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This shit has proven to be alienating in the past, so shooting themselves in the foot maybe? -- nm

Posted by Reagen Sep 29 '24, 11:23

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If your only strategy is "lean in" eventually you just create too much entropy and self-immolate. *knocks wood* -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 11:51
I view it as another eating the dogs thing. -- nm - David Sep 29, 11:28 12
- To be clear, that was a hail mary at getting America to talk about immigration for days and it worked. -- nm - con_carne Sep 29, 11:31 11
  - they stepped on their dicks and tripped into that -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 11:59 10
    - No, it was deliberate since immigration along with xenophobia have always been one of the top Trump talking points. -- nm - con_carne Sep 29, 12:06 9
      - opinions vary. To me it's more likely they legit thought they had or would procure evidence and could use it at face value, and they pulled the trigge - rollo Sep 29, 12:17 8
        
        It parallels the ancient trope that jews killed virgins for blood to make matzo, ( the darker spots on top of the Cracker that toasts more) - zeitgeist Sep 29, 12:26
        
        Not sure I follow you. Both things can be true. -- nm - con_carne Sep 29, 12:23 6
        
        "I made it up to get you talking about the real story" was ex post facto justification. They actually believed it was true and were shocked that they - Reagen Sep 29, 12:27 5
        
        They didn't do some basic research, which would have told them Haitians have never been know for eating cats and dogs. - . Sep 29, 12:31 4
        
        to be clear, they do not care about the second part. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 12:44
        
        it started as ducks and geese (horrible but plausible) and they didn't blink when it shifted and amplified to household pets(horrible and implausible) -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 12:37 2
        
        Yeah, I guess I'm having trouble squaring the "they were waiting for evidence" with this shift that is surely a fabrication. -- nm - con_carne Sep 29, 12:44 1
        
        The failure to ever find Miss Sassy again would have sufficed as "evidence" -- nm - rollo Sep 29, 12:56
It has? I actually hadn't heard that. -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 11:27 6
- It's why there's a governor Roy Cooper, for one thing. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 11:33 5
  - Perhaps. This one feels a little different though? - ty97 Sep 29, 12:00 4
    - It's natural to be worries, the history of bigotry runs long. But non-terminally online people (which does not include us) see this and think - Reagen Sep 29, 12:23 1
      - I do tend to agree, I think -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 13:47
    - At some point, it becomes mad libs for hateful people ... he's close to that point. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 12:03 1
      - One could speculate that if he knows he can't win reasonable-minded folks, he's proceeding with whipping up and recreating Jan. 6 - Max Sep 29, 12:18

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