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Explain Like I'm Five

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What did Donald Trump mean by "You won't have to [vote] anymore"? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 days ago by dandylion@lemmy.zip to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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And why were people not repulsed by that statement?

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[โ€“] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dude's head is as full of shit as his diaper, who knows what the fuck he actually means when he says this kind of shit, he probably doesn't even know most of the time.

[โ€“] dandylion@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

Bigger part of me agrees with your post but I still feel like him being presented as dement and "not knowing what he says" gives him too much protection; in the form of plausible deniability (for lack of a more fitting term)