The Politics Thread

[DRW50]

Haitian families in Ohio under attack as racist claims spread    - The Haitian Times

[MichaelGL]

Right on time for Trump and his cohorts. They point at one community within America and set it ablaze with their racist dog whistles. 

Wake me up on election day, because next week it'll be a new scapegoat. 

[j swift]

I adore the title “torture enthusiast”

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[Maxim]

He really messed up this time. Just as he was given chance to prance around like GOD SAVED ME, he does this meme-material with the cats and dogs. And the sweetness of it comes from the fact that he bit his own leg again. 

 

[DRW50]

New York is giving the game away about their Trump support. I guess that Nouzzi article wasn't clear enough.

[Maxim]

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[janea4old]

We can mock the insanity, of course.

I have seen several musical memes about the eating pets statement.
I saw one that was set to the the music soundtrack of Peanuts/Charlie.Brown/Snoopy TV specials.

But racism isn't funny. at all.  I just cannot.

I think that the memes tend to "normalize" or "lighthearten" racism, even if unintentionally. 
Especially if these memes are spread on tiktok without context.
Or if the meme-maker's total motivation is to be trendy and get clicks.

Context matters.  Of course it was great that Kamala laughed at him on the debate stage!

Edited September 12, 2024 by janea4old

[Gray Bunny]

As much as I love Michelle Obama, I'm so glad we're over the "when they go low, we go high" pleasantry bull.  Kamala did what Hillary and Joe couldn't do: she beat Trump at his own game and it was a thing of absolute beauty. 

[Gray Bunny]

I love the fact that his outburst of "being shot" and blaming Democrats for saying bad things about him was completely ignored. We all know it was staged. I hope that truth is revealed during the usual "October Surprise" of each election year. 

[Vee]

 

 

More context:

 

[Xanthe]

While I am willing to believe that Trump has exaggerated his injury, I find it hard to believe that even MAGA staged an incident that killed a bystander and resulted in the death of the shooter. Or are those deaths supposed to be lies to make the story convincing? 

[Gray Bunny]

The deaths aren't lies; they're casualties. 

[Vee]

Full retreat:

 

[janea4old]

The Nuzzi article from "New York" Magazine (nymag.com) (not NewYorker)
is on the Media thread, but worth linking here on the Politics thread, too,
_{https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/56478-the-mediajournalism-thread/?do=findComment&comment=1956355}
as such contempt for the truth is sadly how the press commonly writes politics.

 

This is from NYMag's latest website headlines, so maybe this is what @DRW50 is now referencing?

"Is the Entire World Conspiring to Make It Look Like Trump Lost the Debate? An intriguing theory by Matt Taibbi."
Taibbi's post-debate column amasses suspicious evidence of media collusion
-- a piece by Jonathan Chait, for the "Intelligencer" part of nymag.com
in which Chait is writing about what Taibbi said.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-lost-debate-matt-taibbi-kamala-harris.html

Edited September 12, 2024 by janea4old

[Vee]

Axios angsts over Trump's debate catastrophe.