• @paddirn
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    513 months ago

    I can waste my time going through that exercise, but it’s pretty clear to any thinking person that that’s what the plan is on the Republican side, just look at the words, rhetoric and actions they’ve been taking for the past 10+ years. Otherwise, you’re maliciously asking me to go through the mental effort of writing up an attack on Trump that you’ve already decided to ignore and/or counter with some feeble bad faith argument. You’re a waste of my time and everybody else’s.

    • @StaySquared
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      -773 months ago

      Ah okay… so you’re full of chit as per usual. Let me guess, Maddow is your favorite all-time commentator?

      • @paddirn
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        213 months ago

        Why don’t YOU go ahead and write me up a 2-page essay on why Trump isn’t planning a dictatorship, cite your sources. That’s essentially what you’re asking me to do and it’s guaranteed you’ll give a short, flippant remark that doesn’t actually address any of the issues brought up, basically wasting my time. It’ll be a bunch of whataboutism, gaslighting, misdirection, and BS, that’s the standard MO.

        • @StaySquared
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          -373 months ago

          The answer is simple. Because of the U.S. Constitution. It’s not just a piece of paper.

          • @ripcord
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            173 months ago

            Congrats on doing exactly what they said you would.

            • @StaySquared
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              -173 months ago

              That’s the only answer needed. No one is becoming a dictator in the U.S.

              • @[email protected]
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                73 months ago

                So you’re saying your preferred choice of the two wants to become a dictator but you’re fine with it because you think the constitution will stop him?

                If that’s not the case why even cite the constitution.

                • @StaySquared
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                  03 months ago

                  Yep. There’s absolutely no way home boy on his last Presidential day is going to claim to have the powers to continue his Presidency indefinitely.

            • @StaySquared
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              -143 months ago

              Election fraud means the election would be voided and it would have to go to contingent election? I forget the process. I have no idea wtf Trump is talking about.

              I’m not a, “MAGA” soldier. Quite frankly he’s just the better option of the two.

              • @[email protected]
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                63 months ago

                Care you explain why he’s better? Is it his business acumen? His morality? His honesty? His willingness to do what’s best for the American public? His faith in the bureaucracy that allows any large organization to work? His support of the legal framework of the country? His physical fitness? His intelligence? His past record as president? Honestly, I’m curious why you think he’s the best option for this job.

                • @StaySquared
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                  -23 months ago

                  I think at this point you and I both know why Trump is better than Biden. I don’t even have to state the obvious.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    13 months ago

                    Lurking this thread and chiming in, but I don’t know. Is it because of accelerationism? A faster collapse is quite harmful to many

          • @takeda
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            53 months ago

            Constitution only matters if it is being enforced. And 2017-2020 showed us that very few Republicans were willing to do that.

            Currently SCOTUS is debating whether president has absolute immunity (in other words, if he can commit any crime, including murdering his political opponents) something that is absolutely against our constitution, yet they have to debate it.

      • @[email protected]
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        33 months ago

        chit /chĭt/
        noun.

        A child.   
        A saucy girl or young woman.   
        A statement of an amount owed for food and drink, especially one signed to indicate acceptance of the charge.    
        
        • @StaySquared
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          -63 months ago

          I looked it up too because that’s wild.

          chit
          /CHit/
          noun
          a short official note, memorandum, or voucher, typically recording a sum owed.
          "write out a chit for whatever you take from the drinks cupboard"
          
            • @StaySquared
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              -93 months ago

              Because I’ve never heard nor read someone use, “chit” instead of “shit” and come to find out it’s an actual word (excluding chitchat) with multiple meanings.

              I’m intentionally using, “chit”… being that I’m Latino and if you ever heard a boater Latino say shit, it sounds like chit.

              The more you know!