• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Republicans consider a “joke” to mean what they retroactively designate something that they meant in earnest as soon as they get pushback.

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    The Narcissist’s Prayer

    That didn’t happen.

    And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.

    And if it was, that’s not a big deal.

    And if it is, that’s not my fault.

    And if it was, I didn’t mean it.

    And if I did, you deserved it.

    • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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      The people who voted for evil do.

      The people who failed to vote against evil do, but less.

      The people who voted against evil? No fuckin chance.

      “America” is too wide a brush, but I get talking that way.

    • Phegan@lemmy.world
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      A lot of people are going to suffer who didn’t vote for him. This is as callous as the fascists.

    • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Conservative / fascist leaders deserve it, the rest of us do not. The kids who were too young to vote, the leftists who fight against fascism, and the workers who don’t have the time to follow politics do not deserve any of what is to come.

  • zib@lemmy.world
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    I used to have a boss who like to joke about firing people on his team. He was a nice guy and there was no ill intention behind the jokes, but we eventually had to sit him down and tell him that he couldn’t joke about that stuff because it causes a great deal of stress to people given his position.

    Another example is bomb jokes in airports. Aside from just being in poor taste, that’s something that will get you arrested and probably put on a no-fly list for life because it’s an extremely serious matter with no exceptions.

    So, even if Trump and his people are just joking about these horrible things, it’s completely unacceptable when it’s entirely believable they would do this stuff and would be in a position to make it happen.

    TLDR: There are just some things you don’t fucking joke about.

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      Every single time any of them say anything atrocious, it gets dismissed by the people who realize how bad it is as a joke.

      Every single time.

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      Sounds like you hate free speech! You would really imprison others for a difference of opinion??!

      —any random trumpfuck

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      I joke about firing people sometimes, but I am not a manager and never want to be managing anyone. I only say it to people who know that I have no power over them which is the only time this joke is OK.

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        I do IT at a semiconductor foundry, and only us and managers walk around with laptops. I don’t even have to say anything, and people get in panic mode and scramble to look like they are working until I say don’t worry, I’m just IT. I won’t say a word.

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    Conservatives: I like [insert obnoxious conservative figurehead] because they tell it like it is, they mean what they say

    Also conservatives, sometimes in the same breath: Fake! [obnoxious conservative figurehead] didn’t mean that! Taken out of context! 'Tis but a jape!

    Jesus fuck the reality distortion field is strong, it’s like doublethink but without being a clever social trick to survive, it’s just they’re that stupid.

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    “He’s probably just joking” is something I heard so much over the past few years about things the right has been spewing. THEY ARE NOT JOKING, THEY ARE NEVER JOKING! I don’t know how this is a hard thing to understand.

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      Also, if they are lying about these things, why did they vote for a liar? A lot of people who called agenda 2025 fake or lies still voted for the party representing it.