We don’t learn. Trump is a lolcow. He generates outrage over absurdity to gain media leverage. This recent media cycle is not an accident and I am disappointed that we didn’t learn our lesson the first decade of this.

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    1 day ago

    You’re being too charitable. All that doesn’t excuse the fact that half of Americans willingly embrace hateful policies in the first place. The logistics of implementation are not all that relevant if you hear something like “we will deport one million immigrants” and think yeah, that sounds great to me.

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      4 hours ago

      Not half:

      Total US population who voted for tangerine: Around 22%, or 1 in 4

      US population who could vote and did vote for tangerine: 31%, or 1 in 3

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      Did not say excuse. Explain does not mean excuse. Explain means to shine a light upon what happened and perhaps inform what can be done about it, and no more than that.