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Originally Posted by Honus
I highlighted the part that illustrated the point I was trying to make. Seems like a fairly standard use of highlighting to me. You might not like my use of highlighting, but it is better than your method in which you delete the portion you want us to ignore. Good grief. You consider that fair?
For the thousandth time, here is what he said:The phrase "you didn't build that" refers to roads and bridges. The video in the OP attempts to make fun of a completely different statement. That's why it's not funny.
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I call you out with too much BS-
"There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
He was clearly talking about business owners to non business owners (who assumed the business owners were rich and did not pay enough taxes) and how he believes others have had a hand in the success of the business- teachers have had a hand- the american system had a hand- the government had a hand (by "investing" in roads and bridges.) Why on earth would an otherwise intelligent person say roads and bridges were
"invested" by the government ... and then say they were
not built by the business man?
Make zero sense- even
Elchivito does not take your view-
"His point that most successful people owe their success at least in part to others and sometimes even to a government leg-up is hardly revolutionary."
I did not create the thread to rehash this - but instead to compare a "funny" video about policy views to a "funny" derogatory/hateful term applied to a person which you supported.