A few days ago, a friend of mine in San Francisco, in an attempt to better understand how Facebook’s ad targeting system works in practice, invested a few dollars and boosted a recent article of mine about Trump’s response to the white nationalist terrorist attack in Charlottesville. As I understand it, he specifically targeted Fox News watchers in Michigan, but not in either Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti. Well, I’m sure this won’t come as any surprise to you, but they’re weren’t exactly receptive to my interpretation of events. Here, for those of you who might be interested, are a few examples of what these folks had to say in response…
Now, in somewhat related news…
Do you remember just a few days ago, when Donald Trump, in an attempt to explain why it had taken him more than 48 hour to condemn the deadly Charlottesville attack, said with a straight face, “When I make a statement, I like to be correct… I want the facts“? Well, apparently something’s changed between last week and this week. Almost immediately after news broke concerning this afternoon’s incident in Barcelona, Donald Trump took to Twitter to label the action a “terror attack” and condemn it. And, then, for good measure, he went one step further, suggesting that we might have better luck fighting jihadists, if, like General Pershing, we started executing suspected terrorists with bullets dipped in pigs’ blood. Of course, as you might guess, there’s no evidence that Pershing did any such thing, but I don’t suspect that really matters much to folks like the ones we just heard from above… So much for waiting until you have all of your facts right.
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Can we draft one of these men to augment EOS, HW and FF? They’re clearly getting exhausted. #TrollDraftDay
dickhead is one word
Oh sweet jesus, no. Please no more.
(but I don’t think FF qualifies as a troll, nor EOS most days)
I know Mark Maynard and he already knows he needs to stop causing trouble and respect the president. As Mark says: America has always been at its best when its citizens don’t question authority or seek to make necessary changes to our society.
hey Mark, are all the nasty comments made by men? The examples you showed were only men…just wondering.
The worst thing they said was entitled moron and that is not so bad considering the content your posts. You don’t think you are a little bit of one with those “droll” quippy non-responses? Well, dickhead too. Hm. You have to focus on the points made aside from the trash talk which should be expected on the web. A lot of what was said is right on.
@ Jean,
I’ve noticed a big difference in your recent comments. It’s a refreshing change and is very much appreciated. It facilitates more discourse. Thanks.
love it. In the business these are called “trophies”.
I’m still waiting for my Sorosbucks.
I don’t mean to be a grammar snob, but I’m about to be a grammar snob. When will these people learn spelling and punctuation? I’ve read middle school essay contest entries that were more coherent.
Jean,
Thanks for the defense. You didn’t need to do that but it was pretty good timing because I was seriously questioning the way I was saying some things yesterday. I am probably guilty of too much sarcasm sometimes. I probably dismiss other people’s ideas too quickly. Trying to find the right balance between being a jerk and provoking an honest response. I still don’t understand what happened yesterday: Maybe I owe jcp2 an apology? I don’t know. I just don’t know how we can go from [paraphrase] “tolerance itself will die if we tolerate intolerance” to [paraphrase] “I’m cool with whatever the courts decide”.
Wasn’t there a dream to put an Iggy Pop monument up in Ypsilanti?
Now posters are lamenting the fact that mm.com resisted putting into place minimum standards for participation in the comments section.
I guess it makes sense that the only thing good about punk (the music was horrible IMO) would die first in the same place it was born.
Whatever that facebook boost costs, it is well worth it. Now you have a multisyllabic words like “cillateral” and “rageous” at your disposal for future columns.
You’re not a dickhead!
Proud to be your friend, MM. So many of these idiots have consumed their full quota of Kool-Aid.