They live in an alternate reality. I told him, "I don't know how you missed trump sending a violent mob to stop the peaceful transfer of power, the false electorates, and the lies about the election."
That was the insane topping on the cake. All the pandemic fuck ups, the PPP oversight/robbery, the USPS takeover, anti vaccine shit and loads of other bullshit was only his last year in office. It was something crazy every fucking day since his inauguration in 2017. It really feels like we're living with pod people. Invasion of the body snatchers type shit. Like we're in a PKD novel.
My semi regular reminder that in that brief moment of time when McConnel showed some guts in the day after the violent coup attempt, his sister suffered an accidental death at a party at his mansion where she drove her car into a pond and drowned. And weirdly suddenly next day McConnel was back to being 100% a Maga Loyalist.
It was a free for all for him and all the scumbags that kissed his ass. Lots of maralago associates, crooked contractors, and other politicians just stole whatever they could and it was "forgiven." Once Biden got into office only regular people who tried to do the same thing were investigated and charged. Its a fucking joke. In some ways democrats are trash too but MAGA is on another level of scum. The GOP was bad enough before the MAGA movement.
I remember how peaceful and low stress the Biden administration was. I woke up one morning about two months in and told my wife, "omg, I didn't feel compelled to check Google news this morning"
I hate that I'm back to that now. Literally checking the news three times a day to find out who we're at war with now...
Yep, aggravated every day. The thing that drives me even more crazy is the TV news and most people i encounter during the day act like everything is normal.
I mean, I know 2 wives of MAGAt husbands, that are obvious victims of Stockholm syndrome, that genuinely didn't know about his "Grab-em by the xxssy" remark. Is there a MAGAt store that sells only authorized programming televisions to people? Couldn't believe it!
The thing I see a thread through with true believers is their insistence on doing your own research bc they had “done” their own. Feels like a bunch of dummies were told if you believe this you’ll be smarter than the educated people.. no point here, just something I’ve noticed.
and their 'research' is always related to the youtube algorithm. THey watch one pro Trump video, their feed shows them nothing but, and then they go oh, okay, this is reality then.
Exactly, no one normal has done any research, so “do your own research” just means watching a bunch of grifters on YouTube, this is especially evident in the crypto space
Its becsuse they didnt do their own research. They listened to other people who did their own research. The problem is, those people were fast talking, snake oil salesmen who loaded their arguments with every type of fallacy
Also put out a hit on Mike Pence for doing his job and refusing to do something he lacked the authority to do, which buried Pence's career. (Not that I'm disappointed Pence isn't fucking with me any more).
“they live in an alternate reality” is not a good framing or phrasing of their beiefs. for one, our reality is one where people can follow whatever fictions suit them (for better or worse), which is what we all do. #2 it doesn’t seek to understand and just claims your righteousness as matter of fact. while they may well be on the wrong side of history, categorizing them as like too stupid to see things as you do.
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u/Artaxmudshoes 2d ago
They live in an alternate reality. I told him, "I don't know how you missed trump sending a violent mob to stop the peaceful transfer of power, the false electorates, and the lies about the election."