‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars (www.theguardian.com)

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“The thing that the religious right did over and over and over again – they do it today; JD Vance is actually exceptionally good at this – is this idea that, ‘ You expressing your point of view oppresses me, you enjoying your civil rights oppresses me. Even though I’m the second most powerful man in the country, other people having their point of view is actually oppression against me.’ They were exceptionally good at that...”

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[-] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 days ago

Even though I’m the second most powerful man in the country,

lol the fuck you are JD

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

That's what he says when he's trying to flirt with the couch

[-] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"You know, a man of my power could have any couch, but I chose you.", lol

Tbh this has creepy boss vibes now that I think about it, but that's this whole admin

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