"I'm not saying it's deplorables, but it's deplorables."
Posted on 09/30/2022 6:11:38 AM PDT by posterchild
Donald Trump was the perfect “meme leader,” appealing to an array of shadowy, loosely organized groups with varied philosophies but shared roots in internet “imageboards” like 4chan and 8chan, along with a desire, like their adopted chief, to disrupt the established power structure.
“He had already — before he ran in 2015 — become a memetic figure in a lot of these communities. His hair was already a meme. He stood for a certain kind of New York wealth and power and masculinity to these communities,” said Emily Dreyfuss, a journalist, fellow at the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics, and Public Policy, and co-author of “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America.” “Then, when he decided to run for president, these characters were like, ‘Oh, he’s one of us.’”
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Good God! These people don’t even know what democracy means. How, in any way, did or is Trump destroying democracy?
Very simple. Disappear all socialists.
I’d be more interested in how to save The Republic.
“Shadowy, loosely organized groups” = the entirety of the American public outside of Harvard Square
Pretty strong LSD being passed around at Harvard.
A profound distinction that in today’s ignorant America cannot be explained enough.
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That looks like a Before and After picture of the same woman after several decades on tenure.
Democracy to left is when the whole mob is forced to vote for their approved leader.
Their democracy will not hear any dissent.
I recommend you listen to James Lindsay’s New Discourses podcast. Socialialists/marxists change the meaning of words. Their definition of “democracy” is the perfected state once communism is fully achieved. Only then can there be a “true democracy”. Please note how often they say “our democracy” instead of just “democracy”. That is what they are talking about.
It is deliberate to mislead. We are threatening “their” democracy in order to preserve our representative republic which they are systematically destroying.
What is that blob in the middle with hands?
It is a woman? How do you know?
She didn't last a year at Politico, one assumes there is less work involved at Shorenstein.
"Sitting in a Midtown Manhattan bar over happy hour drinks a few weeks later, the pair demonstrated a familial flair for the dramatic (their mother is actress Jeramie Rain). They’re funny. They gesture. They do voices. When they tell a story, they act out that story. The two said they were glad they published the Jaws chat without overthinking it.“I actually do think it was good, because I have sometimes spent a lot of time trying not to be defined by who our dad is,” Emily said. “But I think if we had stopped to think about it for more than like five seconds, I would have thought, ‘Uh-oh, maybe we shouldn’t publish this, because then it’ll be so much about dad being a movie star.’ Actually, I was shocked that the response was so sweet. People thought it was funny and cute. It was really nice.”
I wish they would just be honest and say what they really mean.
Saving our democracy means accepting permanent leftist rule and giving up all vestiges of freedom and liberty to the state.
Note that leather jacket once fit the poor cow, but doesn’t fit that woman. Moo.
Lol! The first figure clearly has a feminine face with a graceful, albeit mildly triggered expression.
The second visage could be “Our Pal” Michael Moore’s younger, crabbier sister.
“Socialialists/marxists change the meaning of words.”
“Those who control the language control minds.” Rand.
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