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BootinUp

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29. The strategy of one of the two major US political parties

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #27)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 12:14 PM

Oct 2022

is to make government not function well. Exceptions for the connected of course.

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This is not a boat accident! It was Trumpism. [View all] kpete Oct 2022 OP

Amber Heard hater is RW? FBaggins Oct 2022 #1

That was an odd one PatSeg Oct 2022 #3

Maybe she wasn't RW enough for him vlyons Oct 2022 #4

That could be it PatSeg Oct 2022 #6

Yeah, and that whole nautical theme (boat accident, robbob Oct 2022 #5

Perhaps in reference to this... Wounded Bear Oct 2022 #7

I don't have a clue PatSeg Oct 2022 #8

He's quoting Richard Dreyfus from Jaws. Xavier Breath Oct 2022 #11

Ah! robbob Oct 2022 #15

Thank you PatSeg Oct 2022 #22

I associate it with directing hate upon persons and groups nt delisen Oct 2022 #10

A sign of misogyny muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #13

I would think they hate Depp. Such a hipster and all. LakeArenal Oct 2022 #14

I would think so as well, PatSeg Oct 2022 #23

In a battle between a man and a woman Grokenstein Oct 2022 #43

Yes, that is the simplest and most PatSeg Oct 2022 #44

+1 John1956PA Oct 2022 #17

This. Iggo Oct 2022 #36

It's widespread among incels and other misogynists Tanuki Oct 2022 #18

Yep, yep. Iggo Oct 2022 #37

She predicted and was inundated with character attacks by anti-feminists almost immediately, NullTuples Oct 2022 #41

agree. that was maybe a 'whoopsie' stopdiggin Oct 2022 #9

Who the hell is Amber Heard? Note: Sorry on edit searched she's J..Depp's ex. RestoreAmerica2020 Oct 2022 #20

I think it's an attempt to saddle us with her...same with Meghan Markle nt Baltimike Oct 2022 #32

There's a heavy toxic male anti-woman presence to the online Amber Heard hatred. Iggo Oct 2022 #35

Here ya' go: (sound on) Ilsa Oct 2022 #2

Who is "dismissing attacks like this"? brooklynite Oct 2022 #12

My guess is... lonely bird Oct 2022 #16

Republicans JHB Oct 2022 #24

Full sentence: "dismiss ... as products of garden-variety mental illness" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #30

Fox News'Jesse Watters, for one. SunSeeker Oct 2022 #42

never heard of amber heard before i read this post . hem. AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #19

The squalous involved is usually found in the Mar a Lardo region. BootinUp Oct 2022 #21

Yup, not a defect for the GQP yobrault1 Oct 2022 #25

Amber heard what? nt BootinUp Oct 2022 #26

I suspect the list is inclusive of everything he complained about on social media. nt Gore1FL Oct 2022 #33

Actually, Kpete, my observation has been that most on political forums Hortensis Oct 2022 #27

The strategy of one of the two major US political parties BootinUp Oct 2022 #29

Yes -- during the transition to making it function very well for a Hortensis Oct 2022 #34

Don't know why "Amber Heard hater" is in there. She was SAVAGED by so many. oldsoftie Oct 2022 #28

I can't stand Amber Heard either, lol. She's a bad actress and an even worse liar. catbyte Oct 2022 #31

Anti-government Erik the UNred Oct 2022 #38

I like telling repukes... The Jungle 1 Oct 2022 #39

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