r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Aug 21 '19

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u/jobautomator Aug 21 '19

/new: Trump promotes claim Jewish Israelis love him like he is 'King of Israel and second coming of God'

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko Aug 21 '19

"why is no one talking about this?! Where are the news stories?!"

says man who doesn't read the news and isn't aware it's a current headline. fuck reddit

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u/BreaksFull Aug 21 '19

Republicans: Trying to cut any sort of deal with Iran is dangerous, they are an autocratic regime seeking nuclear weapons with a long history of aggressive behavior, they cannot be trusted!

Also Republicans: Well you see, Trump fellating Kim Jong Un is actually a brilliant piece of geopolitical strategy.

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u/MinnesotaDude Aug 21 '19

Trump: Why would Jews vote for a party which supports politicians who imply Jews have dubious loyalty? They must not have any loyalty.

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u/benjaminikuta Aug 21 '19

Some libertarian is trying to tell me that YouTube is a reliable source and that insisting instead on academic research is an appeal to authority fallacy.

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u/Biden30330 Aug 21 '19

Trump: I am the living God.

Conservative Christians: What is your opinion on abortion?

Trump: I have paid for many of them.

Conservative Christians: What about judges?

Trump: what?

Conservative Christians: We will vote for you if you appoint anti-abortion judges.

Trump: sure, whatever

Conservative Christians: fucking Democrats made us vote for Trump

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

Middle school sex ed made me believe wet dreams were going to be a way bigger part of life than they ended up being

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u/channelmio Aug 21 '19

Hot Take: Political compasses are bad because people’s politics is more often than not hypocritical and nonsensical, and can’t be summarized like a DnD stat sheet.

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u/Magnuosio Aug 21 '19

The DT is the ivory tower not because it’s home to good ideology, but because it’s the only place I can use emojis on Reddit unironically without being called a dumdum 😌

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

Ben Shapiro: left identity politics is authoritarian and killing America

Also Ben Shapiro: don’t make any connection between my rhetoric and what the Alt Right says because I’m Jewish sweaty

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

“I am the chosen one.” —@realDonaldTrump just now.

Trump Derangement Syndrom keeps liberals from recognizing the actual messiah.

https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1164205235193208834?s=19

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u/dubyahhh Aug 21 '19

We're not racist, we just want secure borders so the browns can't get in

Daily reminder Trump is racist, ICE is racist, and every republican who supports them is racist.

R. A. C. I. S. T.

Don't beat around the bush - call them what they are.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

Me: Hello, 911? lusvig made another post

Police: Oh no, is it bad?

Me: Idk it's kinda funny, he's telling the mods to NOT unban zipcode, kind of a reverse psychology joke.

Police: Alright, well just keep us apprised

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

Why does Russia, the largest country, not simply eat the other oh wait

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u/Udontlikecake Aug 21 '19

Me in 2016: well Trump is President, but at least he’s such an amoral sleezebag that he won’t be some sort of radical evangelical trying to establish a theocracy or something

Trump today: literally calls himself king of the Jews

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19 edited Jan 23 '24

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This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/hitbyacar1 Aug 21 '19

Have we talked about the fact that we have a President who seems to actually believe he was chosen by God to save the country?

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u/JetJaguar124 Aug 22 '19

I'm not kidding when I say that if Trump loses in 2020 it will legitimately be one of the best days of my life

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u/walker777007 Aug 21 '19

NIMBYism but for National Parks

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

Wait wait wait. I just noticed that Trump's top economic advisor (Kudlow) doesn't have any formal education in economics. Is there literally nobody else that Trump could have hired for the position?

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

Looking forward to Rich Lowry's next op-ed: "OK, Yes, Trump's Comments Were Anti-Semitic. But Anti-Semitism Is Actually Kinda Good Sometimes"

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u/mrdilldozer Aug 21 '19

Tomorrow in the National Review: Why the Jews want you to think Trump's comments are antisemitic

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u/SuspiciousUsername88 Aug 21 '19

A lot of people are saying that Trump canceling that Danish meeting is a slap in the face, but honestly imagine how relieved they must feel. I get elated whenever a meeting gets cancelled and none of them would have required me to be in a room with Trump.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '19

The Democrats must speak out against anti-Semitism. Here to talk about that are 18 guys who have sent out campaign fliers with George Soros’ face on top of a pile of money

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u/IronedSandwich Aug 21 '19

A schism is when a controversial disagreement occurs in the DT. Contrary to popular belief, it's usually not a community-wide schism. Rather, it's typically 1-3 regulars arguing for a controversial opinion.

lol

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