threat?
Posted by Jeauxs Geaux
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2021
121 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 11:08 am to
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former minor


TF?
Posted by Jeauxs Geaux
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2021
121 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 11:10 am to
I've been a former minor for 33 years!!
Posted by PaperTiger
Ruston, LA
Member since Feb 2015
26333 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 11:12 am to
That's a very poorly written article. It's trying to make connections that aren't there.
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
100,000 posts
Member since Jan 2007
55226 posts
Posted on 4/14/21 at 11:17 am to
My grandfather is a former minor.
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