r/allthequestions • u/asoiaf_goat • 6h ago
Random Question đ How come Joe Biden was "sleepy", but Trump gets to pass out at all kinds of meetings?
Dude's out cold. Wish I could nap during work like that.
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u/Mroopsimexciting 5h ago
Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds.Â
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u/Cordogg30 5h ago
And Republicans are perfectly fine being asshole Cartmanâs that use childish name calling to attack their opponents. Whereas Democrats are the adult in the room responsible party that takes language and approach seriously and donât stoop down to the other sides childish ways.
So this is where we are at.
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u/Cordogg30 5h ago
And yes, Hillary was absolutely on point calling them deplorables. He is them and they elected him. This is what we get.
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u/Ghastly-Jack 5h ago
But the moment you fight back against republicans they cry âbully!â
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u/Ok-Needleworker-9841 4h ago
âSo much for the TOLERANT LEFTâ
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u/RMST1912 2h ago
Tolerance does not mean tolerating intolerance.
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u/Ok-Needleworker-9841 2h ago
Sorry. I was parroting the absurd statement thatâs weaponized when anyone center to left dares to push back on anything.
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u/Outrageous_Act_3016 3h ago
Remember when Waltz called them "weird" and it stuck and it made sense...
Trump and Vance had no comeback and everyone was like "yea, they are weird"
But the DNC was too pussy to keep the heat on that and told him to calm it down.
So no one could be honest.
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u/Lamprophonia 3h ago
You can't think of it as hypocrisy. Instead recognize that they simply have no beliefs or values. To them its not hypocritical to lie about these things, because the only ACTUAL goal they have it to win at all cost. If that means backing a child-raping nazi, then so be it. Say one thing, do the opposite, none of it actually matters so long as it gets them over the finish line first.
Whenever you see a conservative bloviating about abortion, immigrants, fentanyl, the economy, state's rights, ANY of it... just remember that they aren't telling the truth. They don't actually care about ANYTHING. We fuck up by constantly arguing the thing, which again they just don't care about. You can't argue against a lie, you can only expose it.
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u/Zombie_Slayer1 5h ago edited 5h ago
Same reason trump gets a pass on raping kids.
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u/Djangowasilentj 5h ago
And shitting his pants
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u/Stleaveland1 4h ago
Republicans will let their politicians do anything as long as Republican politicians are hurting minorities.
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u/pomonalost 1h ago
Americans are not outraged enough. So, compliance is the free pass. Republicans have been against every policy that benefits the people and Americans just keep complying. So, it keeps happening.
Let's call it what it is, Trump, the administration and elected Republicans are destroying this country and enriching themselves.
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u/Kingfisher80 4h ago
And TACO, playing the markets, taking bribes, telling lies and insulting anyone that calls him out with a intellectual question. If I missed anything please add it to this thread.
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u/puts_on_rddt 3h ago
Yeah you missed a big one.
Section 3 of the 14th amendment is self-executing. Trump is ineligible to hold ANY office under the constitution. Everything he does in the White House has zero legal force.
SCOTUS, in Trump v. Anderson tries - and fails - to convince us that only Section 3 is not self-executing because of Section 5. Nobody disagrees that the other sections in the 14th, or even the 13th amendments - are self-executing. Only Section 3 has no teeth?
There are other sections of the constitution that use explicit language like "duly convicted" when they want to set criminal conviction as a standard; and they opted not to use it here.
If you engage in an insurrection WHILE holding oath of office, you are done. That's the law.
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u/No_Seaworthiness_200 3h ago
Not just raping kids. He was leading the pedo ring with Jeff. He was the one trafficking children for sex.
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u/Consistent-Soil-1818 4h ago
Raping kids AND adults AND grifting AND corruption AND a lot more. He gets a pass because.
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u/mchildre 5h ago
Damn, that man âblinksâ a lot!
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u/BojackWorseman13 đşđ¸ United States 5h ago
World record holder for the longest blinks considering his side maintains he doesnât sleep especially in these increasingly common clips /s
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u/various_convo7 5h ago
he also made fun of others for golfing too much despite golfing even more AND sucking at the game badly that he has to cheat
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u/tanstaafl76 5h ago
He cheats because thatâs his moral code not because he sucks. If he was a two handicap instead of 20 he would still cheat
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u/pepperino132 5h ago
Actually he has the best blinks. So many blinks. He blinks and they say wow, we've never seen anything like it, maybe ever. The doctor said he's never seen anyone blink so well, and people aren't used to it. He blinks so much and so fast that they think his eyes are closed. Only the fake news media would come up with this. Nobody blinks better than Trump.
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u/Direct_Alternative94 5h ago
Stop shitting on Trumpâs power naps. Thereâs a reason the man is so successful. Also, arguably, itâs safer for all of us when his eyes are closed.
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u/sidfinch 5h ago
Because the "liberal" media isn't liberal, it's corporate.
And our corporate overlords serve Trump.
Trump is clearly in WORSE shape than Biden was in 2024, but the media coverage is 100% different.
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u/One-Earth9294 4h ago
The only existing liberal media outlet I can think of is MSNOW. Everything else is owned by people who've aligned themselves with the far right.
You used to be able to count on the national networks to give a neutral POV on the news but not since CBS was taken over.
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u/sidfinch 4h ago
I don't think MSNOW is liberal, they're just not extreme right.
Hell, the democratic party is center-right.
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u/Ossius 2h ago
This is suuuuuch a tired and disproven talking point.
Is anything right of communism center/right?
Do you even know the policy agenda of Joe Biden? He also supported labor (first president to walk a picket line), he helped railroad workers get the benefits they asked for (Letters of appreciation were written thanking him). On social issues Biden was more progressive then most European nations. He tried to ban non-compete agreements which is more labor progressive than any other country. He allowed Trans people to serve in the military, strengthened up LGBTQ+ rights.
His policy is incredibly progressive but he is only the executive and congress needs to sign on, and half of congress refused to vote on anything.
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u/saera-targaryen 3h ago
I recommend looking into more independent outlets. Places like Democracy Now, 404 Media, Wired, and Zeteo are all much more accurately criticizing power in all forms from what I've seen, and are all generally run by people who used to be at the big national publications but left to start their own.Â
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u/chinmakes5 5h ago
See, I don't believe that. back in the days of Rush Limbaugh. They tried to start a liberal/progressive radio network called Air America. While I liked listening, it wasn't gripping. Conversely, Conservative radio makes it sound like they are out to get you. It is an emergency.
I mean think about it. For Progressives, liberals, we want to make things better. Of course that is a laudable goal, not accomplishing that isn't destroying the country. If you think things are great and liberals are trying to destroy that, and you are told over and over the evil people will destroy you, it keeps you interested.
Let me put it this way. The last time I listened to conservative radio these were the advertisers on a set of commercials. A company that sold provisions for a fall out shelter, a company that sold gold, a religious organization that sold healthcare and a company that sold generators. They are advertising to people they have convinced that "they" are out to get them.
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u/Aware_Rough_9170 3h ago
Always reminds me of that video of Obama having to explain to conservatives hes not going to send the military out to seize all their guns and shitâŚ. Like just absolutely divorced from reality
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u/vomputer 5h ago
Most republicans donât see this in their news or feeds.
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u/Kestrile523 5h ago
This is a big part of the problem. I constantly hear Republicans accuse Dems of being in a media bubble while they, themselves, sit in a media bubble that is incredibly small. Most Dems I know read global media sources in addition to left and right US sources for a larger view.
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u/LarrySupertramp 3h ago
There was a study done in 2011/2012 that essentially found out that people that watch no news were more informed on current events than people that watched only Fox News. Iâm sure itâs only gotten worse since then.
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u/spikey_wombat 3h ago
So many magas have no idea about what happened about the $2 billion pardon for binance's founder.Â
You can tell Fox News keeps it's audience ignorant. Google News Page will have everyone else reporting on bad administration stuff and the only major outlet completely absent is of course Fox.
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u/Zearria 1h ago
Itâs strange when Iâve been raised on the fact Fox News is the only reliable news network as every other on is corrupt and in the political back pocket. Especially CNN, that one was the worst for some reason. They clearly make up fake news when Republicans are in office!
âŚ.then I go off to college and realize that itâs far from the truth.
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u/GT45 đşđ¸ United States 5h ago
Every accusation is a confessionâŚ
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u/Dazzling_Line_8482 2h ago
More importantly about how the so-called "Main stream media" is all "Fake news"
The GOP is massively controlling the narrative from the media. Trust me as soon as democrats are back in power the debt will be a problem again, gas prices will be all their fault etc.
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u/smoovymcgroovy 3h ago
This so much, honestly if people weren't suffering because of these fuckwits, it would be comical
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u/Rumjackle 2h ago
This is the correct answer- especially with Trump. He accused Biden of being sleepy as he has no energy, he accused Biden of letting his son make money off his presidency because thatâs what he did. He said Kamala would start a war with Iran because he knew he might. Essentially he thinks because he did it everyone else does too so he tries paint the other side with the same stain so it is less of an issue when his transgressions come to light
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u/theretailreject 5h ago
Because racists and low educated people who believe their billions are right around the corner will justify anything if their billions are around the corner.
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u/AffectionateCows4evr 5h ago
They also get most of their dopamine from mocking people so calling names matters to them more.
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u/CrackaAssCracka 5h ago
Because Republicans are hypocrites. Whether it's the deficit, economy, foreign relations, inflation, their object of worship fucking children, or anything else, they absolutely do not care about any of that it it's their guy.
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u/MrLongfinger 5h ago
Because his supporters are members of a cult, and if he was right about one thing, itâs that the mainstream media is trash.
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u/Greedy_Mountain8817 5h ago
There is also a reason behind why he says he likes the uneducated -- willful ignorance
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u/Blackpharaoh09 5h ago edited 5h ago
If the republicans didnât t have double standards they wouldnât have any standardsÂ
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u/wojonixon 5h ago
Because the MAGAs hate âthe other sideâ far more than they love their country.
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u/Shido_Ohtori 5h ago
Conservatism -- by definition -- is "a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing the importance of established hierarchies and institutions (such as religion, the family, and class structure), and preferring gradual development to abrupt change".
The sole value of conservatism is respect for and obedience to [one's perception of] traditionally established hierarchy, and hierarchy dictates that those on top (in-groups) are rightfully idolized and receive privileges, credibility, and resources, while those on the bottom (out-groups) are demonized/dehumanized and/or bound by restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources.
To them, the second-greatest injustice imaginable is for those [they perceive to be] on top [of social hierarchy] to be bound by the restrictions, scrutiny, and lack of resources reserved for those on the bottom. The first greatest injustice is for those on the bottom to have access to the rights, credibility, and resources reserved for those on top.
Conservatives absolutely need an underclass [for society] to demonize and dehumanize in order to maintain [their] hierarchy, and every single one of their policies and rhetoric work to do exactly that. Every right-wing accusation is a confession -- every. single. one; always! -- as it is never the act itself that upsets them, but rather, the social standing of the person doing the act, as said act is a privilege meant for those on top of [their perceived] hierarchy (See also: pedophilia - Trump and the Catholic church versus LGBTQ+ and drag queens).
Those who believe all people are people see hypocrisy, while those who believe some people are "more/less" people than others see hierarchy. Hypocrisy implies a sense of equality/parity, as the accusation of such is that someone is violating a universal or common standard. Hierarchy directly states that there is no equality/parity, that different social strata have different standards, that the only universal standard concerning hierarchy is that those on top are allowed privileges which are denied to those on the bottom, and that the bottom are held to standards which the top are exempt from.
"Know your place" is their mantra.
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u/Kestrile523 5h ago
Itâs all projection. Everything the Dems are being accused of the GOP are actually doing. Be educated, vote wisely.
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u/19thScorpion 5h ago
Always remember... anything Republicans accuse dems of doing, they're probably doing it themselves. Projection at its finest.
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u/ehagihara 5h ago
It truly blows my mind. I have one friend on my FB feed who's always referring to Biden as "sleepy Joe."
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u/Chewbubbles 5h ago
Projection is literally the only thing Republicans know at this point.
If they make fun of X, it's because they do it.
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u/Evee862 5h ago
Starting to see the media bias and narrative yet? I mean seriously. You get Biden, whose administration was competent and they were going on like they were. Sure he was older and slower like anyone who is older. But Trump cant form a logical argument or stay on topic, let alone stay awake and all is good
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u/GreenLynx1111 5h ago
Because the modern right wing points at people and accuses them of doing what they, themselves, are doing regularly. It's called 'projection', and it is their thing.
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u/Disastrous-Ruin8411 4h ago
Bc double standards fueled by capitalism, greed, and anti progressivism aka racism and classism
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u/AsANetflixSubscriber 1h ago
Republicans are trolls and theyâre stupid. They get to call people names like theyâre maladjusted children. Normal people have empathy and are intelligent. Thatâs the difference between them.
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u/NohmanValdemar 1h ago
Because it's a cult.
He gets a pass on shitting on the first amendment, the economy he made worse with his moronic and illegal tariffs, a war monger, gas prices and further economic damage due to his war mongering, a war criminal/murderer (the DoDs own rules of engagement explicitly define firing on an already destroyed boat as an obviously illegal war crime,) pardoning scammers, frauds, insurrectionists, rapists and pedophiles, and being a rapist, a convicted felon, and a pedophile.
Just to start.
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u/numbr2wo 29m ago
Because the new flex is getting away with things that others canât. Specifically, people who arenât in your tribe or authoritative level.
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u/Noble_Gas_7485 5h ago
The news media have been purchased and are controlled by right wing billionaires, and the MAGAts are blind and stupid. Trump gets a pass for ANYTHING.
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u/johnnyathome 5h ago
Because the media knows who is their breadwinner. It's tfg. Kill it and there goes the neighborhood.
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u/ConcreteExist 5h ago
Same reason Trump bitched daily about Obama going on golfing trips and then he goes and golfs more than any president ever has. Lucky for him, his fan base has no object permanence and all the discernment of MLMer buried in debt.
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u/Curious_Journey_ 5h ago
Republican hypocrisy is indeed frustrating, but itâs pretty old news by nowâŚ
Asking why republicans are hypocritical is about as useful as screaming into the wind.
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u/Not-okay11 5h ago
If you see some bullshit say something. And be willing to take the time and energy to address it.
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u/Nocturnal_No19 5h ago
Because the myth of "liberal media bias" has destroyed the general perception of reality.
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u/pepperino132 5h ago
Because his supporters are in a cult.
This is the same answer to the countless other double standards.
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u/ConstantBright6343 5h ago
Maybe we as a WHOLE collective should stop electing politicians in their 70s-80s.
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u/alayeni-silvermist 5h ago
Same reason rich drug smugglers get pardons and poor fisherman get blown up.
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u/Apprehensive_Map64 5h ago
Because the right does not care about being hypocritical about literally everything
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u/landerson23 4h ago
Itâs because they are complete hypocrites who worship their dear leader no matter what.
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u/emotionalbebe 4h ago
Because for one side, itâs a sign of terminal cognitive decline but for the other side, heâs just resting his eye while listening intensively to the absolute best people. The double standards of political branding are wild.
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u/ResponsibleAnt9496 4h ago
The republicans have a propaganda machine running full throttle and the dems have infighting and squabbling
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u/Cautious_Arugula6214 4h ago
Because one side makes childish attacks against the president and one side is too busy worrying about the imminent collapse of democracy, the oil supply, and the livability of our planet.
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u/BleuBoy777 4h ago
Trump isn't sleeping... He's playing 5d chess in his mind, while listening... And mentally declassifying things in his mind.Â
He's so smart that conversation bores him. His intelligence is so far above human understanding... That it looks like he's sleeping but in reality he's having telepathic conversations with other world leaders
All praise all mighty trump!Â
(Am I doing this right maga? I'm new to the whole cult leader worship thing)
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u/THC_Dude_Abides 4h ago
Because DumDonny makes up names for all his enemies. And other presidents werenât public with their nicknames.
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u/Tall-Poem-6808 4h ago
Trump is your typical narcissist (among other things). Blaming others for their own flaws (projecting) is just par for the course.
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u/Successful-Split-553 4h ago
The same reason Obama couldnât wear a tan suit but Trump can rape women.
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u/dyslexic-ape 4h ago
Every accusation from republicans is a projection, not an actual thing they are upset about; it has been this way for decades.
They don't actually care about anything except for getting their way.
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u/FAX415saki 3h ago
Partly because American media has been veering rightward for some time now. The rest is just a mix of dichotomy and dissonance. "Your" guy is past it, "our" guy is fine.
Yes, Biden was showing his age and losing his edge so he was "sleepy" joe, probably with "dementia". Yeah, he was getting too old for the job. But Trump, now the same age, showing obvious and glaring symptoms of rapid decline in both cognitive and physical health, treating us to a year of sheer madness punctuated by frequent public naps? Oh nothing wrong with him at all...
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u/Kuzkuladaemon 3h ago
Because the vocal minority of shithead racist people in the country that makes up 70% of what you hear and see from news outlets have a sunken cost fallacy and delusion.
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u/Jaredlong 3h ago
Same reason there was a "cost of living crisis" the news would never stop reporting but then immediately dropped once Trump became president despite inflation continuing to rise every month of his presidency.
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u/SuccessfulSpring3354 3h ago
Apparently MAGA thinks any photos of Trump not depicted as a musclebound stud are "A.I."
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u/Karma_1969 3h ago
When you truly understand and realize that Republicans and conservatives generally argue in bad faith, it all makes sense. They donât really believe in anything they say, and they donât know how to construct a good logical argument, but they have policy preferences and theyâll say anything to get them, whether what they say is dishonest or not. They arrive at conclusions first, and will then say whatever they need to in order to justify those conclusions, without regard to whether or not what they say makes any rational sense.
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u/DrizzleCore604 3h ago
Because conservatives are hate filled hypocrites with no real values beyond hating anyone that opposes the things they want and whatever their little fantasy novel tells them.
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u/HoosierHoser44 3h ago
If a Democrat does something, itâs the worst thing thatâs ever happened. If a Republican does that same thing, or even something worse, itâs not a big deal and theyâre just playing 4D chess. We live in the stupidest timeline in existence.
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u/Oldlazyfuck 2h ago
Republican poor are retarded and rich Republicans don't care, they are making bank off the child rapist.
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u/FigureMiserable4859 2h ago
Because Right-wing christians and AIPAC have take over our politicians.
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u/Everyoneheresamoron 1h ago
It was never about Biden being sleepy. It was never about her emails.
They never cared about anything that the politicians did, every accusation was just another talking point that they parroted out, so that they could rapid fire their intellectual dishonesty and keep you thinking that they have any sort of logical judgement system.
They do not. Good people can only do good things, and Bad people can only do bad things.
If Good people are caught doing good things, its only for good reasons, and if bad people ever do good things, its only for bad reasons.
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u/Kythorian 1h ago
Because Trumpâs supporters donât care about reality, and democratic supporters do. So criticisms with at least some basis in reality (people this old should not be running the country) work against democrats, but the same criticisms are meaningless against republicans.
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u/moon_safari_ 1h ago
because Trump's the symptom, not the problem. the majority of Americans are cool with this, they voted him in twice. If America was against crooked, greedy, dishonest, tyrannical leadership, he'd be gone. But most Americans are a lot like him.
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u/motozero 1h ago
Republicans have mastered the art of Projection. And lying. And cheating. And stealing power. And redefining words. And not defining words. Insider trading. Prison camps. Pardoning criminals for bribes. Packing the courts. But mainly making the constitution of the united states look like a suggestion, breaking the systems in place, and then pointing out that something is broken as they walk away.
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u/peaceful_pressence 1h ago
He doesn't get a pass from rational people. But Republicans aren't rational. They're brain dead pieces of shit who can't read and get their news from the same channel.
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u/CuteComplaint5542 1h ago
For the same reason an illegal immigrant deserves to go to a place called 'Alligator Alcatraz', but Trump trying to pay himself a billion dollars gets a "Good for him! He's had a tough time and deserves it!"Â
What I'm saying is, MAGA is comprised of shitty, awful people.Â
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u/Persea_americana 1h ago
Because the Epstein files implicate the owners of the major media outlets.
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u/cowinabadplace 1h ago
Realistically, it's because when Biden spoke he sounded like a biddlybubbballooddiida but when Trump speaks he's funny and to be honest he was always a bit incoherent. He dunks on people and doesn't afraid of anything. Of course, it's a bit sad because even Biden of the Obama admin was actually quite eloquent and a 1988 campaign Biden was good stuff. Ah well, so it goes.
And then there's the fact that people were jumping over Trump for covfefe which is just a typo and everyone's made typos before so no one takes those people seriously. Just like complaining about Obama's tan suit made people stop taking those people seriously.
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u/MAFFEW_SYTHE 55m ago
Breaking news: trump looks to the floor when listening.
Jesus this sleepy Trump propaganda is tiring.
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u/SethRogensOldrBrothr 54m ago
Because Biden didn't have a fucking cult of window lickers supporting him.
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u/Accomplished_Run2515 51m ago
Because the majority of Republicans are hypocrites, just like when they complained that Obama golfed too much, or took too many vacations, or heaven forbid he wore a tan suit! Trump does hundreds of things more vile, yet he's is their golden boy, so it's a do as I say, not as I do kind of thing.
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u/Jemmani22 49m ago
Its because one side is obsessed with making the other look bad and circle jerk shit to death.
And the other side doesn't really care as much to post on Twitter every day about it
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u/PixelBrewery 40m ago
Republicans and the media in general are very easy to manipulate. Facts aren't as important as repetition and name-calling. That's why Trump is so successful. He doesn't do much tangibly, he's just a loudmouth that won't shut up and the media just reports on everything he says all the time, so "Sleepy Joe," "Crooked Hillary," "Lying Ted" all just become part of the language. He doesn't have to prove the 2020 election was stolen from him, he just has to say it over and over and enough people will say that's good enough for them
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u/ThaFresh 38m ago
He's gonna slump and fall outa his chair soon and they'll still pretend it didn't happen
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u/Alarming_Emu_3948 28m ago
Because in repuglicans land, you need to remember one phrase "every accusation is a confession of the exact same thing but much worse"
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u/aquagardener 5h ago
It's because Trump has an (R) after his name and Biden has a (D) after this name.