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    Conservatives don’t care about truth or consistency. When they bullshit, and you get mad, it gets them off. Because what are you going to do about it? Nothing. You’re weak (in their mind).

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      When they bullshit, and you get mad, it gets them off.

      You’re weak (in their mind).

      They have an obsession with strength. As someone who isn’t competitive, I don’t really care. A lot on the right are deeply insecure. What I do is turn it around and go for the jugular-- psychoanalyse them. You go far deeper under their skin and they will be madder than they hope you would be by their own trolling.

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      He is currently the highest position of the military. I think he counts as a vet, technically

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        I thought being Commander in Chief gave him authority as a civilian. But I’ll be honest… never looked into it. Though, even if I’m right… the guy has 34 felonies so far… not like this would really matter to him at this point.

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    Well, many of the Spartans were pedophiles, and their economy depended on slavery, so perhaps this is appropriate.

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      Not directly. He serves Russia, which has interests in increasing Iran’s influence on the world stage.

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      I think this is a reference to the movie 300, where there is a line “this is Sparta”, but I never saw the movie and also it doesn’t make sense.

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        It also reminded me of that. But the weird thing is that Sparta is the one we were supposed to root for, in the movie. So why would the Trumpists write Iran there? Maybe just stupidity once again?

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          lol that’s why I added “also it doesn’t make sense.”

          Maybe in bizarro opposite world, the Persians are not the Persians. We are the Persians and the Persians are the Spartans. Therefore they say “this is Iran” and then also lose to us (us being the Persians) and in this twisted remake it now follows the plot line 🤷

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    When Americans see this, do they feel proud of their elected leader? I can tell you what the rest of the world thinks about him.

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      1/3 of the country thinks he’s the best thing to ever happen to America. They eat this stuff up.

      1/3 of the country thinks he’s somewhere between a national embarrassment and an existential threat to our constitutional democracy.

      1/3 of the country is apathetic about politics and cannot be bothered to give a shit over way or the other.

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        And most all of the country can’t afford to do anything since most are a couple paychecks from homelessness and depend on their employer for healthcare.

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          One should wonder, if the majority of a country is living paycheck to paycheck, is that country a developed country?

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          I’d say, they are not equally bad in a moral way. But they are definitely a bigger danger to the world, because the first group might hold a bad apple accountable. Not saying that is happening here, but the apathic self-centered group doesn’t have the means to do that, while the Trump supporters at least have some sort of connections with the people in power.

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      As a Pennsylvanian I saw the writing on the wall leading up to the 2024 election. I grew up in a very conservative household, and my parents are still very pro-Trump. His reelection destroyed me, despite it seeming inevitable. How can a large chunk of this country not only not feel shame from this, but actively encourage and enjoy it?

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        Because your country is broken, and uncivilised

        Stupidity is celebrated and worldliness and curiousity are viewed with fear and suspicion

        Oh, and then there’s the hatred

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        But what do your parents say to those kind of posts? I’m genuinely interested. It’s so bizarre to me.

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      No. It’s constant shame, embarrassment, and fear of what new fuckwitted ideas he’ll have tomorrow.

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    Private bonespurs sure does like playing dress up. And musicals. And gold plated everything. And interior design. Just sayin.

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    Hold up, in the background there’s a Greek soldier holding a flag that says This Is Iran? What? So that’s saying that the Greeks and therefore Donald Trump are on Iran’s side? What the fuck? I mean I know it’s silly to look for coherence in anything related to him but still.

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      I know it’s silly to look for coherence in anything related to him but still.

      Definitely. The intended effect is something more like “Holy shit, did you see that photo of Trump with that guy from 300? Apparently they went to Iran together and shot up a bunch of terrorists with sick machine guns! I bet 300 guy Sparta-kicked Saddam Hussein or whoever right in the NUTS! He’s such a bad-ass!”

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    Famously. So famously in fact that there are YouTubers who make videos hypothesizing whether x-group of soldiers could win or even survive against those persians, if the Persians never lost morale and broke. And I mean up to shit like 40K Space Marines.