• BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    That X is OUTDATED! Things CHANGE!

    -Republican Voters who see NOTHING WRONG with Moving the Goal Posts for Pedophiles!

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      Unfortunately, not confined to a single party.

      Carter replacing Nixon/Ford, Clinton taking office in the wake of Iran-Contra and the S&L Crash, Obama coming in after a slew of scandals under Bush/Cheney, and Biden coming in under Trump 1 all sang the same song. Everyone seems ready to pass the buck, for fear that a future administration might use prosecutorial powers against them in turn. Nobody seems to care that the next office-holder’s corruption and power hording might upend their legacy or threaten their livelihoods.

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      19 hours ago

      Wait is “that X” replacing what would’ve been “that tweet”, in the before times, or am I being dense? Does one “X a reaction” to the latest news, maybe “re-X” someone else’s? After the fact, has one “X’ed about it”?

      To be clear, not laying any of that at your feet whatsoever, lol.

      But if so…just amazing stuff. Not only trashed what was arguably the most cohesive, iconic branding of the Internet era, but made it just flat out impossible to talk about in any smooth way at all.