This is so unfortunately true, and it makes me feel so hopeless at times. I don’t mean to “both sides” this when I say it, because the right is so much more stupid and cruel, but people in general respond to simple messaging (which is something the democrats still haven’t figured out, as their messaging is all over…

New Jez just ain’t the same. I’m starting to wonder if it’s all written by bots, now.

Because it’s not enough for rich sociopaths to get laid. They get off on transgression and getting away with it.

Typical republican hypocrisy - even knuckledraggers have feet. Now I’m being a ped-somethingorother....  Oh, yeah, a pedant.

Literally everything republicans claim to hold dear they can be shown to be massive hypocrites about.

Never take a politician at their word (doubly so for right-wingers).

The people are unable to focus on class-consciousness when they’re constantly distracted by identity politics, which the republicans wield like a weapon because it’s so effective in splitting up the democrat’s base. Dem politicians fall for it and end up trying to cater to everyone, while never once speaking of class…

That’s cold-blooded...

Cool, cool. Two more things to add to the list of “Stuff People Blame on Socialism That is Actually Capitalism”.

There’s a lot of overlap between narcissism and pyschopathy at the clinical level.

The probably just look at someone’s twitter posts and retweets.

Probably because most of the people who remember Tomato are gone, now. Poe’s Law is a fine line to walk, but if you do it well...

Ecstasy doesn’t make you stupid. He did that all on his own. If he needed any chemical help publishing this, alcohol (and lots of it) would do the trick. Don’t further sully MDMA, which has legitimate pyschotherapuetical uses, and has been demonized enough. Any damage it has caused can be linked ultimately to…

So, even more out of touch than a boomer?

That’s nice.

with more dependencies than a drug addict

Right? And don’t forget his friendships with white supremacists, etc. I don’t get how he got turned into this “most progressive presidency evarr!” shit when he’s fundamentally an old conservative democrat. He’s basically been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century, and you people want us to praise him…

Like, this was a serious “boomer moment” from Pelosi. A wild distraction - “flash” without substance. Missing the point.

Is being funny a requirement for satire? Poe’s Law is about the uncertainty involved with extreme viewpoints. I’ve seen plenty of comments that were obviously jokes go completely over other people’s heads and get treated as serious takes. This particular comment is a tough one for me because it’s starts off like a…

If by “essentially” you mean “in all but name”, you’re spot on. I joke, but the “essence” of republicans has been fascism for a lot longer than most people seem to understand. This isn’t a new trend, but rather a full embrace of fascist ideology, rhetoric, and tactics. They’ve just become obvious about it.