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[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 167 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“Surely a political press corps that spent months arguing that President Biden’s age rendered him mentally unfit, wouldn’t look the other way when the Republican candidate, the oldest person to run for president in American history, is not only old but decompensating before our very eyes,” she continued. “The difference of course is that Biden is aging while Donald is dementing.”

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 84 points 1 month ago

Another big difference, Biden surrounds himself with competent people who are there to do a job. Trump surrounds himself with yesmen there to pilfer what they can and increase their status in the cult.

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Decompensating?

Decomposing?

[–] thefactremains@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] teft@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Decompiling?

Decompressing?

[–] iMastari@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Violently relaxing, like an egg in the vacuum of space

That is poetry.

[–] sirboozebum@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

The political press corps understands that Trump coverage generates great ad revenue, so they are willing to compromise their principles on this matter.

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 110 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Many people are saying Alzheimer's/dementia

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago

.... yet will vote for him anyway

It's been dementia since like 2016. He's just now started obviously publicly sundowning.

[–] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Man, woman, person, camera, tv

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 83 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You know how his rallies are mostly empty. It would be wild if Democrats started packing in to his rallies overwhelming the MAGA presence. And then start the heckling.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 65 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's the last fucking thing I want to do. I want MAGAs to just go back into the hole the crawled out of.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

They are not going to put themselves in a hole. They will need help.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think they did that after WW2 instead of having a symbol carved on them, so everyone know what they stand for. I'd rather know who I'm talking to, so I can not care about their opinion.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

hurr durr Nazis gave the Jews tattoos. Anti-fascists are the actual Nazis!

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a good way to get shot, though.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

By who? The only ones with guns are secret service.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Their guns are in their cars. The cars that will be following you home.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, I'm glad to see that the lemmy consensus is that maga supporters are not armed, nor are they angry enough to inflict violence on people who turn up to heckle their cult leader. Good to know.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

I mean they're a famously kind-hearted and pacifist group that respects opposing views

It's definitely possible, I mean...

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because at this point the person running doesn't matter to them. It's literally a vote between democracy and fascism, and it astounds me how many people are willing to throw their vote to fascism over a single issue

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They think they’ll get to be the fascists, but it’s only going to be the billionaires and many millionaires who’ll benefit.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

A quote form Occupied Paris, circa 1943.

"It isn't the big Hitler in Paris that makes life unbearable; it's the million little Hitlers living in Paris."

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Can you believe F*x news tried to make the Weave™ into a good thing? lol

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Better known as The Meander (TM), LOL.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Yes, yes I can.

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 month ago

I had to double-check that i wasn't looking at a The Onion article.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago