• Senseless@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    How people like this are in politics and the media is reporting about them is beyond me.

    Straight to the loony bin.

    • Ace@feddit.uk
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      1 month ago

      I think of politicians in a way that has an analogy: the YouTube algorithm.

      I’ve heard people say that whenever someone complains about the “algorithm,” they should replace the word “algorithm” with “audience.” For example, “The algorithm makes me upload every day” or “The algorithm favours videos with ridiculous thumbnails and clickbait titles.” In reality, the algorithm is simply delivering what the audience wants to watch.

      Similarly, these bizarre politicians who say ridiculous things gain attention because it works. Somewhere, someone is changing their vote based on this kind of rhetoric. If it didn’t resonate, they wouldn’t say it, and their party wouldn’t give them a platform that ultimately makes them look bad. So in a way, don’t blame the politicians directly: blame the people who pay attention to them.

    • Tetsuo@jlai.lu
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      1 month ago

      The shame of having people ready to elect MTG and Trump is way worse.

      These people were elected. Remember that.

  • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    It’s unclear who the “they” are that Greene is referring to in this scenario.

    It might be Democrats, or maybe it’s the same people running the space lasers. Or does she maybe think those are the same groups? Or… you know what, I think I’m happier not knowing how her tiny mind works.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Even in her incoherent nonsense she somehow manages to engage in projection, with the bullshit notion that Democrats (instead of Republicans) would want to suppress voter turnout.

  • Random_Character_A@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Hello. Anyone hearing me? My simulation is broken.

    Batshit crazy morons have a international voice and political power, instead of raving on some street corner with a tinfoil hat and bottle of anti-freeze.

    Fix this glitch please.

  • barsquid@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Repubs: humans cannot alter the climate only Jesus can.

    Also Repubs: Dems directly attacked the Bible Belt with a category 4 hurricane.