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@MikeBales I have no major a problem with that from a policy standpoint - disagreeing on issues - immigration, abortion, etc. - debating respectfully. But how do I get past MAGA is facilitating a more autocratic system, akin to Orban, or substituting populism for science and expertise?

"Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul — all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn’t but always has been — arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshipped like gospel. It is America’s shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn’t just lose its soul — it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.” Oliver Kornetzke

“We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country, that lie and steal and cheat on elections… The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave, than the threat from within. Our threat is from within.” - Donald Trump But sure, it’s the left pushing hateful, divisive rhetoric. Yep. 100%.

@WhiteHouse Hypocrite!

Enough is enough.

O’Donnell: “Is there’s something you as president can do about political violence.” Trump: “I do think the hate speech of the Democrats is very dangerous.” ————————————————— Trump to Democratic governors, “I wish them only the worst. May they rot in hell..” “Merry Christmas to all, including the radical left scum that is doing everything to destroy our country.” Trump called protesters “animals”and “enemies.” Trump called immigrants “not people,” “snakes” and “garbage.” “The radical left is responsible for all the terrorism.” Trump called for execution level punishment of his political opponents. Oh and let’s not forget him depicting the Obama’s as apes. Sadly, these are only a few of Trump’s hateful, politically violent rhetoric

America will not be lectured about civility by far right extremists in Congress. Particularly those who provide aid and comfort to hundreds of violent rioters who brutally beat police officers on January 6. There will be ample time to vigorously debate the issues of the day. Now is a time to unify.

Saying that Trump is bad President who routinely deploys violent rhetoric and is a unique threat to liberal Democracy are appropriate and true statements. We should be full-throated in our condemnation of political violence and violent rhetoric. But we should continue to tell the truth about Trump.

@FLOTUS You have plenty to say about Kimmel's "hateful rhetoric" but nothing about your husband's evil words. That is blatant hypocrisy. Maybe speak up about your husband and then we'll listen.

Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America. People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate. A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough.  It is time for ABC to take a stand.  How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.

Trump has called the left: - Enemy within - Scum - Terrorists - Vermin - Radical - Lunatics - Demonic - Evil - Fascists - Marxists - Communists - Garbage - The enemy of the people - The enemy within - Treasonous - Animals - Degenerates - Jew haters - Lowlives

Spare me the “poor Trump is a victim of left-wing rhetoric” nonsense. No other President before him attacked Americans the way he does on a daily basis! A Judges’s house has been blown up, Melissa Hortman & her husband murdered, Violence against immigrants has increased 900% since his last campaign, Judges & Members of Congress get daily threats on their lives and their families lives. Trump is a stochastic terrorist. No one uses more “heated rhetoric” than he does! Partial list of Trump attacks: Obama: accuses him of treason, trying to "steal the election,” and accuses him of spying on MOC via FISA warrants (that GOP Congress just tried to re-up in the middle of the night). Biden: accuses him and his entire family of crimes, falsely claims he stole the 2020 election, accused him of treason. Kamala Harris: calls her "mentally impaired," "disabled," and "born that way,” “low IQ.” Claims she is a threat to the country. Liz Cheney: called for her to be sent to military tribunals. Adam Schiff: Shifty Adam Schiff" and "crooked," saying he should be "brought to justice" for alleged fraud. Nancy Pelosi: “Enemy from within,” implied military action could be needed against her and other political opponents. Mocked the brutal beating & attempted murder of her husband. Mark Milley: Said he should be executed for treason. Reps Alyssa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, Maggie Goodlander, Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, and Chris DeLuzio: calls them traitors" and said their actions were "punishable by DEATH". Letitia James & Alvin Bragg: Targeted as part of a campaign of retribution, Continuously calls them "corrupt.” The media: Calls them “enemies of the people," and “fake news,” who “should be charged with treason.” The people who helped get him into office twice-Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones: Just two weeks ago called them "low IQ," "losers," and "nut jobs.” The POPE: attacked the Pope for being anti-war! 
  Revoked security detail from: Anthony Fauci John Bolton Mark Milley John Bolton Hunter Biden Ashley Biden Kamala Harris Mike Pompeo
 Illegal Immigrants: Trump dehumanizes them constantly, calling them "savages," "animals," and "not human". Protestors: Calls everyone who doesn’t agree with him “enemies of the people” who, “Hate America.” Judges: Calls them activist judges and “enemies of the people,” includes their families in his attacks. SCOTUS: Accused the Conservatives who don’t bend to his will of being an influenced by the “radical left,” calling them “bad,” “weak” and “stupid.” No other American President has attacked Americans like this! Not one!

Trump is a Scummy Radical, Terrorist, Lunatic. He's a Demonic Vermin and Evil Fascist Marxist. Trump is Garbage. He's the true enemy of the people and the enemy within this great nation. Trump is clearly a treasonous animal and a degenerate lowlife running this country into the ground. These aren't my words. These are all things that Trump has said about Democrats over the last 6 months.

Sincere question: do Trump supporters who genuinely want to reduce political violence actually think that lobbing transparently hypocritical accusations about the left's rhetoric is in any way effective? Are we really gonna go through another cycle where MAGA folks point out incendiary rhetoric on the left without ever acknowledging that some of the most violent and incendiary rhetoric in America comes from the President and his supporters? Do you not think the rest of the country has eyes and ears? It's truly awful that President Trump has been the target of political violence. It's also truly awful how he's frequently talked about his political opponents: accusing them of treason, amplifying calls for their execution, publicly celebrating their death, calling them scum, garbage, vermin, animals. It was like 3 weeks ago that he threatened the annihilation of an entire civilization! It was just a few months ago that he and his White House knowingly smeared two Americans who'd been killed by federal agents as domestic terrorists! I hate political violence. I hate what happened last night. Probably 99% of Americans agree. But let's not insult everyone's intelligence by pretending that the most powerful person in the world isn't a huge part of the problem here.

Trump has called the left: - Enemy within - Scum - Terrorists - Vermin - Radical - Lunatics - Demonic - Evil - Fascists - Marxists - Communists - Garbage - The enemy of the people - The enemy within - Treasonous - Animals - Degenerates - Jew haters - Lowlives Shut the fuck up you smug closet case.

Anyone suggesting we should stop accurately pointing out factual ways that the president is wrecking this country on a daily basis, or expressing an opinion about that, because of something a random nut does is espousing a profoundly un-American concept that I completely reject.

@MeidasTouch Is that a vampire?

NEWS: MAGA influencer Scott Presler says he will go to Texas to help challenge Sen. John Cornyn in his primary if the SAVE Act is not passed. MAGA believes Presler could be the key to winning over Texas voters.

The hypocrisy is so clear

@solarface77 @WellsJorda89710 Sore loser. You have to invent an ignorant, absurd narrative just to cope like a child.

@WellsJorda89710 You have to remember Jordan the scam is at the end they wait for the tally and then a couple of big cities dump huge numbers of fake vote... Sorry Reverend elections have been rigged for decades and until the laws are changed nothing will change

🚨 VIRGINIA VOTERS REJECT REDISTRICTING PROPOSAL! Redistricting Results are IN: 🟫 NO: 526,414 votes (53.70%) 🟩 YES: 453,852 votes (46.30%) With only ~34% turnout, Virginians still delivered a clear and decisive NO. Fair districts win. The will of the voters prevails. 🇺🇸 #VARedistricting #VirginiaStrong #ElectionIntegrity

When the illusion finally shatters, what’s left isn’t just disappointment,it’s total embarrassment. The man you invested your faith in wasn’t a savior at all, just an empty act stitched together with arrogance, noise, and relentless self-promotion. All that confidence, all those grand promises, all the swagger,it collapses into something painfully small the moment it’s tested against reality. There’s no hidden genius, no bold disruptor underneath it all. Just a loud, impulsive figure flailing through responsibilities he clearly wasn’t equipped to handle, drowning incompetence in a flood of bluster. In the end, what once looked like strength turns out to be nothing more than cheap theatrics. Not leadership,just a gaudy performance. A caricature. A spectacle. And the real sting isn’t that it was absurd,it’s realizing how long it took to admit you were taken in by his bullshit.

This man's understanding of how GenAI, driven by market forces, leads inevitably to more (self)delusion and consequent division is perfect, and his voice is such an unexpected gift in the otherwise diminishing consciousness and conscience of our world.

Clavicular is young. He has no real lived experience and is a recovered incel who still hasn’t learned how to speak to women without leaning on drugs. All of his opinions are recycled, destructive, borderline psychopathic red pill talking points because he was shaped by that era. He is the actual product and mutation of red pill. I don’t think Clav deserves the level of hate he gets. If anything, he deserves pity. He’s living proof of what that destructive red pill ideology did to an entire generation. It stripped them of soul, meaning, and any real sense of purpose. Older, bitter men who made poor choices in their own lives, embedded those same dark beliefs into younger men as truths. The entire purpose of life is to experience happiness and joy. That applies to men and women. Everyone deals with hardship. It is not unique to men. Women deal with physical pain, emotional risk, the burden of choosing the right partner, building safe friendships, and navigating a world where violence is always a possibility. Still, women get up every day and choose joy. Not because life is easy, but because people around us depend on our light. The idea that men are supposed to suffer and reject happiness is a defeatist philosophy which emanates from people whose decisions led them into chaos, and instead of taking accountability, they turned their dysfunction into doctrine to cope with their own misery. Clavicular overdosing at twenty, having seizures, slipping in and out of consciousness. That alone should tell you something is fundamentally broken in the belief system he absorbed. These men are not speaking from wisdom. They are projecting pain because their own brands and online persona do not allow them to cry, be vulnerable or even truthful about their own emptiness and turmoil. They are unhappy. That unhappiness they attempt to soothe with sex addiction, drug addiction, materialism, hedonism, excess in everything and the need for attention and admiration online. But none of it works, because the things you do chips away at your soul everyday until you don’t even know if it still exists. What looks shiny on the surface is not gold. It is all big performances. That’s the name of the game. The performance never stops. So believe me when I tell you, fame isn’t enviable. It is their cage. It is a cage they cannot step out of without losing everything they built their identity on. And the last thing they want is irrelevance. When the fans stop clapping and the admiration turns to hate, they sink further into depression. I do not think Clavicular is a bad person. He is a young man dealing with more demons than he deserves. And many of his demons are a result of early social media exposure and brainwashing.