• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    All his talking didn’t help him at all. I don’t think the Harris side cared about him self-destroying his image and giving lots for the talk shows later to make fun of.

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      It gives him a platform. End of story. Every single minute he talks it allows for normalization.

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        2 months ago

        This works for some things, but it’s like the parable of the boiled toad: you need to push on the edges of truth, not come out guns blazing with “post-birth abortions”, “Immigrants eating family pets”, and “Democrats wanted Roe v Wade overturned also”

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          Actually, frogs will jump out of a pot when it gets too hot. But if you drop them straight into boiling water, their muscles melt before they can jump.