#hypocrisy alert

[godzillajuniorreborn]

Godzilla "Fans": Oh, Godzilla 2014 is just military propaganda.

Me: Oh, then by THAT logic, all the Japanese movies must be propaganda for the JSDF. Godzilla movies tend to have some sort of military presence in them. That's how it's been since 1954.

[thedreadpiratejames]

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just so we all know where we stand

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Jeff Tiedrich on Twitter

“wait, so Mike Pence, a man who professes to be so concerned with the sanctity of life that he forces women to hold funerals for miscarriage

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Renato Mariotti on Twitter

“"A $25,000 cashier's check, apparently earmarked for President Nixon's re-election campaign, was deposited in April in a bank account of

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Donald Trump sat and laughed with Fox News host Sean Hannity as the “Retreat” bugle call was played. Tradition dictates that members of the military and civilian leadership stand at attention to respect the U.S. flag during the solemn ceremony.

Trump’s act of disrespect occurred during an interview that happened in a hangar at the Air National Guard base in Pennsylvania.

Trump referred to the bugle call as a “nice sound,” and asked Hannity if they were playing it “in honor of his ratings.”

As the official Army website notes, playing “Retreat” is “one of the oldest traditions in the U.S. Army, which dates back to the Revolutionary War.” Playing the song is used “to signal the end of the duty day and pay respect to the nation’s flag.”

Trump disrespected the flag the same evening he returned to the subject of black NFL players protesting police brutality by kneeling during the anthem. He told Hannity, “You cannot disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem, you cannot do that.”

Trump did it.

[tuttle-4077]

A very simplistic grammar rule that doesn't always work (in the same way as 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'), but is pretty darn reliable.

Gary and I = we

Gary and me= us

If you can swap it for 'us', use 'me'. If you can swap it for 'we', use 'I'.

Gary and I went to the store= We went to the store. ✅

Gary and me went to the store= Us went to the store. ❌

He gave the gift to Gary and I= He gave the gift to we. ❌

He gave the gift to Gary and me= He gave the gift to us. ✅

Now, it's easy enough to figure this out by chopping out "Gary and" to see if it works. But, here is a tricky one that I often hear/read:

"This is a picture of Gary and I going to the park."

Now, the verb might trip you up. "But I go to the park", you might say, but that's not the subject of the sentence. The picture is.

This is a picture of we going to the park. ❌

This is a picture of us going to the park. ✅ (It's a shorter way of saying, "This is a picture of us; we're going to the park.")

IMHO, using 'me' incorrectly is colloquial and endearing. Using 'I' incorrectly is just annoyingly pretentious. Like you're trying to sound sophisticated but, instead, you're just displaying your ignorance.

And, yes, I realize this is somewhat hypocritical since my grammar is far from perfect, but it's one thing that drives me nutty. (Also, "I seen that". Gah!)