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(52,319 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:45 PM Apr 2020

what would happen if someone said the emperor has no clothes

at one of these pressers, what if fauci or birx or anyone else said something like:

"president trump just talked about injecting bleach into people. people will die, and they will continue to die as long as he is president. he's unfit to handle this crisis and he needs to go."

they might be able to cut off the microphone halfway through this, but it's actually a small room and everyone would be able to hear the whole statement anyway.


that person would obviously get fired, but seriously, don't you think that would open the floodgates?


the real problem with the effect of such mental illnesses is that no one inside their orbit wants to be the *first* person to say the unspeakable truth. but once there's a first, everyone agrees, provided they get enough support.

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what would happen if someone said the emperor has no clothes (Original Post) unblock Apr 2020 OP
14 million people went up smokestacks in the previous century. Laelth Apr 2020 #1
Well there were some differences there unblock Apr 2020 #2

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
1. 14 million people went up smokestacks in the previous century.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:48 PM
Apr 2020

They show how unlikely it is that someone will actually challenge this monster.



-Laelth

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(52,319 posts)
2. Well there were some differences there
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:56 PM
Apr 2020

Speaking out would get you killed.

Maybe these people do have fear for their lives, and not just their jobs, but that's not as obvious as it was with hitler.

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