US US Politics General 2: Hope Edition - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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[StudMccool]

It's mostly just confirmation bias stuff. If you're a far leftist and someone says, "Hey, Hitler wore a jacket like that once!", you'll go "OMG, so true! He's channeling Hitler!". Whereas, if you're a right winger, you'll make the comparison you just did: This jacket reminds me of General Patton or Churchill or whatever.

For less invested normies, I think they'll tend to reject any of the "dog whistle" claims as long as it's not egregious, like Musk doing a "Nazi salute." And to be clear, I think that really was just an autistic "my heart goes out to you" gesture, but the point is something uncanny like that is where you get meaningfully bad optics.

Funny you mention the last part...


"Was ist los, hund?" thats "Whats up dog" the only German I picked up from some time over there other than "Bring ma no a Bier, bitte"

For real though I dont think he is a nazi either I just think like this shit

is doing nothing but damage from an optics perspective. Just my 2 dumb cents.

 

[woduqu]

Even his fantasy reward is soy and limp. Instead of "imagine the eternal glory, your name etched in fire forever embossed on the cover of American History" it's "think of the gofundme numbers"

True, but it depends on the person. Some already suicidal man might care more about the notion of his leaving his family half a million dollars than being considered a hero by leftist faggots.

 

[Monopolywheel]

Funny you mention the last part...
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"Was ist los, hund?" thats "Whats up dog" the only German I picked up from some time over there other than "Bring ma no a Bier, bitte"

For real though I dont think he is a nazi either I just think like this shit
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is doing nothing but damage from an optics perspective. Just my 2 dumb cents.

I prefer Fatpacks doom posts to whatever the fuck this is

 

[GamerGateSurvivor]

Fuck the WNBA. Why don't you bunch of clam-bumpers focus on providing an actually entertaining sports experience, and leave your delusional opinions at home?
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The only reason why women's basketball exists is because the men needed a tax writeoff.

 

[indomitable snowman]

In the gayest possible way

And I thought this was the gayest insurrection.

 

[The Nothingness]

GoFundMe update
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By comparison, here is a GoFundMe set up for one of my young adult church group members that recently lost her dad. It's getting harder not to blackpill.

I kind of feel bad for a lot off these National Guard members. Most of them are probably either regular normies or right wing and are being forced to help these lunatics

And they won't refuse to comply because reasons.

 

[The Ugly One]

Also on a foreign policy related note, this may explain why China was moved down the Department of Wars threat list.

It's because the DoW realized all their military equipment is made in China.

 

[StudMccool]

Ok you guys have to admit this one is kinda funny, broken clock is right twice a day type beat

 

[Pod 042]

For less invested normies, I think they'll tend to reject any of the "dog whistle" claims as long as it's not egregious, like Musk doing a "Nazi salute." And to be clear, I think that really was just an autistic "my heart goes out to you" gesture, but the point is something uncanny like that is where you get meaningfully bad optics.

I don't remember hearing a peep from anyone when this happened. And it seems pretty egregious to me.

Saying that small, uncanny, gestures like this can net you bad optics is stupid. For the unaware masses optics and public perception is largely influenced by what they are told. Not what they see or hear. The left is full of hypocrites who will weaponized anything against you and then turn around and do the exact same thing only to be met with praise and cheers.

 

[Otto Bismark]

Fuck the WNBA. Why don't you bunch of clam-bumpers focus on providing an actually entertaining sports experience, and leave your delusional opinions at home?
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https://m.youtube.com/shorts/KKul8E8AHZg

There a bunch of these. Playing against high school boys, getting rekt then fouling the shit out of them

 

[GamerGateSurvivor]

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i can't think of a more cucked way to try to say something. Not only are you not willing to do the thing yourself, but you can't even have the balls to come out and say it.

Committing any act of violence because Destiny told you to makes you a bigger cock sucking cuckold than he is.

 

[ThisIsGonnaBeGood]

All of you doomers are getting yourselves worked up over nothing
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https://x.com/af_insight/status/2015529441363951783?s=46

Worth noting that 1) this is from the initial reaction poll and 2) this is from YouGov. Normies are tired of leftist agitators. Ignore the panicans!

Hey, isn't that one of RAP's accounts? Been hilarious watching him shit on Baris and Barnes in recent streams.

 

[Sensitive Young Man]

By comparison, here is a GoFundMe set up for someone in my church group that recently lost her dad. It's getting harder not to blackpill.

FWIW it’s almost certainly a money laundering op

 

[CarlKingofDucks]

Committing any act of violence because Destiny told you to makes you a bigger cock sucking cuckold than he is.

Destiny is going to get merc'd by his own son one day.

 

[woduqu]

I don't remember hearing a peep from anyone when this happened. And it seems pretty egregious to me.
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Saying that small, uncanny, gestures like this can net you bad optics is stupid. For the unaware masses optics and public perception is largely influenced by what they are told. Not what they see or hear. The left is full of hypocrites who will weaponized anything against you and then turn around and do the exact same thing only to be met with praise and cheers.

Well, people aren't primed to think of left wingers as Nazis in the first place. So, sure, it may be a double standard or whatever, but the fact is that Elon doing a quasi-Nazi salute will come across as suspect to normies whereas Mamdani doing it will not. The point isn't really what's fair or true upon investigation or plausible in context. It's just what, in practice, ends up being bad optics to independent or moderate types.

And, of course, you don't have to care about optics personally. I'm not even making a case for that, though I do think the average person going "Gee, I don't know, didn't Elon literally salute Hitler?" is pretty bad for your movement. But my point was just that I think it takes something being uncanny before normies buy it. Nazi salute? Yes. Akshully, the hem on this jacket was first used by the 1936 Wehrmacht Algerian Freikorps? Nah.

Edit: To put it a little differently, I'd say that if you have to explain to a normie why something is a reference, they probably will view it as reaching/conspiratorial. Whereas, if it taps into their prior knowledge and it strikes them immediately as uncanny, they'll probably buy it without any explanation needed.

 

[StudMccool]

LEFT INFIGHTING ALERT

Known subhuman Steven Destiny has tweeted out that all his fans should harass known dog shocker Hasan IRL whenever he is at a protest

link to Livestreamfail thread of hasan reacting to tweet

You know what I have to say about that?

 

[Professor Donger]

Someone made a Proton Dump with a file explaining how to infiltrate protest leadership

 

[quaawaa]

Great job proving Israel right when they say that anti-Zionism is a euphemism for antisemitism.

 

[No-Eyed Square Guy]

Playing against high school boys, getting rekt then fouling the shit out of them

The thing that makes the WNBA unwatchable is that they fuck up constantly (check the turnover and FG% stats), get frustrated because they can't do anything right, and turn the game into a lesbian roid rage slapfight with a ball bouncing randomly over it like a beachball thrown into a concert crowd.

 

[Aisin Gioro Puyi]

Destiny is going to get merc'd by his own son one day.

hes working on it