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... I'm sorry, but this is just so low hanging fruit that I HAVE to make the joke. So everyone understand, this is a joke.

Erhm..

Isn't that the exact type of noise that MAGA likes?
Come to think of it, Trump is making a lot of *white* noise.
 
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... I'm sorry, but this is just so low hanging fruit that I HAVE to make the joke. So everyone understand, this is a joke.

Erhm..

Isn't that the exact type of noise that MAGA likes?
I hope you realize I am black. But I do understand the joke. The joke being that for some people, everything is always about race and identity politics.
 
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I hope you realize I am black. But I do understand the joke. The joke being that for some people, everything is always about race and identity politics.
Fair point.

There are many other reasons to despise what Trump is doing. He is destroying all that is good in government and is establishing military rule over his own country.

All of this from a man who sees a fake AI-generated video of himself promoting med-beds and is apparently unable to understand that this was not really him speaking in the AI video. He decides to post it on his own feed as though it were him talking. Furthermore, since the video promotes the bogus med-beds, he decides to encourage those med-beds himself.

This is not normal. If your granddad did this, you would take his car keys. Men with severe dementia should not drive cars. How can we let this man have the keys to the nuclear football?
 
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Jurgen Habermas spoke about a theory of Communicative action. In this theory before any group can make any effective decisions they must first agree on the processes and procedures by which decisions can be made. They must also determine what kinds of knowledge can inform the processes.

We as a nation are now in a situation where the processes, procedures and kinds of knowledge have been undermined, dismantled, and rendered dysfunctional. And yet those holding the most power are fine with it precisely because they hold power.
 
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I hope you realize I am black.
Well I can't magically see you through your screen, so no. And quite frankly, doesn't matter for the joke, or otherwise either.
But I do understand the joke. The joke being that for some people, everything is always about race and identity politics.
And here I thought some people here argued that conservatives/right wing have a great sense of humour and that we should be allowed to joke. I guess not.
 
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So you are just white noise. Good bye.
Ok, you don't want to talk to us because we don't have anything nice to say about Trump.

That's not quite the way the sales process goes. If someone wants to sell me a car, they will tell me what they think is good about it, even if I hadn't mentioned anything about it that I liked.

If you want to sell us on something good about Trump, make your pitch.
 
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