I don't think you're supposed to fact-check gestures anymore under the new administration.Originally Posted by Loki
I don't think you're supposed to fact-check gestures anymore under the new administration.
Carthāgō dēlenda est
I can only wait and see. It's interesting though to see firsthand how people are taking this tiktok situation. It may have faded away in two years time. On the other had it starts to look like we were hoodwinked in a too blatant way. People easily forget politics. But they can get awfully resentful if you mess with their toys.
And hunky woodchopper getting political in front of his 10 million followers was a sight to behold.
Congratulations America
No surprises there, I've always appreciated his takes when a commenter causes him to veer into social justice topics.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
Is it woke to oppose drug trafficking?
You approach this from the wrong side. It's not conductive to your aims to ridicule the people who you need to win back. Liberals in the USA have lost many people who in principle agree with them, but who don't want to have them agreeing being taken to it's extremest variant being normalised and being denied at the same time. It's time for you to admit that you started woke. And when you were called out on it started ridiculing the use of the term at all, as if you didn't know how you had used it, while materially turning on the practise a notch up.
Millions were abhorred when Musk made that salute. But you Loki, look in the mirror and know: 'das haben Sie gemacht'.
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Referring to this:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve875o
As for Elon: he's been sucking up to the AfD for months now. It's pretty clear where he got his salute from.
It?s not very important wherever it came from. It?s much more relevant where it landed.
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I don't have the patience to explain why doing Nazi salutes is a bad thing.
Nobody asked you to do that. But you should think about why so many people in the audience wholeheartedly received it.
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38% of the population is entirely onboard with white supremacy and support this. Another 12% voted for Trump because they're concerned about the cost of living but are too dumb to realize Trump will make things worse. These people are overwhelmingly ignoring the news. The other 50% oppose Trump and don't need to be persuaded that Nazism is bad. Nothing will change until Trump starts tanking the economy. Waiting for those tariffs and wars with the Fed.
Some strategy; waiting for the other side to fail while having no plan. You don't see how much permanent damage they're doing to the federal structure?
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What strategy? All the institutions are either supporting Trump or too afraid to challenge him. He's breaking law and after law and nothing is being done about it. He's taking revenge on his enemies and facing no consequences. Until most people can't deny that he fucked things up, nothing will happen.
So much doom, personally I think the cuts to government bloat is going to be nice. Already we see companies following suit in getting rid of deadweight (and racist) programs. Lots of things that Trump does aren?t going to be good (tariffs) but there?s been some nice wins so far.
Right, Lewk. DEI is like half the federal budget.
Talk about an absurd goalpost. Half the federal budget isn?t going to get cut, it basically can?t given how much is entitlements.
Are you really thinking the chaotic unwinding of the federal government is in the interest of the States and ordinary citizens?
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If I had a penny for every time the president of a major country rug-pulled their followers with a crypto meme coin, I'd have two pennies but it's weird that it happened twice.
The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun
He's now trying to fire CIA agents...for the high crime of trying to recruit new agents. Anyone supporting this menace is a traitor.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/0...onnel-00204803
Hope is the denial of reality
I wonder when Europe is going to acknowledge openly that the USA is no longer an ally.
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Give it a few months.
Most of Europe already knows, it's more a question of when the UK decides to recover its dignity and do something abt its "middle-aged bloke looking for an open relationship" energy
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Everyone on both sides of the Atlantic seems like they're in shock, like, 'oh shit this is really happening', trying to figure out how far it's actually going to go.
The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun
I think NATO's in trouble. No idea why these guys are hell bent on tearing down the institutions that preserved ~70 years of American supremacy, but hey, maybe there just wasn't enough evil in it all. The US will be able to get up to some really bad stuff partnered with Russia and her satellites. We won't even have to pretend.
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
Don't know why specifically, but most likely quid-pro-quo.No idea why these guys are hell bent on tearing down the institutions that preserved ~70 years of American supremacy, but hey, maybe there just wasn't enough evil in it all.
The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun
Because that's what Putin wants.
This whole thing makes me think of that movie 'the Machurian candidate' quite often.
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I wonder if American weapons producers will be able to sell anything to other countries any longer after the shit show of the last weeks. Even for the most ardent Atlanticists it's becoming clear that the USA is a dangerous partner.
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We've now witnessed the single dumbest policy the US has implemented since the 1930s.
Hope is the denial of reality
https://theonion.com/fbi-uncovers-al...-c-1819576375/
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
41% tariffs on the Falkland Islands, it's all over for the kelpers
The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun
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