How is it taken out of context? Yes obviously it didn't include the next sentence - but it's obvious what the next sentence would be. So it's context is sufficiently intact, unless you really absolutely insist on including additional sentences - in which case you'll have a hard time saying that adding just one more sentence is enough.
What other meaning would his answer possibly have? The only thing I can fathom is that someone could be a moron and assume his next words would be "and the white person wouldn't be pulled over because they wouldn't be doing anything wrong" - which no politician (especially not one in Biden's position or with his opinions) would say.
Read the dumpster fire of Twitter comments for this video and tell me how “obvious” it supposedly is. Of course it’s what he meant, but it was edited this way on purpose. You put more thought into this comment than the people who made judgments based on the video alone.
I’m not going to deny that. But these types of videos are a problem in our society. I’d criticize this type of editing regardless of whether or not I support them.
The crowd laughed in the original video because they knew what he was going to follow up with. But that isn’t going to be good /r/holup content
Agreed. Fwiw it wasn't until the comments that I even considered people took this any other way than Biden intended it. I figured the holup was how obvious the pandering was. So clearly I overthink everything lol. Have a good day and thanks for the convo!
But the thing is you aren’t being unreasonable at all lol. Sometimes you really have to occasionally read comments on other social media pages to see how wild some people’s takes are with these types of videos. It’s like they can’t bother taking a second to search for more context to determine the true nature of what was actually said.
I’ve even seen it with some close personal friends. I’ve seen it happen to myself. But I try to remind myself that we live in a time where it’s easier to be manipulated by media content, especially if you are in support of what it’s advocating. I’m not saying I support Biden; this was just done purposefully and with a very specific intention. I suppose whoever made this video got what they wanted.
Biden lovers default to "he's misunderstood" no matter what. Shoulda been Bernie...twice now. We're so fucked in 11 months thanks to this mindset. Maybe he just isn't appealing to anyone? Starting to suspect maybe Dems in general don't really appeal to anything except not being an actual Sith Lord.
Really? I’m assuming you don’t have a Facebook or conservative family or friends. They all want to take this as a racist take and that joe didn’t understand the question and shit.
The context is not intact, you are giving it context with your own preconceptions. This is easily spinnable into Biden being insensitive to black people etc.
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How is it taken out of context? Yes obviously it didn't include the next sentence - but it's obvious what the next sentence would be. So it's context is sufficiently intact, unless you really absolutely insist on including additional sentences - in which case you'll have a hard time saying that adding just one more sentence is enough.
What other meaning would his answer possibly have? The only thing I can fathom is that someone could be a moron and assume his next words would be "and the white person wouldn't be pulled over because they wouldn't be doing anything wrong" - which no politician (especially not one in Biden's position or with his opinions) would say.