Natalie should know better. But also... the really nasty shit under Obama was heavily under-reported and only ever seemed to penetrate media in a select few circuits. Casually tossing off a "What even did Obama do that was so bad?" is almost forgivable if you're not a terminally online 30-year-old who makes hour long YouTube videos about politics, history, and culture.

[–] Aabbcc@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Am I reading this wrong? I assume Natalie is making a joke about how people under report Obama's nasty shits

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think she's joking about how people over-report his trivial shit. But it can be read as blithely ignoring the monstrous crimes Obama did commit while in office, because it echoes a lot of the liberal apologia of the administration that amounted to "The worst thing Obama ever did was wear a tan suit".

[–] OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

While I don't think she has talked about Obama's war crimes or things adjacent to it, I find it hard to believe that she would be saying that seriously especially the both sides part. Tho her response to the criticism doesn't make it better.

[–] tuga@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

You're reading it wrong, she's stating you can't make a moral equivalence between Obama and, say, Trump or something because supposedly the worst things obama did were silly.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

For me, it's someone that savvy casually dropping a "both sides" comment. If I didn't know better I'd assume it was bait. Its hard to imagine that level of cluelessness.