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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, September 29, 2023

I Need To Get Off "X"

 Twitter (I can't stand to call it X) has been going down the shithole ever since that narcistic tech bro bought it. Still, there are a few good accounts there worth following and no real alternative. 

Nevertheless...

Because Musk has made the place so toxic, you come into contact with a lot more MAGAts than in the past. I suppose there is a certain value in knowing what these maroons are all about, but at the same time it's so very, very depressing.

Your average online MAGAt thinks that there is overwhelming evidence of Hunter and Joe Biden's criminality. Why? Because the House oversight says it does. When the actual committee met yesterday, not a single witness produced such evidence and outside "experts" like Jonathan Turley said there was nothing impeachable in the hearing. If you point this out, they cherry pick or dismiss things. Same goes with the recent summary judgment against Trump on charges of fraud. 

We now have a guilty plea down in Georgia that looks a lot like the defendant in question is going to start cooperating with Fani Willis. Nevertheless, every single conviction in a court of law, where guilt must be established beyond a reasonable doubt will be discounted and every vague gestural accusation by Comer and Jordan will be treated like the gospel truth.

I can't fucking even.

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