4 definitions by EmpressSquad
Fired UberCEO Travis Kalanick told many colleagues that he will soon Steve Jobs-ing" and will return as Uber CEO again soon.
by EmpressSquad August 2, 2017
"WhatAboutIsm" is a form of Gaslighting and Arguing towards the person or party calling you out on something bad that you've done by deflecting blame and responsibility for your actions and consequences - legal, criminal, moral, ethical, etc. - onto the other party. "WhatAboutIsm" is a tactic where a person responds to an argument or attack by changing the subject to focus on someone else’s misconduct, implying that all criticism is invalid because no one is completely blameless. "WhatAboutIsm" is to say "what about you and what you did?" versus what I did.
An example is the ludicrous and crazy Legal and Public Relations strategy of President Trump's Republican lawyers at Trump's 2nd impeachment trial to deflect, to confuse and to distract the American public and Republican Senators from President Trump's crime of inciting insurrection and violence by a mob of his MAGA followers to attack the US Capitol, the police and Congress on January 6, 2021 to block the vote formalizing the Presidential victory of the winner. Joe Biden. This attack left 7 people dead including many police officers who fought the rioters.
An example is the ludicrous and crazy Legal and Public Relations strategy of President Trump's Republican lawyers at Trump's 2nd impeachment trial to deflect, to confuse and to distract the American public and Republican Senators from President Trump's crime of inciting insurrection and violence by a mob of his MAGA followers to attack the US Capitol, the police and Congress on January 6, 2021 to block the vote formalizing the Presidential victory of the winner. Joe Biden. This attack left 7 people dead including many police officers who fought the rioters.
"Excusing your mistakes with WhatAboutIsm is not the same as defending your record." (quoted from Dictionary.com:
"Donald Trump’s second impeachment defense, having few promising options, has focused on the theme of whataboutism: Democrats have frequently used the word “fight” in their speeches...The purpose of these false comparisons is too obscure the main activities that are the heart of Trump’s crimes: First, he spent years cultivating violent extremist supporters. And then he mobilized them behind a campaign designed to overturn the result of an election. Neither of these remotely apply to the Democratic Party. Indeed, neither applied to other Republicans, at least not until Trump came along..." (quoted from New York Magazine " Trump’s Defense: What About Democratic Violence? (Answer: There Wasn’t Any.)" by Jonathan Chait on Feb. 12, 2021
"Donald Trump’s second impeachment defense, having few promising options, has focused on the theme of whataboutism: Democrats have frequently used the word “fight” in their speeches...The purpose of these false comparisons is too obscure the main activities that are the heart of Trump’s crimes: First, he spent years cultivating violent extremist supporters. And then he mobilized them behind a campaign designed to overturn the result of an election. Neither of these remotely apply to the Democratic Party. Indeed, neither applied to other Republicans, at least not until Trump came along..." (quoted from New York Magazine " Trump’s Defense: What About Democratic Violence? (Answer: There Wasn’t Any.)" by Jonathan Chait on Feb. 12, 2021
by EmpressSquad February 13, 2021
Be Bold for Change was the theme for International Women's Day in 2017 to rally every person, every woman, every man to take bold practical action to accelerate gender parity; to help women and girls to achieve their dreams; to value men's and women's contributions equally. It was a huge rallying cry for the Team USA Women’s National Hockey team who boycotted the 2017 world championships for fair pay, benefits, investment in youth hockey programs and equal financial support to the men’s team. USA Hockey and the USOC gave them equity hours before the championships began. They won gold.
Your daughter deserves to play hockey and to get paid equal to her brother. So support Be Bold For Change and make a difference.
by EmpressSquad August 28, 2017
"Shithole" is an adjective that President Trump use to describe specific countries that have protected immigrants in the United States that he and the Republican Party no longer want to protect. On Thursday January 11, 2018, it was reported that while discussing protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries in the Oval Office, President Trump remarked, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that while discussing protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries in the Oval Office, Trump remarked, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” He suggested that the U.S. should be bringing in more immigrants from Norway, and singled out Haiti for special criticism. President Trump made these derogatory comments in front of multiple members of Congress, including Senators Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton, David Perdue, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Representatives Bob Goodlatte and Mario Díaz-Balart.
by EmpressSquad January 12, 2018