grte@lemmy.caM to CanadaPolitics@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoTrudeau denounces Meta's news block as fires force evacuationswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down12
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkTrudeau denounces Meta's news block as fires force evacuationswww.cbc.cagrte@lemmy.caM to CanadaPolitics@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareSteeve@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI never said the goal is to fuck with people, I said it’s a political stunt. Go argue with your strawman elsewhere.
minus-squareVictor Villas@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year ago but the Canadian government is sure as hell trying to make the Canadian people the losers here I really can’t interpret this in any other way, but I guess it goes to show how framing is hard to argue about
minus-squareSteeve@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year ago nobody is trying to win, but the Canadian government is sure as hell trying to make the Canadian people the losers here. It’s an antithesis, a rhetorical device. Making Canadians the losers doesn’t mean the sole intention is to fuck with people. I’ve already said it’s a political stunt.
minus-squareVictor Villas@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThanks for clarifying. More of an exaggeration than antithesis, but now I get it.
I never said the goal is to fuck with people, I said it’s a political stunt. Go argue with your strawman elsewhere.
I really can’t interpret this in any other way, but I guess it goes to show how framing is hard to argue about
It’s an antithesis, a rhetorical device.
Making Canadians the losers doesn’t mean the sole intention is to fuck with people. I’ve already said it’s a political stunt.
Thanks for clarifying. More of an exaggeration than antithesis, but now I get it.