r/politics • u/Effective_Salad_8381 • 22h ago

Soft Paywall JD Vance Mocked for Embarrassing WWII History Mistake

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-mocked-for-embarrassing-wwii-history-mistake/
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u/ImLikeReallySmart Pennsylvania 21h ago

Can we stop calling these things "mistakes" and also stop assuming they ever get "embarrassed" by them?

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u/NinjaLanternShark 20h ago

It's an embarrassing mistake whether he feels embarrassed or not.

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u/Choice_Volume_2903 20h ago

It's a bald faced lie, not a mistake. 

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u/SOMEONENEW1999 15h ago

And a blatant attempt to rewrite history.

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u/mikeholczer 17h ago

I’d say a mistake is when someone accidentally performs below their capabilities. If you don’t have the ability to do something correctly you can make a mistake, you simply are not capable.

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u/TemuPacemaker 15h ago edited 15h ago

This fucker has a law degree from Yale, it doesn't mean he's a genius but he sure as hell knows that WW2 ended with occupation of Germany and Hitler with a bullet in his brain. Or that Japan was burned to the ground and then nuked twice for good measure.

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u/choosenameposthack 9h ago

Being ignorant isn’t a mistake.

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u/Keenalie Washington 16h ago

Seriously, it is insane that the media still pretends they're operating in good faith.