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Initech

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1. I've been saying this for fucking YEARS!

Reply to Septua (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:00 PM

Aug 2025

The right wing media is the problem, they've always been the problem. But what do we do about it? We can't police speech, and I'm not touching that argument with a 10,000 foot pole.

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Why Trump won... [View all] Septua Aug 2025 OP

I've been saying this for fucking YEARS! Initech Aug 2025 #1

We need to do what they did... Dem4life1970 Aug 2025 #9

When the Washington Post didn't endorse Kamala... Initech Aug 2025 #14

We tried! WOLFMAN87 Aug 2025 #15

I remember it well, there was no "long game" expectation from the beginning 0rganism Aug 2025 #24

I can stop posting now... Mr.Bee Aug 2025 #30

Legacy of Shitstain Limbaugh. kairos12 Aug 2025 #2

Honored by Shitler with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Martin Eden Aug 2025 #25

And they have infiltrated several communities too - wellness, fitness, gaming, sports, etc. newdeal2 Aug 2025 #3

Russian propaganda The Wizard Aug 2025 #4

For most part, wingers tune in just to listen to white wing hate. They weren't made vile by media, they Silent Type Aug 2025 #5

A good point, but BWdem4life Aug 2025 #6

Wrong. Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #8

He won because they are brainwashed. Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #7

Does it bother anyone else that you literally have to ignore polling BootinUp Aug 2025 #10

So many things wrong with this post for so few words. unblock Aug 2025 #18

If you eat politics for breakfast lunch and dinner BootinUp Aug 2025 #19

A lot of people ignore it or don't even see it in the first place any yet unblock Aug 2025 #21

I don't think re-hashing a closer election from BootinUp Aug 2025 #22

If you're in a mood to blithely gainsay anything without contributing anything of substance, fine unblock Aug 2025 #23

The answers people give to polling questions Martin Eden Aug 2025 #26

Real true reason dupagelib Aug 2025 #11

What was Musk's role in this "victory?" SheilaAnn Aug 2025 #12

He won because this is a racist country. LuvLoogie Aug 2025 #13

Just summing up the post opinions... Septua Aug 2025 #16

Deliberate professionally produced lies are replacing honest and truthful content for many voters. hay rick Aug 2025 #17

Disinformation that is not actively sought, but fed to unsuspecting consumers Martin Eden Aug 2025 #28

As much as some people want to implicate a single boogeyman Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #20

One of ForgedCrank Aug 2025 #27

On Covid and the crashed economy Martin Eden Aug 2025 #29

I can't ForgedCrank Aug 2025 #31

We can, and need, to do both Martin Eden Aug 2025 #32