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President Joe Biden had conspiracy theorists in a tizzy after posting what appeared to be his reaction to the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl win on Sunday night.

“Just like we drew it up,” Biden posted on X alongside a photo of “Dark Brandon,” the meme created by hardcore—and very online—supporters of Donald Trump that Biden and his team loved so much they adopted it as their own.

The post was apparently referencing far-right conspiracy theories which posit the NFL and high-level government operatives conspired to rig the Super Bowl in Kansas City’s favor to give maximum exposure to a yet-to-be-announced endorsement from Chiefs star Travis Kelce and his girlfriend Taylor Swift.

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[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

and how would cramming a bunch of homeless people on an aircraft carrier help them? it's not really designed to house civilians. and what would they do for work? there's not exactly a transit system to get them to and from jobs, medical appointments, necessary social services, etc. They'd be stuck on the ship.

you should look into what life on an active naval vessel is like-- it's not exactly conducive to either civilian life nor to taking care of a bunch of homeless people who have complex social, psychological, and medical needs. this wouldn't solve any problems and owuld create a lot of new ones-- not to mention that we need those aircraft carriers.

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 1 points 1 year ago

if being in ship is not a workable solution, he could always sell the ship to fund programs to relieve homelessness

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

it's pretty telling that you can't simply imagine a solution where more money is appropriated to fund such programs rather than the absurd notion of selling of critical military hardware.

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 0 points 1 year ago

>it’s pretty telling that you can’t simply imagine a solution where more money is appropriated to fund such programs rather than the absurd notion of selling of critical military hardware.

there's no evidence i can't imagine a solution such as that, only that i havent presented one here

and how many air craft carriers does one navy need? i think most countries get by without any.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

there’s no evidence i can’t imagine a solution such as that

your comments abound with such evidence.

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 0 points 1 year ago
[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you clearly don't know what that word means, lmao

either way, just because yo choose to ignore evidence doesn't mean it's not there.

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 1 points 1 year ago

>just because yo chosoe to ignore evidence doesn’t mean it’s not there.

you haven't presented any evidence for your claim

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

you have presented plenty. your comments are full of it :P

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 1 points 1 year ago

> lmao

this smacks of an appeal to ridicule

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

facing the consequences of your actions is not a state of victimhood

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 0 points 1 year ago

but that's not what's happening here. this is like a domestic abuser saying they wouldn't beat their spouse if they kept the house clean. it's straight up darvo.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

if you're hallucinating so hard that you believe you're my spouse and im beating you for not cleaning the house, you're not going to convince many people that you're making a rational argument.

otherwise, you're just projecting and deflecting just like trump

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 1 points 1 year ago

>you clearly don’t know what that word means

wrong

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

wrong

now you sound just like Trump

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 0 points 1 year ago

just the one trolling tactic for the day, then?

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

now your projecting again

just like Trump

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 0 points 1 year ago
[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

now your projecting again

just like Trump

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 1 points 1 year ago

air craft carries can certainly provide medical treatment and social services on site

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

not that type of help or for that number of people all at once for a sustained amount of time. but, sure, go ahead and provide evidence for you claims that battlefield medicine on a battleship is the same as long-term medical and psychiatric care provided to civilians.

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 0 points 1 year ago

>you claims that battlefield medicine on a battleship is the same as long-term medical and psychiatric care provided to civilians.

i didn't say that. this is a strawman

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you clearly implied it when you said that medical care would be available for them. i merely highlighted your profound ignorance on the subject.

the consequences of your actions are not a state of victimhood.

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 0 points 1 year ago

you inferred it. you're now suggesting I implied it.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago
[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 1 points 1 year ago
[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

now you're deflecting again

just like Trump

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 0 points 1 year ago

more pigeonholing and darvo. surely you have other dishonest tactics you'd like to hone

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

now you're deflecting and projecting again

just like Trump

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 0 points 1 year ago

there is no reason they need to work

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

uh... to support themselves by earning an income? being unable to afford housing is most often the reason they're homeless in the first place.

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