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      2 years ago

      Every other* year I vote against this fucker hard enough to put a hole through the ballot. This is why it is important we switch out those lead pipes.

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      2 years ago

      It’s just a matter of time before Republicans start claiming any video proof of their words and actions are just deep fakes.

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        Cops do it all the time, ie: “But the video doesn’t tell the whole story of what happened.”

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        Fascists don’t care about truth and don’t care about hypocrisy. It’s all just a game to them.

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        To me, it felt like there was some cultural turning point with the absurd denials of the GWB administration. It set some nasty precedents that have only escalated the scale of bad faith in politics and discourse. Now there seems to be positively no shame in having no shame at all.

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      If you want to become vice president, you should have a prepared answer for this right? Something like, I changed my mind after seeing how Trump handled X while being president, or after meeting him face to face. Sure those would also be lies, but at least you don’t look like a complete moron.

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        I think this is the classic strongman, fascist handling of criticism. It’s not that something changed. No, it’s the critic that’s wrong! How dare they say such lies, they never needed to change because they’ve always been this way!

        “Officially the change of partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible.”

        George Orwell, “1984”

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        Sadly, any time a politician should dare change their mind in the face of new experience/evidence they are attacked for waffling, indecisiveness, untrustworthy, or unpredictable by competitors. Nuance and evolving perspectives are punished severely in politics. Of course in this case it’s nothing so noble, but many good politicians have been undone by admitting to changing their minds.

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    Idiots who say midterms and primaries don’t matter are the reason so many of these morons make it to office.

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      To be fair most people don’t bother doing any research whatsoever and go off looks, what their social circle//family/church is doing, instincts, vibes, or something else equally arbitrary. Then they go to the general and if there’s even more than one person on the ticket, then they just vote for their “team” because That’s what they’ve been conditioned to do.

      So yeah, the 2 party system is a nightmare.

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    Why is this filthy piece of shit over in Israel spewing her trash lies as if she represents the United States?

    She absolutely does not, she is unwashed traitor scum.