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[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We would never be that lucky. They're doubling down on this syphilitic pus brained fuck

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The GOP doubling down on Trump would actually be the best thing we could hope for.

Most people don't bother to vote. If it comes down to having a President who is a know pedophile a lot of them are actually going to get off their butts and waddle down to the polls.

Look at Watergate Era. The GOP made it all about Nixon personally. They pushed him out, but kept all his ideas. This time we have to make sure the whole Republican Party is tied to Trump.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe, or maybe they delayed long enough and have fully doctored the evidence and we're about to get hoisted by our own petard.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You really think that there aren't dozens of copies of the full story out there?

Again, look at Watergate. Nixon tried to release some of the story, but eventually everything came to light.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Frankly I would be fine with them trying and failing, but I don't love our track record nailing these assholes for blatantly lying.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The lesson most of America got from Watergate was that the system worked and eventually the press would discover the truth.

The lesson the Right learned was that they had to destroy the system.

Look up 'The Fairness Doctrine' and how Ronald Reagan went after it from his first day in office.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_doctrine

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 3 points 19 hours ago

I'm familiar. It's the reason we can't expect the same rigor from the press that broke Watergate. Part of why I don't love our track record on pinning obvious crimes and cover-ups from this administration.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Is that how it went down back then?

Maybe you're right. I just have trouble imagining the future where my family ever moves on from this shitstain of a human

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Two things.

First, I think it will be glorious when people finally realize they've been had. Lincoln said you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time. MTG is already ahead of the curve and getting her axe ready.

Second, there used to be a course called 'Civics' that every high school student learned. You were taught the Constitution, the history of how the different Parties formed, and got a basic understanding of the mechanics of how elections worked. They started phasing that out during the Reagan era, because of course they did.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 3 points 19 hours ago

Well you put a lot of stock in the larger population's ability to self reflect. I really wish I could have your optimism.

Yeah we would be looking at a very different present if the project of destroying education to let private interests redefine reality never came to fruition, but here we are