• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I have posted this dozens of times since it occurred. Back after the 2016 election, there was a panel of the creators of TV’s top political dramas. House of Cards, Scandal, The West Wing, and others. All the writers and producers said the same thing; if they’d had a character say that they ‘liked soldiers who didn’t get captured’ the TV networks and advertisers would have demanded that the character be destroyed by a massive wave of public opinion.

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      11 months ago

      That’s so true and it just shows in way how trump supporters are willing to turn a blind eye so long as they think they are sticking it to the rest of us. What they don’t see is how it also corrupts them and ruins their own lives in the process.

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        11 months ago

        Trump had a lottery where the top prize was dinner with him in the White House. There has never been a single winner. Trump hates his voters more than he hates Obama, but they’ll happily die for him.

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      11 months ago

      I was so confused in 2016 by everyone who was excited for Trump, and I didn’t quite get why.

      Now those same people feel a lot more comfortable saying horrible opinions in public and I’m like oh, that was why.