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[–] Potato_McGingerbeard 0 points 31 points (+31|-0) ago 

They aren't admitting defeat, they're moving the goal posts again because it's being used against them.

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[–] olinneserpona 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago  (edited ago)

“The speed with which the term became polarized and in fact a rhetorical weapon illustrates how efficient the conservative media machine has become,” said George Washington University professor Nikki Usher.

The reporter then goes on to say: "So, here’s a modest proposal for the truth-based community."
Truth-based community...

I don't know what this is called in English, but: She is not even making the claim they are truth-based, she is casually mentioning it as if it were a universal truth.

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[–] kneo24 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I came here to say just the same thing. They aren't being apologetic, they're spinning a narrative.