• Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    But this guy wasn’t even a tyrant. He was just a fucking pawn. And there’s going to be somebody else ready to step in and take his place.

    This doesn’t solve anything. It just gives the right a much needed distraction and the illusion of having an excuse to crackdown hard on the left. They would have done it either way, but this basically buys them cover.

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      10 months ago

      Right? They’ve been treating the left so fairly this whole time and now we went and made them mad

      *Edit - I misread OP’s comment, and jumped on the wrong part.

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        10 months ago

        Literally the opposite of what I said but sure. Would love to hear what the fuck you believe this accomplishes to stop fascism or even right wing propaganda? If the administration actually dials it back after this, I guess I’ll buy you a fucking drink and we’ll have a good laugh about how right you were the whole time.

        Every time something like this happens, I honestly wonder how many people are actually this clueless and how many are just astroturfing/trolls working on behalf of the right and this administration to spread disinformation and outrage propaganda. I would like to believe it’s a ratio of about 15:85, but I’m also an optimist.

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          10 months ago

          I just re-read your comment and didn’t see the words “illusion of,” so I actually did misunderstand you and apologize.

          I’ll edit my comment to acknowledge that, but I’m still going to celebrate the dead fascist because it’s the news we need right now