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aggie08

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  1. I have a theory that that smug, indignant, just asking (ridiculous accusatory) questions Republican mouthpiece tone--from Rush to O'Reilly to Beck to Hannity to Tucker to our Congress to podcast row--has become so widespread and common over three decades that most don't even hear it anymore. That's just how they talk. So nothing stands out. Meanwhile, when a Dem goes on a mean-spirited rant, it causes a reflexive, "Fuck you, elitist" response.
  2. Outside of this website, I don't have a smug bone in my body. Would never dream of belittling someone or kicking them while they're down IRL. BUT, if things go as sideways as we think that they can, I am going to be motherfucking intolerable to these people* in 4 years time. If Trump does "better" than I expect--which is an incredibly fucking low bar--I'll give him credit and GLADLY admit to being wrong. *these people being those who truly believe in Trump as a leader and actually think he cares about them or America, not voters who just voted for him because of the economy/inflation or shit Democrat messaging. The former are the proverbial dog chasing the anti-government car. Just like Brexit, you finally caught it. Shape the government how you see fit.
  3. Don't care. Forced Christian values on others.
  4. Listen, how were they supposed to know that was going to be on the test?
  5. Yes, we know you're a moron. I won't patronize anyone just because they voted for Trump. But I will absolutely talk down to your dumb ass.
  6. Weird that he wasn't brave/bold enough to say that he'd rather die than live under Kamala on Monday.
  7. We done fucked up on that one.
  8. While I absolutely agree with your post--it's almost certainly disinformation, and who the fuck knows where it originated--that meme/screenshot will disappear into the ether in a day. It won't be picked up and amplified by Dan Bodingo and Megyn Kelly. It won't be discussed on OAN, Fox News, and Newsmax. It won't cause a sitting GOP Congresswoman to tweet out her disgust of right-wing rhetoric. Elon Musk won't take the time to note it's "concerning." The President of the United States won't reference it the next time him opens his mouth. They've created a fast track for turning pure baseless propaganda into perceived fact before anyone can blink. Texas politicians regularly link stories to the Gateway Pundit, for fuck's sake. We'll never be able to stop disinformation at the lowest levels, but it's frustrating to see it propagate with such planned effect.
  9. No, he doesn't. It's already out there, so it's true now.
  10. Yes, I'm sure massive settlements for libel are headed Trump's way any day now.
  11. I would suggest not being in the getting caught up with what athletes think business, or you're usually going to wind up disappointed.
  12. But a Republicans--and now MAGA--are really good at eliciting emotion, and here we are.
  13. Yep. Anyone telling you this was an election about policy is full of absolute shit. Hard to foresee any future election being about policy.
  14. Also, let's be honest, what would a wildly popular left wing podcast even look like?
  15. We just had the right wing ecosystem create a story out of thin air about legal immigrants stealing people's pets and eating them that made it's way to the Presidential debate. And you want to talk to me about balance and leveling. That's adorable.
  16. I was thinking about something just like this yesterday. I guess every Democracy has to go through their own Brexit (sometimes multiple times), and let the far-right/populist take their shot.
  17. ...so he could spread orders of magnitude more of it in your favor. Yeah man, we get it.
  18. Seriously. They're are a bunch of things to mock liberals for right now, but thinking we got "gaslit" into being optimistic about our chances for our "team" in a game where Vegas had the opponent favored -1.5? That's dumb. Nervous optimism isn't the same thing as being convinced it was in the bag. Even Stephen Miller, who has access to the internal data, was freaking the fuck out with the percentage of woman voting over men on Tuesday. No one knows shit until the votes are counted.
  19. I'm 100% stealing this. Sorry, not sorry.
  20. Feel free to take them to court. Nothing has been stopping anyone from trying to make a shit ton of money off of all the "MSM lies" if they so desire. I wonder why they haven't tried...
  21. Remind me which is those willingly paid out three-quarters of a billion dollars to settle a case about knowingly lying because they knew the final verdict would have been even worse. You may not like them because they're mean to you, but they're at least loosely bound by what they can and cannot say. Nothing from the right's information sphere shares those concerns.
  22. We can build up our own disinformation infrastructure, but we're going to need a lot of help from PornHub!
  23. No, what we need to do is have another talking head try to corner a Republican politician for not being able to answer "was the 2020 election stolen?" as some kind of gotcha moment. Doing that multiple times a week has been working out great! People definitely care about the truth.
  24. If they're not super offensive, who gives a fuck? Were you under the impression that they weren't going to gloat and rub it in everyone's faces?
  25. Having these sentences back-to-back is utterly amazing.
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