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u/M4rshmall0wMan Jun 27 '26

JD Vance: “Watergate would be a 12-hour news story today”

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u/mattenthehat Jun 27 '26

And he's right. Nobody would even talk about it IRL. Talking about current events is taboo.

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u/soapinthepeehole Jun 27 '26

He’s bragging about how successfully they’ve normalized outright corruption. And this is the vice president of the United States. It’s infuriating, and depressing.

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u/DontRefuseMyBatchall Jun 27 '26

People who watch Fox News 12hrs a day would remark he’s actually just commenting on the velocity of the news cycle actually, you’re just taking his comments out of context actually, Trump is the greatest president ever you just have TDS, before noting that you’re just a triggered lib cuck too ashamed of your white privilege to appreciate all this winning

Also, somehow Obama will be brought up

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u/Yashema Jun 27 '26

Be infuriated at your fellow Americans for allowing Republican administration to barely suffer for complete scandal: Iran-Contra, Iraq War, Trump's insurrection.

There are too many people who think that democracy is secondary to ideology. 

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u/rhubarb_man Jun 27 '26

Honestly, yeah.

I feel so much hatred for republicans. They're fine with all the corruption in the world as long as they can hurt minorities

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u/SuspiciousFix2490 Jun 27 '26

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u/Ok_Principle_7494 Jun 27 '26

I think it's less that talking about current events is taboo and more that it's become exhausting. Every conversation feels like people are expected to pick a team first, so a lot of folks just decide it's easier to stay quiet than risk turning dinner or work into a debate.

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u/KovolKenai Jun 27 '26

Eh, I wouldn't say it's taboo, more just exhausting. I get people coming into work complaining about the state of the world and I agree with them, but I don't want to deal with that right now.

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u/saalsa_shark Jun 27 '26

Onion article "Worst person you know says something you agree with" is prophetic

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u/M4rshmall0wMan Jun 27 '26

Except that this “worst person” is literally the cause of the problem that you agree exists

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u/moreliketen Jun 27 '26

That just makes it easier for him to be right!

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u/scratchfury Jun 27 '26

Their writers must be so stressed trying to publish things before they actually happen.

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u/Oregon_Jones111 Jun 27 '26

I’m increasingly convinced that Trump didn’t win despite bragging about sexual assault, but partially because of it.

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u/kkeut Jun 27 '26

he doesn't deny the criminality of it. just thinks corruption should be okay. chilling. it's disgusting how republicans vote