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malaise

(292,170 posts)
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 06:09 PM Thursday

If Barack Obama behaved like Donvict there is no one on

M$Greedia who would be saying that’s just how he is
I am so tired of this shit.
That is all.

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If Barack Obama behaved like Donvict there is no one on (Original Post) malaise Thursday OP
Because, in the US, authoritarianism is almost the sole province markodochartaigh Thursday #1
Good point malaise Thursday #2
The descriptive: "soul-killing". And that is precise. nt sprinkleeninow Thursday #11
They lost their minds Grim Chieftain Thursday #3
Indeed malaise Thursday #4
Yet the "Pimperor's" new clothes merit not even a whimper.. BattleRow Thursday #5
If my uncle mr715 Thursday #6
You know it MustLoveBeagles Thursday #7
It's called PRIVILEGE. B.See Thursday #10
Amen Joinfortmill Thursday #8
If Barack Obama acted this way we Democrats wouldn't put up with it! bsiebs Thursday #9
rewatching Stranger Things... SleeplessinSoCal Thursday #12
The fog of "battered spouse" war... BattleRow Thursday #13

markodochartaigh

(4,894 posts)
1. Because, in the US, authoritarianism is almost the sole province
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 06:20 PM
Thursday

of the right wing. The same right wing which controls the mainstream media. About 25% of the US population are authoritarian followers, and most of the mainstream media is owned by authoritarian leaders who feed their base the soul-killing rubbish that they crave.


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-some-people-follow-authoritarian-leaders-and-the-key-to-stopping-it/

mr715

(2,596 posts)
6. If my uncle
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 08:13 PM
Thursday

had wheels he'd be a bicycle. The idea that Obama would ever say anything in the same realm of absurdity as Trump is, well, absurd.

bsiebs

(922 posts)
9. If Barack Obama acted this way we Democrats wouldn't put up with it!
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 08:39 PM
Thursday

* but, of course, he would never do the things that guy does…

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,366 posts)
12. rewatching Stranger Things...
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 09:14 PM
Thursday

The bully in the school who accuses Eddie Munson of being satanic, and he's somewhat believed by cops, is nauseating. Trump's bullying - with real malice - is given a pass because our Fourth Estate is AWOL and we apparently are all battered by Faux News into a sort of fog.

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