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Republicans don't try to solve problems anymore. All they offer is fake outrage.
Republicans dont try to solve problems anymore. All they offer is fake outrage.
SUSAN J. DEMAS
Social media comes in many flavors. Facebook is about the life you want, Instagram is about the life you wish you could afford and X is about how much life sucks. ..... But the most bonkers site, hands down, is Nextdoor. Its supposedly a way to connect with your neighbors, but its basically just a stream of nonsensical paranoia from folks youd never want to wave to from your front porch.
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Because we cant have nice things, even the most joyful events, like the Summer Olympics in Paris, get bogged down in divisive disinformation efforts. First, conservative influencers and politicians were incensed by the French being, well, French in the opulent, avant-garde opening ceremony they derided for being too LGBTQ+-friendly and mocking Christianity.
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Sometimes GOP officials go apoplectic over real issues while inventing their own reality (like your great-uncles Facebook posts). They claim the economy is in shambles (its not), crime is soaring (its not) or illegal immigrants do nothing but go on bloody crime sprees (they dont).
Its little wonder that Republicans rarely bother offering any policy solutions anymore and when they do, like U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) did with a border security bill earlier this year, they take on friendly fire for doing their jobs, because that could hurt the GOPs electoral chances. ...............(more)
https://michiganadvance.com/2024/08/11/republicans-dont-try-to-solve-problems-anymore-all-they-offer-is-fake-outrage/
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Republicans don't try to solve problems anymore. All they offer is fake outrage. (Original Post)
marmar
Aug 2024
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dalton99a
(84,772 posts)1. They are whining assholes who have nothing to offer
except hatred, chaos, and destruction
appalachiablue
(43,018 posts)2. Sick of the hate, outrage, negativity, lies and division. Enough!
GoodRaisin
(9,613 posts)3. That has been pretty evident for a long time now to those
with their eyes open. They manufacture problems and openly work for those who cause problems.