• Hayduke@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Remember when they said Obama was absolutely going to do exactly this? I do, and they were frothing at the mouth at the idea.

    The only thing dumber than voting republican is not voting at all.

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      3 months ago

      I want you to understand this, you won’t, but I have to try.

      Pointing

      Out

      Republican

      Hypocrisy

      Has

      NEVER

      Worked.

      All it does is give them a sense of power in that ‘Yeah what I’m saying is bullshit but you can’t stop me and that gives me control’

      So stop

      You won’t, of course

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        3 months ago

        Your negativity is pointless drivel. You are doing nothing but discouraging people if anything at all. What an asshole.

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        3 months ago

        It’s just fuel. There’s a point where it’s an exhausting hamster wheel for the complainers, that powers the battery for abusers.

        This is a typical abuser/abused pattern. It stops when the abused break the cycle.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    They want us to stop talking about the Epstein files. And, it’s working.

    Now we’re talking about the Texas Dems fleeing Texas, and this, and withholding disaster funding.

    By mid-terms the Epstein files will be a distant memory, there will be more disasters to fret over.

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      3 months ago

      This is why they lined their ducks up in a row with project 2025. They wanted to ram through as much as possible as quickly as they could. That way, no one issue or scandal will get enough response from sane people.

      This is a real and truthful fascist movement. If they get the right things in place, they’ll just start ignoring the constitution.

      What election? I’m the president, have been for some time now…

      Release the Epstein files!

    • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Until we riot nothing will change

      And we won’t riot because we can’t unify

      And we can’t unify because every fucking digital platform now marginalizes progressive voices

      Can’t wait to see the dozens of you come by to tell me why I am wrong.

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        3 months ago

        you’re right. that’s probably why you ended up here. I don’t know if any meaningful unity can be achieved between now and then but briefly be at peace. take my energy ✊

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    3 months ago

    Can we stop calling shit like this, “unprecedented”, and start calling it what it really is…“illegal”?

  • nonentity@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    The US hasn’t been a country anyone should treat as a serious entity since 2024-11-05, and won’t be again until they can prove their ability to hold another legitimate election.

    Right now it’s a coin flip as to whether I’ll see that within my lifetime.

  • mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Media cowards will be talking about “unprecedented potential for expansion of possible dangerous unaccountable powers” while they’re tied to posts in front of the firing squad.

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      3 months ago

      I am so fucking tired of people giving them cover by calling all the media corps ‘cowards’

      They aren’t cowards

      They are propaganda companies owned by old rich white men who are nearly 100% conservative

      They are doing exactly what they are paid for: to shift EVERY FUCKING NARRATIVE to either mitigate drumpf’s idiocy or tone down his fascist rhetoric

      And you are their fucking tool by claiming they do this out of cowardice

      It isn’t cowardice, it’s direct psyops and all of you are just sitting here ‘tut-tutting’ when IT IS ALREADY too late.

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        3 months ago

        Uh huh. And what exactly does calling me a “fucking tool” gain anybody?

        And for your information, YES, they are PROPAGANDA companies owned by rich old white men, but they are STAFFED by HUMAN BEINGS who CHOOSE to toe the line rather than risk their jobs or, God forbid, resign in protest. They are not ALL personally owned by and operated by the owners of the media companies.

        And what cover do you think I’m providing them by calling them cowards? If it doesn’t matter, who cares? This kind of divisive shit-flinging when we should coming together is petty and unproductive and I refuse to engage in it. Enjoy your angry screaming.

        • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          You promote the agenda of corporate media, so yes you are a tool.

          A tool to be used to quell public outrage about our galloping into fascism

          And they aren’t human beings, they are fascists working to promote a fascist takeover of the United States

          And you want me to EMPATHIZE with them?

          You are a tool, an absolute tool.

          The only appropriate response for being told to do fascist things is to quit, if they don’t quit they are helping to promote fascism and now no longer deserve the label ‘human’

          I’m not arguing with you about the dangers of dehumanization, we are at fucking war and they are already killing us.