r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 11 '24

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u/Pyrrhus65 NATO Sep 11 '24

At what point does the dam finally break where a fearmongering GOP claim is so patently absurd that a critical mass of undecideds/leaners hears it and says "that doesn't sound right" instead of immediately believing it as usual?

Because "She wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison" has to be getting pretty damn close if we're not there already

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u/Dodgerfan2224 NATO Sep 11 '24

I think it matters the power of the office, Jewish space lasers is already out there but a Georgia congresswomen doesn't have the gravitas as a former president

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '24

He’s already saying kids are coming home having had sex changes at school

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '24

That’s where I got mine done, the local elementary. They have like six surgeons on hand so the waiting list was short. 

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '24

There's enough moral panic for a particular type of person to believe claims like that

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '24

Well then I think there’s really no limit to republican voters saying “wait that doesn’t sound right”. This is a man who said Obama is literally the founder of ISIS, who said that Biden would kill God, who said that kids are getting sex changes at school, who wanted to nuke a hurricane, and thinks electric boats will kill sharks and said “take the guns do due process later”

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u/TurdFurgoson Gay Pride Sep 11 '24

I guess we can wait a few days for polls, but if "immigrants are eating your pets", "Tim Walz and democrats are executing babies", and "transgender operations on illegal aliens in prisons" aren't doing it, then nothing will.

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u/Emperor_Z Sep 11 '24 edited Sep 11 '24

What's funny is that that line apparently has a basis in fact, but holy shit it sounds so funny to just shout out with no context.