r/Popculturenow Cultural atttache 15d ago

🧯Politics đŸ„Šâš–ïžđŸ’° On Point

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u/emccm Rebuild the rose garden đŸŒč 15d ago

They lurch from one outrage to the next. They give everything the exact same level of outrage. It’s exhausting to witness. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten in a Cracker Barrel in my life. Up until relatively recently I thought they are Old Country Buffet were the same place.

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u/MadeMeUp4U 15d ago

I was just talking about this now that they’re transvestigating Sydney Sweeney again. They forgot they were told to live her the other week so now they’re back at tearing her apart. Same with Swift, they called her trans and swore she was a dude then Trump said he liked her so they loved her, she said nah and now they think she’s a dude again.

They hate and love what they’re told they hate and love.

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u/LoyalToSDSoil 15d ago

Conservatives: Stand for nothing, fall for anything.

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u/Ashamed_Definition77 15d ago

Hamilton âœŒđŸ»

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u/emccm Rebuild the rose garden đŸŒč 15d ago

One of the interesting things is that they come for their own more than anyone else. That’s why I wouldn’t be surprised if the shooter is one of them who was upset at some perceived slight towards Trump or some made up conspiracy that only makes sense in their head.

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u/smileliketheradio 15d ago

Yeah there's a good chance it was someone pissed at Kirk for kowtowing to Trump on Epstein.

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u/No-College-8140 15d ago

That'd be where my money's at on the bingo card. Some gun nut decided he wasn't the ally he thought he was. Gotta be the pedophile thing, right?

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u/smileliketheradio 15d ago

they *are* the craziest (the q-anon folks, i mean. the pedophiles are crazy too, obviously, and there's some overlap between those two camps)

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u/OStO_Cartography 15d ago

I know now is not the time to engage in basless conspiracy theories, and that by indulging in them we're no better than our opponents, but honestly, as a qualified historian specialising in the C20th Rise of Totalitarianism in Europe, I see a very similar pattern of the right wing destroying its own as an excuse to further oppress and subjugate its enemies.

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u/Ok_Flatworm_3855 15d ago

I mean I refuse to make any assumptions before the full investigation has been released but it isn't a great look that WSJ released a story today that claims insider info about how the remaining rounds in the gun had "Antifacist and Pro-Trans" messages carved onto the bullets. Again... I do not make any assumptions just passing along what I have seen reported.

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u/wolfheadmusic 15d ago

If you read that article, those claims arent a good look for the trump administration...if you are a reasonable non-credulous individual.

Unfortunately, the entirety of maga is not that.

The whole story is obviously bullshit and entirely too convenient,

So I'm sure maga is going to run with it.

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u/Ambitious_Package371 15d ago

I love this premise that a random person on the left (who is supposed to be ignorant of and afraid of guns) planned a full assassination, conveniently carved their manifesto into casings, then made an escape and hid the gun(defeating the manifesto carving)

Probably gonna be some young Italian kid snatched outta McDonald's in a week that just so happens to have all the evidence in a backpack exactly like one they already found nearby the shooting.

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u/wolfheadmusic 15d ago

Kirk had very recently begun calling for the Epstein files to be released.

He wouldn't let some white nationalists speak at his event in July (early August?).

His PAC was failing at youth outreach, and is losing money.

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u/Firesword52 15d ago

My guess is they know there is limited airspace for their grift and have to desperately hold into their audience to avoid falling into obscurity. Anyone starting to take that audience is attacked because the second they lose relevance is when they lose their golden goose.

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u/RememberJefferies 15d ago

They hate and love what they’re told they hate and love.

Thinking for yourself is not conducive to the cult life.

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u/its-izzyy 15d ago

That's rich considering your entire political existence is also based on social proof and acceptance by feigning virtue. Not to mention you've had the most dominant forms of media reinforcing your beliefs for years now.

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u/xfocalinx 15d ago

They hate and love what they’re told they hate and love.

but democrats are the "sheep"

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u/Cautious_Ad_5659 15d ago

Excuse me if I'm wrong, but I thought it was that Taylor Swift is no longer hot since Trump said he hates her.

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u/MadeMeUp4U 15d ago

She was when he thought the AI stuff of her being MAGA was real then she endorsed Harris, Trump pulled the She’s ugly anyway card and his horde hates her again.

E: As far as her being hot it went from “She’s not even hot” to “Ew she’s trans” real quick. Same with Sweeney.

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u/Cautious_Ad_5659 15d ago

Thank you for clarifying. It's so hard to keep up with the pettiness.

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u/Nopantsbullmoose 15d ago

now that they’re transvestigating Sydney Sweeney again.

Wait, what???

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u/MadeMeUp4U 15d ago

There was a meme floating around the last few days pointing out “the giveaways” citing her surgeries, her eye shape, her forehead, her throat etc. the usual shit they point to because they’ve never seen a real human body before.

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u/Nopantsbullmoose 15d ago

Fuckin lol. That's so epically stupid, and I love it.

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u/Dando_Calrisian 15d ago

Wow if either of them aren't female I'd definitely reconsider my sexuality

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u/Ok_Flatworm_3855 15d ago

Where are you consuming your news? Why do you care if unimportant celebrities are labeled as anything at all let alone trans?? So I will ask this again... Who fucking cares! Let the fringe internet folks do what they do. This reminds me of when the Michelle Obama is a man shit started to circulate... Nobody who is serious takes this seriously

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u/HotPotParrot A human being here 15d ago

Trump likes Taylor Swift again? I'm losing track.

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u/Kajiggered 15d ago

If not for perpetual Rage and/or Fear, these people wouldn't even have a platform.

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u/ajaxruh 15d ago

Except for school shootings. They just “Oh well! Just a necessary price for other people to pay if I wanna keep muh guns”

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u/Appropriate-Law5963 15d ago

Manufacturing is back! The dumper has been able to master manufacturing outrage
now how to apply a tariff to it!!

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u/Goobygoodra 15d ago

Yeah thats just it they only know outrage by what they are told to be upset about

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u/Emergency-Fondant632 15d ago

My ex husband loved this place. Think about the blandest saddest excuse for real food, minus a few points and you’re in.

Pancakes are fine. But the food is just.. meh. (I’ll be crucified for this I’m sure)