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milestogo

(19,804 posts)
1. I remember when a journalist gave her op-ed on
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 02:51 PM
Jan 10

how inappropriate she thought it was for an ex-president to wear workshirts and work on building homes for the poor. I wanted to rip her lungs out. Instead I let her station hear from me about how stupid I thought she was.

This was in the eighties, long before MAGATs. Just idiot Reagan Republicans.

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ck4829

(36,739 posts)
2. Yes, and this is ongoing. They'll decry "elitism" then turn around and dismiss AOC because she was a bartender
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 02:52 PM
Jan 10

unblock

(54,731 posts)
3. They ridicule anyone in Hollywood who expresses a political opinion
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 02:55 PM
Jan 10

Unless it's a right-winger, especially saint Ronnie.

They clutch their pearls at the slightest hint of impropriety or technical lawbreaking then vote for a convicted criminal and official rapist. Excuse me, sexual assaulter that a jury found liable for what the judge described as rape.

They raked Al gore over the coals for boasting and supposedly lying about his extensive early contributions to the internet, then voted for the biggest braggart and most thoroughly documented liar in history.

They are blatantly divisive while they accuse us of being divisive.


Their words add nothing to the conversation because they have no principles beyond Republican good, democrats bad.

If the media still had any hint of journalistic integrity, they would recognize this and largely deny them airtime. Instead, they let republicans determine the issues, the framing, the catch-phrases, and basically the whole story.

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