• g0nz0li0@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    “He jokes all the time,” said Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., who was in the room at the time. “I think it’s one of the problems with politics is you can’t even tell a joke without being excoriated.”

    Definitely, that’s the problem in politics. Ffs.

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      9 hours ago

      I think you should be able to DISTINGUISH it’s a joke. Also, as anyone who does politics will tell you, ANYTHING that comes out of your mouth into any form of microphone can and should be expected to be used against you, and should be expected to be believed.

      “Joking” in politics should’ve died with Reagan’s press sec laughing about gay men dying of AIDS.

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      9 hours ago

      Any time he says anything that gets significant negative pushback, it is dismissed as a joke.

      Same thing with the rest of them. It’s always a joke unless you agree with them.

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        4 hours ago

        GOSH I was just JOKING, fucking WOKE CANCEL CULTURE won’t even let me make a JOKE anymore, people are so SENSITIVE these days…

        REEEE WHY IS THERE A BROWN PERSON IN MY GAME shitshitshit tell me there’s a whitewashing mod for this, I’m having a panic attack… sees a playable female protagonist mod, instantly dies