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Biden's office announced his illness Sunday afternoon.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 257 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Countdown to Trump saying something deplorable. 10...9...8...

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 115 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Damn, didn’t even get to finish the countdown.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 55 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Somehow I don’t think you are joking. 😢

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 143 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I stomached looking at his truth social account so you don't have to:

Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.

I guess some pr person has his phone today. He'll probably say something stupid in an interview later.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 63 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I checked the Conservative subreddit to see what their reaction was and it’s pretty sympathetic. This made me laugh though

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

As if this isn’t the most basic norm of the presidency?

Has any other president trashed an ex presidents diagnosis (or something similar)?

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 57 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You are an angel! Yes it’s written by an educated and classy person. Not him.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah. Turns out he posted on twitter last night, less than three hours from the OP's countdown:

What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup???

I should note that there is no such thing as stage five cancer, only 1-4. And Jill Biden's doctorate is in education.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I thought that was his son? Or did he retweet it?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Those were his words while retweeting something else.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Kinder response than half of Lemmy, even if he didn't write it.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the comments ITT are pretty awful. I'm no fan of Biden, but some of the comments here are depraved.

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Aiding and abetting a genocide is depraved.

Going on national TV and lying about seeing "pictures of 40 beheaded babies" is depraved.

Celebrating when a war criminal gets prostate cancer? Not depraved at all in my opinion. He deserves much worse.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Aiding and abetting a genocide is depraved.

Agreed.

Going on national TV and lying about seeing "pictures of 40 beheaded babies" is depraved.

Agreed.

He deserves much worse.

Agreed.

Celebrating when a war criminal gets prostate cancer? Not depraved at all in my opinion.

Hard disagree.

You can acknowledge that he's an awful person while refraining from celebrating his misfortune.

If someone deserves punishment, celebrating that punishment is basically just hatred. I might want to get that looked at.

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If someone deserves punishment, celebrating that punishment is basically just hatred.

Yes, I hate the man who spent my tax dollars to bomb children living in tent cities.

I hate the man who failed so spectacularly as a candidate that he gave us president Trump.

I hate Genocide Joe.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It takes some self awareness to acknowledge that.

You might want to get it looked at.

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

On the contrary. I can acknowledge that someone's behavior is immoral without hating them and without rejoicing at their misfortune.

[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago

Finally, the woke moralist?

Fuck that shit. He didn't give a shit about the children being shot and slaughtered by isreals military, or our own while he was VP. Why should I pretend to give a single shit about him? For some "moral high ground"? The bar is in hell.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

lol yup no way t wrote that himself.

[–] banzhaff@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah, there is absolutely no way he wrote that!