• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is, conceptually, a really important discussion. This author treats this important discussion like an early 2000s Myspace page.

    As fodder in the spin wars, her ruling has a little something for everyone. Trump supporters can rightly note that Wallace rejected arguments (like mine!) that their guy is ineligible for the presidency; Trump critics can respond that, after trying the issue, she found Trump indeed engaged in the insurrection, even though he was not among the rioters at the Capitol that day.

    This is just truly awful writing for such an important piece of potential American history.

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      This important piece of American history is kinda like an early 2000s Myspace page, or something embarrassing and juvenile like that. Like, let’s not forget that we’re dealing with an existential threat to our country and way of life that’s taken the form of Donald fuckin Trump, quite possibly the trashiest piece of 80s excess and reality TV to ever walk this planet. The whole thing is both very stupid and incredibly serious.

      If it’s any comfort, I’m sure there were people in the 30s who thought getting messages from Hitler and FDR over those newfangled radios was kind of trashy too.

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        If any of us were sent back in time to try to stop him, could we convince anyone that this is actually real?

        It feels so surreal watching Trump take power. It’s like living in a Simpsons cartoon.

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        This important piece of American history is kinda like an early 2000s Myspace page, or something embarrassing and juvenile like that

        Lol I suppose there is a sort of poetry in the coverage matching the subject matter.