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So now the goalposts are at declaring war on Mexico.

Cool cool.

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Its been there awhile with these people…I wish I was kidding but they believe Mexico and other countries that way are so evil this is reasonable. Their stereotypes just seem to get more and more crazy that they believe…

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Many conservatives think that Mexico is a problem the same way they think that Native American tribes self governance is a problem. The Mexican history is that of the native Mexicans winning out over the Spanish and forming their country and many conservatives are still pissed about the Alamo because they think we should have kept going south in conquest.

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Yea which is why I wish it was easier to take them down when they threaten violence to send us into a war. Since I know I can’t get things done to show I’m not capable myself for that or a lot of things(the audhd panics and meltdowns are oof with his stressed I stay…). Like the fact they won’t believe they’re in the minority sucks 😕

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Real patriots want to declare war on Mexico then you’re not a real patriot. We need more patriots in this country to make America great again. And we’ll make them pay for it! Mark my words Mexico will pay for the wall. Some of them are good people too but they will pay for the wall when we win the war. SAD but TRUE.

/s

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106 points

DeSantis is a fucking moron.

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He’s really not, his base is dumb and he plays to them rather effectively but he’s not dumb just manipulative and without morality.

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I disagree, he’s dumb and horrible with anything that has to do with economics too. Fascism is a terrible system.

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I subscribe to the dumb-dumbs can vote for dumb-dumbs theory myself.

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Politicians play roles, his is to be hateful and just barely effective. In that situation playing dumb is quite effective.

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I agree that he manipulates his base.

He’s a fucking idiot, that’s not negotiable. He does too many things that do not serve the manipulation of his base that are too dumb to excuse. The meatball has no brain.

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You are correct.

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63 points

Americans are dumber than I thought.

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That become very obvious in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023.

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29 points

Our systems are just so unbelievably broken. They gerrymander and destroy other systems to keep themselves in power and its just sick.

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10 points

We have been far too tolerant of the intolerant for far too long. This is inevitable

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Seriously…it’s that whole “they came after this group and you said nothing” bc we ignored the red flags. People ignore the signs until it hits them and its too late despite those like me doing what we can(which isn’t much) to fight it…

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They’re dumber because lots of them want Trump, but I wouldn’t say this makes Americans as a whole dumber because very few of them support DeSantis. He’s just throwing random shit out there like this at this point.

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Sadly, our woefully inept electoral system lets the few dumb ones speak loudly for the rest of us.

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American Republicans*** Don’t lump me in with those assholes.

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1 point

Euphoric Xenophobia moment.

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56 points

Does anyone know if he’s had like… significant head trauma at any point?

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28 points

Classic lead poisoning

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If not, perhaps it’s time to correct that oversight.

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4 points

Lots of fingernail damage to his temporal lobe.

here’s a map

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How does a state have missiles against foreign country?

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I wouldn’t put anything past Florida at this point. Florida man finds ways 😩

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We left that world behind with Harambe

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We’re on the verge of seeing a presidential candidate, during a debate, shove his hand down the back of his pants, pull out a handful of crap, and throw it at his opponent on live television…and still manage to win the election somehow.

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Fuck our actual shit world, I want the “makes sense” world.

Those who are losing don’t think a pyric victory is all that bad. As the social war wins move more in one direction, I expect to see more bullshittery happen.

The only thing we can do is fight for what’s right, and never stop doing that. Things will get better again, eventually. Or the dolphins and the cockroaches will look around at the charred landscape and wonder “WTF?”.

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