• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        no one can learn anything in the modern world

        edit: i don’t like the tone i took with this comment. i forgot the golden rule of the internet that tone is always lost so you must always post in earnest if you post at all. what i hope for is actually that people will look at the past 5, 10, 20, 50, 80, 100, and 160 years to see what works and what doesn’t when it comes to getting people more access to dignified living. it’s very consistently organizing into a big strong coalition of the people that transcends race, gender, and sexual identity

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        Agree. I think everyone should skip to make a point but my guess is most politicians will go to ‘show respect for the office’. Most of them are spineless PR machines.

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    I’m old enough to recall Bush political cartoons, he was constantly a monkey clown for our amusement. I’m fine with any President being portrayed as a monkey, personally.

    But this struck me immediately as deeply racist. I think it’s because of the attack on the former first lady? It’s a visceral reaction.

    What did she ever do to anybody?

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    I figured that when the Epstein Files came out, there would be so many other names in there, that Trump wouldn’t really stand out that much.

    Turns out, I was wrong. He was way more involved than everybody else, COMBINED.

    I should know better by now. Every time we think that something he’s accused of is too horrific, even for him, it turns out that he was far more into it than we ever thought.

    Epstein himself said that Trump was “evil beyond belief,” and “I have met some very bad people, none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body… so yes – dangerous”

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    Yeah I’m sorry. But what options corporate Dems left me with?
    Maybe vote fuckers out before asking for me vote?

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      Observe, the species, Doesn’t Know How Voting Works in its natural habitat: the comment thread. When confronted with the basic mechanics of civic participation, it emits a plaintive cry "What options did you leave me with?” as though choice itself were an external force imposed upon it by predators known as “corporate Dems.”

      Note the confusion. The species believes voting is something that happens after all desired outcomes are guaranteed, rather than the mechanism by which those outcomes are pursued. It demands that representatives be voted out before it votes, a remarkable example of temporal dislocation. Cause and effect have collapsed into one another.

      This behavior is not malicious, merely maladaptive. Faced with imperfect options, the creature opts for ritualized sulking instead of strategic participation. It mistakes abstention for leverage, and indignation for agency.

      A tragic irony, really. By refusing to engage, Doesn’t Know How Voting Works ensures the very conditions it claims to despise persist, then wonders aloud how such a thing could possibly have happened. Fascinating.

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        Note the condescending lib. They feel so superior while offering nothing but more genocide and planetary destruction.

        Sorry, I don’t have the time or smug to write a short story about it.

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    I mean who knew electing a disgusting racist paedophile would result in that? Better elect him again.

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      Saw this in a post somewhere.

      He’s a super-sexist-pedophile-nazi-racist-potus.

      Say it like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

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        He is the very model of a model racist-potus,
        He’s prone to information super-sexist-nazi locust…

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      Yes, the original video was. Which is why everyone should bring it right back to the tRUMP-Epstein files like in the above picture.

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    Black Republicans: “I sure hope that’s fake or you guys apologize”

    How the hell could it be fake and you know he won’t, but keep towing that party line.

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        Voters: because we want CHANGE!!!

        Politicians: because he’s black, got it

        [Later]

        Voters: we demand change or we’re gonna burn it all down

        Politicians: wow you’re so sexist

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    About 4 or 5 years ago, I was at a relative’s house – The relative was one of those people that basically watch Fox News 24/7. So, unfortunately I was exposed to the literal propaganda that is Fox News. Calling it propaganda is literally and understatement.

    Anyway, at one point during the 5 o’clock “news”, they aired a segment that featured Democrats in congress. They played the audio feed from whatever hearing or whatever was going on, but the video feed was a bunch of chimpanzees in a zoo setting.

    So, what happened today is nothing new. This is who conservative Republicans in the USA are and have always been.

    More importantly, reach out to people in your life, and especially people of color. What happened today is absolutely disgusting, and a lot of people are/were already struggling with things. A bit of kindness, connection with others goes a long way. Community and connections are especially critical in these times, and checking in with your friends, family, and neighbors is basically the least you can do, but also one of the most impactful things you can do right now.

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      You’re not wrong, and playing a video feed of chimpanzees while Democrat representatives are speaking is dumb, but I imagine it was a mix of colors and genders. Putting the former PoC president and his wife’s faces on fucking apes is another level. It’s a very old, very specific, and very intentional act of racism…

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        No point carrying water for racists. Regardless of the skin tone, racism is the point.

        I don’t understand how any rational person could fall for the ploy that “some of those politicians had pale skin!!!”