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Trump Breaks Down Onstage | At a campaign event last night, Trump got bored—and weirdness ensued.
(www.theatlantic.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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I think we're at a boy who cries wolf point. News pieces like this are almost a daily occurrence. Those who don't care won't simply because it happens again. If anything it will further galvanize their resistance.
There's a sense that these things must be reported and recorded for reasons of history, but for whatever effect one would like to happen as a result it is probably useless.
They are a daily occurrence because there is finally corporate pushback against the sanewashing that has occurred for years.
But hey. Nobody should talk about how mentally unstable a candidate is, right? I really hope you are getting paid for this.
I've been hearing it for over 8 years now, to varrying degrees of intensity across the media spectrum. I'd assume anyone else paying even the least amount of attention has, too.
Yet here we are at a 48% split with 3 weeks to go.
So yeah, keep reporting. Maybe that fraction of a percent will make the difference; it's close enough that it could! But don't hold your breath, and don't keep beating on the same horse as if doing so will make a difference.
You should be ashamed of yourself
Brilliant being combative with strangers in the same echo chamber as you. Glad we spent this time together.