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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh fuck off, they're out there, and you're still parroting this? "The epstein files" (the idea of them, not the actual files) are distracting you from your president bombing people on Christmas mate

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yes they’re out and there’s some terrible shit about him in there but he doesn’t want anyone asking him questions about it. You should know since it sounds like you’ve had enough time to read over 30,000 pages.

Do I think being best buddies with a known peodphile and sex trafficker is the worst thing he’s done, probably not but he absolutely doesn’t want to talk about it because he has no good answers.

It’s all part of his flood the zone tactics to control the narrative of anything. So, he’ll continue to violently kill and imprison people, and put his name on stupid shit, and kill the planet with coal, and tear down the norms of this country. Anything to provide distractions that his base can focus on and to avoid any questions or prosecution.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Of course he has "answers": liberal witch hunt, they don't want America being great, blah blah blah. If facts were relevant, he would've already faced the consequences for shitting on the constitution every other day since he took office. It's mind boggling to me that Americans are still expecting justice to come from within a system that is part of the problem.

What do you expect to happen? That if memes reach critical spiciness he will implode? Asking questions will stop him?

And these "distractions", they are just more heinous actions. It's not some empty news cycle drama. Killing people across the world just adds onto the pile of reasons he needs to be removed

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

What do you expect to happen?

Probably nothing and he dies a sadly comfortable life.

I participate in protests and boycotts, I donate as much as I can to organizations I believe in. I talk to my friends about trying to organize more and I constantly talk to them about a general strike and a need to shut the system down as it is. My career actively helps against waste and climate change. You’ll probably say that’s the bare minimum and maybe it is but I have a family to take care of so I can’t be out there like Greta Thunberg. It’s not that I don’t think violence can change things but I’m a nonviolent person.

I understand that my comments on a niche social media website will do nothing to change anything.

My apologies if that’s not enough for you random stranger.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Uhh ok sure. I'd love to hear your reasoning behind this, but actually don't bother. I don't want to lose braincells

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago

You sound exactly like all the Russian trolls.

If you’re not one, you got tricked. If you are one, you got tricked.