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Scrivener7

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16. Kick. In times of crisis the media has usually previously reported on the positive.
Thu Aug 12, 2021, 09:32 AM
Aug 2021

During WW2 it was all about people doing their part, etc. After 9/11 it was photos of neighborhoods with flags on every door.

Now we have these assholes. I'm truly not interested in hearing what another one of them wants to say. They are pitiful and the sad fact is that many of them will soon be dead or permanently disabled. And we can't do anything about that.

So let's stop giving them the attention they crave so much they are willing to die for it.

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CNN Reporter Tells Anti-Vax Trump Supporter [View all] Person of Interest Aug 2021 OP
trump and his warped followers knew that if more people died it would make Biden look bad. Walleye Aug 2021 #1
I honestly think they never thought out that far. I think they just decided this is who they are, Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #20
Sadly, all true. The bad Biden headlines were just a bonus Walleye Aug 2021 #21
Oh, they're totally capable. I think McConnell would perform a public human sacrifice if he thought Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #24
I think that's true of the rank and file TheFarseer Aug 2021 #23
The MSM is not our friend gab13by13 Aug 2021 #2
I don't watch any tv news at all right now. ananda Aug 2021 #11
Because saying JoanofArgh Aug 2021 #3
Remember the tea party? Cosmocat Aug 2021 #4
My sentiments exactly. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2021 #6
Why not feature the train that doesn't wreck? alphafemale Aug 2021 #5
Then they couldn't "own the libs". SergeStorms Aug 2021 #7
Excellent Questions Point. Did the CNN Reporter Tell these things to Anti-Vax Trump Supporter? msfiddlestix Aug 2021 #8
That's Donie O'Sullivan's thing arlyellowdog Aug 2021 #9
Great post-- I am truly tired of this focus on our dumbest people who make us an idiocracy LymphocyteLover Aug 2021 #10
There are intelligent people in Congress. twodogsbarking Aug 2021 #12
"If it bleeds, it leads" Been true since the invention of newspapers... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #13
not enough money in smarts and sanity NewHendoLib Aug 2021 #14
Yes, watching TV news PatSeg Aug 2021 #15
Kick. In times of crisis the media has usually previously reported on the positive. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #16
Because....spineless and ratings whores Hulk Aug 2021 #17
They should do that IronLionZion Aug 2021 #18
Yes, last night Don Lemon interviewed a father whose 32 year old son Bev54 Aug 2021 #19
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