• The Real King Gordon@lemmy.world
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    The Narcissist’s Prayer

    That didn’t happen.
    And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
    And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
    And if it is, that’s not my fault.
    And if it was, I didn’t mean it. <- he is here And if I did, you deserved it.

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    Ah, that old GOP favorite, the “Schrodinger’s Joke” defense against encouraging stochastic terrorism …

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    Markwayne will never beat the joke his parents pulled by giving him that name.

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    So… He’s evil. He’s supposed to be a represent of the country at some level. He should attempt to live up to the ideals of a democratic republic. He should take his role as a leader of the whole populace, not just some of it.

    These statements are not jokes, they are statements of his role as a leader. They hold weight and power of his office. Claiming his officer’s power is a joke about hurting people demonstrates what he wants to use the power for. He feels the power of the state should be used extrajudicially against citizens of his nation. That’s evil.

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    Gee, wonder how well the “I was just joking” defense would work for those non-MAGAts among us…

    🙄 🤡 🖕 🖕

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    Spoiler: No he wasn’t. He meant every word of that crap. He just thought others agreed with him.

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    But if anyone makes the same joke toward him, they’ll be hauled in for questioning.

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      And he’d want to fight them, like a CTE overgrown 15 year old.

      This is a warning, kids: don’t let your kids participate in sports where they can sustain multiple concussions before they’re an adult. Your kid will end up a violent brute.

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    there’s this joke about a republican senator I heard years ago. it starts off with his constituency beating him so hard that his next two children end up in wheelchairs. when the local news picks up the story they ask him, “do you have any regrets?” and the senator says, “of course I do! I have two.”

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    Making the same joke about the senator will result in the FBI breaking down your door. Funny how that works.

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    But showing Trump in a casket is not a joke to these people. Their speech is worth less than free.

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      I’d rather show him lying dead in the street, in a pool of his own blood. Hogtied for extra snowflake reaction.