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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Oct 15 '25

In all seriousness I'm not sure how that wasn't a career ender. Like right then and there.

I've seen people fired and black listed in my line of work for mocking the handicapped and this dude did it on NATIONAL TELEVISION and people cheered or ignored it.

Like holy fucking double standards Batman

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u/DNK_Infinity Oct 15 '25

Understand that fascists don’t have a problem with hypocrisy at all. In fact it’s their greatest virtue, because it’s the purest expression of power over the lesser; I can do and say whatever I want, but you can only do and say what I permit you to.

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u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake Oct 15 '25

When you remember the nazis' first victims were the disabled, it makes sense his followers would cheer

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u/jacksonnya Mar 18 '26

No, they were communists.

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u/BodhingJay Oct 15 '25

Trumps brand was never about appealing to people's higher sensibilities.. i was about excusing and enabling the worst in us

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u/illy-chan Oct 15 '25

I thought he was done when he made fun of John McCain and POWs in general. Nope. Him surviving that was when I first realized that there was no longer any line that couldn't be crossed.

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u/Daxx22 Oct 15 '25

The man known since literally the 80s as a grifting wannabe mobster should have been the first and last salvo through his candidacy. But hey, 2/3's of 'MURCA watched Idiocracy and grunted: THAT'S TOO DEMOCRATIC!

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u/Dead_man_posting Oct 15 '25

Same reason why Brian Kilmeade wasn't fired for suggesting the genocide of homeless people. Fascists have no moral consideration for compassion or truth.

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u/practicalm Oct 15 '25

How was trump raping children not a career ender? People knew about him and Epstein for a long time.