• The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Normally, but malignantly narcissistic behaviour is just about the only subject on which he is a passionate expert.

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    How the shit does someone not just Lee Harvey Oswald this man already? There’ve been better men killed for worse reasons.

    • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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      If the assassination of Julius Caesar became a model for the effective removal of a tyrant, it was also a powerful reminder that getting rid of a tyrant did not necessarily dispose of tyranny.

      -Dame Mary Beard

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      It’s mostly right wingers who murder for political reasons. When you know deep down your worldview is a snakepit, that’s when you decide to take the law into your own hands like that.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      You talk as if being an evil politician is a predictor of being assassinated. That’s 100% the opposite of how that works.

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          Yes. It’s the good ones who are assassinated. And no not by Trump. Not by Presidents. By hidden people you haven’t heard of.

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      21st century custom would seem to suggest a limited yield warhead delivered via FPV drone, whilst another recon drone films both.

      Yes, the required moral barrier warranting it has long been cleared… It was past deserved back in the central park five days.

  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    Stupid american politicians aside, I hate how this community is just US news nowadays.

    Yeah I know it’s because of the significant inherent overlap, but do we not have some /c/usnews or such?

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      I propose USA National Television & News, or /c/UNTnews for short.

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      Stupid american politicians aside

      …that’s like 60% of the headlines in the world that fit this community hand waved away… 80% if you only count the ones in English.

      It’s like going to a baker and complaining that there’s too many flour-based products…

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
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      People liking paying attention to me is more important than anything else in my life

      Like a shitty child, he’s just looking for attention. Good or bad, attention is attention. Bad attention is easier to get so here we are.

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    I dislike Trump as much as the next sane, intelligent human, but context matters. The ways specifically talking about going to NBC and running a show. And there, yes, ratings are all that matters.

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    Actually what trump said is “You can be nice” because “the only thing that matters is ratings”.

    See? I can do bullshit too.

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      Yeah I despise Trump but we don’t need to ignore context to make him look bad. He does that plenty without the quote mining

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    YEAH!!! RUNNING MAN!!! Let’s do this people. It is the logical next step. We have cameras, audience, and contestants. This would be a money maker for advertisers.