• laverabe@lemmy.world
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    I’m with you except for the fucking couches part. It was a joke someone on Twitter said that had no basis in reality (AP fact checked), and repeating it, knowing its not true, is the behavior of a bully.

    Call him a fascist because that’s what he is, not some made up insult with no basis in reality.

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      I’m actually fine with bullying fascists though. It’s not like theyre gonna take your civility as an example to follow, and if this bullying also messes up their plans then even better.

      Bullying fascists is already being civil tbh, its still far nicer than what they deserve

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        Then harass him for things he’s actually done! There are plenty of them. You weaken your argument against him by ignoring the valid criticisms and making up ridiculous ones.

        “Don’t they have any real criticism?!”

        Yes, we do! We have lots! Let’s use it.

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          I get what you’re saying but I’ve had quite enough of the high road. You realize as much as i that it doesn’t work. Not everything has to be a goldarn calculation. I can destroy their argument and then their ego. With any tool i care to use. If somehow a schoolyard rumor is the fuckin trick to crack their will to ruin my democracy ill use it, watch their lil faces twist, and ill sleep super sound at night.

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            So while I am amused by the whole gag, I would say it’s less about the “high” road and more about the fact that the “low” road may not work. Fox News was low-roading all over Obama, making up crap and trying to make a deal out of nothing. It never really impacted Obama’s popularity, as anyone vaguely on the fence saw it and said “ok, this is stupid, if that’s all Fox News can come up with, then I guess there’s nothing to find”.

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              It really tickles my pickle that Fox might break the record for largest settlement, right after they broke the record for largest settlement

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      I’ve yet to see him deny being a couch fucker and the AP retracted their correction when someone pointed out that they can’t prove he never fucked a couch. If this bullying causes him to leave the campaign, then it’s working as intended. Along with being a couch fucker, JD Vance is, like all Republicans, a spineless weasel obsessed with acquiring power any way he can.

      Is calling Vance a couch fucker any worse than Republicans alleging that Harris slept her way to the top?

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        Is calling Vance a couch fucker any worse than Republicans alleging that Harris slept her way to the top?

        No, it’s the same thing. Accusing people of things you know they didn’t do is the sign of an asshole. We should be better than that.

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          We should be better than that? We keep doing that. We keep taking it on the chin and taking the high road. The high road got us Dementia Don. I’m fine with throwing some of their shit right back at them. Does it make me an asshole? Honestly, I don’t care. I’m over the republikkklowns, and I’m ready for our country to progress again. Fuck that couch fucker and the elephant he rode in on. Fuck the Russians that are out spewing bullshit propaganda along with the assets they have that have managed to get elected. While I’m at it, FUCK anyone voting for them. You’re a piece of shit if you do, there is no argument, no defense.

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          Here’s the thing, though: I don’t know he didn’t, at some point in his life, stroke himself off using a particularly soft and giving piece of furniture. Teenage boys are weird and horny. Until he addresses the issue himself, we can’t say he isn’t a couch fucker.

          Why should we be better than that? How does that win elections?

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        still the behavior of a bully. Might work in the short term but in the long term everyone hates the bully regardless if it the ends seem to justify the means.

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      The AP deleted their fact check, and the whole story stated because of a passage in the first printing of his book. He’s a couchfucker.

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          They’re just mad because it’s possible he put his hot meat in a love seat. You never know, people have definitely done crazier shit.

          Trump likely had lots of Epstein Island frequent flyer punch cards. Wish there was more documentation on the atrocities he likely committed there.

          It would make sexing a sofa seem so silly.

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      He’s a fascist wealking who if he isnt able to handle such things, well fuck him. I want him to use buckshot mouthwash and if that is achieved through bullying then so fucken be it.