• paprika@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    So he wasn’t just unstable, he was that particular brand of right wing conspiracy theory omg the libruls want to destroy America brand of unstable.

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      1 year ago

      that scene from The Boys when the guy gets radicalized through online and TV sources to ultimately end up killing someone only for the exact people who encouraged that shit to distance themselves from the situation rapidly is so well done and probably flew right fucking over the head of most republican voters who watch that show

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        1 year ago

        Almost, they realized they were one of the ones being made fun of. To them, The Boys “went woke.”

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      We call them Mainers here in Maine. There’s thousands of them. My only hope is they’re rethinking basing their personality off hate. I doubt it though.