Facts still matter !

Tecumsehsbones

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Soooo... merely pointing out the hypocrite's speaking fee is now outrage? I dunno, I find it funny that at a talk that also dealt with inequality, there'd be some goof charging $400,000 to talk for an hour or less.
Yep, it's the tu quoque fallacy at its finest. Thanks for providing such a perfect example of this particular type of flawed thinking.
 

Hoid

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No doubt rich young people. The cost for a seat at these things is usually hundreds of dollars in order to pay for the usual huge appearance speaker fee.
Article says 275 was the highest ticket price and lots of kids were let in free
Or you could google it for fake news more to your liking
 

IdRatherBeSkiing

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Well I googled "Obama appearance fee" and the first article indicates $400K is his going rate. I am sure the few free entries was a nice PR stunt but probably a lot more of the $275. That is even out of my price range as a comfortable middle class person. I would probably pay $50 to see him. He is an incredible speaker. Of course it would be a different event as it has been decades since I could be considered a youth.



Here is the first article on the google list:

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...k-obama-speaking-fees-economic-racial-justice